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fi v- t n twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday may 30th 1951 twelve pages social and personal vdbpni j ma robert roacoe of st cath- was a mfeekend guest of robert waldie liss margaret dickie of toronto was a holiday guest in town with rmiss hilda erwin m mra edith morris of windsor was poa- holiday guest in town with mrs iv ostrander ifo- mr and mrs a willjrtms of toronto were weekend visitors mr and mr hairy hayward itr and mrs dick rwdall with mr and mrs bob brush milton spent the holiday weekend in mon treal and ottawa mr walter t evans has returned a pleasant vacation visit in athern california old mexico and efisaicouver bc el mrs w g o thompson is visit ing in ottawa with mr and mrs jack thompson and her new grand- son christopher dr a g m bruyns of madpc was a visitor for a few days last week with his parents at tbeir home on charles street miss lillian watsonr- with her aunt mrs edith hamilton of acton flew to new york city and spent last week there dr a mcallister attended the annual session of the ontario medi cal association last week at the royal york hotel toronto weekend guests with mr and mrs ted vahl were mr and mrs e waddlngton and children david stephen and joan of toronto miss laurette glynn toronto was a weekend guest with her sister mrs r w kitchen and mr kitchen at their home on main street mr and mrs e orton and chil dren nancy grant brian and ste phen of toronto spent the 24th with mr and mrs clem dwyer at their home on victoria street mrs harry stockford was in drayton last wednesday attending the funeral of mr elmer samis mr samls was mrs charles stockfords father mrs f l mcgilvray has return ed to town after spending a few weeks in dunnville with her son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs walter mcgilvray constable george cousens stat ioned at sussex nb with the royal canadian mounted police is spend ing a tenday leave with his par ents ltcol and mrs gordon cousens misses beatrice mcbrady aileen ferguson charlotte halliday eva derry and elizabeth langan of the canadian bank of commerce tor onto were holiday visitors in town with miss may langan visiting this week with mr and mrs robert hayward berwick hall ia mrs j vidler of west hamilton mr and mrs w r vidler dundas were weekend guests with the hay- wards mrs john kennedy spent the weekend with relatives in paisley mr and mrs arthur lymer of lambeth were visitors in norval last week with mr- and mrs gray- don chester mr and mrs j h dennys ot new toronto spent the weeltend at the home of mr and mrs fred sinclair bobby mccumber son of mr and mrs vern mccumbear entertained seven of his little playmates at his fifth birthday party tuesday mr arid mrs hugh graham of yfeston were weekend visitors with the formers sister mrs j j and mr thompson weekend visitors with the irwin ntftles were mr and mrs melville fawcett and daughter jane of kit chener sunday afternoon rev duncan foster and family of winona called for mrs c frenre in town and they drove to the foster homestead in caledon mrs c freure visited with mrs walter anthony in brampton last week mrs anthony met with an accident recently but no bones were broken mr and mrs r r- mckibbon former local residents who now live inqttawa were visitors this week with mr and mrs george fawcett mr and mrs h rugg andrew and jaekle spent a few days visit ing in ottawa and at sherbrooke quebec with his mother mrs f s rugg mrs floyd varey entertained at a surprise stork shower last night for mrs steve eason and her newly- adopted daughter brenda faye the baby received many beautiful gifts from the twelve guests present mr and mrs w a mcgowan at tended the ontario medical assoc iation banquet at the royal york hotel toronto last wednesday ev ening when the official office of president was conferred upon mrs mcgowans brother dr miln c harvey frcs kitchener lynn treleaven daughter of mr and mrs j treleaven charles street entertained her friends at a theatre party on may 24th fol lowed by a party to celebrate her tenth birthday her guests were june oliver judy bonathan fay murfln karen shortlll gail mal colm paulene watson carolyn biehn and brenda bell mr and mrs spence mckinnon attended the wedding in chatham on saturday of ken house of the foreign department bank of com merce head office toronto and june simpson of the chatham branch staff mr mckinnon was groomsman at the wedding which took place in christ church mr and mrs william milliere of wat erloo who were also wedding guests accompanied the mckinnons to tol edo ohio to spend the weekend with mr and mrs george milliere there mr and mrs j d godfrey vis- lied for the holiday in hamilton with their soninlaw and daugh- ter mr and mrs j jel- wilson and had their first look at their new granddaughter marion kathleen i mr and mrs william hayward barry and paul spent the week end at buttermilk falls haliburton with mr and mrs doug adamson and at beaverton with mrs hay- wards parents mr and mrs fred adamson mrs a wright and mr and mrs urice hillock attended the wed- g of margaret eleanor wright and donald orr campbell on satur day in stouffville uriited church and areception which followed at the brides home engagements mr and mrs john r hamilton announce the engagement of their daughter roxie eva to albert james norton son of mr and mrs wil liam norton the marriage will take place on saturday june the six teenth at two oclock in the bap tist church georgetown on friday night mrs george farmer and miss mabel shepherd entertained for miss belle ten- nant at a kitchen shower at miss shepherds home miss tennant will be married next month to wil- 11am thomas garbutt archdeacon w g o thompson oi and mr tom beaumont attended the dedication of a new anglican par ish hall at jtockwood on sunday afternoon rt rev walter bagnall bishop of niagara officiated at the dedication ceremony check line forum has summer program check line farm forum met mon day at the home of mr and mrs denney charles to plan their sum mer activities in june there will be a strawberry social at the home of mr and mrs l devries mr charles bob nicol and august spit- zer are arranging a sunday motor trip in july possibly to the elora rocks the nicols will be hosts at a welner roast in august and in september a corn roast will take place at the home of mr and mrs- ernie curry mr nicol was appointed secre tary replacing joan devries who is now working at the islington branch of the royal bank lost two games play acton next the intermediates have taken it on the chin twice in- a row after an initial win against clark- son waterdown won an easy vic tory here hut wednesday and on saturday georgetown lost their second in milton tonights game with oakviuehas been postponed georgetown plays their next in ac ton saturday k harvey chappel pitching main stay of the georgetown team has been hampered this season with a sore arrnthe club is oh the look out for pitchers and qt present has their eye on two potentials in brampton a big- disappointment was the loss of a montxealer daw son til ley who had been signed a university student he had come to a summer job at provincial pa per ltd but stayed here only brief ly j a carroll 6iven agricultural post terra cotta club tours candy plant sick childrens hospital the ladies of the thimble club had a full day when they visited toronto last week first was a visit to the laura secord plant where each received a special candy pack age thanks to mr gillis the group then toured the sick childrens hospital under the guidance of mrs farmer where they saw the good work being done for children in this lovely new building the after noon concluded with afternoon tea at the home of mrs dr mcfarland the presidents mrs h puckering and mrs charles mcnally made the trip arrangements visitors in terra cotta ove the weekend included mr w and howard cummings toronto mr and mrs kirkwood and carl and mr and mrs mcpherson erin guests of mr and mrs norman team mr and mrs w hayward and son of guelph with mrs h puckering mr and mrs g puck ering and daughter of toronto mr and mrs albert dawson and brenda of georgetown beverley evc and f albp spent the holiday weekend in buf falo wins bulova watch in july 12th draw mervyn cook won a bulova watch offered as first prize in a lucky draw held by the july 12th cele bration committee his ticket 2846 was drawn first at a euchre party in the oddfellows hall friday other prizewinners were mrs wl- liam roshier 70 steam iron bev eves terra cotta 2678 electric ket tle mrs c kirby rr2 276 trav- elling bag ken richardson 3403 groceries g mcrae terra cotta fountain pen euchre prizewinners were mrs herb harlow sr j van fleet acton mrs mae fountain acton antfmrs sydrobin mrs robin also won the door prize drunk driver gets fifteen days in j a mono mills man was sentenced by magistrate k m langdon to 15 days in jail on a drunk driving charge in milton court recently his licence was suspended and his car impounded for three months the convicted mans car was in volved in an accident with a car driven by robert lavoie george town on no 7 highway near nor val no one was hurt in the acci dent but both v cars were damaged to the extent of 500 see vacation guide in this weeks issue in this issue the heralds annual vacation guide begins when planning your vacation study the advertisements under the vacation heading a variety of re sorts to choose from including was- aga lake slmcoe and haliburton obby korzack son of mr and alex korzack celebrated his sixth birthday on may 22nd to a party at his home in the grande view apartments he invited bar bara patricia and kathy buchanan karen and marsha arrnanh jimmy mcnlven doug and linda packer larry and brenda hawes jimmy lindsay margaret eason paul tur- f ner jimmy and neil ellison his sister linda and cousins kerry robert and cherry jepson pat and margaret sargent karen and nancy utkonack lome scots reunion civic john a carroll brampton has been appointed assistant to the dep uty minister of agriculture he suc ceeds r s duncan who is retiring mr caroll has been for several years chairman of the board of peel memorial hospital he has a long record of service in the dept of agriculture since graduating from oac lm 1914 when he was appoin ted peel county agricultural repre sentative after service overseas he held that post until 1924 tjntu 1928 he was assistant dir ector of agricultural representa tives from 1928 to 1933 director of the crops and market oranch and from 1931 to 1933 vice chairman of the agricultural development board tslnce 1933 he has been superin tendent of the agricultural and hor ticultural societies branch in which position he acts as secretary for the ontario association of agricultural societies and secretary for the on tario plowmens association he is well known throughout the province as secretary manager of the big international plowing match f a lashley who spoke ar recent meeting in limehouse spon sored by georgetown fair board succeeds mr- carroll in his former pbsition 1 the weather mvettjtor i dont suppose there t be jnuch comphwtat about the weather this week especially over the holi day in fact it has been quite a sum mer up to now even though we may get an early fall in june ern batfcln date max mih ram may 21 w 1 trace- may 22 69 51 sz may 23 66 46 may 24 71 42y may 25 80 49 may 28 79 56 41 may 27 67 49 10 average 7314 4914 133 latest development in the north haltnn high afhool district ade ctiion of the school board that the wisest thing to do is to build hew schools at acton and georgetown and keep the district a three school one a special meeting of the board last night in stewaattown threshed the problem out a motion had been tabled at last weeks meting call- ing for a second school at george town which would eliminate a school in acton for the present acton board members took strong exception to this and pointed out that acton and surrounding district james h wilson was once rtfad foreman a former hal ton county road foreman james h wilson died on may 19th at his home r r 3 mil ton born in esquesing in 1878 he had been in ill health for the past year he is survived by his wife sarah jane hanna and six children stan ley ernest arthur and ruth mil ton mrs d mcnabb vera dun das and alex fort erie mr wilson was a member of bos ton presbyterian church and the funeral service was conducted by rev j n mcfaul with interment in milton cemetery pallbearers were archie and john mcgibbon clifford hardy nell mccauum wil liam robertson and john irving in addition to about 340 federal taxes on a 2000 car in some prov inces canadian pays provincial and municipal taxes has over the required boot public school enrolment to form their own district intimating that this would be actons answer to the motion it was pointed out that georgetown and acton are growing steadily and that indications are that the towns will eventually need their own schools there has been some talk of building a school at suvercreek for the two towns but should one or both towns grow this would end up as a white elephant the school board voted unanlnv ously in favour of two new schools and appointed john bell geo town arlof dills acton and nelson pickett milton to interview the dept of education on the matter if the dept approves cost estimate will be prepared and the five mun icipal councils will then be inter viewed the motion to build two new schools which was made by dr x b milne georgetown and aria dills acton also calls for the addi tion of a gymnasium on the milton school and suggests that georgetown and acton donate the sites for the proposed new schools new building underway for knitting firm a lome scots reunion is being planned over the civic holiday weekend plans call for a dance drumhead service sports garden party and fireworks and a committee is busy arranging the details members and exmembers of the lome scots are asked to meet at the armouries this sunday after noon to discuss plans further plan new brampton bank building construction of a new building in brampton which will house the bank of toronto will start in a few weeks erected on the premises of the old bnmaptton bakery it will be a glassfronted building with brick exterior limehouse family gathering at patterson home twenty one members of the pat terson family gathered at the home of a c patterson on sunday to meet with mr and mrs arthur pat terson just arrived from a winter in the southern states and his mo ther mrs r patterson mrs mont gomery of grimsby and mrs hc- cutcheon of acton were also visi tors there mr and mrs harry mcdonald and family motored to parry sound where they visited her parents dur ing the weekend the girls project club under dir ection of mrs s kirk patrick and mrs frank brown has spent a great deal of time lately preparing for achievement day to be held in milton on saturday recent visitors mr albert kennedy of hutton- ville with the archie mcdonalds marilyn patterson with her cou sin joy patterson mrs leslie campbell of hamil ton with the a w nortons mrs glynn of sarnia with her son mr john glynn mrs glynn and peter mr and mrs lloyd james tor onto and mrs bill mills and su san of streetsville with mb- and mrs w t mills mr and mrs ted morrow and elane with mrs r lane mr and mrs bob roughley jane and dale of london with the jack rpughleys mr and mrs joseph mcgowan mr john mcgowan and a friend of barrie called on friends in the vil lage on sunday mr and mrs w i newton and daughter margaret of barrie visi ted his mother and aunts on sunday- mr arthur lane of toronto and mr t p campbell of clear creek were with mrs r lane mr and mrs barry and family of long branch with the herring- tons mrs jones and miss patsy jones miss reamsbottom and mr jack soles of toronto mr erie jabst and mrs win johnson of st catharines were with mr and mrs c a foster on sunday mrs johnson remain ing for a holiday a local knitting company is erect ing a new business building in geor getown wilfrid lavoie son have star ted work on i onestorey factory on the west side of the highway just over the white bridge the land adjoins the property of norman brown and was purchased by the firm from mr brown the new building will be of cem ent block construction with a brick front it is one storey high it will givethe compariy about stfloo square feet of floor space mr lavoie and his son jack op ened their knitting company here seven years ago locating in the building on water street formerly operated by bhit hosiery the corn- panf manufactures mens heavy work hose and employs about 25 people they are located in the downstairs half of the building owned by william schenk and la- vole knitting company operated by mr wilfrid lavoles father occu pies the upper part of the building local children make their first communion fifteen children including a group from holy cross church maise their fix si cuuuminlun st week agn sunday in st josephs church ac ton the georgetown young people were thomas beeney michael doyle danny golden philip rao mary jane tucker and aileen varey solemn communion was observed by catherine mcgrath who made her first communion last year and dennis and peter gibbons acton the girls were attired in white dresses and veils and theooys were white armbands and a flower in- their lapel the church was decor ated with spring flowers and a chil drens choir sang a mission is being observed in the pariah this week conducted by rev john f hardy cm- vlncen- tian father of boston mass two masses each morning with evening devotions and dally sermon nark the event opene with hsgat mass on sunday chess is one of the oldest known to man a monkey is the only wild animal that will use sticks a or any thing handy as a weapon enrico caruso buys licata fruit business the earliest dated event in his li tory is 4241 bc the year in which the egyptian calendar was estab lished one of main streets best known businesses has changed hands enrico caruso of brampton took over ownership of licatas fruit market monday morning the jrult and vegetable business will be known front now on as carusos fruit market mr caruso is the son of sam caruso who operates a fruit store in brampton arid he learned the business working with his father his parents came to canada from sicily 45 years ago and have been located in brampton since 1917 enrico after graduating from high school joined the army and later won hie commission with the armoured corps he served overseas with the lincoln and wetland reg iment in world war 2 he is un married in brampton he was chair man of the town basketball league assisting him in the business will be his younger brother lennle who starred as junior lacrosse player with brampton and was chosen to play in the west hut year with st catharines juniors joey another of enricos nine brothers ana sis ters plays senior lacrosse with brampton erfcelslors mr and mrs dick xjcata in re- tiring from business nave madee definite plana for the future they will move into anapartment in ber wick hall in a few weeks mr lic ata will stay with the new owner for a time mr licata took over the business in 108ft from wa- tony restivo of sicilian paren tage also dick worked as a book keeper for a wholesale fruit fins in hamilton then trucked to buf falo and detroit for a couple off years and managed the fruit con cession in metropolitan stores ia hamilton and london for a year before coming to georgetown he worked with mr restivo for four years before enchasing the busi ness mr restivo has been a georgetown resident since starting the business here in 1915 the store was first located in the lilllco beauty salon premises then on mill street where the liquor store is now and later in the present location ol the dom inion store the present location was at one time millars dry goods store during his years in business mn licata baa been one of the townt most public spirited dozens aorr mer presi of the lions he has beentone of the clus actlve meinbenhe has in ftm raising 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