Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 21, 1954, p. 1

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s ui iittnjjui the georgetown herald ten pages georgetown ontario wednesday july 2l 1954 ten pages three fires monday barn razed bridal couple living in brampton what council did wheat field garage urges town supply keep firemen busy public rest rooms c a oilnn nrampuml kenneth norman young and hia bride dolores join herrington leave knox presbyterian church following their wedding on july 3rd groomsman william garbutt and other members of the wedding party can be seen in the background mr young and his bride who is the daughter of mr and mrs orbey herrington are living in brampton social and personal mr and mrs david williams and family are vacationing thla week at mary lake mr and mri a w- gilmer are vacationing at the laurent id e inn ste augustc quobcc miaa ann atfcwood of peterbor ough la vtaitlnje with her grandfath er t w treanor mus marilyn bell spent the week end at the home of mr and mrs donald fniser near woodstock mima mlna macdonald toronto and audrey grieve are holiday ins for two weeks at port elgin mr and mrs ken richardson jimmy bonny and beth are holi- xlaylng at bau lake this week mr and mrs charles wray and grandson brian wicks spent a few days last week at footes bay mac- tler- mrs leonard bell dennis bre- da and ellen are spending the sum mer at their cottage at 8 mile point mr end mrs earl evans charles end mary elimbcth who live in now brighton pennsylvania mrs j f gillis and alan are holidaying at their cottage on ac- ton island near bala weekend guests were mrs w c reynolds mr and mrs august spitxcr and margaret mr j a connolly has returned to his home in kam loops bc after spending his vacation with his sis ters mrs p c houston of ingcr- soll and mrs florence bray at the home of walter louth georgetown a group of georgetown people spent last week at a cottage at men- iford included in the party were mrs alex korxack lynda bobby and kent mr bob jepaon cherry and bob jr and margaret eason mr and mrs elmer walker dur- lenc howard and dale were on vacation last week and spent part of the time in pickering with mr and mrs james walker and in har ris ton with his mothcrmrslmnd- say clegg mr and mrs a s mccumber with mr and mrs l a haun of toronto have lust returned from mr and mrs george glasuford were on vacation last week and spent their time in midland pcne- tang and wasaga beach visitors this week with mr ond mrs k v maccormack arc her brother t c evans mrs evans and their children gary and ross who live in sault ste marie pupils of mrs r h wright who were successful in their royal con servatory of music midsummer ex ams were raymond archer honors in grade 4 piano joyce mclean grade 5 piano and joan harrop 1st clou honours in grade 1 theory lank of public roat rooms tlack enforcement of two hour parking failure to stop docs running at large and raids on his vegetable garden were some of the things on w o hrownridges mind when he staged a oneman whats your beef session with council mou- dsy mr hrownridge appeared to ask council what they were doing about public restroom facilities last year when it was discussed one councillor said his own downtown business location is available but i havent seen any signs claim ing that b to 12 people use an al leyway beside his real estate office every day txr brownridge said it is going too fur when they start using ills front doorway as two boys did lal saturday am show yu the marks on the floor where it ran into the ofllir he complained a foi parking he complained that dmpllc apxuls to thrw coun cillor and the police chief a cur had bevn parked in front of the oftue right under u parking sign for thrtc day huforce the law or take your signs down he said mr brownridge who was dog tax collector two years ago com- pliilmil biutrly about dofs in his tollcgi view neighbourhood ho ifterrd to take council to his homo to me eight dogs fitting around his buck dixtr und said one of his neighbour twild their health is fall ing hi ii use barking dogs keep thern uwum all night l ailed tile police three times tcinljlil and ran t get any answer he n marked 1 vc got a good garden but ita a job to see it doesnt go over the fence said mr brwnrldge v ho fwaui that ut a tjuartcr to four one niuriilng he caught a lady looking over his back fence for another meal of peas cifc holiday was proclaimed for the first monday in august regu lar council meeting will be post poned to that tuesday preceded by a court of revision thi town clerk assessor and some councillors will attend ft 4- day municipal course in september at the university of toronto with travel and meal expense paid by the town engagements mr and mrs james mclaughlin glasgow scotland announce the engagement of their daughter mary to william herbert carey son of mr and mrs clarence carey geor getown the wedding will take place soturdoy july the thirty first in holy cross church georgetown mr and mrs k c lindsay an nounce the engagement of thoir daughter jean catherine to douglas moleod davidson son of mr and mrs duncan davidson guclph the wedding will take place in lime- house presbyterian church on sat urday august the seventh vieightiul motortrip to capecod l f they travelled to the green and guests this week in town with mr and mrs m h moyer miss beryl pattenden spent tho weekend in toronto visiting with mr and mrs george fames who lived in tpwn when mr eamcs was a provincial policeman here x sunday guests with mr and mrs a pattenden were mrs j f snel- grove of elburn illinois mr j a jfambletoia and mr rowo hamble ton of orangevllle 4 mr and mrs william deans and frances with mr and mrs w e boom and nancy are spending the next two weeks et longford mills hake couchlchlng guests from georgetown nt val ley view cabins huntsviue xec- iiivy uuvciim vu uic aiti wnu white mountains visiting lake pla- ii x witt iam hrf iwnr r homn thmilrtl f the mohawk valley mr and mrs graham r urn ell carroll and david have returned from spending two weeks at fair- lain lake penotang with them for part of their stay there were mr and mrs james evans mary ond barbara of town and rev and mrs r c todd colleen and tom my of niagara falls mr and mrs frank ryan of ottawa were visitors last week with mr- and mrs ken mcmillan mr ryan owner of radio station cfra ottawa is also owner of kllreen farms noted for holstelns hack ney horses and ponies his wffe is a sister of mayor charlotte whjt- in two thrillers ently included mr and mr jaek kerr mr william logan herb jton of ottawa i distance and harry saving mr morris fisjeeand mis buiei ritehle spent list week at the tfrldger witk mr m yielechmsn baldwins windermere and enroute and family of toronto are pending horde visited with mr and mrs the summer at wasftg beaeh m trad cbepnian at their cottage at perhaps the bert game of the season was the s tree brv ill enaig lacrosse match here wednesday streetsvillc come from behind to tie the score in the last period with a 7goal rally and ngs strotchod to the limit bf thoir ability to pull ahead again to win 1614 joe caruso a new addition pro ved a valuable man when he scored five goals brother leri did equal ly well with john haines bill louth zeke mecandless and joe mccann contributing the others a trio by haines both goalies had a busy night in the quick moving game i the weather mr editor ypu know the week to pick for holidays every day iq the w the last real rain we had was on june 21st may the nest owe be soon ern liatkln date max mm hum july 12 ks 51 july u a 61 july 11 88 58 july is bo 50 july l 81 45 july 17 81 44 july 18 83 50 a crane 84 53 nil dr alistair macintosh succeeds rattan here georgetowns newest doctor is auslair macintosh mil mhcii lon don who succeeds his friend dr ilamlsh rallun in the practice whlih dr ralfuj establshed here a yeur ago dr und mrs rutlan and their daughter klspclh moved to guclph earlier this month where dr hof- fuu v ill be associated with the guclph med left 1 group us a spec ialist in surgery ills successor here ulso comes from scot und and is a native of llroru county sutherland he und dr italian were classmates at aber deen utuirsil where he cjuallficd for his mil ch b degree in 1043 then interned at aberdeen royal infirmary before joining the navy the next ear he served is a surgeon lieutenant lit the far east aboard lfms venus und was ttat loned in j a pa n f o r a year after the war after demob ilization he returned to the infir mary as a stutt member and in 11mu bourne a member of the royal collngo of phictans london- he spent six months in london study ing cardiology at the national heart hospital and in 1950 was appointed tc the dundee hospital staff with a teaching appointment at st an drew university dundee where he taught internal medicine and cardiology xxr macintosh came to canada in april this year and he and his family arc occupying the apartment in mrs j a earlys home vacated by the luftaru his wife christine e m grieve is not a stranger to canada she attended ottawa la dles college during the war years returned to britain in 1944 and took nurses training at the infirmary at foresterville they have two children elspeth 5 who will be starting school this fall and donald 2 three newcomers from england three new canadians arrived in town on saturday they are fred ifayward his brother tony and bro- itherinlaw d sweeney who doclccd at quebec on the s atlan tic they arc staying temporarily with mr mcdonough queen street who wjulji coworker with tony hoy- wnrd at the rootes group plant in acton london a few years ago injuries prove fatal for mrs mark clark a highway accident on may 21st claimed its second victim when mrs mark clark 72 died last wednes day evening in peel memorial hos pital brampton mrs clark who had serious head and chest injuries was given little hope for recovery by doctors and had been becoming weaker for sev eral days before her death she was a passenger in a car driven by her niece mrs cecil smith stewart- town which swerved off no 7 highway at the 5th line corner and crashed into a trce mrs smith with her mother mrs mary wlllett and her aunts mrs clark and mrs william davison was returning from a hupny day outing one of many which the four l enjoyed mr davi was instantly killed and mrs smlthls still in hospital where she has un dergone several operations on her lrj8 which were badly crushed mrs wlllett least seriously injured was released from hospital some weeks mrs clark who had lived in this gwgil glills wftfjs district for over fifty years was the former mnrgaret alice mcklnnon daughter of farquahar mcklfinon and sarah juno leslie she was born fat lisle and lived at al its ton ond clarksburg before moving to glen williams in 1003 she worked at the beaumont knitting mills be fore her marriage in 1016 she had cen active in ladles organisations in st albans anglican church in ithe glen and in st georges church in town was a charter member of verdun rebekoh lodge and be longed to georgetown womens in- a large barn owned by bob lane was drtoroyed in a spectacular fire monday afternoon one of three whicti occurred within an hour per iod the barn housed farm equip ment us well as trucks and other equipment used by mr- lane in his haulage business only major rem saved was a tractor the thrre fire calls established a record for activity for firemen who can recall no previous period when more uuin uiu alarm sounded at once the i j flisuoau-wms- to the s g bennett farm near balllnafad where wilh acton brigade they fought a rlubbora grass fire which destroy ed over a acres of standing wheat and a pasture field shortly afterwards the second truck answered a john street call where a fire which started in a chicken house converted into a chil- drpn b pluyhoue at the rear of ar- thur mcgulgun k home spread to a neighbouring garage on the former mark clark property now owned by pearl i j rot k ond annie lelce both buildings were burned and the fire briefly threatened the home of frank king whin shingles on the roof ignited the iine barn once part of the cedojrvale sthool property was third tu go ami kept firemen occu pied for the remainder of the day thct was no poabibllity of saving the building or its contents but firemen kept it from spreading to nearby homes in sunbeam heights subdivision und the girts school the huge barn was linked with eiugctowns curlier history it was built when james bradley ow ned the property and had been marked by tragedy on two occas ions first when mr bradley was killed in an accident quring its construction and several years la ter when herbert bessey now a resident of town lost his arm in an accident the bradley property was purchased many years ago by the united church and was the site oi the armenian boys school and later became ccdarvalc schoql for girls when it waa subdivided a few- years ago the barn was owned by ed tyers who later sold it to mr lane part of the building was used for storage of flberglss boats manufactured by dolphincraft ond a number of them are believed to have been lost in the flames the two local fires are under in- vcstigtttotn by the fire marshals office both are believed to have been caused by children three young children playing in the barn might have been casualties had they not been warned out of the born by armstrong brothers con struction workers nearby- who first noticed the blaze will be accountant at cornwall bank spence mckjnnon former local banker has received a transfer to cornwall where he will be accoun tant at the bank of commerce branch in that city mr and mrs mcklnnon left town last year when he was transferred to the staff at dresden they ex pect to be visiting hero this week before mr mcklnnon leaves for his now position heroine in erin river rescue sunday in merritton church on thursday july 15th in mer ritton gwendolyn lola gulli daughter of mri joseph f cllll of own and tho lata mr glula waa married to john munro aon of mr john munro st catharlnea tho ceremony took place in st jamea anglican church with rev j standlah officiating mrs don ald wright merritton was matron of honour and groomsman waa frank lawrence mcrrittoitt a georcetoun schoolgirl was a heroine sunday at stanley park erin uhen she rescued a man from drowning charlene day chapel st school- graduate this year was about to dive into the river from a largo stump when a nearby bather asked if she could swim answering in the affirmative the man pointed out a man in midstream who was in difficulty and hadnot been noticed by any others of the large crowd and charlene dived into the water amtreached him within seconds i cot there just as he waa going thenaxt night at dundas waa mr and lira lames linton and ifeatured by a daring move when atltuto coach benny harris puhdlnansio survlv1nbarohor husband two goalie with two minutes to go aruf aona leslie and wllllsm and four dundai one man short ik the pen- grandchildren two brothers wll- bm alty box georgetown scored twlca ham jwcklraion georgetown and ttd mr party baxe stewart and victoria harbour daughter kvances iait oouldnt produce the tying johnston mcklnnon calgary alta hearer were cecil nl w w u uiraaanil a- e in a a slstw mwima w cufty stewart to sliidltt u the rtlsd 0 wsjllojrdda 1- l jwwehaalolijrfp undor again nys charlene who admits that she waa plenty scared 7 r or the man in trouble waa muoh cemetery following the funeral sen blggeithan herself andtahe wr vice saturday at the mcclure run- afraid he might drag bar under too eral home conducted by arch- she swam with him toward shore deacon w q o thompson pall- and called for aid the man whoa m- jiams aha never learned was bluer ggttjbaiaeajiiwb wfs

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