Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 18, 1955, p. 1

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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ontario wedaetday may istl 1s55 ftrst section delrex gets 60verhmeht nod as subdivision is approved what council did what coumch bib give us u week and you will be seeing tome action laid rax heslop today as ha snooudeed that quefcn park bad approved the planned part of th delrex subdivision an area of over 1000 j seres is included in iho property which has been epprovsd for subdividing and the company is now arranging for nil financing prior to starting construction of houses on the h craig held isrm and industrial buildings on the ucclure and wiluert cleave farms mr lleslop is particularly pleased that the plans came back virtually the same as submitted to the dept of planning the reld farm he says has been completely surveyed and a subdivision sill be registered this month three quarters of a mile or railway track has been isid into the ucclure and cleave farms and oelres has its own spur line the company is busy pulling down fences barns and trees preparing the area for tta future aa an industrisl area kngmeering for sewira snd ws lar is also in progress mentor twefv years fts choose stm hall orange lodge muter prominent churchman prominent in the odd fellows and orange lodges william john ucdon aid m died at hia home 30 maple ave w on saturday he had been ill for tome time and had been home on y two weeka from hospital sh guelph mr mcdonald was maater of loyal orange lodge 245 and a put noble grand of orion odd fellowi lodge serving his term of office in 105152 he was a prominent presbyter ian churchman serving on the board of management and on the kirk session he was a past chair man of die management board born at lime house he wis the son of urs emily mcdonald and the late angus mcdonald he attended lime- house public school and after hi marriage to ethel bouskill they lived in limehouse for several years he had been a georgetown resident for twenty years as deli very man for the cnr ex press a poaiuon which he held for five years his circle of friends was large particularly among business men who appreciated the courteous and efficient way he conducted the business he left his position a few years ago to return to work at the smith and stone plant where he pre viously had been employed he leacs his mother at lime home his wife and family of four childrt n mrs vincent hepburn helen bill and mary of town and mrs itobcrl tonclll doris of milton five grand children and a number of brothers and sister a son died in infancy and a brother hector several years ab surviving brothers and siskrs art sandy kenneth joe clifford archie norman and ituscll all of this dis trict mrs wesley lilly ivarlr- of e rrton and mrs sam muddle margar ct of milton heights rev alex caldcr conducted the fun eral service mondoy at the mcclurc funeral home with members of the odd fellows lodge conducting a ser icc at the graveside in greenwood cemetery pallbearers were lorm peters dick packer gordon sptnce william ritchie joe hall jr and fred mcnally junior juvenile teams enter baseball league georgetown has entered junior and juvenile teams in the 11 niton county baseball league with keen interest shown in a pre liminary organization meeting here last weekend the town was reprcscn tod at a meeting in milton to arrange schedules chic jewell bud james and bob lane are three of thosc who have been instrumental in promoting baseball for the younger lads the juniors will get an automatic bye to enter the semi flnajs as no other junior b teamlbve been en tered from halton the juveniles will play a home and home schedule with five other teams in the grouping but will play off with milton juveniles for the right to rep resent halton in the juvenile b play- downs other teams in the grouping are sundaj a midgets dundaa- a juven- h milton b juveniles brampton a juveniles and campbellvllle d juven iles uillon town hall was the scene last friday evening of one of the largest political meetings in many years the event was the pom in a tion meeting of the progressive con servative party in halton county to choose a standard bearer for halton in the forthcoming provincial elec tion i county president charlie palmer welcomed the gathering saying that he was glad to see such a lively in teres t taken he outlined the proce dure for nominating candidates and then called for nominations the present member stanley hall waa nominated by william thompson of oakville and the nomination was seconded by andy frank of naasaga weya other nominations were called for snd none forthcoming nomlna tlons were dosed ifr hall thanked his mover and sec onder and ths gathering for placing their confidence in him once again he aald it was an honour to represent this county as he had done for twelve years and with the support given him as it had in the past he hoped to do ao again he warned the delegates against apathy at the polls urging them to get out and work snd prom ised to be available at all tiroes for them he said he had tried to reprc sent the whole county and would do no again if reelected mr hall felt that he had tried to represent each and every citizen regardless of polit ics to the best of his ability and he would do so again if reelected mr john pallet the member for perl in the house of commons then ipoke in place of col t l kennedy who was unable to be present he outlined a few highlights of his term at ottawa and anked that everyone get out and work and support stan hall miss shil uinmtt halton mp also spoke found inch hew police officers georgetown council added wo more police officers o utenew town force monday when they hired forrest inch london and clifford found of kitchener to serve as first class can stables under the nw chief roy hal eyv last york uotttambn had been applicants for the chief s job and were interviewed at the time mr haley was engaged they had since been cuntactud by tt- tr and agreed to join the force m junior positions council at the seine meoilng deci ded to advertise for a probationary rofuubj who will be chosen locally the chief will receive a 4100 salary officers uw spd probationer s27k mr inch is a married man with a family and has served for ltl years as an opp officer in eastern ontario he resigned from the force recently to return to his native london mr found also married and father of two children was with the toron to police force for two years then was chief constable at hearst for three years prior to that he served for three years with rcaf intelligence during the war years he has lately been working in toronto while his fa mily lives in kitchener he is a ba chelor of arts graduate of the univer sity of the city of los angeles the two men will commence duties on june 20th while mr haley has bein engaged to start june 1st seventeen applications have been re ceived for the town engineer position advertised at a 6000 salary initially the town had offered 3100 accepted one of several applicants who then changed hia mind and after interviewing other men council deei ded to seek a man at a higher figure applications were not opened monday as the hour was late when other bust ness was through and they will be op ened at a meeting next tuesday night rotary to sponsor harness racing faludi zoning bylaw tvsz discussed by council lng members with plans far their tint major aeuvlty a bra rating pro gram which will ba held la thepark en june lth thl will be the first time is meat pedples recoueetson that partmuluel betting has bben in georgetown the harness racing fad is very pop ular in ontario and such towns as orsnivvule new hamburg goderieh clinton and tulsonburg draw urge crowds each year to similar events sponsored by service clubs and sgri cultural societies five races with pursea totalling tljoo will be offered in the race meet which u expected lo drew entries from the major racing atablea club members will be busy this week distributing posters and entry forms over a wide area and formulal ing plans for refreshment booths bands and extra attractions ted fenn1ng tops mens day golfers low score prize for the mqii i op nmfi day tournament at north hal ton coif and country club went to ted finning other prizewinners were hidden hole ken hoberlson high hole har old crawford poktr hand 1arl wil cox hidden score jim costigan following the play there was a hhort meeting under the chairmanship of captain bill mcnally chairman for the da was ted bludd assisted by jack malcolm the next mens day will be milton day under the chair manahip of cec dohic alexander lawson graduate from 0ac at the graduation ceremonies ai the ontario agricultural college in guelph on tuesday afternoon two local boys received their bachelor of science in agriculture degrees stuart alexander son of sirs john alcxan der ii r 2 and donald 1awion son of mr snd mrs walter lawson suw arttown stuart alexander uon the garden club of toronto award as the ouuun ding student in horticulture in com prting for the scholarship the stud i nu had lo landscape home in utlph stuart is the third lw in the alexander fa mil to graduate from the oac dr douglas altxatidtr is a veterinary at smifhvitle ontario and dr crain alexander who has his doctorate in science is doing research work for proctor and gamble in on cinnatti ohio donald lawson received his dtrte with 1ml class honours and h is ac copied a position in toronto with thi f m toronto i- levators hard times at club midtown georgetown teenagers have been having some wonderful times this year at the friday parties sponsored by club midtown in the odd fellows hall each friday recently a hard times party brought most of the crowd out in informal garb with honours going particularly to walter wilson who posed with sue crabtroo when cameraman dill hard- man snapped the shutter bill also took the group photo reproduced here showing a portion of the dancers acton bride groom- honoured by friend mr robert tyler the former bet ty ann kerr wis tendered a surprlso shower by sixteen lady members of i the beardmore office staff whon they gathered at the home of her mother sin archie kerr last thursday the next evening the bridegroom was guest of honour at a stag party iwen uon when he was presented with card table and a table lamp mr and mrs- tyler hlvereceriuy returned from their wedding trip to ou where they visited with his into mh the weather ur editor no much rein u recorded in this weeks summary the bight lo get cool but so far there has sol been any frosi damage era bitkia us dale max 11 uays so 29 slay 10 s 33 may 11 70 34 may 12 74 30 miy 13 71 4s my 14 71 m uiy 13 77 34 average ca 37 bwqutt and social ends bow lifts season by o b well its finally over the bowling that la and this is what happened at the annual bowling banquet held at the legion 1ui1 on thursday slay 12 first of all we sat down to a delic ious turkey dinner served by a group of legion ladies thanks isdles you did a wonderful job after partaking of such a large meal we decided it waa the approprl ate place for the lucky draw here axe the names of the winners of the sport shirts llank chaplin bill kit chie gob collier fred lawrence ray robson gord king george brand ford dave stamp bill chaplin andy nolan edgar iladsen lome cross bui anderson herb arnold after the usual caustie remarks its crooked and my name wasnt in the box we proved ed with the nomina tion of our next years executive those who were elected were presl dent nip shipway unanimous secre tary treasurer george barber after a strenuous election campaign rules committee gena green bill latimer bill koruck gob collier and gord jamieson at this time the president nip ship- wv gave a brief rundown on the next ears bowltng activities the trophies were donated lo the following tram ka i labatt s tro pin kentner 1 uck strike troph liidmdusil trnphiin wtrr rrcticl by tsirh mimlhr of the tor trams othtr ihimmi rrecmng trophus utrc douk llrrnngton high triple r12 slull i ar hirh single 417 bill amlirnon ui hikh aw rage 22s doug 1i rrington 2nd high aerage 220 air luile 3rd hiih average 210 nip shipwa 4th hih avtraue 21g i- in men ash tri for good sports manship hollowing the troph presentations the ikivtkrs plajcd cards has dinner with mp sees parliament bllgs whilt on a business trip to otlaua inst ink bob barber was a guest of sbil brnnitt qc mp at dinner in the parliami ntnry restaurant and af terwards had his first tour of the par 1 lament buildings and a look at par liament in session mr barborjrut interesting per sonalities as john pallett peel coun ty mp farl rowe and xfargaret ait ken telegram columnist who ripre scnts a toronto riding and is miss bennetts office room mate in parlia ment f social and personal mr and urs larry wyles douglas snd hobby spent the weefcead with mr and sirs alfred syke ur and urs b j iiu1 of buba- lo n y were reeestt fuesls at the home of urs j w adams uus pstrtria wusoa ol toreau ersoddausbter of ifr and mrs jas illair is vacatiosubs la bensuasa with her cirl friend miss ruut mil ler miss jean g adieu retursad to buffalo last week after spending ten days st her home 31 chorrh streec her sister mrs charles junkie visi ted friends in buffalo and returned home last week ur and mrs charles uelellsn who had been ifwtint use winter in town with their soninlaw and daughter ur and mrs fred ross guelph street have returned home to mount forest- sundsy visitors with mr and mrs ted darlington included mr and mrs reg cheeaeaun carol and brace ur and mrs ilarland crosse and heidi and mrs 11 il mulvagn all from tor onto joanne duncan daughter f mr and mrs ross duncan celebrated her 11th birthday last thursday with a party at her home on guelph street her guests were carole greensward barbara flnlay jacqueline tost sha ron sayers carolyn bieka and her brother ross mrs clarence hayes conducted a discussion group on womens insti tute procedure at the officers con ference of the womens institute hrld at the ontario agricultural col lege guelph last week 800 women from all oxer ontario attended the conference which was held let thurula and frtcla inhlf bylaw was held at ml mays rniril mtwiaf whig lawyer c tinge isewcam relayed u mini atawi knees ofldrug rludi lawn qlieeiag eat- suhaal twcaiai by taw taws la snake a stsrvey priar ta sealag ur uewsoa has um tattrbttad l preaara isssmlairah ta tha pruiat building hylaw wutn wib carry wat soate af dr faladls rirniswiaili uoas sad nnsawhhs taans dark jaa o kelly has vaaa lastrartad ta wfth- hald msa af any new aarmibl nmtu the sutler is settled at nest tmak similar one unnartaat iwisibjmi will ba an increase fraat 4 jwo ta sjbm sajsora feet as tha sslniamsw ks tu tar kwav se in new auhdivlilraa wttn inn to be placed t feat back af th rand line rather than th rilal so faet while rauarll at sta suaerasian will suu allaw liilldlags lata nl leu messiirensat wuen af iulilsd m buihp nartioas af ta ta aa aaseadmeal will nra rnssasaa tram rmildlng oa sa ardinary sisad lot than selling part at has land ta a neighbouring let ta defeat the pur pose af taa bylaw dr rated hat i ii t1 that no new sabdmsieas ha saprevlj an- ul some defmhs plans are nud ta extend the nwagi illssjull ptaat the present plant will not taka ear at requires sals ef th dalnot aubdl- isian ha says 1st a any further he also raeeatsaends that ii i retry not be allowed ta locate aa any pes erty other than that which will w des ignated as industrial rem stsn allen streagly urfad aa anlisaoke bylaw ta stap ssnaka nui sance in say future plants aefer th problem arises this will also be eaa- skdered- the new voriaa plant he said located her tiarqna georgetown is relstively traa ef asnalos and they are particularly interested la this question reviewing tax arrears council want over a list ef diliaswrals aim by name instructing the tax collector in certain rasas ta get tough and in same to prosecute oa item in the tsmtft list af deua- at of 000 awed by th fed eral government far taxes oa the liv ing quarters at the post office was read out the clerk said he expected this ta be paid soon tells norval juniors delrex development moor jack armstrong of gcorkr- toun hpokf in the joint meeting o the noral junior farmers held on wiilm sdi ivtnink may 1 lth st the the homi of harry anil hay archer it it 3 mr armstrong spoke on the new subdivision dclrcx bcin sdded to icorpclown the kirls section of the meeting uai addressed by mrs uorghtrom the home kconomisl for ilslton peel and york mrs borgslroms aubject was ktiqucltc mr pcwtrice of milton sent two representatives from the green cross weed killer corporstion who showed the boys films on weed control a social hour and refreshments were enjoyed at the conclusion of the meeting engagements xtr and mrs kenneth llsmilton sn nouncc the engagement of their eldest dsughtrr kdna uanon to reginald kenneth laulkner eldest son of mr and xlrs stsnlcy ksulkner of rich mond hill the wrddinc will lake place on saturda june th eight ccnth at three oclock in ualtinafad united church queen mothers picture highlights sprowl slide a wonderful close up in colour of the queen mother was the outstand ing picture in an evening of moat in teresting and exquisitely coloured slides shown by mae sprawl of acton on saturday night at the stone school on no 7 highway mac was fortunate in getting his shot of the queen moth er st an agricultural event in eng land when he was within four feet of her majesty a good turnout enjoyed the pic tures taken on his 7month tour of england scotland ireland france and porta while on the nuffield foun dation scholarship i i mrs john glynn wu convener for the event which was sponsored by the stone school association mrs george henderson was in charge of the committee which served refresh ments at the conclusion of the enter tainment cecelia scott lloyd local ladys mother cecclis scott uoyd 04 mother of mrs lion shsnklsnd of town died last tuesday in st josephs hospital tor onto where she had been a patient since november mrs uoyd a native of aberdeen scotland had lived in toronto for s3 years and before that in boston mass her death was the third in her fam ily in the past year a sister thed in scotlsnd a month ago and another eisler in scotlsnd year ago she lesves a family of three mrs shsnklsnd of georgetown samuel uoyd leviltown pa and edward uoyd chicago tea grandchildren and a brother edward scott toronto interment was la westminster mem orial park cemetery oa friday follow ing funeral service at the trull fun eral home 3hour hydro cot as accident duriae fixed aftermath of a aufhway asrcidemt last tuesday hydro power waa cut off over a laree part of town for thre hours sunday eaominx while the lo cal hydro crew made final repairs to damaged wire in the maio feeder una running down hixhway no 7 a pole across from scott uotors waa knocked down by a bulldoiet whtctt with three cars aad a truck was invol ved in the unusual accident last week 1ster in the day power was off la georcetown and acton for an hour white etnercency repairs were mad and a new pole erected sundays ewerjeney cutoff was un avoidable acordtas to hydro superin tendent g w slccallum who reru any inconvenience caused to cttossnav ers we arc always careful to ivvtiry v- eryone in advance of a power hraak and the anticipated duration ha told the herald but this was unxpettod and impossible to know in suwne how tonic power would he off the hydro crew worktd from t ajta to 1045 ajtt- at the tuaferotis sob on the line which carries all power into georcetown the newt ami arrtisinjx depart ment will he working on uonday and phone calls of newt and atlvehlae- ments will be appreciated lions complete plans saturday peanut day frietvtk say farewell as couple retunu to fnglnwrl rvatfaiialfr residents of town for eighteen months mr and mrs samuel mascey will be back la england this week they have returned- to their home town of birmingham mr and mm maxsey who are nar- ents of mrs stan wane haw been helping mr and hire wad at tha corner cupboard hastaurant since co ming ta town last week mr and mrs wide cxv teruined tor them at a farewell party efforts of the ladies auxiliary of at the town and country la toronto the legion in their annual tag day and the evening was made more uv wkagaln successful saturday final tenaunf wheal they returned ta town count- has not yet been made but to find that the restaurant otaft had there will be over 384 toot to the no- planned a surprise natty tar them vy league bom the proceeds mrs they sailed from ttbaee city last alex taylor convened the tag day wednesday aboard tha ss fraiunnte x i navylbagub bichbit by tutf n tag day last nights meeting el tha lions club dealt with anal plans for pea nut day this saturday aa annual ev ent which la one el the dobs major fundraising aeuvttiea- thls year there ii extra interest ta the event with all proceeds earmark ed for a town swimnung pool which the uona have pledged to wld the peanut float with the ejtiecxt and her attendants will he th team u for the day and beside parking est 71 mala street in the aiteraooa will tour 3 various sections el the tesra prtsatj are estereot la giimnlat eestteat tut use person guessing nearest th cor rect number ef peanuts oa the ooat the ttab kartieearimttittm a isnvoti acuvity late atleot tin el ucuallv peanuts for the pact taw weew thaaaa will bej ea sole satarday and ismiiijj i to ghfeta awaaji nvbbj ajgfl wmmio eaansajjstekwn vjaa wui alia have nickel bag t rrjfaan l i

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