Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 10, 1954, p. 1

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the georget jdwn herald twelve pages rev kenneth richardson few anglican rector wednesday evening njtonkw lotk 1954 r twelve pages social and ipersonal norval hill accident fatal for donald roe rev kenneth richardson pres- ently anglican rector at jarvu will become minister at georgetown and gten william in january a letter from bishop bagnall read at the sunday cervices in u georges and m alban a churches informed the congregations of ins i ytww appointment lie will succeed archdeacon w g o thompson how of st catharines who retired from the active ministry in sep tember after serving the churches here fur almost a quarter century archdeacon a v mackintosh of j rami 1 ton will continue as acting lector of the churches until mr richardson arrives in january itev kenneth richardson is a native of st- catharines and a gra duate of ifuron college london ont- during the war he served in the royal canadian air force in canada and overseas from 1041 to 105 he was ordained a deacon by bis hop u agnail in st thomas church in his home parish of st catharines koxy tnalt6 rev kcnneti sucflastdbon bill leslie buys in 19s0 lie was then appointed as assistant curste to archdeacon a 11 devts at holy trinity church wel- land and was ordained priest xn 1951 at the church of st john the evangelist hamilton he then be came rector of st paul s church jarvls and christ church nantlcoke and has been there since that time lfi is chaplain to the niagara dio cesan servers guild extensive renovations are be ing plan nee to the church rectory prior to the nival of mr richard son his wife and their two young children it s planned to raze a portion of the house at the rear andwd new ktchtn and bathroom en the main pa t of the building as well as doln some necessary ropalr work to th foundation wigo televuivi moves to new location wiffo television which has oper ated in the cordaro bldg since es- tabllahlng in town a few months ago is planning a move to larger quarters across the street maurice goudckcttlng who open ed the business here will now have the assistance of his brotherinlaw ed wiener another cmlgrce from holland who has been a trouble- shooter at the philips plant in lea- side since he came to canada a year ago mr goudaket tings wife is mr wieners slater they will soon be operating in the premises of the recentlyclosed horseshoe grill beside the munici pal office both families arc also planning to move to town from the city this month they have purchased ad- joining houses on bryon st in the sunbeam heights subdivision mr wiener who comes from endhoven owned his own radio and tv store there for eight years for two years during the war he work ed underground in holland making small communication sets for dutch resistance fighters he is father of 7yearold twins hans and yo- landa mr and mrs goudekettlng who also named their 7yeprold daugh ter yolanda also have a son alex 4 it is interesting to note that the wigo name is derived by combining the first two initials of the names of the partners mr bill leslie manager of the rosy theatre in georgetown for the past to years has bought the thtatrv lease from national thea tre s and starting november 8th georgetown s rosy thcutrv will be operated as an independent enter prise the general policy how- cvir will remain and the pictures will still be serviced through the notional theatre booking agency prior to coming to georgetown mr leslie a native of scotland liv ed for many ears in trinidad b w 1 whirc he managed the globe ci ft em a which has a seating capacity of 1800 all the leslie children were born while mr and mrs leslie lived in trinidad ex cept daughter heathir who was born in georgetown urltlah guiana ne leslie family moved from trinidad to georgetown british guiana at which time mr leslie owned and opcralid a hotel from georgetown b g the leslie s mov ed to georgetown ontario where mr leslie became manager of the roxy theatre mr and mrs leslie and children klrstln william alex heather and brian live on main st south an other daughter margaret is marri ed to ben spltzer and lives at li men o use other managers of the roxy preceding mr leslie were jack polly ond bui boal norval strawberries in november hardly the strawberry season is it what with floods hurricanes and frost but nevertheless some hardy everbearing bushes in the garden of miss dorothy stone r r 3 are till not discouraged they yielded her enough strawberries for lunch last friday open night at public school an event of some importance took place in norval publls school on wednesday evening from seven- thirty until nine this was the first parents evening to be held in the school at the invitation of the principal mr cope land and the teachers mrs cascaddcn and miss carson parents went to see a dis play of their children s day to day work and also to discuss their children s 3rk with the teacher the aim of course was to further the educational progress of the children there was a most gratifying at tendance of parents and tin ample display of work testifying to the abilities and talents of the indivi dual children in the three class rooms this evening also afforded on excellent opportunity for parents to have their first glimpse of the new school building it is a wonderful contrast to the conditions prevail ing in the old providing an atmo sphere that must be stimulating to teachers and children alike condles made by the children were on sale to help obtain a pro jector for the school there was al so a display of canned goods col- lee ted for the flood relief dr telford blehn of sarnie was a visitor last thursday with bis brother walter and family mrs george maraden of bramp ton spent a few days last week with htr mother mrs fred laws mrs alary bill of detroit mich lit visiting her brother and sister- inlaw mr and mrs j j tlbbens mn morenre lies toronto spent the week end with tar uiid mrs george martin mr tv maccormack u holiday ing at the sands hotel miami slid the tampa ttrrace tamp for a couple of weeks mrs c v williams is pending the ntxt two weeks in winnipeg where she will be ulttng with her sutcrs mrs c w llurluurt and mrs j t whitlakir 1- lying officer jack tanwell his wife and son john are here from uttuwu ulllng with her parents mr and mrs ah in mcdonald queen street mrs charles wstson who broke hi r right hip recently u recupcr- utlng in guelph general hospital her friends will be glad to know shei is making good progress mr wilfred lavole charles st returned home this week after a 10day holiday in jamaica tampa and clearwater ha mr la vole accompanied his soninlaw and daughter mr ond mrs tom held of brampton on the vacation trip they travelled both ways by air stan hutchinson new main street merchant another new merchant joins the main street fraternity this week when stan hutchinson opens the modern meat market using the former budget market pre mlses he has altered the store considerably shortening the shop ping section to create a larger cut ting room behind the counter he plans to handle only meat in the store mr and mrs hutchinson and their young family have moved here from paris and arc living in the upstairs apartment their children are wayne 0 and brebda 3 they attend the united church and mrs hutchinson s brother itev harold kennedy now of uxbrldge was minister at calcdon east a few years ago the new merchant has had se veral years experience as a butcher he has operated his own store in paris and has recently been head of the meat dept in one of loblaw s toronto stores s and mn percy saxe mr and mrs stan finlay mr and mrs e w uliklty mr and mrs k m langdon and mr and mrs w b rord attended a housewarming party saturday night ut the home of former georgetown residents mr and mn charles henderson to ronto un clarence hayes was in charge of the officers conference on die first day of the central on tario womens institute convention of ontario held in toronto last week on monday november ltt brian jame s son of mr and mrs bill james c trbrated his first birthday with a party at his home guests were mrs lovcll puckering and david mrs lome draper judy and ludjhy mrs jilll garbutt and 1 yiula mrs juan herrlngton mrs a pattrnden jimj miss berylc pal- tenden ir and mrs john irwin have moved from the bert tuck s apart ment on queen street to the house formerly occupied by mr and mrs george barber main st north mr and mrs barber have bought a new home in cloverdale heights and mr and mrs george martin have moved into the tuck apartment vacated by mr and mrs irwin to complete the round robl n mr and mrs ken meers have moved in to the shank land apartment on queen stmt formerly occupied by mr and mrs martin the weather mr editor l very thing is quite normal for november on this weeks summary we were rather fortunate tb miss the heavy snowfall which ptxurred not too far north and west jt grurgrtow ti however u a uamliig ern ilatkln iutr mai win ulii nov 1 4j o fyliow trace nov i j7 2s 17 nov 3 311 32 xt nov 4 j7 07 nov 5 45 20 nov e 47 j4 nov 7 m avrrafi 4j 28 53 st large crowd for legion banquet twenty twoyearold donald roe of 62 riverdale ave toronto was killed almost instantly saturday evening when his 1054 volkswagen panel truck went out of control on tie curve on number 7 highway as it rounds the hill just west of nor val the young man employed by the downsvltw heating company to ronto was en route home at 6 so wht n his cat went out of control ofi thl dangerous curve catapulted int- tht left hand ditch and altos red on a hydro pole with th door on uie drlvrr s side the driver was throw- n uyt and the vehicle jomrr- tuuited pinning him b ncsth dr j ii chamberlain was called to the irme of the accident con- mablt gturge moore milton lnvestl- 4w d hurricane relief variety concert friday a hurricane relief concert is being held this friday night in the wrlgglesworth school auditorium ut 8 o clock the entire proceeds will go to aid the flood lctlms and it is hoped ther will be a good at tendance the variety concert will include among other numbers songs by the j hs boys ensemble solo by paul prust joe wilcox and his trumpet sylvia dlgglns with her piano accordion barbara cunning ham eleanor schenk michael armstrong and some junior child ren from both public schools last tlday evening nov 5th was uie date for the annual remem brance supper of branch 120 as usual there was a capavny crowd filling the legion auditorium before the turkey dinner grace was sung by all present at the end of the very excellent meal pfi pared by the ladles of the legion wa comrade gordon couscna proposed the toast to her msjesty which was followed by the toast to our fal len comrades proposed by j j red mccartney the toast to the le glon was madt by mayor john t armstrong hon president leroy dole q c introduced a guest he had brought w ith him comrade m manderson asoclated with him in his law practice here and who was slso an actlvi legion member and execu tive mtmur in his former home of dresden mr manderson said he hoped to be active here and any way he could help would be glad to do so sybil bennett mp then spoke briefly entertainment was provided by nicky brown accordionist and ruth g i board acrobatic dancer the evening wsa concluded with dancing to the debonnalrs orches tra milliere tv showroom now located downtown another business moved to a downtown location this week when millures television located their iuw showroom on 12 wesleyan st in tlu house formerly owned by the lute mrs william cooke hill milliere has been in the tv business for the past six years since his graduation from the radio col li ge of canada in toronto after working for mcclure s home kur- nifthings he established his own rudiu and tv repair shop in town r the past year he has had it on his cousin joe ross farm now mr and mrs milliere are occupying the former cooke house and have the front living room for their tv show- nx rn mr milliere handles cbs- c lumbla television formerly known as the addison television after his graduation from the ra dio college mr milliere was ap pointed to no 1 air observers school mai ton and then spent a ur with the radio valve co in toronto as lab technician while he w ii in maintenance work at mc clure s in georgetown bui con tinued his studies with admiral television at ryerson institute to ronto bui was married last year to the former georgette gladu of bramp- tt n knox couples tour globe thirty six members of the knox coupli s club drove to toronto wednesday evening nov 3rd to tour the globe mall building ond watch the morning paper roll off the big presses after the tour the members enjoyed dinner in the city bowlers raise 15436 for flood relief to aid the flood relief und the lucky strike bowling club held o tournament and social last week and raised 134 36 for this worthy cautt the event was arranged by jack oksima manager of the bowling club and he wishes to ex press the club s gratitude to the merchants who donated prizes womens institute visit kirkkraft norval w i held their november meeting last thursday at kirk- kraft studios on no 7 highway members enjoyed a tour of the studio and mrs moycr pointed out the features of greatest interest the display of work interested the ladles and they did some shopping be fore holding o short business meet ing downstairs tfie sum of 50 was donated to ifurrlcanc flood relief it was de cided to buy a flag for the new school at norval and also to have a shower of childrens books for the school at the next meeting mem bers were also asked to bring christmas gifts for the childrens aid and halton centennial manor the institute will cater for the hel ton milk producers banquet at esqucslng hall afternoon tea brought the meet ing to a close mrs semple hu unfortunate accident friends will be sorry to learn that mrs a semple suffered an unfortunate accident last week when she fell and broke her hip mrs semple had just returned home two hours before from the nofpl t a where she had been taking treatment for six weeks she is n patient in st joseph s hospital guelph early morning fire at frank lorutaos firemen answered a call early wednesday morning to the home of mr nnd mrs frank lorusso ibs maple avenue east near alex mac- laren s house to extinguish a fire in a metal clothes wardrobe there was a complete loss of clothes stored in the wardrobe in cluding a fur coat and smoke dam age gretchen bradley graduates on thursday november 4th grctchrn bradley daughter of mrs aileen bradley received her dsb- loma from the certified nurses assistants course at the gradua tion ceremonies held at the slclc children s hospital 67 college sl toronto mrs bradley and her mother tmrs stafford groat attended the ceremonies twentytwo students graduated out of a class of forty- five another note of local interest lies in the fact that head of the course is nurses supervisor edith dick of milton miss dick is head of the nurses branch of the ontario department of health sponsors of the nurses assistants course miss bradley has accepted a posi tion at the new northwestern hos pital toronto she will commence her duties monday and will con tinue to take courses along with her work western ontario weekly newspaper men pictured above are jane wymkh ami rock hudson who are appearing next week atthe roxy theatre in rr magnificent obieftflon remembrance day service held sunday an tmprcutvc remembrance day service was held on sunday no vember 7th when memben of the canadian legion lesion wa town council c v lome scots recunent h s cadet and fire brigade paraded to the ceno taph accompanied by the george town qlrli pipe band and the guelph bran band sqms henry shepherd mj3e was marthal of parade mayor john t armalrnog intro duced the order of service thero wu a brief addreta by rev a j barker following the placing of wreatha and caallng of the honour roll by i fred mccartney and- lea jakrk prealdent branch jw can- adlan laglon officers of the western ontario weekly newapapera association were elected at a recent dinner meeting in harriston seated left to righu retiring president walter biahn georgetown president art carr palmerston and i st vicejresidentgeorgelub goderieh back row bud landsboro grand valley dan southcott exeter george tatham u towel- and toriy mendell streetsvihe j 4

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