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the georgetown herald fourteen pages georgetown ont wednesday evening june 27th 1956 first section open house draws crowds to pool view equipment georgetown had a glimpse of fu ture pleasure sunday when an op en house was held at the new community swimming pool originally planned as an inspec tion day the committee decided la ter to allow swimming and there was a happy group splashing about in the afternoon and early evening in a preview of things to come the day was designed to ac quaint the public with the con struction of the 50000 pool ev erything was labelled with a price tag and visitors saw exactly where the money had been spent a company representative was pres ent to explain how the filtration system works and visitors were allowed in the basement room where this equipment operates meanwhile another canvass cam paign is ready to raise the 15000 still needed before the pool will open for good the committee is optimistic that opening will be possible in the next week or two it is dependent on how successful moneyraising efforts are the li ons club hope that several thous and dollars will come from a giant bingo in the arena friday night ballinafad mission band conducts sunday church service the mission band had charge of a program sunday evening in the church jean lawr and mary ba ker led in the worship service grant baker and gary sang solos and bonnie cotton played a selec tion on the violin slides were shown entitled jane and bobbies adventure during a social hour in the basement rev and mrs g mefarlane of georgetown were present rev mefarlane spoke a few words of encouragement and commendation to mr and mis g townsend lunch was served at the close mrs townsend was presented with several gifts from the church groups our best wish es go with the townsends to their new home in wellandport the wa and wi members and friends enjoyed a bus trip to brantford and port dover thurs day returning home via hamilton mr and mrs bert mcmcnemy and george mr and mrs j kirk- wood and shirley mr and mrs gear sinclair and laurie of mil ton mr and mrs murray sinclair of owen sound attended the felker family reunion at sauble beach on sunday the parents of mrs r- van hoorn mr and mrs victor stokes of england are visiting with the van hoorns at present graymclaughlin norval wedding norval united church was the scene of a summer wedding on sat urday june 16th at 330 pm when barbara jean mclaughlin daugh ter of mr and mrs hamilton mc laughlin r r 2 norval became the bride of james robert gray son of mr and mrs george gray r r 4 brampton the bride was a member of the brampton bell telephone staff before her mar riage the church was beautifully decorated with large standards of white yellow and orchid mums rev e gill officiated with ruth wilson r r 1 norval organist kathleen coombs of brampton was the soloist singing o perfect love before the service the lords pra yer during the service and the wedding hymn while the register was being signed the bride given in marriage by her father chose a white nylon gown over net and satin floor length with bouffant skirt her fingertip veil fell from a head dress fashioned of seed pearls and drop pearls her flowers were a semicascade bouquet of while mums and stephanotis nancy gray the grooms sister acted as maid of honour wearing orchid coloured nlon over net and taffeta carolyn mclaughlin sis ter of the bride was a bridesmaid gowned in yellow nylon over net and taffeta janet wcy cousin of the bride was in apple green nylon over net and taffeta the dresses of the attendants were all of a similar fashion to the brides in ballerina length with matching tiaras and carried semi cas cade bouquets of yellow and orch id mums david armstrong r r 1 ingle- wood acted as groomsman joseph gray brother of the groom and norman bird of r r 3 george town were ushers at the reception held in norval united church school hall the brides mother received for her wearing a navy sheer silk over pink with pink accessories and a corsage of pink carnations the grooms mother assisted wearing a christian dior blue lace dress with pink accessories and corsage of pink carnations i the bride left on their honey moon wearing a pink dress with white accessories and a white car nation corsage mr and mrs gray will live on the grooms farm at r r 1 cheltenham graduation dinner for two grade 8 classes georgetown home and school association sponsored a gradua tion dinner last monday june 25 attended by sixtysix graduating pupils the executive of the home and school association and mem bers of both teaching staffs the dinner was held in st johns memorial hall and was prepared by the mothers of the pupils l l skucc public school inspec tor for halton county and guest speaker for the evening sat at the head table with principal william kinrade and harold henry mrs joe emmerson president of home and school sam penrice past pre sident of the association ray sal ter chairman of georgetown pub lic school board and r bornhold inspector for halton county mr skuce later gave an address to the graduates stressing the fact that they should continue to learn even after school graduation he concluded his talk by quoting my native land mrsjfoe emmerson made a pre sentation to the home and school social conveners mrs gordon lane and mn william collier who ar- rangeduhe diner and thanked them for their work throughout the past year mr kinrade was presented with a gift from the members of the grade 8 graduating class the pre sentation was made by sharon say- en and anthony cinnaraond pat sykes of chapel street and lois niven of howard wriggles- worth school gave impressions and memories of their respective schools after dinner toasts were made to the queen by lynne hyde to the home and school and to the teach ers by bob salter to the chapel street graduates by diane hill and to howard wrigglesworth gra duates by gary teeter the graduates were treated to a social time for the remainder of the evening highlighted by a dance prizes for the dances were donated by a number of the local merchants refreshments were served graduates at ihe wngklcsworth school wore michael stewardson tony cinna- mond bill engleby bill manrler- son stewart bottomley ubn mirr- sma brenda hawes diane hill carol mann joy barber kent hid- dall bert henderson lois niven marie sorenson marilyn sunnucks betty hole helen kennard fran ces ernewein barbara adams sha ron sayers max harris errol stap- leton john bouwman clinton han dy dennis foster patricia prun- eau karen norton linda rayner louise stapleton bryan lewis murray ross ronald canton allan stokes graduates of the chapel street school were ruth mcclements barbara ben nett patricia sykes dorothy thomson dianne greenwood jud ith mccarthy brenda bell janice shrubsolc june oliver betty bon- field john cummins hank de- boer douglas mcgilvray marilyn mefarlane joan craig janette stamp judith stamp douglas ken nedy lynne hyde sheila oneill patricia oneill raymond lenz gerald rodcn philip rau john mcgill barry hayward colin hay- ward john swccnie gary teeter robert salter montague andrews leo tucker arthur barnes going to ireland bon voyace gift mrs james boyle was very plea santly surprised last thursday ev ening when the members of holy cross choir along with a few close friends met at the home of mrs george c hewson main st and gatne her a surprise party and presented her with a gift mr and mrs boyle are leaving for a holi day in ireland on the 22nd of july the weather mr editor june 21st the first day of sum mer is recorded in this weeks sum mary the heat wave that accom panied the date didnt last long now everybody says cool isnt it t ern batkin date max min rain mon june 18 68 52 tues june 19 69 40 wed june 20 86 43 07 thurs ujne 21 83 64 fri june 22 85 58 73 sat june 23 65 58 10 sun june 24 76 57 average 75 53 90 norval brownies and leaders mrs jonathanlane dies at limehouse a limehouse resident for over thirty years mrs jonathan lane 75 died on friday at her heme she had been in failing health for several months formerly annie poole davies she came to canada after her fiiat husbands death making her home for a time with his brother eli davies and family of limehouse she continued to live in lime house after mr lanes death in 1940 surviving are one daughter lily mrs john benton and a grandson frank benton rev alex calder conducted the funeral service on monday at the harold c mcclure funeral home georgetown with interment fol lowing in limehouse cemetery pallbearers were chris swackham- er ron davies henk porte fred and albert brooks and arthur benton nursing graduate mary beckett youngest daughter of mr and mrs thom as beckett ontario street grad uated from the nursing school of hamilton genera hospital rec ently church ladies entertain st johns united choir last wednesday evening some 45 members of the choir of st johns united church with their wives and husbands were given a tur key banquet in the memorial hall by the ladies of the wc nens asso ciation the tables were decorated with spring flowers and candles and af ter the group had dinner there was a short program and singsong led by norman laird choirmaster bernard shrubsolc thanked the ladies of the wa for their thought- fulness in entertaining the choir with mrs harold cleave replying a few remarks from rev morgan mefarlane on the church and choir working together and the singing of blest be the tie that binds brought an enjoyable evening to a close if st fevw these smiling brownies from norval had a wonderful time at revel day in milton when they met brownies from other parts of the county and participated in a program of games and drills left to right front row rosemary haines jane desylva gloria shering carolyn fricker janice car ter rear row mrs george shering sharon burk mary lou desylva dianne fendley mary fricker mrs fred fendley glen williams james schenk 1 8 dies in highway accident school staff says goodbye s teachers five teachers leaving the wrig glesworth public school staff this term were guests of fellow staf fers on june 25th the teachers assembled after school at the home of mrs j f gillis king street where they had lea vice principal harold catling presented gifts to thomas allison who has a new position as principal of erin public school to lois menary who is leaving teaching for a business position to marion scarlett and jean ruddell who will be staff members of the new harrison school and to win- nifred ivens principals assistant at both schools who ts retiring principal william kinrade spoke briefly thanking teachers for their cooperation during the year and wishing departing teachers well in their new fields of endeavour christening party for john cuvt ord john clivc infant ion of mr and mrs john ord market street was baptized by rev kenneth richard son at st georges anglican church on sunday afternoon june 12th the godparents were fred helton michael scott of heswall cheshire england and miis belle boone toronto several friends gathered at the ord home afterwards for tea and a piece of the beautifully decorated christening cake present for the happy occasion were mr and mrs desmond earl and christine pa mela nicholas and simon of glen musical recital by bernice gowland pupils mrs hernicc pcngelly gowland atcm presented her pupils in u recital last friday june 22 in the knox presbyterian church hall displaying their abilities in pi- ano pipe organ and vocal fields were linda pajnc marilyn fend ley eleanor karn ann bnggs heather ackroyd bonnie fendley bruck ackro d kenneth bell douglas millar bobby thurston heather bell brian johnston hel en patterson ann martin gary raney dorothy page freddie gis- by wayne ackroyd carol thomas barbara fraser naomi charlstnn ross ktngdon kathenne scott wayne preston richard butt mar garet sockett judy bonathan tom my owen grace mintz helen tho mas judy davidson joy macdon- aid janice naylor norma king- don marion charlton and loma elliott during the intermission rev al ex calder congratulated mrs gow land in a short speech in which he commented on the musical ability of those taking part at the completion of the presen tations by the pupils mrs gowland played four classical selections on both piano and pipe organ linda payne presented her teacher with a bouquet of beautiful flowers on behalf of all the pupils and carol thomas made a speech in apprec iation of mrs gowland for success fully preparing her students for the previous music examinations at tg university of toronto james booth schenk 18 of glen williams was instantly killed ear ly sunday morning in a motor acci dent on highway 12 near midland he was driver of a small truck which went out of control and he struck a telephone pole with george lowin georgetown and gordon preston glen williams the accident victim had left satur day night on an early morning fishing trip all three were thrown from the truck when it struck the pole the passengers were only slightly in jured jim pinned beneath the truck died of a broken neck born in glen williams he was the youngest of the ten children of mr and mrs william schenk he attended the glen public school and georgetown high school lea ving school a year ago to work with his father in the family busi ness credit valley bottling works surviving arc his parents and brothers and sisters marion mrs frank vanwyck william harold and donald of georgetown mrs james wood bertha of hamilton mrs l r crosby marjorie of tor onto carl of norval and eleanor and kenneth at home rev w edgar gill conducted the funeral service yesterday at the harold c mcclure funeral home and interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown palbear- ers were frank vanwyck james wood raymond crosby bud hai nes gordon preston and george lowin tv cameras visit rex heslop home georgetown people will have a real television treat friday when graphic a person to person type show will visit the home of mr end mrs rex heslop with commentator joe mccultey interviewing from the cbc studio in toron to the telecast will come live from georgetown technicians have been in town ell week setting up the complicated equipment neces sary for the show which i tel ecast at 9 pm it will be a wonderful publicity boost for georgetown and the del rex subdivision as the show is a coasttocoast telecast view ed by thousands of people in all parts of the dominion kathleen anne lake wed in st johns church york mills kathleen anne lake exchanged wedding vows on saturday in st johns anglican church york mills with peter bourdon tohias son of mr and mrs stirling saun ders tobias thomhill the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs george lake thonhilt and her father is a former resident of georgetown who learned the printing trade the herald shop and later was publish er of the weekly porcupine d- vance jn timmins canon a c mccollum officiated mr cameron was organist mil wal ter dinoff soloist the bride wore a princess style gown of white duppoine silk over pink taffeta the neckline was ap- pliqued with lace medallions and her fingertip blush illusion veil was caught to a matching lace 8 pliqued cap she carried stephan otis and green foliage attendants were gwendolyn lake twin sister of the b jane tobias sister of the groom mrs gerald paris and i inior bridesmaid kathryn barry they wore cocktaillength priicess-styl- ed gowns of swiss printed cotton in tones of shrimp and gold they had matching headdresses and car ried gladioli and green foliage lit tle miss barry wore coral polished cotton gerald paris agincourt ws the groomsman and the usher3 were lawrence lake brother of the bride john drew james addy and douglas brown the reception was held at the thornhill golf club the newly- weds who will live on chudleigh bvd toronto are honeymooning in haiburton and the laurentians georgetown guests at the wed ding were the brides uncle and aunt mr and mrs a h feller mr and mrs william mcnally and mr and mrs walter biehn toronto bride williams mrand mrs ernest ball and christopher dr and mrs all- stair macintosh elspeth and don ald mrs m grieve mr and mrs william mcniily jane and john dr and mrs hamish raff an els peth and james of guelph rev and mrs kenneth richardson dawn and dianne mr and mrs fred helson mr and mrs george hewson mr john lawson toron to and mr chris miller toronto church services mark limehouse anniversary we offer sympathy on behalf of the community to the j r ben tons in the passing of her moth er mrs jonathan lane last week end mesdamcs f t c brown j w noble ed sanford and j rough- ley attended the dinner at oac when mrs berry of australia pres ident of the acww was guest spea ker last week congratulations to miss jackie cohoon who passed her years course at oce toronto specializ ing in physical education and ma thematics she will teach in tor onto next year ninetyfifth anniversary services were held at limehouse presbyter ian church on june 24th with rev g l royal of norval guest prea cher in uie morning and rev for bes thompson of hamilton as sisted by our minister rev alex calder in the evening mrs gow land choir leader and organist of knox presbyterian church george town with her quartette of mrs cromar mrs torrance mrs gow land and mr clark provided spec ial music at both services mr e gowland was loloist in the morn ing and in the evening mrs e kara and mr clark each sang mr robert niven class organiz er for the st johns ambulance of- toronto conducted a class in arti ficial respiration and demonstrate kathleen ann lake daugh ter of mr and mrs george lake thornhill was married to peter tobias in st johns angli can church york mills on june 23rd ed at s s no 9 on tuesday after noon a few of the mothers also attended and found the demonstra tions very enlightening the wms met at the home of miss ivens on thursday evening scripture was read by mrs smeth- urst and the prayer by mrs mills mrs a c patterson read several of jane scotts adventures with god articles in the study period mrs smothurst read impressions in nigeria where she has a cous in engaged in printing missionary literature mrs mitchell read an item my neighbours bible text word hope was answered by a verse of scripture the hostess ser ved refreshments to the thirteen attending the wa ladies of limehouse presbyterian church served a hot roast beef dinner in limehouse memorial hall on monday evening which was well attended tfae roughleys spent the week end at rice lake the klrkpatricks and ralph tur ners visited the calvin mcdonalds at elm wood on sunday first baptist church rev a j barker ba bd 1000 am church school 1100 am citizens of no mean country 700 pjn wanting good so badly two churches sponsor vacation bibleschool a daily vacation bible school is to be held this year under the joint auspices of st johns united church and first baptist church for boys and girls 611 years each morning 9 1130 from july 4th to 13th the opening worship per iod will be held in st johns hall and then there will be a division into two groups the primary chil dren 68 years will spend the re mainder of the morning at first baptist the older children will remain at st johns the programme will include wor ship singing bible study games and handcraft there is no fee for the school but an offering will be received to pay the expenses it is hoped that all girls and boys will accept this as a general invitation the school is open to all and not just to mem bers of first baptist and st johns united churches swimming sports for knox picnic there was a good attendance of members at the congregational and and limehouse presbyterian chur ches thursday at stanley park in erin swimming occupied most people before supper and a sports prog ram followed winners of races were under 3 years donald dens more ann gudgeon girls 34 pat burke janet mcclure jill cun ningham boys 34 douglas mcdon ald melson barber bruce ray girls 56 joanne barber juditbrcal- der linda carey boys 56 steve lawr jimmy mcpherson girls 78 cheryl lawr lynn cofell carol ann rhodes boys 78 wayne mc- niven ricky mcnivcn spencer ro- den girls 910 margaret murray phillipine mcdonald may mcnlv- en boys 910 david mackenzie do nald calder keith hall girls 11- 12 betty carey shelia dorsey ka ren reeve boys 1112 michael ste wardson jim mcniven leonard taylor girls 1315 betty carey sheila dorsey betty mcguigan boys 1315 bill manderson gerald rodcn john bouwman ladies 16 and over mrs bruce mcniven mrs jack hogg mrs thomas hut chison wheelbarrow race 9 and und er lynn cofell and carol rhodes keith hill and may mcniven don ald and judith calder wheelbar row 10 and over carol crawford and dave hilts sheila dorsey and trevor smith leonard taylor and pat barrager an enthusiastic ball game wound up an enjoyable outing row about coming out and liv ing a helping hand attend the monster bingo friday night s1000 prize