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the georgetown herald six pages georgetown ont wedaewlay dec 31 0 1952 six pages social and personal mr eiid lira gir knapp were holiday ffeeats in kitchener with her eexesju if end mri klchard unu spent tha ctirlitmu holiday with reliuvn in hamilton mrs will urn prank u spending the holiday with relatives at camp- bellvllle and kilbride mr and mrs jresc wyalt ipeiit tha christmas holiday in trenton with ur and mrs ivob wyatt ur and mrs murt alllaon spent jtie christmas week end with their parent in peterborough mrs robert w oldie went to brampton on christmas day to visit with mr and mr it 1 malaon mr alfred hyde has left fur florida where he will spend the winter month misses nell and ohe kennedy were holiday vlaltors at clarkson with ur and mrs jack squire mr and mr j d godfrey apent christmas day in toronto with mr and lira stanley godfrey and fam ily spending chilstmas day at eer- ett with mr alex lealle were mr and mrs clarence kennedy doug las and terry mr dill squires of lambeth wu a holiday visitor with his uncle and aunt mr ajlmrs ed hall queen street mr and mrs alex kean were in guelph for christmas day visiting with dr and mrs david water- house mr and mr bob prideaux visi ted for the holiday at aylmcr with his parents mr and mrs basil prideaux ur and mrs harold hancox ruth and bill wore holiday visitors at cookaville with mr and mrs george camplin mr and mrs gordon martin pnt and kip of orongeille were holi day guests v ith her parents mr and mrs cedric cross mr and mrs earl trow wild- wood were in the city for christ mas spending the day with mr and mrs arthur boxer mr and mrs murray klnradc and family of calnivllle were christmas guests with mr and mrs william klnradc ostrandcr boulev ard mrs t humbcrstone and mr and mrs john flnlay toronto were christmas day guest with mr and ura sun flnlay holiday visitors with mr and ura thomas ntven were his mother ura u nlven and brother william ntven of toronto mlas gwynheth ucgowan was home from montreal for the christ mas holiday with her parents mr and lira w a ucgowan ur and urs charles henderson staple avenue left on saturday for florida where they will spend some time at clearwater ur and ura george martin were visitors christoaaa day in muton with mr and ura leslie wllle guests for christmas with ur and ura richard hawea were her nefthtr ura o fielding end sister ulas margaret fielding of toronto ur and mra t j fisher charles street were holiday guest with their aonlnlaw and daughter ur end urs a o hunter et burling ton mr end airs h hurley joined a family party in toronto for chritt- taiss which included ur end urs janmycurlc and ur end urs h hurley jr end their families mr and urs alex fraeer and son brian of niagara falls apent i the chria4nushbuilay in town with her mother ufa j ucdougau and sitter ulas jennie uodougall home for christmas with their mother urs john b ritchie were ur ej4fur glenn christian and xltia5wtuxk and mr and eev charles utmrnumy and ok aavs j christmas day visitors with mr and ura william uulllvant were mr and mrs gordon pass david and peter of iveston and mr and mrs william clements streetsvtlle holiday guests at the rectory with archdeacon and mrs w g o thompson included mr and mrs jack ttaompaon and son christopher of ouawa ii mrs h wcatmc master of orangclllr jack maclaren spent last wk in vonkrri ny with mr and mrs william maclaren who are return ing with him to spend the new uari holiday with mr and mrs alex maclaren mr and mrs hurry adams were in buffalo new york for the holi day weekend making the trip by plane to visit with mrs adams sis ter mrs fred ticf nbach and mr tlcfenuooh holiday guests with mr and mrs walter t evans and miss ituth lv ans were mr and mrs hoy smale nnd ohildren margaret john and alan of hurling ton and mr and mrs charles jeffrey charles and john walter of caledon mr and mrs william deans and miss frances deans were in tor onto for christmas spending part of the day with mr and mrs ted ileum and part with mr and mrs hon maitland on sunday mr and mrs beam and nancy lilted with them in town mr and mrs w s stewart held open house at their home at brook- lln on christmas day and several relatives from georgetown attended these included mrs walter whit- mee mrs george herrlngton mr ollvrr whifenec of windsor who was spending the week in george town mr and mrs frank whlt- mec lndn and barbara as well as mr and mr halph whllmcc peter and paul of colllngwood and mr and mrs ernest mcrrctt and paul of toronto entertains township officials st dinner kecve george leslie of kaquesing tendered a turkey dinner for mem- bcrs of the council and township of- f it la is at the mcotbbon ifbuae on december 17th among truiaw who spoke briefly were hank of commerce manager j rcrf chapman and township aohct- tor leltoy dale others who atten ded were iej uty um wilfrid lllid count llltxi hkr currlc walter i inhum und william s lienk tlrrk iiuc lltimett amscssor ar thur l teuton tn auirr k c 11ml- uy road superintendent william tuwni nd building lrurcctor wil liam ilulli herb itoshier itolert i indtjy sam mllehiim william corley and wes ixhjui silvercreek resident for half a century a resident of millers comers at silvercreek since her marriage 53 years ago mrs john miller 81 died in guelph general hospital on december 21st mrs miller the former abigail sawyers was born at erin one of nine children of james sawyers and abigail hammond she was a mem ber of the baptist church her hus band weutaiown in the district as a carpenter died five years ago she is survived by two sisters and one brother william sawyers sunny brook hospital toronto mary mrs frank cole georgetown and winnie mrs uurdock macauley port dover rev alfred barker conducted the funeral service last tuesday at the mccluxc funeral home georgetown with interment following tn green wood cemetery georgetown pell bearers were sandy mckay hard ing price herb hughes godfrey collier howard kentner and mur- dock macauley perfect crib hands twice in a family a perfect 29 the flrat in 41 years of playing crib was recor ded by tom herbert while enjoy- in a game during dinner hour at the provincial mill tom and his partner jack fry were playing against ormle carter and george sargent aad were fin ishing their last game before 1 pjn when tom dealt the cards he was surprised to find he had dealt him self the five of dubs five of dlam- jonds five of spades and jack of hearts and ormias cut of the five of hearts made the hand perfect to make tha story even better a week later ur herberts auter-ln- law mrs arthur herbert was play ing with her husband and dealt herself the five of spades five of dubs five o heart and jack el i e lji vslv 86000 bond issue john d kelly appointed sells above par clerk and tax collector hit standing truck man wife injured mr and mrs jack louth noral were painfully injured saturday in a traffic accident on no 7 between georgetown and norwl heading towards norval about 0 30 pm the louth car collided with a wrecking truck owned by lincoln motors which was parked at the side of the road near the home of i gllohrlst attended at the scene of the crash by dr a mcallister mr louth had an injured right kneecip and a cut on hi left arm hhich re quired three stitrhc mn louth had pevere f iclil cuts which re- quiircd fifty stitches both were taken by mcclurc s ambulance to pet 1 memorial hospital pc howard gunn of the mlon opp dctaohmint investigated the accident two issues of town debentures totalling 180300 have born bought by tli toronto bond firm of nes- bltt thomson co the bonds u tiich will bear an interest rate of 3 per cent brought slightly over par from tike company which wt onr of ten which sub mitted trndrrs three of the bldi were over par and the rest only slightly uiwler which speaks well for the financial position of the town which already has a utwtan- tlal debenture debt the issues which will bear a january issue date consist of 977000 in ten yt ar debentures for road mvur and sidewalk construction und 3300 for excess cot of the new howard wrlggleswurth school tendt rs submitted were as fol- itfws nesbltl thomson and co 100 cfl kuuylublc securities and jloyul hank 100i5 a e ames and co 100 51 galrdlner co 00 82 dominion securities bell gouln- lock v co dofll deacon flndley a coyne 09 anderson co 08 so j u graham co 08 43 mills senct co 08 42 bankers bond corporation bank of commerce d8 24 social personal mr w v giant pent christmas day in toronto with dr and mrs w m robb mr and mrs murray wilcox c f toronto were holiday guests with mr and mrs graham porter holldi ultors with mr and mrs george burt were mi jennie foster and tush mr frnle shnw and mr and mrs rumu gra all of toronto christmas lsiton with mr and mrs stanley hay ward main street were mr and mrs e barr and sons earle and bruce of toronto two georgetown sailors os dav id cooper and os bob allen hae been home on leave both have been stationed at cornwall is ns and will be returning to the east coast in januatry christmas guests with mr and mrs lome peters and mrs wil liam campbell edith street were mrs grace easton miss barbara easton mr gordon gill hand and mr george peters of toronto bill uaccormack will be return ing this weekend to queens uni versity kingston where he is studying geology after spending the christmas vacation with tils parents ur and urs e v uac- oarmack ur wilfrid mcgrath who left town eighteen years ego and now lives at three rivers quebec cal led on saturday et the home of thomas txeanor ur mcgraths parents ur and ura hugh mc grath have both died since the fam ily left town his sisters are living e midland vuitorswlth the ucglbbnna over the chrutmaa holidaye were ura c roy vehdusen of tare ur w h anderson ur and ura g r ue- farland sandra end john alan of toronto bin macparland home from ann arbor michigan ura caslleas cobb of new york and wett hamp ton beech with daughter patricia who returned on sunday after a year apent on the continent end mus edna early of toronto as a weekend guest on thursday ura alvln hivee who la a member of the legion wa wee presented with e plate glaaa mirror end a get of ealt and pep per ebakers on behalf of the wa by ura albert bpenney ea wed ding gift ura hive the former joeephine lrjrueao whoee marriage took place uat mwttwill be leev- church news st george s chnrrh archdracon w g o thompson hector second sunday after christmas sunday school 10 a m holy com munion corporate communion of the wa 11 am ev ensong 7pm st a i bans chore h olen williams matirts and litany 0 30 am sunday school 10 30 a m georgetown baptist church rev a j barkccba bd sunda january h 1053 loou ajn church school 1100 am trying again 7 00 p m a matter of pride knax and umehenee presbyterian cherehea rev alex calder ba kaex cfaareh sunday school 10 em public woranip li am omchatise chereh sunday school 1s0 pjn public worship 230 pjn the week of prayer meeting will be held wednesday january 7th at 8 m in st johns united church archdeacon thompson will be the speaker smith a stone xmas party at legion hall a christmas parly for children of smith stone employees was joint ly sponsored by union local 788 and the plant management this year the parly was held on december 21st in the leghm hall over three hundred children received presents from santa claui during the after noon oakviue reeve dies suddenly edward r lauder 44 reeve of oalcvllle in ibm dlde yesterday in oekvllle hospital a few hours after suffering a heart attack m hu home a veteran council jnambar m john d kelly new curktreaerr the weather mr editor tor ihp flrwt tlmo ihu winter the temperature fell to lero on satur day night thui time last year we iuid 4 rtntdlnga below xrro with a low mark at 21 below the wea therman would like to aay now a happy new yeaji to alu ern i batkln date mm mln rain dec 22 j5 25 dec 23 37 20 04 dee 24 37 31 trace dec 25 38 28 flurrle dec 20 32 25 flurrlci dec 27 ib 10 dec 28 25 0 average 31 14 21 1 4 04 georgetowns new clerk treasurer and collector of tax snd water ratea is john d kelly one of eight whapplled for the position being vacated by charles wlllson clerk for the past five years mr kelly was hired by council at a meeting called for the purpose on monday mr kelly will assume his new position on jsnuary lit he recent ly retired on pension after thirty years service with provincial pap er ltd for 27 of which he was of fice manager at the old lower mill until it was closed down three years ago mr kelly came to georgetown after six years in the orient where he served with the american army and later was employed with an oil company he has played an active iart in town affairs serving a four year term on council several years ago and as a member of the public school board for seventeen years he wax relief administrator for five years during the depression and during the war was an official of various victory loan drives he is a past president of branch 120 canadian legion past president of the lions club and has held high offices in the two local masonic lodges at preient he is treasurer of halton chapter and an auditor of credit lodge he is a thirtysecond degree mason mr and mrs kelly have five children jim with tca in winni peg william an engineer with consumers gas in toronto peggy mrs peter moorhousc of oakvllle mo ira and michael st johns united church re john m smith minister norman laird director of music 10 n m sunday school promo tion day 11 am sacrament of the lords supper communion and the individual 11 am nursery child care while parents worship 11 am junior worship for girls and boys 10 years and under 7 pm evening meditation week of prayer service in the church wednesday january 7th 8 pm arohdeacon w g o thomp son will speak find esquesing farmer dead at his home thomas b douglas 8th line far mer was found dead at his home by relatives on sunday morning he is believed to havedlod on frioiy mr douglas had lived alone since his wlferaeath nelson rob inson norval cattleman had a number of animals stabled at the farm and orw friday afternoon had delivered a load of feed which was untouched lulatlvca had endeav oured to contact num by phone on saturday and when there was no answer to another call on sunday morning they became ajarmed and hurried to the farm the funeral service was held this afternoon from the home of his sis ter mrs g a may and interment wes made in evergreen cemetery muton the herald office will be closed on new years day open again friday morning ft school plans progress board hires architects architects for several ontario high schools which have been con structed in the last few years har nett a itledcr ha e been engaged by north halton high school dis trict board to engineer the building program which will be undertaken next ycac the toronto and kl lien- firm which also has offices nt port hope and clarkson will prtpurc plans for a new 7roorh scho1 at acton a 4room addition to the george town school and a oneroom addi tion at milton the 350000 build ing program will be geared to pro vide the new accommodation for the school year commencing in sep tember 10m barnett tueder were one of two firms which were asked to meet tiie school board on monday in stewarttown both firms showed pictures of schools which they had planned and outlined the service they could offer in designing the schools among high schools already built or under construction which were designed by the firm ere mount forest dundalk kincardine shel- buroe and arthur ea well ea addi tions at port elgin and hanover duncan mill manager here dr hoover to th0r0ld ross duncan superintendent of the georgetown division of provin cial paper ltd for four years has been promoted to general superin tendent fie succeeds dr o i hoover manager here since ims who be comes manager of the thorold div ision the appointments effective december 23 were announced last week by ur h olaary general- mansger of provincial paper ud mr duncan georgetownbom is the son of urs c r scott of ham ilton and the late angus duncan his father was master mechanic at the mill from 1017 until his untime ly death in 1038 whenlte was killed in an accident at the mill educated tn oeorcetown public and high schools he was attending the university ol toronto studying ehemlcal engineering at tha time of ds in lbwruj other departments until 1040 when he started work at wellsnd chemi cal works in 1041 he was super intendent of the nitric add division and the nest year was promoted to production manager of the plant in 1045 he returned to george town as assistant manager of tha papemull and became superinten dent in 1048 ur duncan is married to tha for mer xjlllan shurgln of toronto and they have two children ross jr and joanna ha has bean a mem ber of georgetown public school board for several years dr hoover who has been with provincial paper for eighteen years became manager at georgetown in 1048 and is also in charge of re search and development for all- the provincial mill during the tai tovarnment at