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yyvstp w- ji 7r 7 georgetown ont wednesday evening aug 2 1950 norman long and dorcas joh wed oh saturday july 29th in st pauls church of england norval the marriage took blade or doreen south jolley daughter of mr and mjvedftor the weather vtts h t jolley tf jmorval for- merlyof montreal and norman bon long sosf of mr and mrs john long of gebrgblbwn archr deacon w g o thompson offleia- ted lit a setting of white hd salmon gladioli tho organist was mr james burns of georgetown whose selections included o perfect love given to marriage by her father 1 the bride wore a gown hand tail ored by the grooms mother of blufta satin- styled on fitted lines flowing into a graceful train tier veil of net illusion felktetom tiara headdress and she carried a cascade of pink roses miss agnes ritchie of montreal was maid of honour in pale blue embossed taf feta and carrying pink gladioli and miss iaobel cunningham norval was bridesmaid wearing orchid taf feta and carrying yellow gladioli mr george long was his broth ers groomsman and ushers were his other brother william long and the brides brother syd jolley after a reception held at the home of the brides parents where cake baked by her brother syd jolley of montreal had the place of honour the couple left on a honey moon trip the bride c to a dress of navy blue nylon net with navy blue accessories and a cor sage of white gardenias the bride who la a member of georgetown girls pipe band piped to the church by misses ann luke and the band inez scott members of dates set forgrc softball playoffs playoffs for a and b chomplon- g o t gltclndnstrialsottbairptrrrty league will begin on monday aug ust 21st the first four teams in the standing will be classed as a thought ryoumifht be interested to see how the month of july comr pared with the normal average and tho following table also shows a comparison for 1949 and 1950 to the average normal i- em botldn date max mln rain july 24 71 59 48 july 25 56 july 28 7 76 55 18 july 27 8q 58 julxttsb 83 63 july 29 83 81 16 july 30 80 63 64 average 7785 59 146 year max mln rain 96 normal 80 57 1950 77 55 433 82 59 352 gastleteumioh held at clayton wilsons on july 15th one hundred and twenty five descendants of the gas- tie family gathered at the home of mr and mrs clayton wilson at ashgrove for their 18th reunion mr and mrs wilson mrs a s wilson of georgetown and mr george castle of milton welcomed the guests as they arrived and reg istered after a picnic lunch at the noon hour the young people played a game of baseball and number of races were conducted by kayand spencer wilson on the lawn r supper was served after which reports were heard from commit tees robert gastle of carlisle was chosen president for the next reun ion prizestwere given to the two oldest persons present mrs edward cavan and mr john wilson midland man killed in car- crash francis beer age s8 of midland died in milton hospital on thurs day as a result of injuries sustained in a cartruck collision thcprev- ious day on juo 5 slderond the accident occurred about 720 wednesday morning at the inter section of the sldcroad and the 5th linewhcn a car driven by mr beer was in collision with a true driven by elwood cnnieyj o norval- the accident rvtetlm hed been- visiting his brother or paul beer and hod just left his home before the accmcnt before moving to midland he had lived in acton for a number of years where he was employed with the boardmore company he la survived by his wife one son and one daughter rev j l self conducted the funeral service on saturday at the mcclure fun eral home georgetown and inter ment was made in greenwood cemetery georgetown was georgetown teacher sam stevenette marries s j i amiiel stevenette a former membof georgetown public school staff was married tft wain- fleet on jiily 19th to miss ruth gifford of that community mr stevenette was assistant principal at the school two years ago leav ing hereto take a position in a rural school rievr wainflcct hjft took an ncrv im young peoples work at qclbafetbwn baptist church dr ing his residence in town hi marriage took place in wulnflect bautfst church f western grain too high says check line forum sister of mrs near dies at caledon mrs thomas graham fiied on july 24 in caledon at the home of her daughter mrs norman spoors mrs graham who had been ser iously ill all winter in a toronto hospital had returned home a month ago she succumbed to a heart attack the former janet akltt she was in her 73rd year the funeral service was held last wednesday with interment in bos- ion mills cemetery she is survi ved by two daughters mrs speers and mrs e sawden and one sister mrs m l ncor of georgetown ray gerries mother dies in toronto mrs william r gerrlc died siid- denly j on monday at her home 38 macaulcy avenue toronto the funeral service is being held to morrow afternoon at the turner si porter funeral chapel and inter ment will follow in park lawn cemetery mrs gcrrle who was- the former apne ingle fowler is survived by her husband one son w ray gerrlo john street georgetown and two daughters margaret doro thy at home and mrs brydon rob erts helen of hamilton she also is survived by one sister mrs dor othy passmore grc news juvenile teams with oakville in playoffs dr telford btehn of sarnla was a visitor one day last week with his brother walter blchn mr and mrs jud davidson and family are holidaying this week at sarnto with mr and mrs ed kear ney pr and mrs pat vance and patsy and miss muriel spcnce are holidaying this week beach moj gen c churchill cbe dso who retired in june 1949 as vice chief of general staff canadian army will head the nat ional disaster services committee of the canadian red cross as vol unteer chairman general mann of todmorden who prepared the plan for civil defense for toronto and york will direct the expanding activities of this cross service made necessary by the increasing number of disasters social and personal in canada such as the noronlc manitoba floods and rlmouskl and cnbnno fires bob caldwell opens fairviewlnti new highway restaurant an attractive new restaurant has at wasaga i been opened in georgetown j mr and mrs bob caldwell after a visitors this week with rev l risidence acton hove re- andi teams and 1st and 3rd and 2nd and 4th will play best of3 series the winners meeting in a 2of3 ser ies for the championship teams 6 and 7 in the standing will also play a 2of3 series the winner meeting team number 5 in championship scries all games will be under the supervision of steamboat emmersorrtfna ted vahl and team managers are to report scores to them the remaining games in the sche dule appear below in the event of postponements- the games must be played before august 18th thursday august 3 bmen vs- combines park legion vs norval norval tuesday august 8th glen vs ss park bmen vs legion park combines vs limehouse lhouse thursday august it bmen vs ss park legion vs combines park norval vs limehouse lhouse monday august 14 norval vs ss park glen vs bmen park and mrs lawrence of milton recel- ved a gift as the youngest present guests came from crce- more toronto kincardine london hhmilton and the surrounding dis- rict georgetown juveniles are teamed mrs e r peterson were her sister torned to own ond en bothfwith oakville in the oba- playoffs miss margaret pauls and niece mlssl ma of falrvicw inn inoakvtlle tp shir pauuorhorolhon i lle restaurant which will- be- run morrow sjid the second here next in conjunction with fred harrisons child wednesday georgetown finished ani5 mrs james linton spent u service station on the highway second in the standing oakville last week in brooklyn new york where they visited with her cousins mr and mrs earl stanley oddfellow 65 years honoured at milton blanked compbellvllle 40 last week to force that team out of the finals final standing was- w l t pts oakville fl 3 0 18 georgetown t t 1 16 campbell vlllc 6 5 1 13 milton 0 11 0 0 a memorable event- in oddfel lows circles was a presentation in milton recently of jewels to two longterm lodge members william midgets play semifinals with streets ville mr and mrs trygvc wold and mr wolds nephew henri malon who is- here from norway for a visit i have been vacationinc nt the hotel i belvedere at parry sound mrs george chapman and daugh ter patricia returned to sudbury last weekend after spendinr the month of july with her parents mr and mrs georse h leslie the midgets who won four karnes ifter losing the first two of the eason hove been grouped with edge of waterdown a member of streets iihs- in a bestofthree ser- orion lodge georgetown for 65e the winner to meet brampton ycors and george allen member who finished the regular schedule of milton lodge for 63- years undefeated sreesvllle plays here recently they members of the two lodges gath- friday night with a return match lmlp mr m jack kerr and eredfor the special ceremony e i streetsville on mondoy final maccormack of georgetown in- t in this group was w l pts brampton 6 0 12 georgetown 4 2 8 streetsville 2 i 4 4 fergus n 6 0 trodiiced mr edge and congratula ted him for hia service to the local lodge ond dr j h mcklnney brooklin deputy grand master for ontario presented him with his jewel the grand master of ontario c a hutheson of london performed a similar honour for mr allen quite u number of georgetown people have been guests at mr and mrs wilf ilunurs valleyview cab- mrs jack kerr and daughter eileen mr and mrs rup- ert beaumont hocco lorusso albert hill cecil soper and cyril englc- by thorold lady publisher is archdeacon thompsons sister thf slsd ssssj hcr deah 1fjfl37 took dsestw 0 ttasuis- 1 e in the bus georgetown was the subject of an interesting writeup in a recent edi tion of the toronto globe a hall on the occasion of the 75th anni versary of the founding of the pa per miss thompson the article says combines the jobs of editor llno- type operator reporter and business manager and is as she expresses it chief cook and bottle washer another woman frances johnson is in charge of the printing shop and between them they put out the post and do a considerable amount of job printing as well mlss thompsons father john h thompson bought the business in- 1840 after serving his apprentice ship with the st- catharines post and the toronto globe in the days of george brown he had prev iously been a partner in the smiths falls news and published the ster ling news argus mr thompson besides his news paper career found time to serve onth public school board several terms on town council and mayor in 19mt he published two books jubilee history of thorold and a genealogy of the thompson oa- born families tracing the ancestry of his and his witvs family hack to their origin in usasachuattta miss thompson was a nurw in chicago- for sayeral years but rjs- niiiadbatne to tha lira age attar social and personal mr don campbell has returned to edmonton alberta after visiting in town with his father mr john r campbell deputyreeve and mrs kenneth macdonald and then- daughters miss helen macdonald and mrs jessie wilcox enjoyed a motor trip last week to montreal and quebec city miss norma thompson is visiting at blind river with rev and mrs j- eroitrom mr ostrom is a for mer pastor of georgetown baptist church a family picnic brought together members 6f the leslie family on sunday at stanley park erin among those present were deputy- reeve and mrs george leslie and ted mr and mrs russell thomp son mr and mrs ernest curry donnle and gordon mr and mrs blake leslie mrj and mrs k c lindsay mary bruce barbara and ruthjflssesjksilon ritchie and ruby mitchell mriand mrs george erwin leslie and terry of malton mr dean leslie who has just re turned from a trip to the coast mr and mrs t j mr and mrs joel ladle and mr ajtd mrs roy qormt tmno mr- and mrs george davies from notre dame de grace montreal visited last week with mr and mrs horace bell bith line and while here attended the long jolley wedding at norval their near normandy boulevard falrvicw inn has seating capac ity for over fifty people there arc ten tables attractively finished in buff masonlte each with four chairs with yellow leather uphol sterink- walls are painted white and the flooring is maroon tile a long snack bar is finished in natur- al wood and there are ten stools at the counter a picture window overlooks the dominion seed house projwrty the front of the- building is trimmed with cut stone and blue awnings with white lettering make most atractive decoration mr caldwell first came to town from brampton where he was meat manager at the ap store and bought the meat and grocery busi ness established as the budget mar ket by james goodlet he loter sold this business to roy barker and charles brown and purchased a confectionery and restaurant business from the long family last fall he sold out and moved to acton where in partnership with another man he opened a meet and grocery business recently he vacation with mr and mrs bell again undefeated bantams will play brampton the bantam oba team which j daughters norecn and dianne will i sold liis interest to roy barker and went through the season undctcat- spend the rennlnder of the summer entered the restaurant business ed has been matched with bramp- ton in a 2of3 series to declare a winner in the northern section oakville and waterdown are play ing off in the southern section and winners of each group will meet fori a final playoff the bantams play here tomorrow and in bramp ton saturday final standing in this league was w georgetown 6 brampton 3- acton z milton 1 pts 12 6 4 2 swimming classes every friday at norval pool the swimming classes which hove proved so popular will be contin ued every friday this month girls meet at 11 am at the old town hall for their bus ride to norval ymca pool and the boys meet at the same place at 1 pm the only charge is the 10c bus- fare cp and mrs bruce collins snd daughter patricia are visiting in town with his parents mr and mrs alt collins cpl collins is on furlough from camp borden army camp visiting with mr and mrs leslie young at their farm near town is her niece ruth ann hutchinson of belle river mis margaret roszeva piano pupil of ml- marlon hepburn was successful in passing three of her music examinations at the recent royal conservatory of toronto ex aminations miss rosxel paed bar grade 8 piano had honours in arade 3 harmony and first class honours in grade 4 history retires from smith stone honoured by company staff check- line farm forum hasjoljv ed other ontario forums to mrsaal irylthat the wheat board tajeet- cowtrol of distribution of wet gtaln from the winnipeg grain the forum feels that on- l paying too specuratlon on the grain exchanm replaced by mere stabtosysteni which will benefit farmers inbo ul of the dominion mcmbersof the- forum met man djy night at the home of mrasd mrs denpcy charles to dlacust fte subject with gordon griytxrw held man for ontario csperauws anovmr parr who i manner at mulon atprau cnt there is a spread of tee a bushel between what the western producer receives and the ontario feelv s aba l j t of line it la difficult for an ontario fanner raise stock profitably when he pays so high for feed and there ltf5 a hazard factor when he has no assurance of what grain prices m six months from now ran all across tho country hetof to expres lota on the problem with a view presentations being homstehd in norfji ernest aleuntjer pies a resident of this district for thirty years ernest alexander died suddenly on thursday july w fol lowing a heart attack rev alex cowan- conducted the funeral ser vice on saturday with interment following in hillcrest cemetery norval pallbearers were neilson stark frank ruddel newton rud- dell george c brown harold ear ly and m guy wilson a native of london england where he was born 82 years ago mr alexander had had many in teresting experiences during his lifetime with his parents the late mr and mrs george alexander and ten brothers and sisters he made the crossing to canada when he was eight years old the trip took sis weeks and at that time set a speed record for the atlantic crossing the family settled at royston to the parry sound district at the age of sixteen young ernest left home and worked on farms around newmarket going west each year for the harvesting in 1898 he wor ked with a company which hauled freight over the overland route to the klondike during the great gold rush two years later when there was o boom in farming in northern ontario he homesteaded with his brother five miles north of new liskeard clearing a 180 acre farm from the bush selling his farm in 192b mr al exander moved to the norval dis trict and a few years later bought the present farm on the 10th line he was interested in modern farm ing methods and kept uptodate on the latest improvements in mach inery predeceased several years ago by his wife mary wlngfield he la survived by one daughter mrs frank barnes janet one soa mackenzie and thirteen grandchil dren he was the last surviving member of his family criciiton jersey gets silver medal certificate clurvalc jester betty 181934 jersey cow bred by the estate of willlom a mcclure gcorgetowtfe and owned ond tested by lloyd crichton has been awarded a sil ver medal certificate by the can adian jersey cattle club betty went on test as a senior two-year- old on0 in 305 doys produced 8402 lbs of milk 494 lbs of fot with a high test of 588 per cent horsemans daughter weds in brampton victoria isabel armstrong daugh ter of mrand mrs elgin arm strong of brampton was married last month to bryan burkirt inj brampton presbyterian church bar father is a membetof armstrong brothers construction firm which operates a number of construction companies as well as maintaining the famous abc farms where prise show horses are stabled retiring from her position with smith stone ltd after being em ployed with the company for 38 years miss euphemla martin was honoured by company and employ ecs last week at the plant miss martin was forelady in the assem bly department mr s t fsram read an address in which he stated that in his con nections with a number of manu facturing concerns he had rarely round as capable a lady as miss martin ondthat she would be mis sed from her accustomed place a lazyboy chair gold fountain pen and a bouquet of carnations was presented by the employees and a gold wrist watch a 100 cheque and a bouquet of flowers from the- man agement mrs r wafdle attended the ros- coe lewlffl wedding in st cath arines a week ago saturday mrs waldle will spend the nsart two weeks at norland with her danglx tor mrs r b mabjon contrcuawarded for highway 25 paving a 10000 contract for paving of highway 39 between acton and mil ton has been let to the law construction company of toronto work is expected to start this montti and the company plana to have the hot mix asphalt applied by early fall so that the pavement will be in umtthls winter traffic on the road will not bv blocked during thapavlag norval beats ohswekeir monday came r out still leading their intermediate a lacrosse division by a onepoint margin over brantford norval central peels won a game with ohswcken last saturday 1310 with goalie bob bignell turning la another stellar performance clark lyons scored four goals and johnny haines two singles were registered by hancock clark wilkinson madgett cheyne and mccandless smoke was the big scorer for the indian team mondays game at norval was rained out for the- second week in a row and the game will be played tonight in future arrangements hive been made with brampton arena to play games there should the weather be unsuitable for play at norval bowl league standing w l norval 10 s brantford 9 6 milton 8 4 v dundas 6 9 ohswcken 4 9 hespeler 3 0 t pts 0 u 1 it 0 lo 0 ll 1 t 0 mr s t faram his brother bert faram of watrvauat 1 and j kpterklnand william klnley of toronto ara at polntoaubaru nail wfu 4a than i