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tffi georgetown ten pages georgetown onl wednesday november 11th 1953 ten pages dominion seed house owner church community served norval soldier serves in germany owner of the dominion seed house and one of georgetowns most prominent citizens william f bradley died in toronto general hospital on sunday morning where he had beena patient for several weeks v his death leaves a void in com munity life which will be hard to fill for at one time or another he had served practically every local organization eiher on the execu tive or with his help behind the scenes particularly will he be mis sed at st georgs s anglican church to which he devoted a lifetime of service he was choirmaster for many years until his retirement last year when 01 soninlaw suc ceeded him aha he remained a faithful choir member after this tune at various times he was a churchwarden nd a lay delegate and at the tune of his death he was a member of the church s committee son of james bradley and isa bella hainer he was born in geor getown where his father farmed on what is now the cedarvale school property he was a clerk in the old bank of hamilton in his youth then after trying his hand at farm ing for awhile ne entered the mail order business in 1922 handling everything from fireless cookers to barbers clippers in 1928 he added a line of novelty seeds which was the nucleus of a business which to day id known the world over and which claims to be the largest sup plier of mail order garden seeds in the country a keen musician he played in the georgetown band in the days when it was led by a b castell in 1908 he was one of the lome rifles cho sen to attend the quebec celebra tion when king george v visited that city he was an honorary president of the lome scots band for the past several years it was mr bradleys custom ev ery year to take a business trip searching the continent for new varieties of seeds to add to his bus iness and he shared his travels with the community for his mov ies and coloured slides were much in demand for showing at meet ings this past summer he toured europe and great britain return ing home in early september his property on mam street south was a garden beauty spot and he enhanced the surroundings a few years ago when he purchased the old barber residence and the coulter home and remodelled them into handsome apartment build ings he was one of the original mem bers of georgetown lions club a member or credit masonic lodge and during the war he served on several victory loan committees but it was to his church that he de voted the great part of his time he rarely missed a sun da j in his accustomed plate in the choirloft where his wif was organist and his daughter azid sonin lac choir members surmwnt tic his v it alexin dnna robertson and an onl diuh- ter margaret mr bruce m hard mg of an oiitj ml f mil pi ten onl two ssui rnmn mrs hash jsiacdoi jid osiiaw i and 1 s gcoim bradsh w seattle wash archdeacon v g o thompson conducted the fjtcril seric es- terdaj it the i i rtlc ho c and interment fo lo od in greenwood cemetery pil bearers were cc il da id son arthur armstrong fred fryer john macdonald paul bir- ber and a nepneu kenneth jack son toronto several lifelong friends were honorarv- pallbearers everet cole kav thompson r red mcnally leroy dale j a wil- loughby herbert cleave lornc cleave thoma wames thomas eason a e dawson charles mayo toronto and roy edwards toronto the latter an associate when the bradley- edwards electric company was organized lawn bowlers have annual banquet fifty four men and lady mem- bers of georgetown lawn bowling club attended their annual ban quet at the royal hotel guelph on monday after a turkey dinner some member played cards while others enjoyed dancing to music supplied by bill young and his violin ac companied by mrs em thompson and mrs ernie curry norman icam called off the square dances prizes were presented to wufred levoie and w g bell who were winners in the monday night men b doubles president nelson robin son exstressm appreciation of those pr tor- the good time which w arranged by howard kentner tfr- hw some new bowi- the weather mr editor november is away to a fast start with snow and the six inches on saturday was i real surprise may be now we will get our indian summer era batkin date max min rain nov 2 61 38 nov 3 62 45 nov 4 45 28 flurries nov 5 4i 20 nov 6 38 13 nov 7 32 21 6 nov 8 24 flurries average 4i 27 sb district people get mlry coronation medals a total of seven georgetown and district pople have received coronation medals specially struck to honour citizens who have given outstanding ser ice in their com munities as a remembrance at the time of queen elizabeth s corona tion maoi jack armstrong george town and reeve george leslie es quesing who is warden of halton county along with all heads of municipalities in canada were honoured miss effie bird daughter of mr and mrs thomas bird mgple av enue had manv years of service as a teacher recognized when she re ceived a medal she has for sev eral years been in the staff of ban- nockburn ave bchool north york four members of the lome scots who reside in town and district were numbered among the eleven members of the regiment who re ceived their medals at a sunday church parade in oakville hon oured were the commanding officer ltcol john r barber gt arth ur herbert a local man who has a long record of service as a bands man sgt alan teeter who was recognized for his work with the georgetown high school cadets and rqms a g rudd norval nancy maclaren dies suddenly in montreal a sad ending to a vacation trip to bermuda for mr and mrs alex maclaren was the news of the death of his sister miss nancy maclaren in montreal miss maclaren a frequent visitor in town was found dead in her apartment in montreal on novem ber 1st victim of a heart attack v hich she had suffered the prev ious day she had been preparing to meet a friend for dinner that evening and her death was discov ercd ulun the friend plumed the next mormn ti set whv she had not kept tin ip ointment a native of edinburgh si ot i ind lie i inn j c it dd in 1 i2 bin 1 i 1 bit i a i c n t r t hotel m in j i s il ll manor iluhclicu lcm uli 1 the m i uhmont m i farm lartn t irt of industrial league elects officers a 4team industrial hockey group will start a sunday after noon schedule tft the arena in an other few wedes- george loujji sr is president and bob mccandless secretarytreasu rer of the league this year each team has a representative on the executive these being bruce glim mer avro commuters vic mas ters acton tom beckett stnith stone bob burns burns transport commuters who played in the avro house league last year and were semifinalists are a new en try in thegeorgetown industrial group the three other teams have competed for several years cpl i jon el iiazell stationed with the canadian army in the northwest territories for the past seven years cpl lionel hazell of norval has been posted with the princebs patricia s regiment to germany he is the son of mr and mrs victor haell of norval limehouse tells institute of former bus trips mr j e whitelock agricultural representative of halton county was guest speaker at the novem ber meeting of limehouse women s institute on november 5th in lime- house memorial hall mr white- lock spoke briefly of the changing conditions facing agriculture at the ipresent time after which he showed very interesting pictures of the bus trips enjoyed the past few years by halton farm operators and sponsored by the halton crop improvement association he said you can tell a person you can show him pictures but if he sees for himself it carries more weight and much more often brings res ults the roll call a piece of furni ture j would like was answered by 13 members and 1 visitor the motto don t pray cream on sunday and live skim milk the rest of the week was taken by mrs allan noton and current fvcnts were given bv mrs smeth- urst during the business ses sion i bj7nr md afternoon euchre were planned for later this month also the chris mas parcel to an english family ariangcd ind 2o was voted for the koret fund of the unitarian service of canada report of the conference on oil tuial activities in our community showed a snull attendance but t reall worthwhile d iv for thi sc who attended a sociil time was spent over the ten cups at the close of the meet- remember war dead at cenotaph service georgetown re service men who died in two world wars and the korean conflict on sunday afternoon when a solemn service was held at the cenotaph members of the legion and aux iliary high school cadets firemen and members of town and township councils marched from the legion hall to the cenotaph for the ser vice two bands led the parade georgetown girls pipe band and guekph musical society band the latter playing fcr the singing of hymns sqms henry shepherd mbe was parade marshal legion chaplain archdeacon w g o thompson was in charge of the service in which mayor jack armstrong took part and rev john m smith and rev alfred barker legion president leslie clark and fred mccartney called the honour roll and a number of wreaths were placed by relatives of those who d cc in the wars and by local organizations suffers fatal heart attack on street i i ve i lb eiip i cicl irv i i vu f ice i mi it o b j r i inil un she h d orih tucntlj retimed to m i lie 1 nt r visitinj in on tano iiki returned to tint citv if tcr bidding mr and mrs firwei in new york on tli then trip to bermuda miss michirei is sur ivcd by three brothers alex of george town hugh of 0 irm b c and jack of todmornen after a fun eral service in montreal on tues day the body was cremated and the ashes will be sent for interment beside her parents in the family burial plot in edinburgh on sun day rev john m smith conducted a memorial service at the maclaren home here ul u maccormack speaker as new fire hall is opened cfn bud hardman en route overseas cfn r s bud hardman is en route to germany with a canadian army contingent which will serve with nato troops overseas a member of the rceme he has been stationed at calgary lihth the lord strathcona horse regiment since joining the army last year the troops are due to sail today aboard the samaria he had been in town on furlough for the past month with his parents mr and mrs bob hardman legion notes last friday evening saw the an nual remembrance supper held in the legion auditorium over 200 guests were presents for this the toastmastcr of the evening was branch president les clark archdeachon w g o thompson branch chaplain led in singing of grace after which a delicious tur- kev dinner was served dave bow man proposed the toast to her majest queen elizabeth and a very moving toast to the fallen comrades was given by j i mc cartney the toast lo the legion was given by lelloy dale and re sponded to by the president var ious guests were heard from inclu inj archdeacon w g o thompson who has been chaplain of branch 1 20 for almost 20 ears john 1 armstrong ma or of georgetown w mk u george leslie of halton ind svbil beni ett qc halton s fcdiril member of parliament the sue akt r of the cv cm tig w as rev ljuss c micron i former george town bo who serve dun ml world w ir ii m the hc r ind is at i resent ihiplini cif toionlos 48th highlanders mr came rein spike oti our ties vith the old ijuntrv the filling into disuse ol the phi ise british t pin it d tl r in ui tic both it i ii in 1 i mi m i h ill ii r on only is i day to 3ijdmsf on ii found by vvillni lis w iv lo wok t tin smith ind m i i pi mt ir d ilu d i fi w nun in s tf i r mrs mi i hi i the stem and befori t doctor ind ur rived born in ork engl mil mr ptcssvihpd and his wife i imc to canadi about 4 years ago and first lived at nm va while he wor ked for a farmer there later he worked at the birraclough woollen mill in glen williams then farm ed for many years at his own farm on the 8th line both mr and mrs prcsswood were valued members of the stonb school farm forum he is survived by two children edna mrs gordon spencc and jack of georgetown and four grandchildren he also leaves sev en sisters nd two brothers mrs emily hu1 yorkshire england mrs janet bell georgetown mrs annie patterson toronto mrs al ice sharpe rochester n y mrs charles glbbs glen williams mrs oliver carey georgetown albert and harry pres5wood glen wil liams a brother jack was killed overseas in the first war archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the funeral service this atfernoon at the mcclure funeral home which was followed with in terment in greenwood cemetery pallbearers were waller thomp son and five of bis 8th line neigh bours harold campbell homce sen ben case gilbert sinclair fcdftdgcoe uk bio fair has good financial year directors of the esquesing agri cultural society met on tuesday evening at the home of mr and mrs fred j shortill limehouse as the guests of the president harding price in opening the meeting mr price welcomed the directors and ex pressed his appreciation of the splendid support given not only lo himself but to the fair in general he called on the first vuee presi dent spencer wilson to conduct the men s mectng while the lady president mrs a l ellerby was in charge of the ladies meeting treasurer p w cleave presen ted a financial report on the year s operations which showed that this year s show was a financial suc cess it was urged that the build ing committee continue their efforts in the campaign to wipe off the de ficit on the building in the park a motion was recorded thanking the municipal councils of george town and esquesing for their efforts in having the park and track put in shape for fair day it was decided that the annual fair directors banquet would be held the latter part of the month and suggested speakers were lance rumble of toronto and louis blake duff of welland in a draw held among the direc tors at the meeting 10 was added to the funds with vern archer being the winner it was reported that two new show cases had been acquired for the 1954 fair which will give ade quate protection to all baking ex hibits the society s first euchre and dance for the reason is scheduled for fviday january 8th in esques ing hall mayor jack armstrong officially opened georgetown s new fire hall on saturday when a group of citi zens representing all branches of community attaint were guests of the fire department ta a ceremony ftt the halt guest speaker e v maccormack who was introduced toy clarence spence spoke of the high regard in which the liremen are held by the community and said that no other group renders as much corn- unity service as volunteer firemen the mayor pointed out what a fine group of men are in the brig ade when he referred to work they had done on tneir own such as painting the concrete floors and supplying a refrigerator for the kit chen and waracn george leslie said that esquesing township was happy to have an arrangement whereby that township supplies a 20 000 fire truck which is manned by georgetown liremen and is av ailable both locally and in esques ing for firefighling work chief william hyde introduced each member of the brigade who wore their dress uniforms for the occasion and the town and town ship councils were introduced by messrs armstrong and leslie fire men jack harlov and andy ritchie introduced the other guests who included representatives of indus try lodges and service clubs after the formal opening lunch was served and those present were taken on a tour of the building it icin spit n t stewarttown st johns guild successful bazaar despite a heavy snow storm at tendance was good and the after noon a success when si john s guild held a bazaar on saturday in esquesing community hall lt col gordon brown donated a quilt which he won in a lucky draw for auctioning boh harris won a pair of table lamps in another draw mrs cecil smith mrs roy smith ind mrs wm huffman had charge of the fanciwork mrs john stand- ish iprons mrs b lizard novelties ind mrs david barclay the parcel post table ruby tenn mt looked ifti r the fish jwnd dorothy stone wis virv busv making coloured krti ut sketches mrs c a grant mil mrs humph revs were lunch in ivcners h t pv birthd j to dinnv mc- c le ii whowill be seven veirs old ii t sui id iv november jth mi ind mis win liuirm in mh h n 1 in i b mill of it iidc wne it ii with mi in t mi c r s th f i the week i nd lh i ilh il i tiimi i ii s 1 be inuthci rnnu w is held i i vv i h in eh ine c i v ne next v ii mis afti cecil hm kids if v it havont a tilevision set to see the b hit i p ir- it oil sfllnrtu n in unit comeon down ind v n w it on tin set nt the i cgron hall mothers can drop in ind let the n ilnldren watch this cig annual piradc and get a brci ther from that saturday morning hop ling televised times will be ivailiblc in vour daily paper dont forget to be on hand monday night at the legion hall all parents arc invited to come and bring their boys and all inter ested adults ar urged to be pres ent whether they have boys of their own or not hockey stars refreshments half hour movie of stanley cup finals every one try and be on hand opening date for kid hockey is saturday afternoon nov 28th be on hand for this big day iuih i vv a meet i wis luld t mis i ml s line mondaj ifti r r mi 1 hi in l iw son conducted thi worship service ind chose co- i nn torn inj cs the me for ihc okinng hmn the third verse of all things bright and beauti ful w is sung and memorized a gift vv is pesented to mrs audriv mcclean who has moved to acton at st johns guild meet ing at ihe horn of mrs walker next tuesday mrs bhzard will be histess at the guild meeting make alterations to cilen town hall extensive alterations have been made at the glen town hall and more are planned by on energetic committee which has also raised a good deal of money for the job funds have been raised by public subscription and by proc eeds of a lucky draw for a 50 bond g drenchers glen williams won the bond when the draw was made at a movie show in the hall on thursday he had ticket no 339 the building is at present being used as a temporary classroom un til a planned addition is made to the school toilets have been in stalled the interior painted and curtains put up later plans call for a kitchen members of the hall boird who are sparking the work include harom wheeler howard garvin roland haines george sar gent william korzack vern kirby ed martin jick hepburn and clayton allen fires destroy two automobiles two cars were destroyed in two si pi rite fires which occurred in town during th ween tuesdiv morning residents of clin willnnis tried to hnle jim n rton ho frpve through the vill ii with siroke puffing from tin c ir mr nnitnn diove for some list in i i r fore hi hinsiir noticed i c ii w on fnc georgetown i i ril ii w tiii mi he scene i- n i sunt iv mormnfi mrs jack wl y v mtud hi les m doug i it c i l ch wns pi ked be ll l mi m oim in iv blvd i i ill 1 the f ic brigade ri i in i i hunting party bags eight deer htvcn members of the ballina- ful hunt club iad good luck on a dcir hunting expedition to mirtin unci last weel 1hej returned with a bag of eight deer members of the hunt were ic and ray swindlehurst angus mceachern john bud elwood and shm snow garnet winters hal siuudcrs grant wright reg french and richard shortill sign contracts with thirteen hockey players oddfellows etjchke e lyons streetsville won two prizes at the oddfellows marathon euchre friday holding high score of 115 for gentlemen as well as winning the door prize mrs hall milton 118 was high fedy second prizes were won by mrs geortip waiters and harold seed cpcb whom scored ill awdrtfa t t georgetown raiders are being whipped into sjape for their open ing intermediate a fixture here next tuesday with fergus thistles as yet the exact starting line up has not been decided thirteen players have signed contracts in cluding defenceman bob williams of hamilton who played last sea son and a newcomer from the same city don paul who will probably be usedat centre ice on one of the lines up from junior ranks are blake inglis george grasby and paul barber fred lawrence out with a knee injury all last season has signed on as goalie those from last years team who havesig ned c include jerry inls bene ttartln sootty patterson bon zmxon jack ksubmd btonajr chappcl and bill hewitt ken mash is ex to put his name on the dotted line sa day now the hockey club reports that rej sponse to an appeal for financial help made by letter to every citi zen last week u beginning to show results and several donations have been received the club is starting off with a clean slate this year all last year s bills were settled by the board of parks and there is rib deficit to make up at the same time there is no money atom last years treasury to carry the club over the expensive opening months and there is a definite need of help to ke the balden financially ol-