Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 6, 1951, p. 1

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ywfrwf- iaaitliila v t i r i j ic i f r m fourteen pages- georgetown one wednesday jane 6th 1961 t fourteen pages social and personal ana mrs joe wilcox of cal- lander were visitors in town last week mr dennis wright and dennis jr are spending this week with his another hi brampton robert wrlgglesworth young pub lic school student is confined to y his home with scarlet fever mr and mrs robert woon and children of toronto were sunday visitors with mr howard hillock v mrs- j mattison of weston was a weekeftd visitor with her son-in- 0 law ajjd daughter mr and mrs ken nash mr and mrs harry shortill bar ry and karen were in toronto on saturday to attend his brothers wedding mrs bert ross guelph street is home again after spending a few months with her daughter in de troit michigan mrs robert buchanan who has been in ill health for several months is in peel memorial hospital this week for xrays little christine tost of orange- ville spent last week in town with her grandparents mr and mrs arthur herbert master peter hough has returned to his home in guelph after spend ing three weeks with his cousin douglas harley mr and mrs e j crowells and daughter patricia of hollywood florida are visiting this week with mrs a wright mr and mrs a gedge buffalo ny were sunday visitors with mr and mrs john malcolm at their home on maple avenue mr william king who has been ill in guelph general hospital has returned to town and is convalesc ing at his home mrs john miller has returned to her home at silvercreek after spend ing the past seven months at port dover with her sister mrs m w macauley miss miriam campbell of tarn- rose alberta was a visitor lasu week with mrs george campbell and miss luena campbell at their home on george street mrs norman skippen and nancy of stratford were weekend guests with mrs skippens brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs john l barber normandy blvd joseph hall sr left by plane last weekend for a months visit in florida he will be with his niece mrs s j lawrence and her husband at casa roma key west mr and mrs art scott are at tending the convention of the on- tario automobile dealers associa tion at the king edward hotel windsor the last three days of this week donald clark son of mr and mrs calvin clark celebrated his ninth birthday tuesday with a par- ty his guests were ricky chap man terry ritchie curtis dwyer ronalds hills and douglas mcgil- vray mrs william long of ottawa is visiting at the hqroe of her parents mr and mrs william h reid ner val road mrs reid is progressing favourably following an operation friday at wellcsley hospital tor onto miss sybil bennett kc was a speaker at the quebec convention of the progressive conservative par- ty last week in montreal miss ben netts broker mr arnold bennett port colborne is visiting with her this week prior to her marriage on friday in lamp wrvnrj mla rcrlhp gofr r attending the funeral in guelph on monday of sena tor robert glad stone were mr and mrs thomas l lyons mr john r- campbell and miss mamie campbell of town mr and imrs r n crawford powassan were visitors last week with their sohiniaw and daughter mr andamrs sandy mcdonald mr and- mrs allan crawford north bay were also guests for the week end mrs jack kfelley and miss hel ena cox entertained at the home of mrs albert tennant last tues day at a miscellaneous shower for miss belle tennant a bride of this saturday twenty five guests made a brides book and enjoyed ah ev ening of games followed by refresh ments mr and mrs bruce mackenzie entertained 25 friends at their home saturday evening at a farewell party in honour of mr and mrs calvin clark who are leaving soon for their new home in wanstead dur- tng me was guest of honour at a personal shower at the home of mrs harold schenk mrs jack saunders also entertained at a miscellaneous show ier at her home on victoria street little john wardlaw celebrated his fifth birthday thursday may 31st with a party at his home on dufferin street his guests were bobby mccumber stephen rfoare david harley wayne mcniven bon- nie inglis sharon and edith king and his sister jane mr and mrs frank petch and mr and mrs douglas peck were guests at the wedding of richard green and wanda rutledge on sat urday at churchill united church the couple with other members of the families came all the way from denver colorado to be married in the brides home church slipping on wet grass while play ing sunday kenneth morrow col lege view fell and suffered a bro ken arm and fractured wrist he was able to return home after treat- t st josephs hospital in evening the claries wetb presented with a lovely pair of chesterfield cushions mns thomas herbert arrived home from england last friday making the crossing on the ss franconia which docked at quebec city mrs herbert made a hurried trip to the old country to see her mother mrs t w hull who was quite ill and has been visiting with her at abbotts lang ley hartford- shire mrs rjull is somewhat im proved in health to celebrate his 9th birthday sat urday brydon shields son of mr and mrs j b shields entertained five of his chums at a theatre party followed by supper at his home on maple avenue those present were bobby salter david jones brian hill danny edwards and christian malon a vlstor from norway with his uncle and aunt mr and mrs trygve wold weekend visitors with mr and mrs j l lambert and family in cluded mr and mrs simon palmer formerly jane beales of the georgetown high school staff and children judy larry and brenda toronto mr frederick millar tor onto formerly of the hamilton high school of commerce staff mrs gra ham millar david joan winna and bruce toronto and herbert lambert guelph a number of local people attended a recital last week at the royal conservatory of music toronto of a gifted young pianist georgiana domm daughter of mr and mrs earl domm toronto they included mr and mrs art scott sandra and karen mrs mary cooper mr leonard marchment and ruth mrs laird and miss joy laird and mrs e campbell toronto pte william emmerson jr was home from petawawa to spend the weekend in town with his parents a number of members of the local b congregation are planning to attend the 14th baptist convention of ontario and quebet which meets in hamilton june 11th to 14th dr townley lord london eng presi dent of the baptst world alliance will be among the distinguished speakers the convention will take place at mcmaster university attending the provincial council of the local council of women in hamilton last wednesday were three members of the local group mrs jesse wyatt mrs john kerr and mrs a r vannatter following the sessions at the royal connaught hotel delegated who came from all parts of the province were taken on a tour of the city in cars with a police motorcycle escort tea at the home of the provincial president mrs c w hemine anca com- ray whitmee heads georgetown lions ray whitmee was elected bead of georgetown lions chibat the an- nual meeting of the club last night at the mcxjlbbon house he succeeds jack armstrong who will relinquish the position at o the next meeting which will take the form of a ladies night at hilltop lodge erin mr whitmee will be installed as lion chief at this meeting other officers elected are don barrager first vice president cecil mcnafnara 2nd vice president clar ence kennedy 3rd vice president- norman smith treasurer spencer mckinnon secretary elmer dron tail twister stewart young lion tarrrer jack gunning bulletin edi tor edwin wilson ernie rawson fred schuitz bill barry directors a personalized account of the winnipeg flood was given by guest speaker joe racine of brampton district manager of the mutual life assurance company mr racine was living in the elm park district of winnipeg at the time of the flood and had recorded in coloured slides the progress of the flood as it affected his home he paid tribute to the generous re- sponse of canadians across the country and said that no one had suffered heavy financial loss because of the enormousoontributidns which came to the fund appeal glen williams motor to vancouver for honeymoon trip on friday evening june 1st in the united church manse at nor- val rev alex cowan solemnized the marriage of beriha schenk daughter of mr and mrs william sfchenk glen williams and james donald wood son of mrs jamesl wood of georgetown and the later mr wood the bride wore navy and pink nylon with pink and navy accessor- ies and a corsage of pink roses- mr and mrs- harold schenk were the attendants mrs schenk who is the grooms sister wearing pink with black accessories and corsage of blue carnations a reception for 35 guests followed at the home of the brides parents her mother receiving dressed in navy sheer with corsage of yellow roses the grooms mother also re ceived wearing navy flowered crepe with rusf rose corsage the couple left toy motor for a honeymoon trip to vancouver bc the bride was office clerk at beau mont knitting mills before her mar riage the groom is a member of the staff of goodlets economy hardware i cpl son edmunds ordain rev alfred j barker minister georgetown baptist church rev alfred j barker was ordai ned a minister ol the baptist church at an ordination ceremony in the georgetown church last night mr barker was recently chosen by the local congregation as their minister and he will be inducted on june 19 in the afternoon an examining council numbering about forty comprised representatives of the churches in the guelph association rev r a r eberle guelph mod erator was in charge of examination of the candidate and rev e james cheltenham was secretary mrs arthur reeve introduced mr bark er and watson w infield and wal ter peck led in scripture and prayer supper was served by the church ladies to the delegates prior to the evening service mr eberle was in charge of this also and professor f w waters mcmaster university preached the sermon the ordination prayer was given by rev c h bentall minister of walmer rd church toronto mrs reeve who is clerk of the church read a letter of greetings and rec ommendation from the walmer church which is mr barkers home church rev a a barnes gait gave the charge to the candidate and rev a j williamson preston the charge to the congregation a male quartette watson winfield douglas cole douglas peck and leslie ellis were accompanied at the organ by mrs r h wright pleted the day following the lady bowlers din ner last thursday evening the members of the seven jets bowling team went to the home of mrs jack bailey jr ostrander blvd and presented mrs calvin clark with an evening bag mrs clark who has been a member of the team is leaving town this month to make her home near sarnia those pres ent were mrs william bonathan mrs melvin spence mrs percy leslie mrs george duke mrs tre vor williams mrs clark and mrs bailey continuing a series of events in honour of miss olive moyer whose marriage to arthur reinhardt of wiarton took place saturday lt- col and mrs john r barber had a dinner party oh may 29th enter taining 16 guests the brideelect and her mother wexe each presen ted with an orchid corsage mrs j arnott early entertained fortyfive guests at an afternoon tea and kit chen shower the following day af ter- the rehearsal on friday evening cadets reviewed by ltcol john r barber with lt col john r barber of ficer commanding the lome scots regiment taking the salute smart ly uniformed high school students marched past for their annual cadet inspection last wednesday morning it was a perfect day for the event and it was one of the most success ful demonstrations of cadet work ever given in georgetown lieut mcfadden from central command was the reviewing offi cer the cadet corps was under the command of major jim buck with captain ueorge mcciure 2 ie pta- toon lieutenants were aul barber allan darby eileen prust and shirley f6rbes bill whitmee was csm bob lucas qms and paul prust neretta zilio and marilyn bell platoon sergeants following the ceremonial here were ten demonstrations sgt lucas and cpl julia devriea were in charge of assembling and dismant ling a bren gun capt mcclure and cpl june thompson a sten gun cpl bob mcgill and sgt zilio headed a squad aiming a bren gun other demonstrations and those in charge were map reading lieut darby rifle drill csm whitney aiming rifle sgt prust students were granted a half hol iday following the inspection bev alfred j barker local couple are forty years wed mr and mrs sam tennant cele brated their 40th wedding anniver sary yesterday at their home on john street they were married on june 5th 1911 in st marks church tolling- ton park london england and came to canada in 1919 settling at stewarttown they moved to town in 1939 where mr tennant is em ployed at the alliance paper mill pte allan edmundb the weather mr editor- with the first summary for the month of june we still have mos quitoes and iota of them in re viewing may the maximum average of 70 was 6 degrees above the av erage in fact on 24 days of the month the temperature was equal to or above the normal of 64 the minimum average was only one quarter of a degree below normal and the rainfall of 230 was just a half inch less than normal em batkin date max min rain may 28 62 may 29 71 may 30 78 may 31 83 june 1 83 53 82 june 2 67 june 3 68 ft ron edmund killed y in action with canadas spedftl force in korea the korean war was brought much closer to home when the sad new came early last wednesday ev- erilng- of the death in action of cpl ronald lawrence edmunds 20- yearold son of mr and mrs george edmunds r r 1 georgetown the news was conveyed to his parents by telegram from ottawa and as yet no defeils have been re ceived other than the official word ing- of the army despatch cpl ed munds sailed for korea with the 2nd battalion from canada in mid- april to join the canadian special force serving with united nations troops against the north korean- and chinese communists the news came as a great shock to his family who had only that day received a letter from him written on may 12th that afternoon mrs edmunds had mailed parcels to her two soldier sons k cpl edmunds was born in tor onto and later lived in weston at tending weston collegiate he was a member of the united church at time of his enlistment he was em ployed with cedarvale tree ex perts he is survived by his parents mr and mrs george r edmunds two brothers allan and david and five sisters mrs wilfred ayton verna burnhamthorpe mrs dorian brown aileen toronto mrs red haughie noreen and mrs moses taggert patricia weston and mrs jean powell wife of sgt ernie powell camp borden ron enlisted with his older broth er allan last august when canada called for volunteers for the spec ial force made necessary by com munist defiance of a united nations ceasefire order in korea allan was already a veteran of overseas service with the rceme in world war 2 and was working at smith and stone at the time of his enlist ment the brothers trained at peta wawa and fort lewis washington with the royal canadian regiment average 7314 5142 21 103 the tennants have nine children sam and bernard who live in ac ton william sussex england mrs j d fletcher jean streetsville pte leonard with the army at chll- liwack bc mrs ddrfle kldo- ruby albert and belle of geor getown and an adopted son russell ftrestine toronto nrifent tttjst- jpsei quelph have his arm in a mrs wesley beatty acton erul cast for four weeks talned the brkuusparty engagement mr and mrseitmccallum an nounce- the engagement of their daughter margaret elizabeth to mr maxwell bradbury son of rev and mrs w bradury walpole island the marriage win take plade in boston presbyterian jchurehbp fri day june the twenty second at sev en ocpck 1 1 chateau frontenac chef in newyork chef ernest schm id of the chateau trontenac hotel at quebec city carves a delicate swan from a 350lb block of ice at the- chambord restaurant in new york he presided over the kitchens there for ope week exhibiting his culin ary art in an international gourmet estival to commemorate the 2000 anniversary of the founding of paris the 34year eld chef was born in switzerland and has been at the chateau where his reputation has become internationally famous am ong epicures for the past- three years many quests at reinhardtmoyer nuptial many guests from outoftown at tended the wedding of olive moyer and arthur reinhardt in st geor ges church saturday afternoon- from toronto were mr and mrs kennedy burgar lieut and mrs edward gruetzner mr and mrs cecil moyer miss dorothy ann moyer miss molly mullen miss joan devries miss barbara faram mr donald early mr and mrs john mustard mr bruce harding mr and mrs norman flahlft mr and mrs charles mclennan mr david reintkardt mr julm neil mclennan mr and mrs wil liam cork mr justin cork from hanover mr and mrs e dt gruetz ner mrs norman peppier mr ed ward peppier miss mary caroline ppler mr and mrs edgar pep- ler mr and mrs beare mr and mrs john mills from peterbor ough dr and mrs gordon lang- ley mr and mrs walter perry mrs grace reinhardt mr and mrs rob ert carley also guests were mr and mrs thomas platts mr kenneth platts miss marjorie platts grlmv sby mr and mrs frederick bur- gar campbellford mr ahd mrs edward stork pickering mr ron ald moyer queenston miss mabel moyer vineland station dr charles baranauckas mr joseph soiija f new yo m mrs wesley beatty miss eleanor beatty mr and mrs gordon beat ty acton miss joan leslie ham ilton lt col and mrs r robert son miss margaret ann robertson walkerton georgetown guests in cluded miss rosemary jordan mr and mrs paul barber dr and mrs j h chamberlain mr and mrs john d kelly and miss moira kelly mrand mrs donald r mclaugh lin mr and mrs sidney orr mr and mrs j arnott early llcbl and mrs john r barber mrs mar lon barber dr and mrs claude v williams mr and mrs frank benner mr and mrs w f brad ley miss margaret bradley briga dier and mrs j p glrvan dr and mrs j burns milne mrs l w dann mr and mrs robert early mr and mrs frederick helson mr and mrs a e dawson mr and mrs arthur bieaumoht miss a ion hepburn item r w robo mfcts and mrs fred oufprnan mr antf mrs phuipjloward miss rita alawi d si is v tlu to a 14- page pip rm it 1 v yr l tt i i l-

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