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jhe georgetown herald georgetown ontario saturday december 29th 1956 first section social personal miss gwen foster of toronto was a holiday guest with mr and mrs milton marker 16 arietta street mrs madge copcland toronto spent christmas with her mother mrs bert graham chapel street mr and mrs william duckitt 59 byron street were iqtoronto for christmas spending the duy with mr and mrs colin masson mr and mrs j l lambert 19 normandv blvd flew to new york city on thursday where they will spend a few days richard kaplan toronto is spending the holidays visiting with his cousins stewart and ro bert saxe main st s mr and mrs lorne from 21 prince charles drive spent christ mas dav in gait with her parents mr and mrs g moss russell firestine who is living in toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs sam tcnnant of 14 elgin street mr and mrs w h reid and miss shirley brennan spent christmas with the craig reids at r r 6 milton mr and mrs edmond fans 47 shelley street had guests from belleville for christmas mr and mrs george lloyd mr and mrs em batkin wild wood spent christmas day in to ronto with mr and mrs w f choat the kingsway mr dave hastings of the her aid staff spent christmas with his parents mr and mrs fred hastings in toronto mr and mrs ted evans and daughter carol 97 prirke charles drive were holiday guests in tor onto with mr and mrs e evans mr and mrs calvin clark beverley and don of wyoming were sunday visitors with the garfield mcgilvray family on guelph street rev alfred barker 48 main st n will be spending the new years holiday in lansing michi gan with his brother dr c e and mrs barker mr and mrs frank buchanan 32 windsor road were in weston for christmas visiting with his par ents mr and mrs john s buch anan and miss bette buchanan mr and mrs bill farrant and wayne 90 prince charles dr were in toronto for christmas visiting with his brother and family mr and mrs s farrant mr and mrs frank petch 30 chapel street east were with their son ross and his family at pointe claire montreal for christmas chief haley mrs haley and their son bobby visited their daughter mrs ray payne and mr payne in toronto on christ mas day mr and mrs jack gunning charles street had as weekend guests mr and mrs r g elley of windsor mrs gunnings bro ther mr and mrs ernie pearce and sons ernie jr and edward were in brampton christmas day with her parents mr and mrs c r fendley mr and mrs ted fenning park avenue spent christmas in toronto with their parents mr and mrs j b fenning and mr and mrs j b hicks the harold fobcrts rcxway dr had mrs foberts mother and sister mrs kenneth mckay and miss mary mckay as christmas guests from toronto mrs mary kimbill weston was a hohdav visitor with her son in law and daughur mr and mrs harry bennett 6 bruccvvood roid mrs ainslcy baskerville anl sons boh and bill were hohdiv visitors with her son fred and his family at fort erie john elements of kitiiml 11 c was a holiday fuesl with mr and mrs arthur england l iinplxll gate mr and mrs a barlock of tor onto were christmas quests with mr and mm hen dcllose 1 r garct street mr and mrs john lasdalc and john jr of 50 shellcv st sp nt christmas day in toronto with mrs t fendlej parksidc drive mr and mrs william sander son and daughter rosemary from noranda quebec were holiday guests with mr and mrs doui davidson parkview blvd mr and mrs tony hull and daughter penny 65 prince char lei dr spent christmas day in to ronto with mr and mrs eric el uotl mr and mrs weldon kilburn 66 mclntyre crescent were in highland creek for the holiday where they visited with mr and hrs william dempsey j mr and mrs murray louse their children paul and lyn of lucknow were with mr and mrs ivan hay and faimlv of 15 albert street mr and mrs tratcv 11 irragei and baby pamela 24 quern st were in auron for christian staying with mrs b irnftr s pit ents mr and mrs knoll christmas guests with mr and mrs bob caldwell tvers avenue were mrs caldwell s father mr ireland from inglewood and mrs penfold of belfountain mr and mrs g w mccallum went to tendon falls for the christmas holiday to be with his parents mr and mrs m ii mc callum mrs lois mcdonald and son allan visited with the alvin mc donalds and her parents mr and mrs a m nielsen over tht noli day week end mr and mrs alan cornish den nis debbie and judv of 35 mcln tyre crescent spent the holidays at orono where they visited with mr and mrs victor farrow and mr and mrs henry cornish mr and mrs t van sickler and their babv will be with their parents mr and mrs l a van sickler and mr and mrs v c arhdge of toronto over the new years holidays mr and mrs j r corbttt 12 prince charles drive had her par ents mr and mrs gilbert warnn cr and her grandfather mr l latter of toronto with them for christmas day mr and mrs fdward cordner 127 prince charles drive had guests from toronto with them for christmas they were his mo ther mis m cordner and his bro thers bruce richard and calvin visitors for christinas with mr and mrs thomas leslie 40 victoria ave were mr and mrs bud morrow and son leslie from collin s bay and mr and mrs andrew morrow from dundalk christmas guests with mr and mrs e w binkley 6 valley view rd were mr and mrs william rutter who are mrs binklev s parents douglas rutter mr and mrs c mcclurc and mr and mrs d marquis all of toronto mr and mrs ken robertson 36 market st spent chnstims in to ronto with her parents mr and mrs h cole they are contmu mg on to st andrews east quo bee where they will be with his parents mr and mrs f a ro bertson for new years mr and mrs lykle devncs billy and ike it r 3 joan of islington mr and mrs hank de vnes stratford and mr and mrs don gray of hamilton were en tertained at a christmas dinner at the home of their son frits and his wife and family islington last sunday mrs nick takach port col borne and her two daughters helen who is attending the uni versity of i ondon and edna who is a nurse in training at st mic hacl s hospital toronto were christmas visitors with mr and mrs frank emery of 15 parkview blvd the g ii colllcts 70 edward st had mr collett s mother mrs nor man kennedy and mr kennedy ind their son wavne of orom ind his grandfather mr h j ollett of alderwiod and mrs colli us par ents mr md mrs stanli thorn son port credit with thtm ft i chnstm is mr ind mrs vt liter thompson m 1 fitnih of ii victoria slreit enter uni d it i fimilv dinner on chnslmis ti their guc- ts wire mrs we lev thompson his mi ihir md bis m tti mis ninth 111 ms n his brlhir mr ml mrs itoss tliomp n ii 1 fimih ins si ter mrs lhrrt ml n mr mien and fimih mil mrs mix lenders i md mr henderson ill of orangeville mrs owen lluhes i sisti r ind mr unfiles f t iron to and his nrrthcr mr itilph ihompson and mrs thompson of town on sundiv december 23rd mrs i- red laws 9 guelph st received a happy surprise when s attended the morning ser vice at st gcorecs anglican church several members of her family were present and after wards there was a family dinner at the home of mr and mrs char les laws 45 churchill crescent who arranged the surprise among thop present were patsy and reggie laws mr and mrs victor tedder tom and bob from apple wood acres mr and mrs george marsdcn from brampton mr and mrs agar guest of town and mrs laws sister mrs charles chap man santa parade has floats fun candy for kiddies some 1300 bags of candy were distributed by santa claus on saturdiy at georgetown s annual community christmas tree which the lions club his sponsored for the p ist quarter century last ycir the paridc was aug mented with a number of floats and this year response to the ef forts of dick ituldall ind his parade committee was even bet ter the pinde now seems firm ly established as a no 1 attrac tion a pouring rain all morning fail cd to dimpcn enthusiasm md a lucky break in the weather in the early afternoon saved paraders the misery of proceeding in the rain 1 he public turned out in iirgc numbers than ever and the route from windsor dr up the highwav was crowded while downtown georgetown was filled with spectators the parade was headed by parade queen sandra scott who rode with mayor jack armstrong warden stin allen and stan hall m p p the brampton lorne seots pipe band provided music along with the brampton clown band many floats had a nursery rhyme motif including the old woman in the shoe entered by the town little red riding hood union locil 708 smith stone ahec in wonderland the girl guides three little pigs rotary club queen of hearts union local 474 alliance lapei and the snow queen beaver ready mixed co georgetown hunters antlers association had an attractive float depleting a hunting scene beaver lumber co built their float around smokey the bear with se veral beavers drawing attention to the company name the lions club float depicted toyvillc and the north pole an attention getter was an en try from union local 481 pro- vineial paper which showed the bilgcwatcr dairy the pcrfeet re pile i of a i ulk wagon had the horse riding inside and was fol lowed by a hilarious cow and an ostrich while several fancy dress ed milkmen amused the crowd with their antics the parade was completed with tloats from lnn lions club mr 1 ix it jim mulholland a police safety ear clowns and a front end loader from the fire depart ment and the big attraction sinta clans on his handsome reindeer fiont i our silver cups had been do nated for best floats two by car ling breweries and one each by the chamber of commerce and the lions club prizewinners in the various divisions were provincial paper industml girl guides so cial rotary clubs and beaver lumber commercial three homes saddened by sudden deaths the holiday season brought sadness to three local families edward j sanford 48 who with his father operated the j san ford son plumbing and heating firm died suddenly on thursdav at his home at limehouse the same morning george wil ham ashfield 72 died suddenly at his home 5 charles st a re tired member of the toronto fire department he built a new home in the orr subdivision and moved here a few years ago on wednesday thomas uliott mcdowell 50 of erin died sud i denly he was a nephew of wil ham mcdowell 82 maple ave w mr mcdowell s funeral service was conducted in erin on fridav today saturday mr sanford will be buried in greenwood cemetery georgetown following service at the harold c mcclurc funeral home service for mr ashfield will be held this satur day morning at the trull funeral home toronto choose twelve winners for decorating prizes the weather mr editor this weeks summaiy starts off with a high of 41 degrees and does not sound like temperature for the first day of winter hcrcs to a happy hogmanay and a prosperous vear 1957 ern batkin date max min snow rain fri dee 21 41 29 r21 sat dee 22 3 30 r 04 sun dec 23 36 28 r41 mon dec 24 39 30 r02 tues dec 25 32 24 wed dec 26 3t 17 thurs dec 27 fa 24 s1h average 36 20 r 68 sim raider shade elmira 54 in overtime game last friday night in elmira georgetown raiders won their 6th game in nine starts with a thrilling 54 win in overtime in winning their 6th limp the raiders had to come from behind as they were los mg 41 half way through the second period finally tying the game up with 56 seconds remaining then scoring the winner in the overtime period the polar kings took the lead early smola scoring from stod dard at the 54 second mark they increased their lead five minutes later when abner martin scored on a pass from mccarthy ron dixon got one of these back for the raid ers scoring on a low shot at 14 53 bud varey got the assist in the second period flmira star ted out as if they were going to make a runaway of the game mc carthy and dobbie making the score 4 1 for elmira before the per lod was five minutes old onlv ome fine stops by itueh curne mikinj his first st irt in the geor getown net k pi the score down incidentally this boy is six feet ten incht s tall with his skates on making him lh tillest goalie play mg hockov in canadi tortiy i ou rawecit put e ieiliwn biek in the im when he scon d on a soln tffort it lf4 tin p n l endi i with mm i i inilnu 4 2 i he raiders came hick strnn in the th id pi i tl hi iki jmj in hi st i n l il 1 wn the r rgit n niu nki i th ml ki cpi r w th i mini ti n it in n l th s in ve j i ff with it w hit hi i ip tin j in 10 04 n p sis fi m iti hnik ind itu i i 1 m ii n n t ihed the vvmnir in tht nv rtimc on a met pi iv it 24 to jjw the raideis tht r hurl sliafhl wn over the polar hints bu i an with three ass sts rt white davi inn ind i rjnk i t ish n k were best f r the 1 tils win mirtin mccarthv anl smoli strut out for flmira sorting girls have christmas party girls of the sorting department at provincial paper ltd had a christmas party december 18th at the home of mrs j c mont gomery 15 victoria st a turkey supper was served buffet style and the hostess was presented with a table lamp by the guests present for the party were ann wylie barbara allen mrs horace mean marjone roc mrs archie sehamehorn mrs charles jewell mrs danny mos sop rose deboer mrs agnes poulstrup mrs millie armann donna johnson mrs i red hart barbara thompson tinee kloos ter mrs bert carey dorothy oatcs mrs james valentine table men bill hewitt sr jim valen tine and pete hurst were also quests transatlantic phone call brings family greetings christmas morning was an early and happy one in the home of mr and mrs roy warwick 7 prince charles dr when mem bcrs of the family spoke to his mother n england mrs lldon warwick phoned her greetings from the i ord ncl son hotel liverpool and the call came through it 6 30 im recep tion wis excellent and she chitt cd with her son and daughter in hw and with clivc ate 5j who hid praeticed i christmas song t i sine but time diilnt all iw little tunc iqc also listened ti her fnndmrither s voice but uldn i be peisuaded to siv her uinsttms freelils it was a difficult job which the chamber of commerce posed for a group of men who were asked to iidee home decorating dis- plavs in georgetown during the holiday season while twelve winners were fin ally chosen members of the judu me committee found dozens of others which were deserving of prizes one unanticipated difficul ty was that every home did not have its lighting displayed on the evening chosen for judging and the committee like others at the holiday season had only limited lime availible for their tour of the town mayor jack armstrong police chief roy haley fire chief wil ham hyde and hydro superinten dent g w mccallum were jud ges prizewinners who will receive credit vouchers donated by a number of merchants are harvey copland 91 mountainview road santa claus and reindeer bob mccolgan 3 temple rd shrub bery lighting herb roshier 20 churchill crcsc shrubbery light mg basil pacini 2 bard lane lighting cecil davidson 10 ai hert st spotlighted noel dick packer 41 albert st santa and sleigh harold henry 15 market st everything home made in cludme spotlight bill carr 81 prince charles christmas pack age on door ted evans 97 prince charles angels and santa james young 10 shelley st santa cut out on red door cal laistcr 14 valleyview rd light ing clarence heslop reid court santa and sleigh honorable mention awards went to jim goodlct 8 edith st e w binkley 6 valleyview rd and rex heslop heslop court and the hundreds of people who took the trouble to decorate their homes and make georgetown one of the gayest holiday towns ever mrs albert tennant rebekah doll winner a doll and crib which had been displaved in the norton floral show window and on which mem bcrs of the rcbckah lodge had sold tickets was won by mrs albert tcnnant r r 4 the draw was made at the lions community christmas tree saturday afternoon happy new year to all our readers car sideswiped on mountainview tim colta resident reg tree mm age 22 is still without a chit is to he identificitton rf a car that side swiped him while rtrn inj home last tuesday at t 30 p m mr i reermn was driving south on mountainvitw roid and wis almost opposite river drive when a car speeding in the opposite direction crossed to the wrong side of the road and headed straight for the freeman vehicle mr freeman tried to avoid the oncoming car by pulling to the right shoulder of the road but the mystery car struck the left side of the 53 mercury and continued on without so much as slowing down the darkness made it impossij ble for mr freeman to obtain the can licence number chief con stable roy haley investigated car truck accident at union and king a cir truck accident at the in tcrsection of union and king sts on thursdiy resulted in 125 damaei to a cir driven bv fgi franco r k 4 georgetown whilt the truck a 53 reo owned by argo trinsport wis little more thin stritthcd mr rarle wis timing cist on king street when the truck start ttl out of union side street md proceeded to mike i widcswttp mg turn up king mr farce ap- pluti tin in ikes but umbic to stop on the snowv surfici ran n t i the side f the ulncle nn sportcl 1872 i ikeshore it r 1 chrkstin was driving the trinsp rt it the time neither driver wis seriously injured m the cillision which crushed in the front of mr rarles car a 52 studcbaker cpl tim bilsborrow of the lo cal police investigated the acci dent social personal dinner gift exchange for royal bank staff the staff of the roal bank had their christmas party on thurs day december 20th and this vear they were guests of manager dick miller and his wife at their home 49 shelley st they had christmas dinner followed by a parly and gift ex change staff members attending were bcv kay ted killingback clarence knight jim greenis mrs ren jubb mrs henk den- dunnen shirley burt dawn mac- pherson dinl kalsbeek and bar bara ball mrs john mcmasler wiarton spent the christmas holiday with mis a gilmer of park avenue mr and mrs thomas herbert 79 main st north had as their uests over christmas mr and mrs william prior of toionlo mr and mrs jack williamson chirlcs street spent chnstims in gait with their cousins mr and mrs walter filsinfecr mr and mrs cyril hockndje and mr harry hockridge of to ronto were holiday guests with mr and mrs david hockridge 38 shelley st mr and mrs keith mucdi nald sandy and bruce spent christmas day with mrs macdonald s par ents mr and mrs garnet mc chnchey seaforlh bill hughes a final year stu dent at royal military college kingston is home for the christ mas holidays with his parents mr and mrs ivan copley norval mrs edward hill and ross hill of 7 guelph street were in sea forth for the christmas holidays with mr and mrs clare rcith and family mrs hill s daughter mr and mrs douglas r wil son brent and kevin 51 shelley st motored to montreal for the holiday to visit with her parents mr and mrs william drydcn mr and mrs corey r herring ton were christmas guests of her parents mr and mrs h t new land in toronto and his parents mr and mrs c e hemngton i it r 1 georgetown i miss dons armstrong of the nursing staff of john hopkins i hospital baltimore maryland was home for christmas with her parents mr and mrs fred arm strong 11 mcnab street i mr and mrs john hibner 10 1 hewson cresc had holiday guests from toronto who included her fa thcr mr robert hill mr and mrs george kancrva and mr and mrs eric kanerva mr and mrs r b philp of guelph and mr and mrs bill kelly and family of toronto were christmas guests of their parents mr and mrs john d keliy al bert street mr jnd mrs caron belleghcm 106 prince charles drive had christmas guests from oakville mr and mrs ross dawson bobby billv and jimmy and from st tho mas mr grovcr willis home for the christmas and new ycir s holidays from the university of western ontario at london is ross mcgilvray son of mr and mrs garfield mcgil vray guelph street miss helen dcvereaux of the staff of mcdonald college stc anne de bellevue quebec is home for the holidays with her parents mr and mrs harry devcrcaux 9 parkview blvd mr and mrs howard thompson and family visited with mr and mrs bob hamilton and family at their guelph street home for chnstmas the thompsons are from toronto mrs r j waldie 12 mcnab st spent christmas with her daugh ter mr and mrs r b matson and michael in brampton she will be spending new years in pal grave with mrs h h matson mr and mrs orbey hemngton mam street south had members of their family home for christ mas mr and mrs ron hcrnnt ton gait and mr and mrs frmc cappus of brampton i i it i t and mrs john tarzwell in i sn john f nn aibor mieh i in sptnl the thustmas holidiv with hir puent mr ind mrs 1 vin mel nil rlt it tarzwell is ilttndins iiiuur irt thire in i t ur i f i ur f itt persi nntl lirmtr lesidtnts of town mr md mrs clem dwver ind their children curti terry llin and michael were here from st cilli innes to spend chnslmis div with mr and mrs morris wilson 13 witer st mi in i mrs j jones of 34 kdith st have his sister miss man jones of amherstburg with thtm for the holidav week christ mas diy guests were mrs jones pircnts mr and mrs m h bur rows brampton mr and mrs ken cowcll and fimitj were joined by his sister edith of toronto and together thev spent sunday and monday in brantford visiting mrs cowcll s sister and her family mr and mrs harold grieve mr and mrs roger fisher and children bradford brenda and da vid of 14 shelley street went to listowcl for the holiday to visit with mr and mrs maitland fisher on christmas day they were in mildmay with mr and mrs addi son gutxke misses iona and ethel riedell buffalo n y were holiday guests with the harold c mcclures on maple avenue their son cadet george mcciure of the royal military college kingston is home for the christmas holidays also mr and mrs r e souther and family had mrs e grozlnsky of toronto visiting with them over the christmas and new years holidays mrs grozlnsky will be remembered by many when she lived with the late mrs gault mr and mrs elm bryan 87 prince charles drive and mrs bryan s aunt miss a f jack of glen williams spent the christmas holiday in toronto they visited with both parents mr and mrs c v bryan and mr and mrs jack islington rev and mrs g lockhart ro yal entertained her sister and family mr and mrs bruce bourne brenda and tommy of st catharines they will be go ing to barrie for the new years holiday to visit with his parents mr and mrs g a royal mr and mrs rex heslop hes lop court had mr and mrs karl heslop london with them for christmas other guests includ cd mrs heslop s sister mrs robert rowell and mr rowell of alder wood and mr howard stewart detroit michigan mr and mrs john bell 79 main st s had guests from ot tawa mr and mrs c f patten son with them for christmas miss marilyn bell a student at the university of western ontario london is also home for the holi days mr and mrs alex kean mc nab street had their daughter mrs jack young and mr young from niagara falls with them for the holiday weekend on christ mas day they were guests in guelph with dr and mrs david waterhouse and family mr and mrs donald shankland elgin street and their three daughters donna paula and bren da spent the christmas holidays in chicago hi with mr and mrs edward lloyd and family mrs shankland s brother mr and mrs dick miller and children dick and peggy 49 shelley st travelled to rodney wheatley and sarnia for christ mas they visited with his mo ther mrs margaret miller at rod ney and with her mother mrs william guthrie in sarnia mr and mrs walter hyde main street north had as christ mas guests mr hydes sister and brother in law mr and mrs v r arthurs toronto and their daugh ter and her husband from town mr and mrs john macdonald and their two young daughters heather and jeanette mrs harry stockford spent the christmas holidays with her family at downsview mr and mrs charles stockford and mr and mrs thomas watts and son wayne another daughter and her family mr and mrs jack rush spent christmas at tho same home and on christmas evening mr and mrs garfield mcgilvray and family were also guests arriving in town two days be fore christmas mrs marie thompson of blackpool england spent her first christmas with grandchildren david and ann mine lee thompson gibbons place mrs thompson crossed on the s s connthia and will be visiting for some time with her son and fimily mr and mrs c g lee thompson mr and mrs thomis niven and their famih of 2 john street had several guests over the chnslmis holidivs mrs nivens sibter mil huslnnd from i ort worth texas mr and mrs don pirkinson ind her pircnts mr and mrs g smale port credit mr nivens mother mrs n niven and his brother william of to ronto mr ind mrs burton macdomld jovce and ruth 24 queen street and mrs macdonald s father mr thomas pierce of brussels spent chnstmas day in hamilton with mrs macdonald s sister and fami lv mr and mrs b upsdell mr pierce remnned in hamilton for the rest of the week after having spent a few davs m georgetown with mr and mrs macdonald on december 16th mr and mrs kelvin brown 15 gibbons place held an at home with fnends from toronto milton and acton coming to visit them mr and mrs brown moved here from toronto in august for christmas they had as visitors her mother mrs came allen and mr john mcknlght from toronto and mr and mr freder ick g meadow of windsor