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1 the georgetown heralet twelve pages georgetown ontario wediedsy october 13 1954 twelve pages georgetowns new subdivision follows rexdale pattern best plowman in halton mayor armstrong is 5th perhaps belter known by name than some of our own presidents since last weeks big subdivision news in- the herald rex heslop is the personality behind the gigantic project which is slated to convert georgetown into a size which no one dream- d of utyear ago and it only takes one brief trip around his etobicoke rex dale subdivision to realize what promotion business acumen machinery and mass produced hotsing cun do in a relatively short period of time next week the new columns will cover n trip which the herald editor mayor armstrong and councils industrial chairman doug sargent made through the subdivision but this week it would be interesting to learn something of the man who intends to mastermind georgetowns new addition iftand when the annexation of esquesing property is comple- ted mr heslnp wui born october 10lh 1005 in a farm home still standing in hex dole not far from trie office build i ntf which houses hi various companies jje is the sun of gurnet wesley heslop and queen anne la rose heslop end following public school education he started with his grandfather nd father in iujuh- buildlng it was in itho that he first star ted into bualncu on the large wulc hlch credit him with deelopment in etobicoke when he established his own company hex heslop jfunu- ltd from this has mushroomed such componlea as rex heslop hold ings ltd aire contracting del- rex developments which is the name given to the georgetown project and a new company hearam develop ments which is dealing with a sim ilar project in a yetunnamed pgrt the province the present rexdale development his largest undertaking to date will have a population in excess of 20000- wren completed it is located west of the town of weston and encom- passes many hundreds of acres of land mr heslop has some aversion o publicity because of the nature of his business where premature pub- jieity can sometimes hinder future plana combined with the natural liking of a suscesxful man to talk about what he has done he is sure of himself as one must be when dealing in hundreds of thousands of dollars something of a gambler as one must also be when engaged in such large projects sincere and honest in business dealings because as he says the only wsy a new pro ject can be developed is to have an unblemished record in the last one iti cumpunlis op- how do the he i rati liy rein t inn modern concepts of masi production to house building just as others hiive done to automo biles ucuum cltaners or what have you mr htfilop 1 liut interested in contracting for privattlybutlt homt s he has developed a plan of action by which he cun inuke money and produrvd cheaper dwel lings fur medium income groups by building on un assembly line scale his interest in industry came about in a logical way tx cause to build bout i in ftuittclent numbers there muht be sonu thing to draw buyers to thise houses which mcons some where for imn to work his rex- dtlc subdivision therefore could never be a success unless there was the proper balance of industry his georgetown development also must count on places where men can bo employed and forecasts an indus trial boom here unprecedented in the towns past history closely associated with htm in business is his wife edith del ma carey doughtcr of william carry engllharl she is in fact vice pres ident of delrex which combines her name and her husbands looking at the company names shows that they have all developed from names the newest heaeam it a combin ation devised oy mr ifeslops legal adviser mr campbell the hes- lops have two children marilyn 13 new toronto high school student and ray jr 0 who attends long branch fxibllc school secret of the heslop success story is machinery more machinery and continuous production alrex con- continued on page 7 the weather mr editor plenty of rain seems to- be in or der just now but the two mono ingx registering 24 twmhe minimum column finished off the gardens for this year kuui best plowman in ontario and detflnjuly beat in halton u georgetowns jack armstrong competing yesterday at the brea- lau international tht mayor show ed la fin coaching by spencer wil son and finisbed strongly among tha ern bauln data mai uin luln october 77 61 ux october 12 40 0 octjbcr 11 35 october 7 m 24 october 8 b3 24 trace october 0 70 tj s 48 03 oclobrco m s4 avtragt b2 40 t sex heslop smith stone couple are married at norval len williams missing child home as firemen arrive worried when their 7yearold daughter betty was missing after dark early monday evening mr and mrs george sargent glen wil liams enlisted georgetown firemen to search for her the little girl had walked away before supper and was missing for more than an hour when her par ents became worried however she had found her way home and arri ved just as the fire truck pulled up at the house home church bridal pair local boys are on winning gardens team though they werent credited with scoring any goals eddie wylie and brian lewis who represented geor getown on an allstar hockey team which played in maple leaf gardens last wednesday were on the winning team their group chosen from various little nhl teams in ontario won 31 against a team composed of sons of present and putt nhl players the game preceded the unnual dluo and white game for the community chest two smith stone employ were married at norval on october 2nd itev a it mulr performed the ceremony in the uniled church manse which united harold hender son and margaret gray in marriage thi bride is the daughter of mr mid mrs giay of shclburne the groom a veteran of korean war service is the son of mr and mrs john henderson normandy blvd the bride wore a dusty rose knit ted suit royal blue hat and acces sories and a cordage of yellow roses mr and mrs doug wilson were at tendants mrs wilson wearing a light blue dresx turtle accessories and pink rore corsage tho brides parents were hosts at a reception in hclburne after the wedding where her mother recei ved guests dressed in navy blue and red rose corsage the grooms mo ther assisted also wearing navy blue later a party was held in norvol ot the home of the brides brother aubrey gray mr and mrs henderson are liv ing in georgetown ruth davis church worker choir girl a popular young georgetown res ident who hod been seriously ill for several months huth ann davis 36 was burled in greenwood ceme tery last tuesday following funeral jvlco at the mccluro funeral home ruth was born in georgetown in december 1017 daughter of the late george davis onetime reeve of tho town she attended public end high school in town then worked at the provincial paper mill ondiater at the dominion seed house she was a member of the choir strknojrjpresbyterlsnchurehr and kid hockey player guest with hot stove a georgetown boy will have tho thrill of his life this saturday when he is o guest on the hot stove league between periods of the maple leaf hockey game in toron to when official of the local kid hockey league learned of the op portunity it was decided to put names of a group of eligible boys in o hat and the lucky young fellow proved to be kent riddau kent will be seen on television and heard dn the radio broadcast wmehrocxiirjultttjeously from tho gardens along with syl appa and other members of the hot stove league boer war veteran postmaster in west one of georgetowns few veterans of the burr war tbomaa good let 7h was burled this afternoon in greenwood omelcry after funeral service at uie mcciure funeral home which waa conducted by llev ale calder mr gooduts war service dated back to when he joined the imperial army a a lad of ifl he saw srr lev in india before the ilocr war and tnlited again with the canadian army in world war 1 serving oer- mu with the 5th battalion a native of old cumnock scot land he brought his farmlly to can ada in 1013 and lived in toronto un til 10 jo when he was employed as a strceuar opt rator with thf ttc he went wtit then and was post- nfcsur at fluxh y albtrta for sev eral ears mr good let had a keen zest for life and had made a remarkable re covery from accre stroke which iu suffered lat year this spring after thi death of his second wife martha dunham in april he returned to town to live with his son james and he still assisted with the hard ware and furniture business on main street and attended church service regularly at knox presbyterian he had been talking about taking a trkp west again and attended church as usual on sunday morning later enjoying thanksgiving dinner at home mr and mrs good let went out fur a few hours in the ev ening and found him dead in his room when they returned he was a member of credit mas onic lodge and the imperials sec tion of the local legion branch mr goodlct took particular pride in attending the calgary stampede and it was a disappoinment to him that this year he was not able to make the trip ills first wife jane stenhouae died in 1025 and an only daughter nettie died acveral years ago he was the last member of his family and his son james and four grand sons brian david james and doug arc his only immediate survivors lodge members attended a mas onic service last night at the fun eral home conducted by the wu leslie clark and past masters and sixernbcrs of the lodge sam mackenzie campbell sinclair wil liam cromar john t armstrong fred armstrong and james ritchie were pallbearers at the funeral to day interment was in greenwood cemetery 2fl ehtcred 1q this special class the match was won by tilburys chief magistrate with preston guelph elm ira and georgetown following in that order mayor ted tyler of acton was out of the rutuilng electronics firm option extended option on a 10 acre georgetown prot rty by an american firm which expired last week has been renewed fur another 30 days accor ding to cr doug sargent indus trial chairman who reported this to council at last weeks meeting the option was taken in early august after officials of an electron ics firm were in town looking over possible locations since then thcr has been no further word from tha company other than the request for an extension of the option which has been granted by the property time extension for might school enrolment time for applying for night school school classes sas been extended at a meeting in milton last night members of the night school com mittee decided to accept more sppli cations for courses a few courses have been dropped and others combined heaviest en rolment to date is in such subjects as typing millinery public speak ing leathcrcraft oil painting and plastics in order for classes to be arran ged well befoiv the november 2nd starting date for the school anyone atill wishing to register should im mediately fill out an application and send it to tho proper source mr and mrs stuart ilorton teddy and donald of valleyfield quebec called to visit mr and mrs walter siehn on friday en route to spend the holiday with his parents at llerimll kxdaoty commmblotfe was otjest in towk percy reed ot-bsblna- basic who has spent several weeks visiting with tits cousin mrs hugh black in town laj georgetown native who has made good in the west a raahfrirrf nf weaina since he bramptoitnwaidfinta mr and mra wimlam rddwere married in hmpcrt3rarcl alloa last month the groom in flie ton ofrmraria mrihudwnbeu- brampton ten mrs claude kentnerkedth mrs bd sbortll ouve and betty lou davis of town bsyalex colder conducted fee itinera servtae and pallbearers were mr reedwas or soma years dairy commissioner of the province he visited with other relatives in toronto and ckialph during his stay la the east and last wtk text by wotor for tb please read this the pump at georgetown waterworks will be shut down for hydro conversion- and changes in equipment from 7 am saturday oct 23 to 7 am monday oct 25 duringthia periodal citizens are requested ta use as little water v possible- so as to conserve the water in silvercreek reservoir fdr use in case of fir t iyestalliin i chairman waurworwornmittee