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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday april 22nd 1953 twelve pages knox church honours teacher of fifty years married here will jj j a j musician bandmaster live at aldersnot bandmaster nf art rsif m oveir fifty years as a teacher in- the sunday school and also as sunday school treasurer the congregation of knox presby terian church honoured miss jes sie baird on sunday evening for the occasion rev ross k cameron son of a former minister of the church and who was once a young lad in miss baird s begin ners class came from toronto to preach at a service which preceded a social hour in the church base ment mr cameron chose a text from timothy for his sermon i have fought the good fight which particularly fitted the meaning of the evening members of the congregation with several visitors from out of- tovmi many of whom had received their early sunday school training under miss baird s guidance alien tcrwards at which rev alex j harding musicale j d godfrey and dr a mcallis- gcorge henderson spoke in ap preciation of miss emma baird s service as a teacher and jean mac kenie on behalf of the teaching staff presented flowers for her present for the evening were visitors from london toronto st catharines agincourt onngeville milton bronte and brampton dr a l howard a former minister who is now major of meaford uas lo have been present but sent his regiets in a telegram letters were also received from mrs k mclean rev d d davidson and rtv c c cochrane expicssing thcu good wishes on the previous sunday the sun day school presented i lo ither bound copy of the rev iscd version of the bible to miss bdiul alex calder was chairman miss baird received a purse presented by james ritchie an ex pupil who is now a member of the session a short musical progiam included solos by mrs john mccluie ind i reading by mrs william cromar several spoke briefly including rev john mcdermid of brampton robert alexander and two former superintendents of the church school lions seek entries for driving school georgetown lions will hold a safe driving roadeo m town if enough young people are interested or if a sufficiently large group is not found locally georgetown teen agers can compete in a contest at brampton the lions in district a are span soring the competition for drivers under 20 years old and there will be prizes in the club contests as well as extra prizes for the district finals the contest is a combination of questions and driving tests and is designed to make young people acci- den conscious bob reichardt and jack runham of the local club have complete details and local entries must be made early in may those interested in the competition should intact these men for full informa tion lloyd crichton buys fred h lyons farm an important change of property in the union district will take plac next week when mr and mrs lloyd crichton take possession of the fred h lyons farm in chinguacousy at the 5th line 22 sideroad corner mr lyons had a large auction sale on fridayr at which all his farm machinery and his herd of registered holsteins was sold auctioneer frank petch had charge of the sale and w f hun ter was clerk mr and mrg lyons have bought a home near rfthmond hill mr crichton has sold his pres ent firm also on the 5th line at no 17 sidern id to george h leslie which makes i complete block of property in the leslie mme baseball team hits the field ten or twelve aspiring ball pi iy- ers attended the first pncticc 1 ist week for georgetown s 19j inter mediate teim prictucfr have ilso been set for this thursday and fri day at 6 30 when it is hoped to eet down to some serious training among those who are looking for a berth on the team are art stamp al gillis keith king earl walters pic dillon tom beckett george barber and charlie jenner rumors are that veterans george chaplin and andy ritchie will be taking a hand in the coaching duties this david penson new huttonville manager a former georgetown resident has taken over management of hut tonvilie park this year son of mr and mrs frank pen son sfilvercreek he is david perr son who has been connected with the park since the present owners gordon vivian and jim mccracken took possession ten years ago opening dance this saturday will feature dalt gibson s orchestra park facilities this year including the dance pavilion will be open all week and mr penson plans to have wurlitzer in the pavilion for weeknight dancing television is ijlso planned for park patrons and the sunday ringsonjp will be started again in a few weeks easter week event a number of piano pupils of biuce m harding and mugarct bririley hardin held in iftei noon musicale duune e ister week to which parent were invitee those who pliycd wcic margaiit thompson chris c mil mi susan canham sharon siycis mirgaret eason linda korzack jean pen rice gillian chapman sylv la lambert claudia milne ruth han- cox mary evans edith beaumont ann lorraine noble barbara fin lay penny norton cithanne smith david smith douglas wriggles worth carolyn biehni ijene varey eleanor schenk and andrey bishop mr and mrs harding served refreshments bandmaster of acton citizens band l e bert mason 78 died in guclph general hospital on ap ril 9th keenly interested in music he had also been leader of the uni ted church choir son of william mason and iso bel swltzer he was born at balhn afad and spent his boyhood d lys in meadowvalc jhere he married mabel isabel lambe in 1901 for several years he was m retail busi ness in brantford and kingston he hid lived in acton for twenty years ind wis i m ison knitting co employee until his retirement a few years igo his wife died cilht yens igo surviving ire one diughtci mrs munel mclcod ind two bro thers charles w and amos mason at ton two local soldiers arriving home from korea the weather mr editdr maybfc with this wcekssummary jthe least said about the weather the better especially the week end w eather ern batkin date max min rain april 13 53 34 april 14 55 26 april 1 r 25 r 30 ml 16 42 34 h 06 apnl 17 4j 27 flurries april 18 41 21 apnl 1 44 21 si avei i ifci 48 27 r 36 s 1 mr and mllfa david boxford were mitricd in st johns united united clrarch on april 4th and ire making their home in aldershot the bi icic isi the jormir gwcnn conn daughter of mr and mrs itay conn of town and her husbmd is the sen of mr and mrs ldgar box ford clarkson the groom a bell telephone co employee at oak wlk played with this years inter mediate raiders hockey team kingsway kiwanis tdffers scholarships during the past week agricul tural representative j e white- lock met with the agricultural com mittee of the kingsway kiwanis this service organization has been taking an active interest in 4h club work in halton for the past five years during that time they have awarded 38 scholarships each to the value of 12 50 which were applied on some one of the short courses at the ontario agri cultural college a few weeks ago some thirty members of the kings way kiwanis entertained a similar number of halton farm leaders to dinner at the trafalgar memorial hall the event was so successful that already both the kiwamans and halton farm leaders are talking of a repeat performance next win ter at the meeting president ev le land and ken mcdonald chairman of the kiwannns agnculturnl com mittee mthorized j e whitelock on their behalf to offer ten sum 1 ir short course scholai ships to the members of halton s 4h clubs for 1953 rector attends refresher course archdeacon w g o thompson attended a refresher course for anglican clergymen of niagara dio cese last week the course was held in st james church dundas on wednesday and thursday and was conducted by rev roland palmer who is dioce san missioner in algoma a class mate of the archdeacons at trinity he founded the anglican monastery at bracebndge fifty clergymen at tended farm club hears of hydro expansion clue burt of rural hdro was gllcsl speaker at the april nif ting of terra cotta pinners club which wis held in finmr ten it the home of mi nut mrs petei duk mi bull showid tnlouri i sinks of the in w pow er di v elopnu nl it ni iu i i ills nnd txpl mud thi immensity of hie projiet it is tin laijist known tunnel in tht world mr hayward of the regional oifiee toionto iikj mi carol banting of biampton im office also were at the meeting wilfrid leslie president of the group was chairman mis arthur mckane gave a reading pooi old milt at the ladies meetinj which preceded the g ithermg mrs j midonald presided and roll call was answered with hints on plant culture the larc of african vio lets was discussed with mrs dick showing many lovely plants in bloom mr and mrs david an drews will be hosts for the may meeting fred mortram was toronto city worker a former employee of the city of1oiorito and the toionto trans- lori ition commission v redenek moiti in 70 died it his home in stew it how n on sundaj afn i imimilirg lo canad i oei forty yc irs ilo he wis i blaek smith it bultonville in m irkham township and liter moved to tor onto dunne the war he was em ploy td on the nidinlininii staflvof manning pool post air force officer leaving for england an rcar offrccr at two jcirs w inj comm n buchtnan his ricuvid i inj u i onrion t nj nd md will join the oiusns joint st iff tin re rtt t month bnu e joining the nr f ret in 940 he his held vinout posta in cinada including c imp bnrdcn trenton winnipeg and ottawi ind w is in irndon befor loming to wilton the family fir t lived on kinj strict in the a m co we house and ire at present living on jyouiig s in the litp ifodkc barnes home wc and mrs buchanan and their three daughters barban patricn and cithenne will be sailing for the old country on june hh from montreal iboard the fmpress of scotland halton ladies attend simcoe wms meeting mrs walter brow nridge new ly elected president of hilton presby terial or the united church wms ind a group of other officers atti ti ded the annuil meeting or ii mill ton conference bniuh on wednes d i in st lums united chuich simcoe mrs ii mnn v is i mumimly friendship setretiry and took chirfie of a discussion on this plnsc of the work while mrs r f gil hi nl i milt i tonw ned thi uti guelph brotherhood at baptist church the regular morning worship at the baptist church was conducted by the pastor rev a j barker be yourself was the title of mr barkers sermon taking his text from luke 15 17 and when he came unto himself he said analyz ing there is a self to be realized when we ire ourself problem an ses which self we are to be as we are constantly changing the self we ire to realize is uniquely our own that god has a jburpose for every life and if eichis to be drawn into the plan of coll wh that purpose is a better life the choir under mrs w townends direction sang sullivan s arrange ment or o hij p home members representing the men s b iptist brotherhood of the guelph association hid ilnrjc or the even ing sirvici mi ifirrj eilcr gilt biduht the mess ige centering his nit dit it ion upon the indispensibil h f christ to eitli of us if hi i indispcnsiblc to us he is to ill mat kind hence the netessitj of sending mis nhi the d otlu i hit i oi ii ul mr i spt of mitkei in hi r hdu fit the tcsln ti i ill who ittinifd wire miss lit t n hilts h ii mfid mfs i n d b nimoi t n i mrs ivvcott i- ilon tiilisk mrs a r pick ird ijmnti and mrs inkstcr oikvilio fin i u 11 in ii indei or hi hi i 1 111 the rf tin sim 1 1 iv 11 sill uu u of f nih 1 ik 1 ihi is p101t in nil ill the linss violinist i il t n in h i v thi m n f mini hip insurance men wives have dinner and social ross bertram talented toronto magician entertuned numbers of brampton i ife underwriters assoc lation and their wives at a dinner at the yellow bmr inn on april 10th the group enjoyed a chicken din ner and president pete ella wel corned the ladies to the dinner also on the program was pianoaccor dtonist yvonne thibodeau and judy and jill brown acrobatic dancers from oakville mrs cec williamson played the piano for dancing after the show members and their wives were pre sent from oakville georgetown orangeville newmarkta caledon east port credit and brampton including mr and mrs jack arm- strong and mr and mrs jack run- liam from town couple wed at make home in planning to live in hamilton if ter their mirnage on salurdiy ire mr and mrs sherwood witson hume they were married in ashgrove united church it three oclock by the groom s brother rev w gor non hume of wawa ontario mr gordon leek student minister it the church issisted the bride gladys peirl ruddell is the daughter of mr and mrs fnnk ruddell ashgrove ind bos been i lookkee errstctot crawford caitagc m the city since graduating from business college the groom is the son of jwr willnm r hume of milton the church wis decorated with ferns and bouquets of white snap dragons and pink roses miss bar bara cunningham of ashgrove sang because before the ceremony and o promise me during the signing of the register the grooms cou sin miss dorothy thompson play ed the organ the bridal gownl waa satin with allover net a lace jacket fingertip veil and a lace cap edged with or ange blossoms a handkerchief car ried by the brides grandmother mrs ward ruddell at her own wed- ashgrove hamilton ding r years igo wis part of the bridil ensemble she cimed o bouquet of red roses ind white ste jabanotis two cousins of the bride were her attendants miss hazel reed of milton wore pile blue taf feta with all over net and a heid dress of blue forget me nots she cirned a bouquet of ellovv roses glorn flliott of willowdale wore i floor length gown of vellow taf feti with ill over net and i heid dress or ulv of 1heville ind cir ned i nosegay centred with red roses mr ruddell give his daughter in marriige brock hirns milton wis groomsman and ushers were the bride s uncle fred ruddell and the groom s brother donald hume at the reception in the church basement the bride s mother wore navy sheer and a corsage of red roses mrs william r hume chose a navy twopiece dress and a corsage of red carnations leaving on a honeymoon trip east the bride wore a tight blue check tailored suit navy accessor ies and a corsage of red roses mr and mrs hume wfu live 4n ham ilton grounds mi mortrarr folk england the exhibition was born in nor he moved to stew irttow n four ears ag6 he had been in ill health this winter ind was confined to bed for a week pre ceding his de ath surviving are his vvite claire thompson two daughters mrs w humphreys freda of stewarttown and mrs g mcdermott jean of toronto and five grandchildren rev j e maxwell conducted the funeral service on tuesday at the mcclure funeral home with in terment following in greenwood cemetery georgetown pallbearers were james core toronto sam mileham william hulls ned hodge cecil smith and john murray norval notes young people combine for social evening julian reed a combined ypu meeting of norval presbyterian ashgrove and norval united churches was held in the basement of the presbyterian church last saturday night tieid eye gordon ferguson won the crok- lnole while being entertained by the melodies of an orchestra con ducted by marlene dixorf playing such classics as glow worm and side by side gordon reid fed by jane smellie won the pie eating contest with bisebill vveithcr just around the corner the cracker birrel noli tunns hive been expressing their ide is on the subject and the gen eril o inion is that tcims shoujd be for mi d the pnl problem prescn ing itself is who will tike on the responsibilitv of forming them 1 ist i ir mils bisi ball wis very sikssful so this jeir why could it i bovs trim b included this i rm 1 vvoul i comm nd i good tic- f thought ind oven more ic tun hut to doubt would pi off 11 i mi ii c i vnns attended the 11 i il mi t u df the c inidnn it c indis 1 oi nt u n list week in ljiiueuou ji a representative of th e 1 x 1 is slji lion mis rioi cilnin of himilton mil diufjiter i mice spent the ei u i wk with mr ind mrs stanley fishburn we are hippv to report tint doug fishburn is back from the su k children s hospital where he spent the weekend receiving treatment tor in er injury sustun ed in the schoolyard the scout peanut sale on satur- di was more successful than ex pected didn t know there were so many monkeys around the over night hike planned for friday night w as cancelled on account of the badw e mr w a hardy of mlam fla and ashgroe will be making his home this summer with mr and mrs mic alexander and family mr and mrs alexander entertain od in honour of mr ward ruddell s eighty fifth birthday there were thirty guests of the immediate fam- iy the local rink is standing idle here ideal conditions present them- sekes for tennis lacrosse soccer and basketball why isnt action taken in restoring recreation to nor- v al as it was five vears ago vhy not give ft a thoughf there are thousands of dollars worth of structure going to waste which be longs to you the citizens of norval mr and mrs- webster black who moved to los angeles california sixteen years ago have been visit ing relatives in norval and tor onto v l cpl bili jjl pictured above and pte a r aselton r r 1 georgetown am members of i shiplo i t of boldiers homi w ird bound from korea e they will dock it a wtit coabt poil tomonow lfol fmmerson his adv iiei his patents by letter th it the royal canadnn regiment of whuh he ii a member will be koine to ottaw i and he does not expect to be home before next week limliiouse films shown for school gardens mr burt richardson of islington showed three films of general inter est on behalf of goodyear tire and rubber co at the hall last week sponsored by the pupils of s s no 9 and their teacher mrs lawson cooperating with the w i school gardens committee the pupils sang vocal numbers and mrs roughley presided at the piano for a sing song lunch concluded an enjoy able evening the w a sponsored a euchre and sale at the hall on wednesday ev ening the four highest in cards in order were clifford mcdonald o locker mrs w harding and s m wright miss shirley wright held the winning ticket in a raffle for a doll dressed in crochet lunch was served afterwards tic wi euchre on saturday ev ening at the hall was a decided success eighteen tables being play ed winners included mrs w harding and c mcenery 2 mrs hartley and r l davidson con solations going to miss v storey and s gisby mrs c mcenery won the door prize the commit i rovided lunch mrs s kirkpatrick attended the funeral of her aunt mrs crick at thornhill a week ago mrs r lane mr and mrs h norton mr ross and miss kay norton were guests ta the gueran- lanc wedding in windermere uni- ted church toronto on saturday ind the tec option it ljnn arms minnto mrs norton ind miss kay noil n ittcndcd a tmusseau tea it the home of the bi ide on tho previous tuesday mis s wrikht ittcndcd the wed- dmj of hi i ni phi w bob sivirs to miss hem line in bcrklov muhigin mi wright and wright visited the fnn dining tie t ilvin in z mt of port cicdit visited the nobles and merediths one day recently dorothy kirkpatrick celebrated her birthday with a party at her home recently i mrs gilbert sinclair was guest of honour at a family birthday par ty at the home of the a c patter son s on sunday list study mish shnlcv wm wiims week end pc md mrs two local men t bereft of sister during easter week two george- j town men were bereaved by thei death in england of a sister they j had not seen for over forty years j mrs harry whiteside died at her home at blackburn lancashire on easter saturday according to a ca- blegram received here further word is expected this week from the family only the week before i the brothers had received a letter t from her and it is believed her death must have been sudden as j she- had not mentioned being ill j mrswmtcsides husband died three years ago she leaves one son harry and two sisters mrs john chadwick blackburn and mrs samuel kay darwin lanes as well as her two brothers here sol and andrew dewhurst ajf collins of town is a ncpfaew