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the georgetown heralp first section georgetown ontario wednesday june 2nd 1854 ten pages option taken on several farm lands on no 7 highway what council did norval road may see sunday cycle sport big land development mixed for the park it wna a form of a refresher courae in eplk- ing for this trio of midshipmen when they tackled the job of renewing decorative roping about the main entrance to the seamanship school nt hmcs cornwall the rcn east coast training establuhment the- midshipmen are membera of no 7 junior officer basic training course at cornwalli here buay with their plicing left to right are- midship men paul m barber georgetown paul schweitzer kitchener and thoma copeland halifax prizes gifts draws for iga supermarket opening with a ataft of twelve the new 1c supermarket on the highway opens its doors friday for the first time the huge building s2xs8 erected by fletcher construction for owner- operalors bob caldwell and bruce williamson marks the entry of one of the continent largest food mer chandisers into the local market it will carry a stock of over 4 000 items ranging from grocery staples both iga and nationallyknown brands to special foods for babies and diabetics concentrating pri marily on food the only nod to the tendency for grocers to extend f their wares beyond the soup to nuts class if 1 cation is a kitchen gadget department the huge grocery department has four islands running store length and shelving part way down thip west side loading to the dairy bar george bellak toronto is grocery- manager the entire back of the tore is in charge of meat manager bill smith who comes from orange- ville it is departmentalized in three selfserve moats ser ice jneats and fresh fish the cast side of the store hai a 13 afoot fruit and vegetable market with frozen foodi and lec cream at the entranco end three slidetypo checkouts fifty nestel carts plus shopping baskets will provide quick service for cus tomers who arc expected to throng the store opening day a free chi- the weather mr ldltor to sec the temperatures up over 80 degrees makes one feel nunmcr is on the wuy even if we do get another feeling with the cool nights of the past week date max min rain may 24 78 38 12 may 23 65 44 may 28 68 31 may 27 61 30 02 may 28 bl 44 04 may 29 70 58 11 may 30 74 37 avrragca 72 40 20 what council did armstrong construction gets grading contract contract for grading swing and elm street as part of a new road way from no 7 to the smith and stone district wbi awarded to arm strong bros construction bramp ton at monday s council meeting the armstrong tender of 4732 was lowest of five submitted other tenderers were lone s haulage barclay haulage mt forest con struction and king paving co qakvdlc teacher 25 years miss scott retiring another veteran teacher will re tire from the public school staff in june miss laura scott who has taught at chapel street school since 1920 will teach her last class this month and has announced her decision to retire on pension she is one of two leaving the school staff sirs walter sargent having taken a new position in port credit she has taught at chapel for a year and prior to that at stewart town to meet an expanding enrolment four new teachers have been hired by the school board miss hazel izall of streetsvule teaching this year at milton height miss thel- ma whale who teaches in hsr home town of drayton mrs thereee aus tin of durham who is leaving the woodslde staff in erin township and miss edna moffat of formosa a teacher at blue vale council was resicenl monday to alspw a gypsy tour in the park agjpsrt of a motorcycle meet being sponsored by the yellowjaekrt cbb it was finally decided to of- tfetf the club use of another town- oaaned property near the sewage dupotal plant originally trie club had asked and been granted peruilislun to use tha park saturday and monday with assurance that it would nut bo used sunday a change in plans outlined by stan oconnor and jim buck has shifted the park ev en to sunday the men explained thai there would be no undue noise and no admission charge but flkijorlty of members felt that with criticism already voiced by park district residents they could not okay any sunday show plans now call for a 12 hour en durance test odt of town on satur day the gypsy tour a number of novelty riding events snd games on sundsy with supper served in th armouries that night the club has been asked to avoid as much noise as possible when machines are passing through town a property mlxup in central park was explained by solicitor george hewson who had been ask ed to find whut property was owned by the town it was found that a small portion of the park had never been officially deeded to the town by the law son estate a town- owned portion adjoining scott mot ors iill be sold to mr scott if he so desires for 100 plus legal and surveying fees incurred by the town the town will share with the fire department the cost of 100 for shrubs and landscaping at the new fire hall new keaidrnts move here from london new residents of town are mr and mrs robert bird who ha e mocd into an apartment on victo ria street in the former barker home mr bird la employed at pioneer appliances ktoblcoke and his bro ther nelles is also planning to move here from london sons robert and william will be attending chapel street school jim kirkwood graduates plans career in ministry permission was granted for two tag days on june 10th to the legion efcen every hour to some lucky per- wjc for the navy league and on son free shopping bags and a chance continued on page 2 stewarttown garry johnson celebrated his 0th birthday with a party lost week hit smith gary briggs ken hodge guests were dan davi und susan paul knight ken grant philip wilson michael and butch hut- rnan and robbie armstrong patsy horris had a birthday party saturday afternoon may 20 patsy is eight years old now afro w huffman michael and butch have returned to their home in toronto after spending a week with mr c smith july 3rd to the true blue lodge for their orphanage alex maclarcn former reeve and conservation enthusiast was ap pointed georgetowns represen- tallveonihccredh valley conser vation authority which will hold its opening meeting in georgetown on june 15th a bylaw waa- given its first two readings for resurfacing queen street cost of which is estimated at about 7000 a bylaw will also be prepared for hard surfacing of chapel street bast and young street a balllnafad man who intends to start training for the united church ministry next loll jim kirkwood received his bachelor of arts de gree at victoria college convocation lost thursday son of mr ond mrs j p kirk wood he graduated with an honour degree in modern languages and literature graduate of blue moun tain school and georgetown high school he is spending this summer near ifavclock as a student mi ni si rr of thejjclmot lake charge which includes churchas at vittorla bush inkn and south point an allround athlete as well ai a good student jim was president of the athletic union at victoria this year during hliour years at col lege he has played hockey and soccer on interf acuity teams while at home for several years he has played with various hockey and baseball teams including several seasons with georgetowns inter mediate ball club jim kirkwood urartetown aaay b err the thrthjd of a aobarhsji devtlapmrat a bars lellaa in the iowas buurr vrsurdsvs informs hoi becasns public that a real estate firm acting for aa unknown corporation lias optlonrd at least half a dasea farms on bath altos or no 7 between here and norval negotiations have b a frrra far several wreks by w duffy x bona ltd of weston while mr uufty could not be reached far eoatsftcat today ii is reliably understood that at least im acres are presently under hit con- irel on aa exclusive listing basis far a month period white no one including the land owners luis anv wire wtiat purchase of the property might entail best guess seems to be that the future buyer might be considering a plan ned community of houses and in dustry which ruuld create an ad joining town as big as georgrtown as yeg no repre have been made to georgetown council but it could be assumed that even tually thtre will be discussion of water and sewerage extensions which ksoueslng township in which the lsnd la situated does not pos sess tha optioned land is within easy access of these town services a toronto evening dally today revealed names of farm owners in tike area but some of these were a little previous as ail options liae not been signed humours are circulating as the story spreads st reelcorner talk has chrysler corporation the alumi num company and arlous other largo industries on the verge of moving hen aiiothir story is that oil might be found on the property oil leases have been take in tha churchville area still another is that tiie government is behind tha move and that some government project is mooted another rumour is that a swank subdivision would be created for city people within easy commuting distance of tha lakeshore guelph contractor gets new school addition grandfather officiate at thompson christening several out of town guests atten ded the christening of elizabeth ker kerry thompson daughter of mr ond mrs jack thompson ottawa which took place in st georges anglican church saturday the baby s grandfather archdeacon w g o thompson officiated godparents present were miss frances luchardson st oatharinea mrs morgan tump lin and mrs reginald kingshott orangevlue while mr harold cooke toronto was proxy for kerrys uncle law rence mcmaster new york city who could not attend kerry wore the christening gown of her great great grandmother on the maternal side other out-of- town guosts included mr kingshott mrs chrlitic and mrs if a mc master orangevlue kir and mrs g e haygarth and miss mary hay- garth dundas misses e read freda farmer and louie thomp son st catherines afterwards mrs fred armstrong and mrs charles jlanwlck assisted at tea in the rectory mr and mrs thompson christopher and kerry left yester day for ottawa after a two week visit in town the 4 room addition to wriggles- worth public school will be ready by early fall according to advice of the contractor a battaglia construction guclph were chosen contractors at mon day s school board meeting their bid of 5208 was lowest of five submitted only one local firm tendered j b mackenzie son and others wire town country construction brampton trojan construction and mckendrick con struction toronto j b parkin associates architects for the original school when it was built a few years ago have been engaged again as architects sisters take jobs in summer hotels two georgetown sisters are en route to opposite parts of canada for summer jobs in hotels joan devrles formerly of the local roynl bank staff who has been at the islington branch for the past two years loaves tomorrow for lake louise alberta for a summer clerical position in chateau lake louise her younger sister julia who has completed the first year of a two year home economics course at ltyenon institute toronto u in st andrews new brunswick where she will work at the algon quin hotel they are daughters of mr and mrs lykle devrles r r 3 visits in ireland with georgetowners during a vacation trip to britain mrs william ritchie is planning to lslt a former georgetown couple who now live in ireland they are mr and mrs george elliott who were married while he was working at smith stone mrs elliott formerly dolly scmple lived with relatives here and work ed at the papcrmill before her mar riage mrs ritchie sailed for england on the ascama a few weeks ago and is at present in stoke-on- trent she also plans to visit in scotland it is her first trip homo since her family the riisaclls came to canada when she was a teen ager accidet victims still hospitalized three ladles who were injured in a tragic motor accident on may 21st are still in peel memorial hos pital mrs mary wlllett least seriously injured expects to be home soon her daughter mrs cecil smith stcwaruown is undergoing- opcra- tlons on her legs which were badly rnilhm asva marlr flmtr fltwr getown who sustained head and chest injuries was much better than expected dring the weak but had a relapse last night and is critically ill today st johns minister accepts whitby call fergus defeats n gs new yorkers here tonight rev john m smith ha accepted m a call to the united church in whlt- minister at st john here for alx yean he expect ii be leaving tor his new poet the rihddle of next months mr smith who came bar from old windham church near slmcoe to nieceed rev r c todd haa been one of the town moat active citizen nd hi influence- ha ex- tended beyond the bound of hi denominational juliet reorejenl- cation of boy beoute arid cub un- idermscuidancewlll be one of the lasting memorie to leave behind be has parked a program of fan at the church- whose ha grown eonauuri aasaaaam tyttdap hlf retires after 25 years with masseyharris associated with the local messey- harrli dealerahip for over a quar ter century alex hume retired the end of may mr hume who live in the mar ket street house adjoining tha buhd- ing operated the business on hi own for twenty yean after purchas ing the business from the lata staf ford groat and for tha peat five year has worked with aubeeauent owners jim taylor doug gwaek- hamerand lately muhauln eleanor sdtenlc gold medallist at hamilton eleanor schenk who won a aeholanhlp at halton ifualc festi val was a sold martallltt ai hamil ton jtoatlval laat weak placing tint iln the aolo claae for girt under ib she was given a mark of sb she wa one of aeveral vocal pupil of kenneth r hantaan who competed in- the hamilton and peel festivals donna uwilm won silver medal in solo for girl under 17 a a competed in the under 18 group at hamilton douglas dredge and alan emerson combin ed to win first priia in a duet eja and alan was silver medallist lit georgetown officer county ccf association several oeorgetownenareomcerf vicnm-uvsb-hars- father of drowning of halton ccf association which held its annual meeting last week at the home of o frenial oakvilie new officer are mrs marjorie plnney burlington preddent mrs joan mcintosh burlington 1st vice president bui coleman george town snd vice prealflent fred johnson georgetown treasurer graham porter georgetown secre tary stan allen gaorcetown can didate in the last federal election is delegate to provincial council mrs pinney and mm hclntoah were also elected to tfasprovtnclal faith barrend 11 was victim of a tragic drowning at woodbrldce monday night the youngster waa wading in the river with other chil dren and stepped into a deep hole efforts of her mother and grand- u mother to save her were futile the accident happened with 800 yards of her home faith was the eldest daughter of mr and mrs raymond barrend who had moved to woodbrldgeonly a few months ago from nova sco tia her father who lived in geor getown with his sister mrs roy wiggins whn he worked at the ai- ccf qhtneu at the linhu rtpric4 and straw eond hoyar oratono w vuiieu a n wouu oon- aw iw nw v prior to movtagtotosw he farm- aantendld awtafcv- rtbey weiwtatshss liiat ad on ttotthljtarutad cleared first in jwo duet classes and alan w r survrmag are her pi shorthsndad with just enough players for the required quorum georgeto ng toolca 147 trim ming in fergus frida to even- trtelr standing in lacrosse alter an waning ana son win against streets vllle nos plsy their first home game tonight at tha arena when a new entry iewlston nv arrives for a gam wavos play a return match at lewiston saturday with dundas here for a game next wednesday fergu took an early lead in the same rapping in seven goal in tha tret two periods against junior naq we into aetton in the third with hll- eon mecendleas roas and louth wtseorlng the home team 4h mc- c added two more in the fl- save your good 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