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the georgetown georgetown ontario wednesday june 21st 1950 public school sets majority vote socifil andpersonal m and mra h trout and daughter peggyoti pb vtslted lost thursday with mr and mrs jamoa rlchawspn boy foulis andjame stewart montreal flow jsfim thai city to pent a few days last week with rm m blsv foulla s r m bell ro of erin is attend ing a course of lectures this week rtho ceusge of optometry toronto in arthur reinhardt accountant at the royal bank branch in leam ington is on vacation and visited in town last week at the home of mr and mrs m h moyer mr and mrs bui armstrong of toronto and miss doris armstrong r n of brantford spent the week end wlththclr parents mr and mrs fred armstrong guests at volleyvfcw cabins muntsvllle operated by mr and mrs wilfrid hunter last weekend included mr herb distance mr and mrs william logan and olive and miss marjorlc hunter visitors on saturday with mr and mrs bert weston were mrs a sleightholmc and mr and mrs gordon leslie of osbawa andmr and mrs thomas blythe of tor onto miss frances evans manager of and marilyn bell veteran council member celebrates birthday councillor thqmas lyons veter an mernber of the georgetown coun cil wmore ha js one of the repre sentatives of wod 3 celebrated his birthday on fathers pay arid was visited and congratulated by a number of his relatives and friends among those who called wero mr and mrs w a tlyons dr and mrs- clare stevenson and sheila mrs harry barrett and joan and mr george love of brampton mr and mrs hugo lyoni of cheltenham mr and mrs ross campbell of toronto and mr and mrs john lavs son and carroll of acton tea ends the cgit activities until fall members of the cgit concluded their meetings until the fall last week by holding an afternoon tea tn st johns auditorium the deco ration were arranged in the cgit mr and mr w ruddell celebrate anniversary a ploasantovent was celebrated qu tutnajhy june 13u wioiv mr and mrs ward ruddou tntertalnod iclatlvcsand vfrlends on tjip occa sion of the fiftieth anniversary df their marriage during the afternoon mrs n stark and mrs m alexander jusls- ledhutrtrarontsirr -receiving-over- eighty guests ot cluny castlo farm mrs s k ruddcll and mrs w cook of georgetown mrs j har- dy-of- milton andmrsgjuardy guelph presided at the tea tabic which was beautifully decoroted with a wedding cake candles and bouquets of yellow roses and llly- of-the- alley six granddaughters scrv ed in the evening mr and mrs rud dell entertained a large gathering of friends in esqucslng community hall at stcwarttown where the mrs william engleby dies suddenly in guejpti a resident of georgetown fgr llfteert years mrs wujlam t englcby died suddenly in guelph gfenafal hospltql ontliuiday june 15th fotolwngan operation for merly jand w scott she was born in durham comity england 55 years ago mrandmrjijuglehycame canada in 1031 amuuvcd for five years at cochrane before moving to georgetown they had liijed e ever since wth the exception of property owners vote over three to one to build the neiu publii school four years during the war when mr engleby worked at small arms ltd and they lived in toronto she was a member of the church of england and of the womens auxiliary to the canadian legion one of the most avid hockey fans n town she had the record of ne ver missing a game arfnome or thfi weat mr editor wow what a drop in temporb- lure adrop ofrsbdegroes vor night is what you might call a rupld change cheer up the first day of summer is due this week on th aist june ern batktn date june 12 jynit43 june 14 tunc 15 june 16 june 17 june 18 max 78 72 76 78 80 50 64 72 42 eolours of white and blue by mrs rlod on junc j i qt t home denham and committee and a short or the bride r mothcr mrs j har- program was presented by morion i dy and sincc u tlmc havc llve barrett barbara blgford beverly at thc tarm home cluny castle hyde sandra scott gladys cole way which the raiders had played mav orchestra provided music forjcluiing the past two seasons dancing shells survived by hernbband average the bride and groom of fifty mil three sons fred and cyril of years ago received man congratu- georgetown and arthur of acton w jplyr let 1 itorj cords telephone messages itliere are eight grandchildren a s ind bouquets of flowers if well as brother and three sigtt rs live at gifts including a mantcfradlo from washington england thomas ir joiin ross at the members of the family mr and mrs ruddoll were mor- mln 40 sb 56 51 52 43 38 4830 rain traco 37 02 scott mrs sarah berrlman mia anniversary service bessie jcynes and mrs phoebo batons order office is spending four days at shadow lake one of the eaton camps at a conference of order office superintendents this week celebrating her sixth birthday recently judy richardson daugh ter of mr and mrs walter richard son had a party at her home her guests were barbara flnlay sharon harley wendy and jack saunders jimmy richardson donnie maveal joanne duncan and judy s brother and sister douglas and pat last saturday diane harrison celebrated her 12th birthday by taking her friends to the motlnco at the roxy after which they went to the home of her grand mother mrs sam walker for tea and games those attending were carole seddon claire brad ley dlanne hillock sandra fox irene bousklll elaine douglas patsy bjchardson gail king jan ice bradley lillian shepherd kath- erlne sorenson bonnie wright carol lane and jimm walker mrs c j buck spoke of the year s work and thanked mrs aud rey sharpe mrs jesse wyatt mrs a m nielsen and miss margery mackenzie who had assisted during the year she also thanked the lea ders for their work and was in turn presented with a bouquet of flowers to show appreciation for her leadership during the afternoon badges were presented to bluebirds cookery and first aid helen emmens pot vance marilyn bell crafts helen emmens general proficiency he len emmens marilyn bell pat vance skylarks crafts dolly fawcctt audrey lambert gladys cole ruth baldwin general profi ciency blanche baldwin mar- one cane helen sble beavers crafts sandra scott joyce den- hirn sue crabtrec ann hyde mar ilyn cleave marjorlc roe jean muckut general proficiency jovce dcnhini sindra scott sue cnhtrce nn hvd marilyn tli ne marjorle roe manitoba flood relief fund acknowledged 2534 05 frank corney 5 00 stcwarttown farm forum 4 00 branch 120 canadian legion 110 00 mrs w d johnston 5 0o balllnafod form forum 47 00 a friend 5 00 a friend 2 00 2712 05 swinhoc archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the funeral service on monday at the mcclure funeral home ond lntermcntwos mode in greenwood cemetery georgetown pallbearers were six members of the raiders hockey team ken nash scotty patterson jack kemshead del beaumont junior beaumont and rene martin norrie kennedy killed in accident at chatham attend flnfral at fort u1lli ym smith a stonf p rty howard and vance kentner hew to fort willi im last thursda to attend the funeral of theii si tcr- inlaw mrs david m kentner which took pi tee the next d i mrs kentner was a native of southamp ton mcl marncd her husband at owen sound whll h as em ploy tl there she is univt 1 by hei husbind one son howard and two married daughters meets ont commismonfit at toronto social evbning mcmbtis of s stoni local lin of the in initioni iliother i jixl of n itiicil work is irtt nd d dniii i ii 1 i met it p iratlisc c i gu iph i it i- 1 id iy fu r c a i t i hi i i i 1 uu me w is i ti n i to tin miisi i bill howe ii i hi or h li i si ikcis l th inn r include 1 iiiioii resuli i gi in fduuiwls linden loclii i ii mi iiiiticina pip escntitiw of the inrvv john mai lolm pi ml up tinund nt luc londtsboio p isonnil man ifter v the plant nl tii wold chief nyinecr mrs on june 14th sharpe was one of members of the st lonce brigades of toronto who met the newlyappointed ontario com missioner mr kemp at a social evening in st thomas church auditorium the overseas auxiliary wore the hostesses the auxiliary of which mrs sharpe la member meets once a month in toronto to make cancer dressings numb 9 lor graduates john ambu- takes hydro position g oi g long son of mr and mrs john long of town graduated this year in ielectrlcal engineering from the school of practical science university of toronto- and has accepted a position in toronto with the ontario hydro commission george entered university after serving with the rcaf the mail bag its a date plays tivo nights at park a dress rehearsal is being held to night for its a date the musleal comedy show being nreaented by the lions club thursday and fri day evening in the park tha eatt hearted by e- v macconnack and mrs joe emmerson number orer sixty all local people and promises to be one of the brightest enter tainment features to be seen in georgetown for some una tsss cast of principals 1 in an advertise ment in another section at the herald and there are dozens of others as well who wulbe appearing in choruses and musleal numbers hardball at georgetown park saturday at 3 pm georgetown midgets vs streetaville another big game on tuesflsy june 27th at sj4b georgetown vs jkrgus compliments olen cemetery board on improvements t glen williams dear sir a word of praise and appreciation is certainly due the cemetery board for the wonderful change made in the general appearance of the grounds it has taken time and real hard work to make the present showing and should be an incen tive to all interested in our ceme tery to chip in now and again and help keep this lovely spot looking its best interested mrs r c nixon dies inguelph hospital one of georgetown s oldestresu denti mrs r c nixon died in st tosph s hospital guelph on frl- diy juni 16th whore she had been hospit ilizcd for thrte months after hroikinc her hip in a fall at her lionii on maple avenue mrs nixon wis thf form r clara cimpbill ind is hoi n nn i firm in tnfilir tounship neir boyne n pnl 17th 1 104 she wis a il in lit i i til 1 it done ild c imp i 11 md m ii 1 it hlnoin i f u ir 1 itrr th fimiu moo i fum n u hoi nh on tune nth 1 i1j shn m ii i n i r c vixon ii 1 th tool uli r suit line in siuiltton h i mi mon with his fitli r rduni i nixon opi nted i snil lh r is well is rnndiictlnpf tl tost offne th3 lit i firmid m ii norv il ind ll d in the x ii ti ul i her hush ind hid n slm- ii ii im im s momiik to g orce lotti he hi 1 i shop lontid it the i or ii l of wcsli van ind miruet strei ts when he worked until a ii in fort his deith in 1946 mrs nixon was a mtmbor of knox preibyterlnn church where she b longed to the women i asso ciation and the missionary society she was an expert at fanelwork and her entries in the fnll fair al ways took a good share pf the prizes j she is survived by one son alfred keith of toronto a sister mrs james l ross minnie and a brother william j campbell of georgetown a son edward and a daughter marie died in childhood rev alex j calder conducted the funeral service on monday at the mcclure funeral home and pallbearers were elmer walker j b shields victor mcdonald wil liam mcdonald john a campbell and kenneth langdon interment was made in greenwood cemetery georgelown victim of an accident which hap pened in chatham tuesday morn ing a former georgetown man frank m norrie kennedy age 21 was instantly killed he was oih- of three men who were thrown to the ground from a 180 foot level when a construction tower collapsed at the cinadian dom ion bugir company earl ward l of blenheim was also instantly i v vvlisrki 7 i t sisti r mrs rougnley kllud and alfred boulley 17 of ch itham is in hospital the men jiiton win emplojed by the macdonald t inuieeiiik conunnv of roionto w oodhnil eewltlttnc a w wlmh is building four new silos eightyninth annlverary services at limehouse presbyterian church were well attended rev dr john ross of woodbrldge preached two well received sermons sandra scott contributed bless this house and mm a norton open the gates of the temple at the morning ser vice and in the evening misses jean ruddcll and ruth davis ob liged with out of the vory pal aces and whispering hopei communion will be observed at next sundays service the sundoy school picnic is being held on sat urday georgetown property owners vot ed 3 vi to one on monday for tha building qf an auxllttry publvr schoo final returns showed a vote of 303 in favour of j the new school and 82otposed the vota of 3j5 was about 40 of those elig ible the special voters llsf contain ing about 950 names school board chairman edwin wilson says that planning for tha new school will immediately be gin until the vote was held it was impossible to lay any plana and tho first step will be to make a survey of suitable properties to de termine where the school will bo built and to hire an architect- to draw up the preliminary plans the new school is estimated to cost 100000 council has still to give third reading toa bylaw tar- issuing debentures for this amount of money of which the qrovtnea will pay thirtysix per cent por against ward one t m ward two im s ward three 101 27 303 82 recent visitors include mr and mrs dick packer and children mr and mrs c cross mr and mrs bob lane and chil dren all of georgetown and mr and mrs ted morrow and elane of toronto with mrs lane ond the ii nortoris on sunday mis blanche brlgham r n of new westminster bc with her lome scots band at waterloo this saturday after dropping out of last competition at the waterloo festival the lome scots band baa again entered and will compete la class 3 this saturday there la some real competition this year aa no less than ten bands have ss- tered this class including one tragi the states the class will be heart starting at 2 pm entries besides the georgetown band include ones from hanuvase brampton preston newirisurlobsj leamington boya band meatord norwich kiel wisconsin qnd tha zimmerman majorette band from windsor miltonacton highway to be resurfaced tenders have been called by the department of highways for tha resurfacing of 10 7 miles at high way no 25 which runs tram acton to milton this will complete im provements to the road which be gan three years ago when the road was widened and graded from mil ton to no 10 slderoad last mar culverts were constructed and ths remainder of the road graded hills ware cut down and ths road widi ened four feet t tin pi nit lh tout i hid been i t el to hoist uimiit ind a half- i in id of c mint was bciiil hols- i i u tin lop u n th tow i stir t i ti hticmi 1 he two men were l 1 ni th t i i tin tkliij p tits t i 11 llll will is llni n l u i s u u u nn n mi i th tuilv un of mi and mi 1 i mi ke ini ti of guelph and i 111 i u i i led in ii w ii nn john mi i all n tli t inulv llt d i ic ii is t mployed at the george lown 1 tl mill wiitu it w i tip r- tul hv tin hit lie tilt x shavv it i ti i e oi liis enlistment tn the ii fou attti st rv ini ovtrscas ii rt turnt ti to gt ore town and soon iftei the fornix moved to ui million and later to guelph nor in obt lined employment at col- ioi ut where h married tin former maritueiitc inu they hive on 8- monthold daughter louise he also it aves three sisters mis wil liam braisby of georgetown mrs vailllom pcrclval of willowdale and mrs max bromley of orlando r iprido the body is resting at the home of his parents at 144 suffolk street guelph until friday morning when it will be taken to the mclanaghan and ross funeral homq 280 norfolk street guelph the funeral ser vice will be held on friday at 2j0 pm ond mis george pearson of mr t h pi ice of georgc- ind rev dr john ross of ben- ions on sunday miss olive marshall of toronto visitcti friends in tin village during service at tt john s church ballinafad minister takes margaret camfbxlit home por visit miss margaret campbell rn is spending a vacation in town with her father john a campbell she has been nursing at tucson arizona for the past two years and expects to spend sometlme in town before returning to the states still planning your vacation our new listing of vacstlon resorts on pag 7 of this issue will prove helpful to those who have stlu not planned where they will spend their vacation make your choice today and get in touch with tha place of your choloe host advertisers supply folderr on tii we it end mis cliieliet fecks ind childien f biiiliiilton foi i few tlijs ind m sunday r uid mrs don wairon gor- ln ud donn i of wt ston mr ind mis ml rt r v ins dougic ind it nun mi intl mn loi in gould it i l oi n i vv i duiuli itunllv worship in st johns united churchy on sunday was conducted h mi wm gbb minister of tha liillinifid circuit the lesson was lead fiom john 15 117 and tha missive was entitled the art of he il happiness the choir under ml mis s jones all of direction of mr norman laird with ihe ch is jones i- llt mount zion rejoice and mi s g kidney sang the solo priyer perfect mr gihbs evening message waa entitled the power of god it wis announced that next sun day a specnl flower and childrens service would be held in this ser vice the music will be provided by the junior choir and the church will be banked with seasonal flow ers st jobna united church rev john m smith minister mr norman laird director ot music sunday school 10 ajn follow ing this service members of tha sunday school are to attended the flower and children service morning worship 11 ajn nasa er and children service pareota and friends cordially invited evening worship 7 pjn medi tation 23rd psalm mrs arthui ivtns of toronto at miss ivtns loi the week end mi and mis cuiuniins of point imcasmt n v with the james noblos mis noblt returning with them foi i visit pilsv rostci of loronto with the lit 1 1 melons foi the holidays mrs mckav of peterborough and the wm wrights of eiln with the sj m wrights the w a held their regular monthly meeting at the home of mrs mitchell on friday evening mr douglas scott returned on monday after a few weeks at mount joll que wher he was employed by armstrong construction mr and mrs s wright and miss shirley wright were guests nt the gohenwrlght wedding in calvary church toronto and the reception afterwards on saturday shirley was one of the bridesmaids mr and mra mullere spent ths weekend in georgetown we are pleased that miss mar garet spltzer la home from western hospital toronto and that aha continues improving we regret that mrs a spltaar who has been laid up with a heart rtondkon is now suffering bom pneumonia i attend convention at se1qniory club mr and mrs jack armstrong spent last week at the seigniory chib at montebello quebec where members ot the leaders production clubs of tha mutual ufa assurance company met in contention they report a wonderful time at thta luxury resort on the ottawa river a oddfellows plan special evening as nest monday will be the last regular meeting of the omttiusm lodge until fall a special night baa been arranged tha 3rd degree will be conferred upon bra o grant and the committee has ar ranged a special treat attar the meeting this friday evening golden saw ball team from brampton haa arranged to come to georgetown for a game of soft hall sunday the lodge members wlu meat in its lodge room and parade to tha leg ion hall to take part in tha deeer- atlon day service the noble grsnd oerdoa l represented orion lodge at t lodge in toronto last weak