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georgetown ontario weataaday july 28th 19s0t hat council did on thursday jtoty tout advertised for tenders for lrurtall- a sidewalk on quelph street kays grocery to normandy devard tenders to be in by at nth by micpimild and mar w i proclaimed civic holiday on mon- ft atiust wk mackenzie king dies if turned over to the road commit- a request by al norton for os the sidewalk across cross to assist traffic coming onto i street cross street is the street which from the fire hall to halo gave permission to the dept of etlonal defence to have a sewer- extension made to the armour- mr editor this weeks summary la very close to the corresponding week of last yter both having started and finished with rain last year being only 14 degrees higher tempera ture date- july 17 july is july 19- jutytzo july 21 july 22 july 23 ern batkln max mln rain int a3 s3 78v -flo- 73 ss 34 t77- 72t as 32 wto so 82 52 80 54 31 1 1 5585 jh received word from ontario pro- police headquarters that were terminating the contract policing in georgetown the end the year following unjustifiable itlcbjm of policing herel council jdod to write and ask if the con- act could be terminated earlier this or cleave said that inspector knntth harrison ntw musical director for st andrews gaelph stayt home camp closes thisjjf j 7 the two wook stayathomo camp bpds this friday- with a big eveni jung in st jqlin church auditorium when parents are invited to attemfc sfllqlency swords will bo presented as woll as grc brosts for winning teams in toftboll liardball and la crosse craft wprjc made during the camp will be on display anj there wlu be a ohbrt movie and re- f reshments f or cveryono the camp jointly sponsored by thllonsclubminlsterlal assoc- iatlon and recreation commission basfbeenawondorful success this year with attendance each day well over hundred a highlight of last weeks program was the lions umpire friday at the devrlea when the club treated overyono to ice cream and chocolate milk and there were games and a singsong the trip to the lacrosse game at norval on monday was rained out but all the staynthomcrs have been invited to next mondays game instead yesterday the group went to erin for an hour of swimming and sports todays feature is a 10c show at the rbxy with 10 comic films prime mi renea diggins weds of canada forlrt cooksvillccllurch kenneth r harrison local mual clan has been hired as organist and choir master at st andrews pres byterian church guelph he will play his first service this- sunday and the morning church sendee wilii be broadcast ovor radio station plight had- visited him l cuoyatl0orttoodlal j responsetoo request made at mr harrison who was formerly almost 22 years until his retirement be last council meeting and they organist and cnolr mas at knox last year william lyon mackenzie a former georgetown girl renee ad a long talk the inspector had- church here will conduct a 30- king died in ottawa s aturday uiggins daugnter of mr and mrs lid that enf 01 cement of town by- voice choir ln lnis large city church night leader of the liberal party victor digglns pf cooksville was laws was definitely councils baby w has a two manual organ he after sir wilfred lauricr and prime married lasf satarday to robert and that the provincial officers did d in charge of both junior minister through the last war he iiekett of cooksville the wedding not have to look after them he- scn choir work it is a -coin- resigned this office in favour of took place in first united church had recommended that with the l that nis teacher mr david luuis st lament who went on to port credit and guests attended a dissatisfaction police were giving ouchterlony held the position before win an election to become canadas reception afterwards at crofton here that the town should hire its moving to toronto several years hief of state mr king established villa own force and two men would be lwor for lcilglll of oificc wnlcll brothc nin aml mlss shlr too much criticism says opp terminate contract this year get own police iacomnuuioherv advice council aalb- contract end earlier shefifield to brantford mcbaia ia nety officer rn cjiarge the ontario provincial police have notified the municipality that they will terminate their feontraat to polio e the town at the end of this year a letter from commls- sinner william h stringer was read to council at a special meet- ing last thursday conveying this information commissioner stringer said in his letter that unjustifiable crttl- clsm has been directed toward per- sonnel and that the department felt it advisable that georgetown em ploy their own police force mayor harold cleave has been an outspoken critic of the provin cials and at a recent council meet ing referred to two incidents which he termed petty pinching where he thought it had been unnecessary to lay charges he had had several complaints from the public he said about charges laid council at that time decided to write to inspector knight concerning the enforcement of town bylaws recently a meet ing was held between the mayor complete tekt of letter j to council from ojpp commissioner stronger toronto ontario july 10th mrc awillson clerk treasurer georgetown ontario dear sir following receipt of reports deal ing with the attitude of your mun icipal council in connection with the policing of the town of george town under contract by the onta rio provincial police- i wish to in form you that after very careful consideration it is felt that it might be advisable if your council consid ered the employment of their own police force to attend to law en forcement in georgetown on several occasions instances have come to the attention of this office whereby unjustifiable criti cism has been directed toward on- who pue chairman inspector tario provlnclol police pcrsonne knight and corporal jack sheffield performing munlclpol duty in your hca of the local detachment when towivjindaanrc5ult therefore you the matter was discussed at soma are requested to accept this as not- le the letter read at council ice of termination of policing con- me was the first public intlm- tract dated the first day of janu- ation t definite action was being ary 105q three months notice ij provided i sufficient one good man plus a m harrison is completing a four may never again be equalled night man could do the job and week teachers training course this full cooperation would be obtained wcck at n r conservatory of om the county force mayor j toronto he intends to continue his i aughl1n reunion eave said he thought this would j teaching of voice and piano in j up p a ri 1 1di7v ai c i be the cheapest ond best system georgetown and district where h ai uktvftlt land would ensure the en h agrcalnumber of students i of town bylaws ley liluckart 1 i at the wedding town were guests downsview wedding for elmer sonny stoclcford marshall in view of this let- ter what i have in mind doesnt make any difference i have fairly reliable information in the past week that if we went to commis sioner stringer and stated the facts we would get a different reply we would- be told that the provincials would enforce town bylaws and i would do within reason what coun- ch wants macdonald the acton reeve j said they arc enforcing the bylaws i there tuck i heard that too that i they look after bylaws within rea- i son marshall the police should j lenpw more about law enforcement than the council and it is their duty to enforce it if council wants something not within the law the police should beable to advise lost cornet has them cleave he made tt quite clear to me that he didnt want to en force bylaws on saturday july 22 at the home of his brotherinlaw and sister mr and mrs thomas watts at downsview the wedding took place of elmer stokford and miss viola deflelds the groom is the son of laubhlin egerlon wilkinson lunch over forty members of the laugh- lin clan gathered at clurevale kami georgetown the home of mrs w a mcclure for the fifth annual family reunion officers elected for 1951 were president elgin laughlin caleclon vice pres ident watson wiggins caledon secretary mrs harry laughlin brampton treasurer mary mcclure georgetown place committee lou- wiggins harry laughlin roy william hornby dies suddenly in hamilton in accordance with the terms of the contract and the ter mination of this agreement will be effective 31st december 1950 you are requested to kindly ack nowledge receipt of this letter yours faithfully william h stringer commissioner of police for ontario a former georgetown resident willun arthur hornby died budj cfenly in hamilton on friday horn in norval he was the son of isaac hornby of town and the latei minnie hilts he was in his 47th year he moved to hamilton fifteen years fio wlmro lie was employed with the kirestotie tire and rubber ken norton is top recruit at petawawa pte ken norton was top soldier among the recruits attending pet awawa camp for a weeks military training last week he was awar ded the cup for the best recruit among the 240 young men attend ing the course csm thomas warnes was ln mr and mrs harry stockford of georgetown folio wing the ceremony which was performed by the reverend kent of thornhill a reception was held and the couple left for a nor thern honeymoon trip they will live in toronto not turned up ummittee mr and mr watson wiggins mr and mrs w h hun ter sports committee mary mc clure dorecn laughlin i after a picnic supper president 1 eccles mcclure extended greetings and conducted a brief business i meeting letters of regret were reau from several members of the family who tould not attend a prize to the oldest member pres- ent went lo mrs aggie laughlin company during the war he serj charge of six district men who took ved with the princess patricia reg- their training at petawawa they ihent included cpls john michie and he is survived by his father and seymour english and ptes tepmother four sisters and two norton john gordon john brothers mrs h j lucas viola of london elmer of milton earl rs keith spence eleanor mrs joe mcmenemy jr margaret and dorecn of georgetown the funeral service at the thorpe funeral home hamilton on mon day was followed with interment in woodland cemetery hamilton id i bearers were fellow members of the firestone service club ken de- ileaulieti and mervyn taylor oraiigevillc and to little lois kirk- a cornet and case the property a ood the youngest child of jim golden still has- not turned mary mcclure and dorecn mc- petch they didnt want to en- rinsrument ws l il sjl stone manager statement by hughes cleaver halton mp on madcerzie king death force speeding tuck i didnt read it that way continued on page 9 sports program the winners being eighth straight win for norval lacrosse leaders norval central peels chalked up their eighth straight win last thurs- day at hespelcr when they won an easy 123 victory over that team hespeler started out strong and at one time had a 32 lead but the sterling work of goalie bob blgnell topped them in their tracks clure cheyne was- a 3goal man for norval lyons and laldlaw each contributed two and singles were scored by townsend haines moddlson parkinson and louth dundas beat hilton and ohswe- ken beat branuord in other games played during the week mondays home game with milton was rained out lost after the band had played at il and under jrtsarel wilkilluu a jniverslty course the garden party in glen williams marilyn kirkwooil 12 and under and was misplaced somewhere be- ituth wilkiiihun ladies edythe tween the glen and georgetown wilkinson men wesley laugh- there is a reward offered for its re- lin throning paper plate lean turn it is particularly unfortunate harris kicking shoe islay mcclure that it is missing at the present nail driving w ii hunter guess- time for the band is practicing forimg jelly beans cay laughlin latl- compctltion at the cne anyone ics calling their husbands mrs eg- knowing anything about it is urged ertnn wilkinson minute race to get ln touch with jim i louic witgins tim mayberry gets important new position with firestone crc new grc minor leagues playoff on in georgetown and norval pee wees will play an exhibition lacrosse match at norval next monday be fore the norvelohsweken inter mediate game ola lacrosse teams for- bantarai and midgets will be chosen next wednesday night august 2nd when boys who want to try out will meat i at the lions bowl at 7 jo pm playoffs in the peewea hardball league start this saturday morning whan teams captained by boyle and i jtfhg meat for a game at the- park ee- e una to postponed gauaa the oba and bantam taanu are not aetlon this weeav tbcok bubns wh1u hauuno in ltv while hauling in hay win a truck at the d g h wright farm on the 8th una balm town the truck driv en by hector fsragher caught fire and burned in the field last weak a former georgetown banker t rvl tim maybcrry has been ap pointed executive vicepresident of the firestone tire sc rubber com pany of canada ltd mr mayberry was a member of the bonk of mon treal staff here several years ago and later worked in detroit with- the wayne county si home sav ings he joined the firestone organization and worked in indian- apolls toledo detroit and akron before returning to hamilton where he jias been a director and treasu rer since 1034 and a vicepresident since 1045 with his wife and family of two boys and two girls he makes his home ln aldershot he shares an interest in horses with his old friend ken mcmillan and brought his hones to a horse show ln town which the lions club sponsored a few years ago mr mayberry is a director ot the hamilton chamber of commerce and of the advertising and sales club he belongs to acacia lodge is a member of the scottish rite and burlington golf club and at tends trinity united church bur- ilngtoo liitii hell plaivtr manager of smith stone lid leaves tills week end tur london where be will i tke a five week management nning course at the schoor of husiihss ot the universfly of scst- iiii ontario lectures will be jjivcil l by professors at the university and hy visiting professors from har- i vard the cuurse at uwo has i been modelled along the lines of the famous american business school and there is inclose associai tion of ideas between the two unl- versifies during his stay in london mr hell will be in resldenceet huron college an anglican theological college located in the central part of the city attend funeral of nephew at londesboro this is a t5nfaoe paper mr and mrs e l miller and mrs thomas leslie attended the funeral of their nephew eric keith miller at londesboro last friday the twoyearold son of mr and mrs jack miller died- on july 18th at the sick childrens hospital toronto after a long illness his parents are former residents of the llmobouso district he was a grand son of mr and mrs f l miller and greatgrandson of mrs w j hoe nephew leaves for east with tiiunperbirds flying officer a j gauthlor of dorval a nephew of mrs john s hughes of town is a member ot the thunderblrd squsdron rcaf which has been ordered to leave for duty in the east in the korean war the squadron lew over town at 030 last night enroute to winni peg where they were scheduled to refuel and fly on to the west coast of the usa council as a body while not committing themselves by resolu tion to accept the decision from headquarters intimated that this was their feeling by instructing the clerk to write that office to ask if the contract could be terminated at ah earlier date no reply has as yet been received provincials here since 1947 georgetown has had provincial police since the fall of 1047 when council engaged them following the resignation ot w g marshall as town council mr marshall was elected reeve of the town at last decembers elections corporal reg reynolds who is now in oakvllle was the first head of the detach ment council pays a portion of the salaries of the policemen plus a mileage allowance and also sup plies office accommodation and fur nishings in return the town re ceives the seivices of three men and the department supplies the car and their uniforms weapons and equipment sheffield to brentford coincident with the news that the provincials would be leaving georgetown was that corporal jack sheffield who had headed the detachment since cpl reynolds left bad asked for and been gran ted a transfer to brnntford con stable georgefyfe also had a trans- fer pending which is expected to take place in the new iev weeks corporal sheffield a tenyear vet eran on the opp has been here for three years and received his stripes this spring he came here from dundas where he was on highway patrol and criminal work his first two years as a policeman were spent on motorcycle patrol ln the niagara falls district new man arrives oh monday corporal josepbqmc- llain arrived from perth to head tbe local detachment which is com posed of constables vic smith and george fyfe mr mcbain a toronto native haa been with the opp eleven years serving at alexandria ottawa gananoqup and perth hm wife la also a native of toronier and they have two children barbara 5 and lawrence 3 some men attract you by their comradeship and personal friend- stiip some statesmen by their flare jor publicity achieve cven more public acclaim than they rightly deserve in the death of rt hon mackenzie king canada has lost a statesman who in my opinion did not get full credit during his life time for his devotion to duty and for his unparallcllcd contribution to our national lite i am equally sure that history will give him full credit this man was content to sacrifice most of the- usual amenities ot life and devoted his entire life to pub lic service some men nave a depth and strength of character which ybu recognize bus find it difficult to define the impact on his life of the persecutions suffered by his grandfather was often apparent to those who knew him intimately and in my opinion was one of the domnant sources of his strength of character and his everapparent determination to keep canada a united nation lost boy cause weekend excitement in town mr snd mrs lloyd boyd and famil an mrs d boyd are holi daying lndunnvllie this week with mr and mrs walter mcollvray f- i the disappearance ot a young georgetown hoy caused some con cern on saturday night the boy failed to return home from deliv ering his papers and police were notified mayor cleave who la police chairman on council enlis ted the aid of members ot the fire brigade and an extensive search was carried out the lad was found on main street early sunday morn ing and told police a story of being picked- up by an unknown man police made a thorough lnvesl- gatlon and are of the opinion that there was no truth in the story and that difficulties in collecting sub scription money caused the boy to stay away from home and concoct a story l mr and mrs jack gunning lit spending this week with mr and mrj harold mcclure at their oat- taga near port sydney on mary lake mrs john s hughes haiman- ed from a visit with relative- to smiths rails and ottawa i