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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown onl wednesday evening oct 21 1953 twelve pages no strike vote here may be one later a slgike vote taken last sunday among 15000 pulp and paper wor kers in several ontario towns would have serious effects locally should this result in a general strike in newsprint mills while the strike would not dir ectly concern workers in the alli ance and provincial coating mills here these mills are dependent on leper supplies which would be cut off if a strike were called and it would only be a short time until the local industries would have to close down the vote was called by the international union of paper makers when a majority report of a conciliation board recommended against any wage increase in the dispute between 11 afl unions and 13 pulp and paper companies the unions had asked a 5 wage boost and the companies had prop osed a 3 reduction union nom linee senator arthur roebuck rec ommended the 5 increase in a minority report reports today say that almost 98 per cent of vote results favoured a walk out of the 10 894 vqtes tallied there are still some votes to come in union and paper company of ficials will meet in toronto pos sibly next monday in an effort to avert strike action meanwhile a similar strike vote is expected to take place in the two unions in georgetown at a later date no new contract has been signed since last year s ex pired on april 30th the matter has not yet come before a concil iation board but no agreement has yet been reached between union and management in the local mils notice of a strike vote which was to ha e talen place sunday appeared on the bulletin board at the provincial mill one day last week but the matter was held in abeyance when jt was learned that international representatives could not be present that day and a vote was postponed until they could be present the two local unions have alrea dy appointed a nominee to be a member of a conciliation board should the matter go this far he is stan allen local councillor and president of the smith 8c stone un ion mr allen would be a member of a 3man board the others being a company nominee and a third man mutua tgreed upon by the lvo parties while a strike vote is in the air even should this carry it would not necessarily mean a strike loc ally if employees vote in favour of a strike this empowers union officials at international headquar ters to take surh action if neces- bary with so many georgetown people dependent for their liveli hood on the paper industry it is hoped the differences can be ami cably settled and a new con tract negotiated without the dan ger of a strike occurring the weather mr editor and the nice weather with the temperatures in the upper 70s goes on and on era batkin rain date max mir oct 12 59 34 oct 13 58 26 oct 14 68 26 oct 15 78 38 oct 16 76 34 oct 17 15 34 oct 18 7u 38 average 70 33 instal fred johnson oddfellow noble grand fred johnson was installed as noble grand of orion oddfellows lodge when bio vic sharpe or angev llle and hi installing staff visited the lodge recently officers installed with mr john son at the meeting were james james collier vice grand godfrey collier recording secretary harold crawford financial secretary sam w alkcr treasure leslie dicken son warden norman felker con ductor corey hcrrinjton jr chaplain c a grant rss gil bert preston lb s william mc donald rsng ron edwards lsng george greensward rsvg roderick king lsvg charles gibbs inside guardian bob burns outside guardian andy ritchie jpg elizabeth arden lady explains colour harmony through cooperation of local eliz ard s m mack s drugs miss chelsea fel lows spoke to a group of george town ladies in the oddfellows hall last wednesday the evening was sponsored by verdun rebekan lodge miss fel lows talk was on care of the skin end new colour harmony and she described the preparations which elizabeth arden makes for home beauty treatments after her talk she made beauty charts for any of those present who requested them refreshments were served after wards by the lodge ladies sudden heart attack rs james a mcclure dies one of georgetown s best known residents and one who had lived in town longer than any other per son mrs j a mcclure 87 died suddenly at her home on maple avenue last wednesday mrs mcclure succumbed to a sudden heart a tack which she suffered just after the supper hour the former margaret e corry she was the daughter of john cor ry and alice campbell and was born in the riouc near the present mcclure residence where mr and mrs charles hcyiderson live both her parents were members of pio neer district families and mrs cor ry helped to build st george s church her mother named maple avenue after the beautiful trees which she had helped to plant along the street she married james amott mc clure 61 years ago and they spent most of their married life in town while operating farm near mount pleasant except for a few years pent at lisgar station and hamil ton mr mcclure died in 1932 though mrs mcclure lied a quiet life and did not belong to many organizations she had a hap py faculty of making friends in all age groups close friends of many years were joined by young people of her grandsons circle in attend- in the funeral service saturday af ternoon in knox presbyterian church of which she was a mem ber she also belonged to the park circle ladies group at the church mr mcclure is survived by an only son harold cr local furniture rtflrr end funeral director and cob grandson george a student at the royal military college king- by archdeacon w g o thompson in conducting the funeral service pallbearers were arol o neill and harry samwell toronto thomas hill lucan wmy watson grims by walter holz buffalo ny and harry dev ereaux flow er bearers were jack w ilwjn william mc dow ell elmer walker clarence benham herbert cleave carl schenk paul barber and ken mc millan interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown plans ten new homes in parkview district still another subdivision will swell the grow ing total of new homes being built in georgetown this j ear william mcnally who operate his contracting business under tbe name mcnally construction has started work on seven of ten hou ses which he intends to build on parkview boulevard backing geor getown park some of the homes will be bungalows and some stor- eyandahalf and all will be of brick and frame construction they will be offered for sale under nat ional housing regulations mr mcnally is also building two other homes on the former watson property for private owners mr and mrs william clark who sold their home on victoria crescent recently ere building facing park view mr and mrs thomas glf- fen who will be moving to town from their 8th line farm which they have aold to lloyd davison are building on a maple avenue frontage be the homes of mrs william wbyte and mr and mrs john ingqf parents request traffic light at school crossing long term abiibi employee retires a lady who had worked for the abitibl paper organisation longer than any other female employee was honoured recently when she retired on pension miss jessie leavitt who had been associated with the provincial pa per office staff for 44 years was presented with a lazyboy chair end table and tnlight lamp at a meeting of all mill employees dur ing the afternoon and later mem bers of the office staff were joined by several from head office in to ronto at a buffet supper in the con ference room at this gathering miss leavitt received a travelling bag an added honour was a tele type message from company presi dent d w ambndge compliment ing her on so many years of faith ful service during the supper another pres entation was made to miss betty king of the office staff who was leav infc to be mjmed now mrs alan james mcgilhvray of exeter she was presented with a pair of table lamps first hockey practice this sunday morning plans for intermediate hockey continue to progress first hockey practice has been called for this sunday and the ex ecutive expects some new faces wil be out to seek positions on the team along with several of last season s players don birragtr photo mr and mrs bruce lindsay married recently in knox presbyterian church are making their home on no 7 highway near town the marriage united two well known local families mr lindsay being the son of mr and mrs k c lindsay apd his bride the former mar ion ritchie the daughter of mrs john b ritchie and the late mr ritchie social and personal mrs edgar eyres of buffalo n y was in town for a few days last week w f bradley who had been ill at home for the past few weeks is a patitnt in toronto general hos pital at present miss dorothy brandford spent last week end in newmarket visit ing with mr and mrs ernest dob- bie weekend visitors with miss ros emary jordan wre miss anne tho mas and mr john barry of tor onto dick llcata returned home on saturday after spending a week in hospital in guph following an operation rev and mrs charles hcndcr son london is ted monday with mrs william t tank and mr and mrs james eva mr and mrs art scott ittended the convention of the federation of automobile de lers at the royal york hotel toronto last week mr and mrs thomas griovey mr fred mccartney and mr and mrs d seal attended the district b canadian- legion convention at dundas on sujrtv recuperating after an operation thomas eloi is a patient in guclph gei eral hospi al another geor gctown man rooert muir is also a patient in the general mr and mrs h j newman and miss rosemary jordan have rctur ne- from a molor trip to old west burv lonj island n y where thev were guests of mr ind mrs r c cur is mr a r vannatter is spending a couple of weeks in dunnvillc where she will be visiting with her sisters and brother mrs fred lint mrs triomas gilmore and mr arza l mburaer mr and mrs lcn harding and mr and mrs frank wood attended the funeral of mn harry harding in guclph last wednesday mrs harding died at her home in guelph the previous sunday weekend visitors with mrs a wright were mr and mrs larry mathews and soil ricky of port colbome and mr a beer of brome mr beer will remain in town for a holiday with his sister mr and mrs james evans bar bara and mary and mrs william frank were sunday visitors with mr and mrs william bollard t kilbride and attended the anni versary services at the united church mrs dorothy swan who has had iionf period of ill health has been able to return to her home on main street north tal in guelph a few weeks ago tbe had bean staving vlth mr nd mrs hospitalized in guelph general sum i breaking her hip in a fall in jul mrs jesse brandford returned home last thurhday mr brand ford s sister mrs l gordon of toronto is staving with mr and mrs b at present mrs jack migibbon and mrs ernie curry were in toronto on monday attend u g the annual meet ing of the ontario ladies curling association over fifty clubs were represented at the meeting at the high park club n in been in 9t john s convalescent hospital at newtonbrook returned homt this week mrs stewart was badly bruiscm when struck by a car a month a no while walking itrois the mill and main street corner mrs fyink binnie of lindsay s m town for a few days last week stijing at the mcgibbon house while she visited with sev eral friends in the district this w cek she is with relatives in guelph a b david barber is home on furlough until the end of the moi th with his parents mr and mrs george barber churchill crescent david who was a smith and stone office employee at time of enlistment in the navy will be returning to hmcs stadacona at hah ax at the conclusion of his kac engagements mr and mrs edwin perryman am ounce the engagement of their ounjest daughter lillian georg ma to robert desmond hepburn nl son of my md mrs john hep burn glen willnms the marriage will take place the latter part of october cece mcnamara buys jewellery business georgetown s re west businessman is a familiar face on main street he is cecil mcnamara who af ter seven vears ss manager of sim mons jewellers has taken over the business as sole proprietor he will operate the store beside the herald office a- mcnamara jewel lers from now on when the mcnamaras moved here in 1mb it was in the nature of a homecoming for mrs mcnam ara who as- marion doly spent her childhood here when her father was manager of the creelman plant with then- children mary nd f- er they live on king street mr mcnamara la actively associated w th board of management of st johns united church and has been a member of the public school board for sewer al tginift bob ireland named bc superintendent robert ireland once manager of the canadian bank of commerce branch here has been named assis tant superintendent of british col umbia branches he has left for vancouver where he will make his headquarters and mrs ireland will be joining him there later mr ireland left georgetown five ean ago when ie was promoted to mamger at brantford prior to coming to georgetown he had been accountant at the main branch in windsor his son douglas who was a hih school student when the family lived here has since started on a banking career also acting on a request by a delega tion of parents whose children at tend wrigglesuorth school the public school board will discuss with the town council the possib- ulity of safety measures at a dan gerous highway crossing several parents attended last wednesdays board meeting and pointed out the hazards which t at present in spite of close sup ervision by th school caretaker who acts as a crossing guard two nearaccidents have almost occur red the group asked for a man uallyoperated traffic light fox use while children are entering and leaving school it was further pointed out that the sidewalk from durham street to the school crossing is particular ly dangerous as there is so little space between i and the road and a suggestion was made that a guard rail might be installed here this would have a double advantage of providing only one entranceway to the highway council at a meeting the prev ious monday had already discussed the situation and has also discussed a traffic light at the chapel street crossing yesterday in response to a request a representative of the general electric co was in town to suggest the proper type of light cost estimate is in the neighbour hood of 1 000 for each such traffic light it is expected that the matter will be further discussed at the next council meeting when school board members and parents will make a formal request for action terra cotta church supeer sat form credit union at smith stone formation of a credit union among smith 8c stone employees is expected following an organization meeting which was held in the oddfellows hall last week a charter has been applied for from the provincial government and a nominating committee was named at the meeting next month officers will be elected when a second meeting is held originated by the smith and stone union membership will not be restricted to union members there is a potential membership of 3000 it is est bra ted with all em- a number of the villagers at tended the turkey supper in mel ville church on friday mr james mckane has returned home from hospital congratulations to mr and mrs leslie young parents of a new daughter mrs a petch is visiting in toronto for a few days many happy returns to morris puckering who celebrated his hirth- da on sunday mrs s cowdy and mrs m gra ham toronto spent last thursday with mrs cowdy s sister mrs e puckering and ann mr and mrs g bailey barbara and brian of alderwood were week end guests with the jim em- mersons sunday visitors in the village in cluded mr and mrs art rhodes and wayne of toronto mr and mrs h hilson and family milton with the a zilios mr and mrs f gunn with mr and mrs h elwood mi and mrs jim mcbride and ruth limehouse with mr and mrs joseph mcbride and with mr and mrs leslie icam her uncle and aunt mr and mrs jim mcdonald scotch block mr aruuvw angus mcdonald and family georgetown and mr and mrs ken may cale- don ployees their wives and families eligible to belong stan allen union president was chairman of the meeting which was addressed by mr woodbridge from credit union national in hamil ton a distinguished guest was mr narong silpasukhoom of bangkok thailand this gentle man from the cooperative credit department of ihc ministry of co operatives is at present on a tour of north america seeking informa tion about the operation of coop eratives here first organized in germany in 1948 credit unions started in this country in quebec and the organ ization is continially spreading be sides encouraging thrift among group members insured loans are made to members and life insur ance is provided on savings marathon draws euchre players each friday the marathon euchre series be ing conducted friday nights at the oddfellows hall continues to draw good crowds last friday mrs c e stacey and cam sinclair had top prizes and ftfrs norman snyder and wil liam lyons held seconds the door prize was won by mrs harold reed accident injury fatal keith joyce 19 dies seriously injured in an auto ac cident on september 18th keith earl joyce 19 died in toronto general hospital on friday he was a passenger in a car which went out of control on a steep hill on the 4th line near limehouse and turned over most seriously injured of three occup ants his neck was broken and be had been partially paralyzed since the accident he had been trans ferred from guelph general hos pital to toronto general and had been making good progress his sudden death was caused by a blood clot in the lung son of mr and mrs earl joyce he was born in bronte he had lived for tbe past five years in georgetown and district boarding at the bomerojf walter gray in town for some time at the time of the accident he was living wi his st ter mrs ebsrold brown b b 4 formerly a driver nor j v barker milk transport he was employed at the milton brick com pany he is survived by bis parents and two sisters mrs harold brown and mrs david oaua bronte his grandfather william joyce horn by and two nephews and a niece lillian harry and john brown the funeral service at the mc clure funeral home on monday was conducted by rev john m smith and rev alex j casder john kltching guelph sang dur ing the service and pallbearers were charlie hunter glenn and george stringer ted leslie car man cantelon and earl price slower bearen wen marray mc farlane ronald tnxon tei kirov norman dredge bod a bud brown bui somerrlue wal ter xvetv and graham caffies in terment was in sl jades ceme tery oakvffle