Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 7, 1951, p. 1

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wrt6iflfcttfiis3 y i sa vg twelve page3 georgetown ontario wednesday nov 7th 1951 twelve pages personal j- j m jwbimimi j two what council did killed in korea pioneer families mr and mrs j p rltchiettrf ayr visited sunday with miss hilda erwin t mrs f e russell and son donald town with mr and mrs r c ad ams mr and mrs irwin noble and attn lo v isited in petorbor ninety candles on her birthday cake t a resident of glen wiiliams and georgetown for over years mrs edward colrnan celebrated her i90th birthday yesterday ough on sunday with mr and mrs gram caldwell weekend visitors with mr and mrs stuart young were mr and mrs leslie unsworth and children of harrow mrs mary macdonald of scots- town quebec is visiting in town this week with her niece mrs roy wiggins mr and mrs roy smale and john and allan of free man were sunday visitors with mr and mrs james evans mr and mrs f r edwards and david toronto spent sunday with mrs edwards parents mr and mrs a speight w g wit and mrs harold henry were her mo- ther mrs w m rowley and miss frances kirby of toronto miss marilyn bell a student at haverga college toronto spent the weekend with her parents hr i and mrs john bell ly airs frank smith r r 1 spent f the weekend in st catharines i where she visited with her son-in- law and daughter mr and mrs norman swann mrs f l mcgilvray returned home last week end after spending the past three months in dunnville with mr and mrs walter mcgil vray mrs fred schultz has returned from a weeks visit with her fam ily in montreal her brother mr ed johnson returned with her for a visit in town mr and mrs bruce reid norval road have returned from a motor trip in the states which took them to pennsylvania washington and the blue ridge mountains mr and mrs william fleming jon and marsha spent the week end in port elgin where they visi ted with her parents mr and mrs j a marshall mr and mrs frank allan wes ton mr and mrs h hubbard and jean sircoe miss emma g mar ker toronto were among those at tending the anniversary services at st johns on sunday frances linton celebrated her fourth birthday last wednesday frances who is the daughter of mr and mrs james linton had at her party michael and mary hall mich ael kelly carol farnell barbara and mary evans attending the annual dinner dance of employees of the ontario liquor control board were mr and mrs james ritchie and mr and mrs jack runham of town it was held last wednesday at the fisher hotel in hamilton mr and mrs a h feller and mr and mrs walter biehn attend- ed a reception at kilcooley gar dens mirriico on saturday follow- ing the wedding of joyce lake and jack hills the bride the daugh ter of mr and mrs joseph lake of powassan is a niece of mrs feller a third year student art westville high school notre dame do grace montreal pat schrag has been awarded a fret- tuition scholarship by the protestant school board of montreal pat is the granddaugh ter of mr and mrs william bulll- u vant of town t mrs e h hicken with her daughters mrs william emslie and miss june hicken returned last week from a trip to england aboard the empress of canada the ladles did considerable travelling during their time abroad and mrs hicken enjoyed meeting members of her family whom she had not seen for forty years they were in london s cornwall cheltenham birmingham and several other centres and mrs emslie also had a trip to scotland her youngest son albert and tils wife with whom she has made her home for the past twenty years gave her a birthday chicken din ner which was highlighted by a cake with 90 candles and a num ber of guests enjoyed a quiet after noon and evening with her sunday all her sons and daugh ters and a number of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren gathered to wish her happy returns of the day she received many beautiful gifts cards and flowers among them a large pot of flowers from the baptist church of which she ip the oldest member a native of england mrs col- man came to canada as a young g she has three sons and two daughters wtinarnt james and glenna mrs j l mcmahon tor onto maude mrs h ambrose oshawa and albert georgetown twelve grandchildren and twelve fftstgrandchlldreri one daughter is deceased sacj news was received oday by mr and mrs arthur norton glen williams of the death of their son kenneth in karen pte norton was killed in action on november 3th according to a telegram received from- the army this afternoon john w armstrong heart attack fatal john w armstrong succumbed to a sudden heart attack shortly after dinner today at hi home on on tario street mr armstrong father of local insurance agent jack armstrong wts one of the oldest employees of the old provincial paper mill at the time of his retirement a few years ago he was a charter mem ber of the qoarter century club and had been looking forward to attending the annual dinner of that organization tomorrow night glen williams mrs stubbs hies brampton hospital a patient in peel memorial hos pital- jor three weeks mrs william stubbs died on saturday in her 84th year she had resided with her son on church street for the past six years mrs stubbs was the former lily isabel dobson predeceased by her husband she leaves four children lillian mrs t cutting of aurora mabel mrs w fewster cooksville margaret mr h wardlaw malton nnd william of georgetown the funeral service was held on monday at the mckillop funeral parlours brampton and interment was in hillrrest cemetery norval give attendance awards to sunday school pupils a special session of st georges sunday school was held sunday morning when i i t i is mil many grow ups siw ouiwl movie of conterbury cathedral superintendent harvey i -whin- presided over the giving of atten dance award- with fred menally joseph carter jese binndford and edwin wilson assisting those receiving awards were th year bill doherty john doherty glenna doherty dianne harrison janice bradley sandra fox danny martin fred harrison jill kentner marilyn patton 4th year karon norton lilliar shepherd lynda mino michael armstrong paul armstrong margaret eason 3rd year karen blyth dorothy hadley gordon spence wayne mcmenemy maud hadley brenda dawson arthur patton bill hadley 2nd year bill engloby john knight bobby armstrdng jacqueline shep herd 1st year jean engleby shir ley engleby danny hewitt doug las mitchell kent riddall jimmy fiddler lynn ritchie diana arm- strong ral sargent ann lorraine noble michael lambert el wood hornes move to the village mr and mrs elwood home spent the weekend with his par ents mr and mrs george home at hawkestone mr and mrs home are living in part of miss m os bornes house having moved to the glen from wilfrid leslies farm where mr home was employdh for five years he is working at cope alndchatterson ltd in brampton and mrs home works- at the dom inion seed house mrs bert hill visited with her vson and his wife mr and mrs ed hill in toronto for the week en mr and mrs waldo digging had their parents mr and mrs walter diggins here for the weekend they left monday to spend the winter with their two sons who farm in the belleville district tin- willing helpei- of the glen united chine met monday at the home of mrs curly wheeler sony to hea i that penny norton had an ankle horn- broken in a tobngkinmiig icriden monday hei leg ill be in a ea1 for mtnj a stanley brush party was held in si aiban uh hall thursday afternoon mrs 7 c stoddart n leoi getou ii uis dumonstratnr del beaumo has be otf work this week shut irushing lus finger aeeident at tin- paper null baptists have fine halloween party sponsored by the womens soci ety a halloween party in the bap- tlt sunday school hall on october 80th provided a good time for the church people prizes for costumes were won by ikmery thompson henry- sienko fajth townend ron breen and tom a1nar ilia program waa in charge walter peek and mrs wllf bsapmhf bda roltmfanmfiat ww jwt prided by mr james blair mrs sienko and mrs herb har- baliinafad minister plays violin at ballinarad service anniversary services were held here on sunday the attendance was smaller than usual due to slippery roads and early winter weather rev alex cowan 6f norval had charge of the morning service he took his text from the story of na- boths vineyard when ahab and jezreel were fyced with elijahs condemnation rev v willson of queensway united church toronto was guest speaker in the evening and chose as his theme the power of prayer mr willson accom panied the hymns on his violin and played a solo at the close of the service which added much to the enjoyment of the service musical numbers by the choir and the htils- burgh quartette were greatly ap preciated the sermons were both inspiring and uplifting and all pre sent felt it was well for themselves to be there victor and ray swindlehurst grant and grenfell wright are spending a week deer hunting up jnorth- mr and mrs russel taylor and valeria of toronto were weekend visitors with mr and mrsj allan mr and mrs ken ridler and judith of new jcoronto vlsfted wltti friends here over sunday jy i ir s kvs promotions made in school cadet corps o by staff we believe the cadets are very active this year and that some pro motions have been made major j huek is still in command the new 2 i r is capt w whitney former gsm corp doherty has ixren pro moted to a liouionanl ejccorp freestone and ex corp hardman are now sergeants richard sienko was promoted to cqms and don livingstone is hi assistant a lance- yiporal well i am going to try and make up for the short column that we had last week in the best game of the year at ghs mcclures rugby team defea ted barbers team by a score of 12- the toughdown for barber was by r allen the convert failed mcclures team got two touchdowns and converted both the first was by g scott ana the second was by hardman mcclure kicked and tlm- icck who received the kick dropped the ball behind the goal line and hardman recovered it this victory gives mcclures team the first round the second round starts wednesday what teams are playing i dont know somehow the election of a stud ent council seems to have been delayed slightly this year we hope the matter will be fixed up before too long the writer along with jim buck george mcclure don anderson mary carney and ina webb journ eyed to waterdown on thursday afternoon to watch a 12 man rugby game between milton and waters down milton won the game by a score of 238 this column received mention in the school newspaper this week dear readers believe it or not the school newspaper contains even less news than- this column j the oirutplpe band are hold ing the first formal of the year a descendant of two pioneer fa milies joel benjamin young died in st josephs hospital guelph on november 1st in his 67th year mr young was a son of the late francis hartwefl young and ade line williams the youngs came to ca fiom pennsylvania as united empire l t wll- liams family came to this district in 1824 and were the founders of glen williams mr young had lived in this vis- inity all his life he farmed on the 6th concession west chingua- cousy and for four years was a rural mail courier from terra cotta he served for eighteen years as a school trustee for st s no 2 chinguacousy and was a presbyterian church he is survived- by his wife mary jane- leslie two sons and two daughters leslie of terra cotta evelyn mrs a 1 smith of claude george of westward ho alberta and helen mrs douglas thompson hussatralberta two sisters and a brother survive mrs mabel jen kins guelph mrs charles noble and wilbert young in the west he was predeceased by two brothers and two sisters charles of brant- ford fred eft toronto ada of bradford and bertha mrs henry marchment georgetown rev lockhart royal conducted the funeral service on saturday at the mcclure funeral home geo- getown pallbearers were wilfrid leslie and ambrose hancock jr georgetown a nephew earl march ment glen wiiliams bert carney norval norman icam terra cotta and p w raines montreal inter ment was in union church ceme tery the weather mis editor cur first snowfall was one day ahead of last year when it turned to rain and with temperatures up in theflos the jtow soon disappear ed on monday november mb discussed pawins a bytawctos ing off a portion of caroline sweat tor sale to provincial paper ltd for a contemplated expansion a deci sion on passing the bylaw was hf layed for- a future meeting and tt is anticipated a special meeting will be called soon tms- th m of q o fn fh h is not far off normal the ensm a j was not far off normal the excep tion beipg the maximum average of 61 over 4 degrees above normal the minimum average of 37 for oc tober was only a half degree below normal octobers total rain of 289 inches was only about a quarter inch more than normal so now to get rid of the snow and on to indian summer ern batkin date max min -snow- 49 october 29 october 30 october st november 1 november 2 november 3 november 4 average 62 44 43 38 32 30 min so 36 31 28 24 23 16 4 2 4237 2685 6 crowds turned away no one wins porky interest is still running high in the weekly holy cross church bin- ku because of ni overflow crowd a week ago the bingo was moved from the church hall to the ogion hall on monday the crowd was luggei than ever and tit 7 ti then- ui- a long line up waiting for admission and a chain e at the nm prize the unus ual interest ha- ween cnied by a special pinky prize when a winnei must till his card in 55 ntimlci- called kor sinerpl weeks no one ha- been a winner and ioisy i is been mounting until it now contains around litii the jack pot also contains around 4400 willi no one winning porky tin mnndav it was decided to continue on after the s uumbcis and take out si foi the winner mrs ed li hs min this pi ie next monday the bingo will again be held at the legion hall bowling rolls 313 for seasons hich group a there -wn- some pviyn scoring rolled this week bill anderson rolled high single for section a and nearly rolling season single his score was 836 310280246 some other good triples were j louth 767 264313190 joes 313 score was high single for group a e wilson 701 305177219 some good singles for the night were w cook 311 j graham 292 n shipway 272 h chaplin and k spires 25r and b hall rolled 135 maocormarks rolled team single for group a 1243 fn the battle between maccor- macks and mcclures it was a 4 to 3 split mcclures receiving 4 points silvers proved too powerful for maple leaf dairy silvers netted themselves 5 points maple- leaf dairy 2 the league standing is still very close in scoring with mccor- macks out in front with 25 points silvers have 19 mcclures are 3rd with 15 and maple leaf dairy last with 11 points j group b the scoring was very poor for group b this week high triple was 699 198306j95 rolled by bob anderson just one pin behind was frank anderson with- 698 197-287- 232 l tracey 697 254214229 d hterrington 662 kw265202 some good singles were c day 273 and b bell 260 some bowler by the name of g porter rolled a nice even score of 100 misfits were the- high team of group b for the night with an i ex cellent single or 1304 combined with 1024 and 1024 to give them a total of 3382 the legion no 1 gained 4 points iron provincial paper legion now continued oh page 7 reception for couple married fifty years on thursday a delightful sur prise at home was held for mr and mrs george alcott who were fifty years wed that day unknown to their parents mem bers of the famijly had invited se veral friends to call during the afternoon and many were the good wishes expressed to the bride and grooirfof fifty years ago a high light or the day was a present from their sons and daughters of a handsome electric range they also received many other gifts and flowers among those who called were mrs harry stockford miss flossie morrow mrs pnm walker mr and mrs john ten mr and mrs gar field mcgihray mrs k king mrs fred anthony mrs cliff stacey mrs ivan wright mrs john emmerson mrs john farmer mrs lew tiacey mrs albert henney mis william roney mrs steve eason mr and mrs thomas grieve mrs ernie cooper toron to mrs a j wright brampton mr jim emmerson toronto and members of the family mr and mrs gordon alcott weston miss florrie alcott mr and mrs floyd varey mr and mrs bill hillier mr rnd mrs ernie alcott mr and mr- frank king mr and mrs dennies wright and grandchildren stkwarttowfcf make quilt blocks at junior auxiliary the junior wa meeting was held at mrs bailys home we pray for little children was the opening hymn chosen by verna picket whe also led the worship service the sunday pledge the sunday school by post was remembered in prayer quilt blocks were made in the busy i quite a few of the young folk and some of the older ones too got out for fun on halloween- but the little ones were missed the wa meeting thursday after noon was a quilting at mrs c smiths home we aie very pleased to welcome homo mrs e hicken mrs w em slie and miss june hicken back from their trip to england next sunoay the church service will be at 3 in the afternoon sun day school at 2 oclock as usual x brampton feed merchant local mans father a prominent brampton business man philip george early died at peel memorial hospital last tues day arter an illness of ten days mr early who was in his 83rd year farmed in esquesing town ship for several years before mov ing to brampton where he operated earlys farm supply he was predeceased by his wife maria jane arnott and is survived by one daughter edna of toronto and thee sons arnott georgetown ewart toronto and rank bramp ton rev r h n davidson conduc ted the funeral service at the mc clure funeral home brampton on friday and interment wtm made in hlllcrest cemetery norval were voiced at the meeting by two property owners on the street fred braisby and sam barclay mayor cleave pointed out that if the mlh expands it means more people la georgetown and all property would consequently be more valuable vm roy dale solicitor for the i said it was his understanding the different owners had been proached by the company and had consented but this was denied by theptoptnrtyoiwnerg m dale reading from the statutes said there was no question about councils right to close a street pro viding ft did not hinder access te anyones property however he felt the matter would be better ironed out between all parties and e one be in agreement council ad journed for a trip to look at the property and after considerable discussions and conferences b the different parties it was decided to leave the matter for final deci sion until a special meeting ooooooo will change the name of factory street to park street drive or avenue if there are no legal com plications roy magloughlen presented a peti tion signed by 100 per cent of the residents asking for this and poin ted out that there had been no factory in the vicinity for years and the street name was a misnomer william f smith a factory street resident said it would not be neces sary to alter any deeds as the street name was not mentioned on any deeds the street had been called factory from a wallpaper factory which had been there a century ago ooooooo were thanked by ltcol john r barber fofshe civic banquet ten dered to the lome scots band in recognition of their first place win at the cne ooooooo donated 25 to the poppy fund nnd were invited to march in the remerrtbrance day parade on sun day ooooooo paid 2200 ato north halton high school board as approximately 90 per cent on the years assessment the board said there would be a delay in fixing the final assessment because of the present controversy about sharing costs between the five municipalities ooooooo endorsed a motion from orillla town council asking the dept of highways to allow special grants for improving parking faculties in municipalities in view of the rer- enue derived by the government from motor vehicles ooooooo were told by the dept of high ways that the only way to fu the highway pavement near scott motorsisto removethe present-as- phalt and replace it this could net be done until next june and the municipality would be responstbfl- for 50 per cent of the cost ooooooo charles wall regional manager and s patton district representa tive of cities service oo co pre sented mayor harold cleave with a charcoal portrait of himself by egbert c reed of norval noted canadian artist it was part of a radio show which the company heav sponsored featuring georgetown ooooooo took no action on a request by the womens institute relayed by cr lyons asking council to find them a place to bold meeting council felt they had no authority to take ajctlon op such requests vorvai tells institute of toronto state dinner mrs h mclaughlin was hostess for the november meeting of nor val womens institute mrs- stan hall wife of halton s mp was the guest speaker and described the din ner at the royal york hotel for princess elisabeth and the duke of edinburgh at which they had been guests donations were voted to the new halton home for the kged and to the overseas parcel fundi lire r and mrs l may assisted the r service of remambrance will be held at the cenotaph at 1030 am k mmy assisted tnc rmitdsi am on sunday morning november witt serving ifeahmimtsfajttfsi llth wnrtmtfn t r saeetfng jffifajry-

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