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iuasiiniswk f 1 ten pages georgetown ont wednesday october 24th 1951 ten pages social and personal i mr and mrs fred chapman spent the week-mid- in buffalo i mr l grandy of the sank of comrnerc staff is vacationing with his pa rents in halifax ns weekend guests with mr and mrs john bell were dr and mrs c a horton of rochester ny visiting with mrs john mcder- mid at the valleyview apartments last weekend was miss jessie quar- rie of gelt mr and mrs charles wray spent the weekend in mactier where they visited with mr and mrs k e nicholl miss jean mackenzie and her cousin miss peggy pasmore of tor onto are vacationing tms week at williamsburg wst virginia mrs walter cook and children paulet and michael spent last week in mildmay with her parents mr and mrs a j keelan making the trip by plane mr kenneth m langdon was a week end guest in south porcupine with his brother mr t r langdon mr and mrs kelvin biehn balti more maryland and mrs s b biehn of mimico were visitors on monday with mr and mrs walter biehn rev and mrs beverley ward of montreal returned home after pending the past two weeks with the latters parents mr and mrs w townend charles street mr and mrs john r barber were in quebec city last week attend ing the convention of canadian passenger and ticket agents which was held at the chateau frontenac cst william g campbell who is now stationed at yorkton saskatch ewan was one of a squad of the rcmps who put on a demonstra tion for the royal party at regina mrs e kitchen miss laurette glynn and miss doreen gilbert of toronto and mrs john c fisher montreal were visitors last friday with mr and mrs ronald kitchen weekend guests at wildwood with mr and mrs ern batkin were mis ses florence johnson edith howi- son violet clarke and betty grove of toronto mrs duncan tost and christine of orangevihe are visiting with her parents mr and mrs a herbert mrs herbert returned home with them after holidaying in orange vihe mr and mrs gordon sanderson and marlene attended the wedding of cecil sanderson of huttonville at cobalt last weekend and visited friends in ha i ley bury and new lis- keard mr and mrs mike gilmour and tim my of oshawa were weekend guests of mr and mrs garfield lie gilvray mr gilmour was linotyp- ist at the herald office a wsv years ago mr and mrs angus dobbie of smiths falls were visiting friends in town and district last friday mr dobbie who vas foreman of the herald shop several years ago is editor of the smiths falls record- news on saturday mayor and mr har- od cleave attended the wedding in runnymede united church toron to of kathleen brown and david dills mr dills is associated with his father in publishing the acton and milton newspapers mr and mrs frank benner have returned from a vacation trip in the states they drove through new york state anil continued south as far as maryland it is a wonderful time of year to travel and they re port a beautiful drive through the mountains mr and mrs vern thompson mo tored to pierceton indiana last weekend taking with them mr thompsons sister mrs l a pull ing and his mother mrs fred c thompson mrs thompson is sell ing her home in town and will make her home with the pullings in indiana don barrager proprietor of bar- agers cleaners underwent a spinal operation at sunnybrook hospital last wednesday he has been hos pitalized for some time and doctors decided that removal of an injured disc in the spine would be neces sary he is making good progress but it will be some time before he will be able to leave hospital lenie lenz daughter of mr and urs john lehz celebrated her sev enth birthday last tuesday with a srty at her home on mill street her guests were elaine king mary bzen david rozen patsy barra- gt ronald wilson betty carey karen biythe gary teeter darwin t mymacook david hluis paul hllus ren- reeve klaartje van- dervbirt and xantes brother fohn raymond and richard ther thewea mr editor j another nice week of weather to record and almost a repetition of the- same week last year when we had averages of 66 and 37 thefirat snow was on- nov 3rd when we had 5 inches r em batkin date max min rafij october 15 67 36 october 16 72 34 october 17 76 39- october 18 72 39 06 october 19 50 40 03 october 20 48 m 26 s october 21 average 65 28 6428 3457 08 what council did on monday october 22 will call for a vote at the next election asking the ratepayers if they are in favour of electing the public school board by general vote instead of the present ward system this was omitted on a vote taken for council two years ago approved a plan for a new hous ing subdivision as presented by e b tvers while council is not in a position to instal roads and sewers at the present time they agreed to give water to the two houses already under construction will instal a street light opposite the arena on john street the side walk on john street will also be re paired as soon as possible a tree stump in front of the home of w c cunningham will be remo ved as it is dangerous to traffic on chapel street west appointed deputy returning offi cers and poll clerks for the muni cipal elections on monday decem ber 10th keith miller weds in british columbia on saturday evening october 13 in st christophers churchl mes- achie lake bc the marriafe took place of irene euretta p and keith ernest miller the bride is the- elder daughter of mr and mrs harry brownlec of engle- hart ontario and the groom is the youiigest sou of mr and mrs f miller georgetown he was em ployed at smith stone ltd be fore going west a few months ago rev c o richmond officiated the bride wore a smart suit in wine with dark green accessories and a corsage of pink carnations mrs t doney aunt of the bride was the matron of honour she wore a grey suit wjih black accessories and a corsage of red carnations mr do ney attended the groom at a reception which followed at mr and mrs doney home mr richmond proposed the toast to the bride to which the groom respon ded a threetiered wedding cake rented the brides table flanked by white tapers after a honeymoon trip they have taken up residence at lake cow- ichan bc for travelling the bride donned a beige topcoat oyer her wedding suit miss dorothy mace of toronto president of the st john ambulance overseas auxiliary was a weekend guest in town at the home of mr and mrs thomas grieve guests at terra cotta inn during the past week included miss kath leen prycr malvern england mr and mrs ivan melhulsh mr and mrs h s fenwlck brampton mr and mrs williamlyons chelten ham mrs albert dolson miss eliz abeth leslie miss mamie campbell mrs frank fetch- mr and mra starret leslie mr and mrs james goodlet mr and mrs m h moyer and mr and mrs d r mclaughlin georgetown many of the local company of je hovahs witnesses attended the gen eral assembly in washington dc recently most travelled by car though some went on the f2coach special train from toronto those attending from this district included mr and mrs guy wilson harold and myrna mr arid mrs j g dav idson mr and mrs earl scott mr and mrs mel taylor ernest kor netz mr andmnuray hi ham clegg monsel horehey arnold george dave dejnareai forrest lee herb kelm olive george and mra john cordaro at the convention an increase of 00 active ministers was reported in a year the world wide total now standing at over 425000 limehouse last of family charles scott dies last member of a family of eight charles scott died in st josephs hospital guelph on thursdajc oc tober 18th he was in his 73rd year mr scott was born at limehouse a son of the late john scott and margaret reid unmarried he far med near limehouse until moving to acton ten years ago where he worked at the tannery he was a member of the presbyterian church miss pearl- scott of town is a niece rev robert armstrong conducted the funeral service on saturday at the rumley funeral home in ac ton and interment was made in limehouse cemetery herald is moving to new building the georgetown herald will move to a new main street location early next year the herald has purchased from kenneth m litngdon the building recently vacated by b f murfln sheei metal works the new build ing will provide adequate space for expanding business the floor area being over twice that of the pres ent building a miehle newspaper press has been purchased and will be instal led next month and plans are also being made to add a folder to the shop equipment up to the present the herald has been folded by hand the new equipment will speed up production as well as giving subscri bers a more attractive and better printed paper limehouse is godfather at toronto christening mr and mrs a c patterson at tended the christening of geoffrey charles son of mr and mrs ivan ityman by rev butler in st phil ips anglican church weston on sunday mr patterson was god father miss helen devereanx was home from macdonald college quebec for the weekend miss w polkinghome and mr doddington of toronto were vlsi- tosr al miss ucin one day last week mr and mrs don warren and family of toronto were with the has jones on sunday mr hill campbell of jlfanilton isiterl mr and mrs a w norton i his week mr and mrs bob calder of man itoba and mr and mrs wes dane of toronto were with mrs h lane on sunday mr and mrs johnson of orillia have been visiting with mr and mrs mills s miss helen swackhamer of de troit t with her sister miss margar et swackhamer who is ill mrs thos sutton is visiting her parents in muskoka a number from here attended an niversary services in acton and georgetown presbyterian churches on sunday we arc pleased that mrs f j short ill is able to be home again following an operation at st jos ephs hospital guelph sports t arena ice is in skating starts the ice is in at the arena hd skating will start this week for the past few weeks the build ing has seen its usual bustle of pre season activity there has been painting done and new sujir treads have been put on the steps leading to the rose room where the mod ern aires have started their season of saturday dances thursday a wrestling ring will be intalled over the ice for the big show which the arena board is sponsoring the curling club is planning to use the artificial ice this year tbeir old cubroom is being converted into a second hockey dressing room and a shower is being installed on tin old curling ice surface a new clutnoom will be constructed for the curlers who are looking forward to an cictive season their season gets underway on november 1st and the ladies will have their first game on jjjovember hth new members arebeing sought for both clubs and their are plenty of stones available there are plenty of rumours on the hockey trout all last years team with the exception of blackie graham will be available for duty and the story is that three or four new faces will put in an appear ance just who the hockey execu tive isnt saying according to the globe mail nick ferri was interested in lining up with bramp ton this year but manager jack armstrong scotched this rumour with a personal interview with nickie jack says kerri has no in tention of leaving the club and the fans will be glad for there is no ioie popular player still in the rumour class is a story that exraider goalie jack rhodes who played for stouffville last year might be persuaded to re turn doesnt seem to ih much need o fanother goalie for that depart ment is well taken care of and could there be some truth in ano ther grapevine report that ern thompson might come out of retire ment and lend an active hand with the team one thing for sure the raiders will definitely play intermediate b although we hear some of the wes tern ontario clubs would prefer to see them up one notch and they ill be decked out in new uniforms with an entirely new colour scheme this season the indutiiil hockey front is tirring also an i steamboat fmmer- son tells us there is a meeting of exceutue and anyone else who is interested at his apartment thurs day night the legion is going full steam ahead lining up hockey for the young fry so it looks like a full season of sport at the local rink 0akville plumber lahgille runs for ccf in h alton public school news 1 ladytechera meet hear federation report the first meeting of the season of the women teachers federation of esquesing township was held on tuesday evening in the acton pub lic school nearly a 100 percent attendance was noted the new executive for the term 195152 had charge of the meeting officers are miss jean ruddell president mrs- a presswood vice president and miss norma wetherhead secretary- treasurer a ten dollar donation was made to the goodwill fund a fund which supplements the salaries of teachers from the british isles at the christinas and easter holiday seasons it was agreed to send a 2000 christmas f parcel to the adopted school in wales several present expressed their desire to attend the county federation an nual dinner to be held in trafalgar hall november lath where a dan ish immigrant thor hansen will speak on creative canadian de sign mrs presswood one of the three halton delegates to the an nual meeting of the fwto held in toronto on august 22nd and 23rd gave a thorough report of the bus iness accomplished there after the meeting adjourned the ladies of the acton teaching staff served refresh ments and a social hour was enjoy ed the next meeting will be held in january in georgetown a full schedule of soccer has been underway during the fall term under the supervision of mr v a- stein it is proving very popular with the older boys buy an apple from the boy scouts on apple day this saturday boy scout news the boy scout troop and the leaping woir cub pack had an outdoor meeting last wednesday evening goigup exercises were held for cubs michael and paul armstrong wayne ariuann robert mcguigan jim potts melville broughton earl klingbeil barrp jeffrey and dpnny martin- who were promoted to membership in the troop the evening was concluded with a happy time around the campflre with hot dogs marshmallows and pop lome scots regiment has church parade here officers and ether ranks number ing about 160 paraded to knox pres byterian church here sunday after noon in the first postwar church parade o the lome scots regiment members of the regiment from georgetown brampton milton cftik- ville orangevihe and port credit were joined by a number of former members of the regiment at the service the parade formed at the arm ouries and led by the regimental pipe and brass bands marched to the cenotaph where a wreath was laid by ltcol john r barber and rsm henry shepherd the parade then marched down the highway and up mill street to the church hon captain alex calder chap the church service ffnctlrc61 bar ber read the lesson adam gaw who was singing at the anniversary services of the church tat day sang the holy city during the service coffee and sandwiches vere ser ved to members of the regiment in the armouries after the parade w mcdonald installed oddfellows noble grand william mcdonald maple avenue was installed as noble grand of orion oddfellows lodge at a cere mony in the lodge rooms on monday hoy harrison ddgm and his staff from royal city district were in charge of the installation a ban quet was served after the lodge meeting other members of the lodge exec utive who were installed in office were alex ritchie vice grand god frey collier recording secretary james collier financial secretary sana walker treasurer aubrey laalt llnlil hrf iihi tflu eotjuuctorr wot breeri chaplain not- man mcdonald rss roderick king lss harvey dew- hurst rsjj ron edwards lsn fred johnson rsy0- william hunter lsvg ai zeravtev in- srttfe gusttuan george louth outside guardjantwllllam ritchie ipg angus langule oakville plum ber is ccf candidate in halton for the provincial elections on novem- ber 22 mr langilie was chosen art a well- att ended nomination meeting in milton town hall on mortday archie servrcef mirton farmer was the other nominee but was defeated in the binotting stanley alien georgetown- county president conducted the meeting and asked mr service to introduce the guest speaker charles millard west york mpp who is director of the united steelworkers of canada mr millard in urging those pre- sent to do everything possible to promote the party and to make people realize the importance of voting pointed out that the conser vative government has called its hird election in six years without any apparept major issue and a a time when the press was taken up with the royal visit he said wea ther conditions may curtail election activities in rural areas proposed health plans were dis cussed by the speaker who said it is highly improbable that any worth- while health scheme would be car ried out by any but a ccf govern ment the liberal leader mr thom son he said has repeatedly voted against such measures in the fed eral house and he questioned his present sincerity mr millard chal- leged the old parties to adopt as an election promise a form of automo bile insurance similar to saskatch ewan where complete coverage costs about 2fl00 a year he also discus sed ccf policies which would ben efit halton farmers such as farm marketing boards and cooperatives to ensure fair returns to farmers and fair prices to consumers aircraft firm leases factory storage space fills news cadets see princess and duke of edinburgh by staff on saturday morning october kith at fi 4 am a cray coach bus left with the georgetown cadets to ravel to toronto to take part in a marchpast before the princess and the duke the cadets entered the exhibition grounds and proceeded to the grand stand track where theywaited for the appearance of the royal couple after their arrival the cadets exe cuted their marchpast and had a fine view of the princess and the duke during the eyes left ev erything went quite well during the march past and the cadets returned to their original xsltlon until the princess departed then the cadets were marched out of the grandstand grounds and dismissed after recurv ing a box lunch after lunch the cadets were transferred to rlverdale park by their bus arid were dismissed to see the park for two and a half hours the cadets stood along the road lead ing to the park until the princess and the duke passed the cadets saw the couple very well being only five feet away fifteen minutes later the royal couple left and the cadets returned to the bus and trav elled back to georgetown after a tlrlrigdjevenlful day last wednesday the rugby team captained by jim buck took a tre mendous beating rrom george mc- clures team the score was 120 this was the first game of the sea son the first score was by mcclure when he intercepted a pass on bucks 20yard line and went over for a touchdown he attempted to convert but was unsuccessful the second score was by sandy macken zie on a pass from mcclure the convert was by scott making the score 110 the score was made 12 to 0 when schenk bucks quarter back received the kick oft behind his own goal line and was tackled by g scott the next will be on wednesday 24th between bucks team and timlecks team he team lineups are mcclureg team moclura tahv g scott j doherty s- mac kenzie b hardman fi webster d cleave w whitney b ftancox t norton t mlddleton d tucker and d handy timlecks team ttaij leek captain p barber s iiueas a parby s webster b aueri b hughes r hentferaoh b tfanleck dehavilland official says no production planned dehavilland aircraft of canada ltd has leased considerable space from wm b ackerman ltd in the old lower paper mill it will be used as storage space by the toronto aircraft firm rumours that the company plans to do some production here are not correct a company official inter viewed by the herald said the building would be used only as a surplus warehouse for heavy stores such as engines and large parts there will be no manufacturing of any description the total staff will not exceed a doxen or so at present some four teen men arc working under the direction of syd ambrose a tnrrn- o man who is stockkeeper at the building parts will be trucked to and from the toronto factory as they are required new water tank being developed hot water storage tanks construc ted of reinforced plastic will soon be manufactured in georgetown the new tank has been developed by leonard bell owner of george town clay products and klppenker boat company they will be manu factured by a company hms asso ciates headed by a toronto man e c snider in the same factory on john street where mr bell has his boat works there is a shortage of hot water tanks on the market today and the new company expects to have no trouble in marketing the pro duct partial production may get underway later this week though it may be some time before produc tion kinks are ironed out mr sni der has his own staff working in the building and expects to be hir ing more fcelp as time goes on lions club annual masquerade friday dont worry if you see a lot of queerly dressed characters in town this ftsaaay its the- night of the lions masquerade dance in the rose room and the usual large crowd u expected this event has been very popul in nast years with t excellent costumesbelngwornr s preston b caseleyf bucks team buck captain r sienkot its btttfiit k schenk x schenk tlptetupmm d andersop thyitvawiergmrtj winfleld d tost b rveestone b jaap g grelg wayne grlbbens vws s