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xajzixvmm m georgetown ont wednesday november 15th 1950 irval minister called to x church midland 3 leonard self will taxo r pastorate of knox preaby- churah midland in janu- 3r self armourfccd to his ations at nbrvol and union his decision to accept- a dad to hrm by the mid- ure whtfp he had preached loui sunday pa departure wu be a loss to thevnorval community rgdtown as well where n recreational director years tjnder his guidance ttvitlas as hockey ba and soccer the stay-at- eamp and hobby show- have interest for boys and and women and he will lit man to replace ne to nerval in 103 suc- j bev arthur leggett who is teacher at vancouver bible a native of toronto he is i of mr and mrs james har- he is graduate of the tfty of western ontario and liege and holds his master and bachelor of divinity de- the university of tar- graduation mr self year 1b the mission field 1 mttequodobolt barbour before coming to nor- i ha met and married his i is a graduate of the mar- tremy of music and has i to many norval young they have two children and kennedy jtseu is at present secretary- of young peoples socle- 1 sunday schools in toronto bytery be has served as moderator on two occasions pulpits of the georgetown churches were empty gehaplaln of credit- lodge and a member of geor- i lions club for four years taught manual training at f public school played an active role in not only as recreational dlr- nt as a participant on many luring the early war years two seasons with norvel- own combines an inter- oha entry and has lately member of the business- itteam in the industrial league lacrosse for two seasons jforval and is also a member businessmen softball team nd he will succeed the c stewart past modera- was minister there for years prior to his sudden montreal this year while the general assembly was at one time mlni- hiacton and is buried in falr- etery there the midland has a congregation of 800 is one of three brothers j- ministry rev russell self in the jansi field a younger brother stan- first year student at knox eonald stbwabt much in the local news is ron- aid stewart clarkson tenor who will leave early in the new year for a european tour mr stewart sang last wednesday in st john auditorium to a large audience he will return to norval next wednesday for a concert in the presbyterian church poppy day canvass again a success the poppy day committee under the chairmanship of mrs ttjomas grieve who has handled the job for several yoars once again had outst auceess ujtth their an- iicnrfconvass j the totol collection worn sale of poppies amounted- this year to 47020 on there were many pri vate donations as well as from the mercharits ibdtvlduals and business organizations which swelled this amount considerably wreaths and displays were- arranged in the vac ant store in the cbrdaro building donations were reoelved from tho following merchants harley kayharsland ltd commercial displays ltd true blue lodge credit lodge afam legion la dies auxiliary brewers warehouse local council of women beaumont knitting mills oddfellows carrolls miss h a staunton mr l x fleck royal bank legion imper ial section simpsons lions club branch 120 canadian legion t eaton co iode meadowglan growers bank of commerce ver- dun rebekah lodge apple pro- dusts esqueslng township loest 47 alliance paper mills high school fire brigade town conn- mr and mrs bruce kennedy and daughter cheryl of tanaing visited on sunday with his parents mr and mrs george harrington public school news grade eighter new school publication city health inspector was landscape painter a resident of georgetown since september 1 1st when he moved hore from toronto john mason cqghill died last friday in guelph general hospital mr coghui was on inspector with the toronto health department for forty years ho was born in tor onto the son of capl alex coghlll who established the first drydoek in the city at the foot of cherry street he was a member of rurf- nymede baptist church and the lol mr anil mrs coghui purchased the house on arietta street form- relyr occupied by mr and mrs ron latimer ibefore they moved to llmehouse i their soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs william cbpeland are also new residents in town mr copeland having taken a position with smith and stone ltd mrcoghtu was a talented artist he specialized in oil landscapes and has one picture hanging in toronto east genera hospital he received honourable mention on several oc casions for entries in the art show at the canadian national exhibi tion he leaves his wife the former jessie watson one daughter mrs william copeland may of geor getown and three sons albert george and jack of toronto there are eleven grandchildren and roar greatgrandchildren two brothers and a sister also survive george of vancouver david and mrs fred treblecock 61 toronto the funeral service was held on monday in runnymede baptist church with interment following in mount pleasant cemetery remembrance service at st johns church a remembrance day service call ing to prayerful remembrance the sacrifice and tragedy of the two world wars was held on sunday i morning at str johns united chorea kcvorcjid j m smith read the lea son from romans chapter is and last few days havedropped below j st j the normal avergein boutx- ki brefl mum and maximum lets blame iss rfixirs it on the fast time wonder if the jfcset the weather twr editor the weather- this week has been rather raw and cold instead of our expected indian lummer in- fact the weather was responsible tor the day of self examinations dateline on the front page of th 2 ijspell hslstax the boys and girls of grade eight arc desening of great credit for the planning preparing and publish i of their bimonthly newspa the grade eighter selling at three cents per copy it forms a source of revenue for red cross funds the officials of tins enter prising paper are editor in chief george andrews assist editor brian goodie printer ross mcgilvraj sports sand mackenzie world news donald seddon school news bob tracey coming ev ents fred dickenson personals patsy willson short stories wa ne grtbbons ad ertlsements barry timleck poetry douglas tucker and john li ingstone junior red cross new s margaret mcguigan best attendance during october was recorded in mr henrys room with 98 04 per cent with second best attendance noted in miss camp bell s class with 96 90 per cent friday afternoon films were shown to the senior grades in the principals classroom care and use of the eyes was chosen for health pacific canada for geog raphy and volcanos in action for science children were questioned on the contents of the pictures present at the school that afternoon were inspector l l skucc and his assistant school many business items occupy iode meeting thirtyfive members were pres ent ot the nov ember meeting of the countess of strathmorc chapter iode held last monday evening at the home of miss ruth evans on he ninth line in the absence of the regent mrs sam mackenzie 1st vice regent presided arid wel comed two new members to the chapter mrs robert relchardt as an associate member and mrs james linton an aucflon sajc of small articles wil be featured at the next meet ing proceeds to be donated to the iode queen mary carpet fuhd this meeting will be held at the home of miss jean mackenzie miss helen macdonald reported the pack ing and dispatching of a large ball to the chapters adopted school in haliburton donations of money were also received from members to buy chistmas gifts and candy and nuts for the same school a committee to have charge of the acton minister speak to knox church ladies re robert armstrong of acton gave an address on missions at the fall thnnkofferlrig meeting j1 the wohicns missionary society of knox church lost wedncsdoy mrs w t sinclair presided and the wormp period was taken by mrs percy leslie and mrs harston of norval mrs l devries and mrt william cromar sang two duets offertory prayer was rlvcn by milton bird and mrs sam fackenzlc thanked the speaker and those assisting with the service a social hour and refreshments fol lowed the meeting chapters annual valentine dance was formed mrs w c reynolds informed the members that due to the exceedingly large attendance of the halton baby clinics held here every 2nd and 4th monday the doctor in charge will not be tak ing any appointments after 3 30 following the close ot the meet ing lunch was served by the fol lowing committee mrs j d kel ly mrs ryerson douglas mrs h rugg mrs sam mackenzie mrs walter blchn and the hostess miss ruth evans ie family entertains nd time at school hursdsy morning the stud- 5 the high school and senior jjofthe public school assem- st johns church hall to again the davie family concert artists from barrie the group consists of henderson davie able and accomplished pianist nces bavle mezzo soprano lie davie baritone and mr bpavie dramatic basso the ne consisted of solos duets each member introducing numbers some of the fav- nbers included on the pro- were bile dem cab- a negro spiritual i was shy old ballad i the canadian logger to meet you a bun- song rendered as an indian love call and the concluding num jttsaar hearts and oentto fimosrt was a decided on- boys and gtri to bear to music of quality mrs al cameron and and david of maaford i vayn brawn charles to us caoltmr lata c norval turkey supper raises funds for oil furnace to help defray the expense of a new oil furnace in the church st pauls guild held a very successful turkey dinner in the parish hall on tuesday november 7th after dinner euchre was played prizewin ners being mrs stanley barnett mrs g fendley mrs m guy wil son and mr h g sherring those responsible for the smooth and efficient staff work in the kitchen and ai the tables included mrs harold dollop mrs walter idler mrs w allenby mrs a barnett mrs j rawungson mrs a burton mrs s white mrs o case- ley mrs o sherring mrs v bas el mrs sid morris mrs tom thompson mrs a needham miss edna kmr mrs it rushmar mrs j b maxwau misses doresn ba- zeu xusen sadora guuan iters pearl morris maureen naadhamand jean qrashy and maura a flhata w cousland w allsnhy j raw ungson a burton- and w plana- mot walter pldlar gt asssts at the deetind later ooza that uohre gama bar j b utawatl an prsaawl otltptalli a bridgeport trims raiders return same there thursday the roughest toughest high- stickingest game ever played here was one spectators description of the raidersbrldgoport meeting hero last night georgetown emerged the losers in a 72 score after holding the vets 4j until the third period jusftbr beaumont and another dclly back in action after a threatened retire ment earlier in the season notched the two georgetown goals the referees didnt keep the game in hand as woll as they should and injuries luckily minor left the locals badly bruised there was a poor crowd scarcely more than a hundred on hand the teams meet again tomorrow night in bridge port imbbv ansssy j thitrsdiy november 16 1950 9 am due to necessary repairs the water will be shut off on main street south from the municipal building and all streets south and westof main and wesleyan streets m herald last week or was it wishful thinking on the editors part era ratkln date max mln rain november 6 si 31 november 7 so 30 november 8 54 38 10 november- november 10 s3 38 16 46 31 november 11 39 37 november 12 34 ss flurries h average 4871 3114 m oac chapuiri speaker at junior farmer rally rev w a young chaplain at the oac at guelph was speaker at a rally of norval junior farmers last night in stewarttown hall mr youngs topic was getting the most out ot life he was introduced by denney charles john mcchure president of the juniors was chairman and a musi cal program included recitations by joe lyons duets by thelma hunter and ellen palmer with mrs oliver hunter at the piano and musical numbers on the guitar and har monica by don garbutt fred chapman presented the bank of commerce tray to frank wilson who won the junior far mers grain show at the fair and garfield mcguvray secretary of die fair presented him with the beaumont trophy emblematic of the junior championship after lunch there was dancing to doris hulls orchestra challenge the best tribute that we could pay he said was to pra- sent ourselves as living aacriflces for christ and his kingdom the names of those from the congrega tion who paid the supreme aach- fiie in the two wan were read and a perlod of prayerful silence was observed the names are to be seen inscribed along with the names ot all who served on the two honear rolls hanging in the church cloak rooms and in the book of remem brance in the memorial room tha choir under the direction of k laird sang two fitting anthems fior all the saints and o val iant hearts sunday was a tpeeia day in tat life of the sunday school at tha morning anion a large number was present to witness the installatioa of ernest forgrave as tha new sup erintendent from 3 to 7 pjn a supper meeting was held for mem bers of the official board and sun day school 0400619 at which tha mission and future of the sunday school were discussed the even ing service immediately following was dedicated to the promotion of interest in the sunday school and was- in the form of a parents and teachers service mr smith spok on the theme coworkera with god on sunday afternoon david gor don kidney paul ryerson kidney mary lynda kentner and david donald kentner children of mr and mrs gordon kidney and mr ind mn c kentner were baptized was in honour guars for visiting diilpmat lccpl philip carney was home fiom pctawawa military camp for the weekend to visit with his mo ther mrs william carney en route he hod been in ottawa for a day where he was a member of a guard of honour tor a visiting italian dip lomat mr and mrs lome cave and jimmy or toronto spent the week end in town with his mother mrs t r cave and with mr and mrs ross thompson embarkation leave ere korea bound ptc earl beerman was home oa embarkation leave last weekwita his parents mr and mrs ed beer- man a member of the special ser vice force he has completed his training at petawawa with tha princess pats the regiment is sla ted to go to korea but pte beer- man was not able to say whether further training would be taken in the states before leaving for tha east mr ted ewing of lansing was a weekend guest at the homa ot mr and mrs frank sykes liberals elect thomson as ontario party chief finds 1854 coin while engaged in some digging operations this week don arthurs of the town staff spotted a coin which is almost one hundred years- old the coin is badly corroded and don intends to clean it up and see what he has the date ibm appears quite clearly on one side as do turn words canada and bank of it is a copper colour about the size of the large pennies which were withdrawn from circulation several years ago jack ruddy joins provincial police jack ruddy has been accepted as a rpokie on the ontario provin cial police force and will start his training in toronto next monday jack who comes from cobalt has worked at alliance paper mills for the last couple of years and has boarded at the home ot mr and mrs james boyle he served with the rcaf aircrew over s during the war walter c thomson was cho ieadcrof the ontario liberal party at the annual convention in tor onto last week mr thomson is a lawyerfarmer from pickering who is now federal member of parlia ment for ontario constituency hf succeeds farquhar oliver several proposals were made in a booklet which will be used aa the base for a platform tor the next election reduction of the voting age from 21 to 18 in provincial elec tion and negotiation with the fed eral government of a liseal-arrwnge- ment such as exists between tha dominion and eight other provinces were included the convention ex pressed the feeling that woman should be eligible for jury duty councillor frank patch of geor getown waa among a group of hal- ton delegates who attended tha convention these included james cunningham of hornby murray mcphall nassagaweya dewart fer guson trafalgar paul fisher and al csdeau burlington federal liberal member hughes cleaver and dr deans liberal standard bearer in tha last provincial elamtoa wer also among tha dalagstas tt guelph wedding saturday for smith stone head dr d on saturday wuiawliaf lias a tha homa etvtha bridal mother la onalna the wadding took glace off brigadier f c waltaea dsatltc and miss vara alng a i brigadier wahaea vtea piasldantot a psniss vqsstsa obbspi smith and stone ltd in town mte stag who is ta tar ot mm jans osier oaelph and tta lata dr formerly ssnalotaa wl eatim davntasss f ltd in re