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aayagjwg5g ttimfaafipramnrjflmrer the georgetown herald twkvi mots ocomjetown ont wsmsbay femiiaky 12 i95 first section raider senior b playoffs next wednesday brampton beyallen wetting in holy cross church holy cross ixc church wis the seen of the marriage of june sixabelh allen daughter of mr and mrs stanley allen 147 onta- 1 rio street milton to alan beeney son of mr and mrs edgar beeney rr 1 georgetown the marriage took place on saturday january 4th at 1100 oclock in the morning rev fa ther thomas van laer officiated the brides father was reeve of georgetown last year and is a for mer county warden mrs a d cartwnght was the organist and mrs robert beeney was the soloist who sang on this day o beautiful mother panls angeucus and ave maria salve regina was sung by the quartette comprising mrs george c hew son mrs r beeney martin meyer and joe wilcox the bride given in marriage by hexfather wore a floor length gown of white nylon tulle fashion ed with a tucked bodice the neck line formed a v at the back from which fell the floor length train she carried a white moth erof pearl praer book with rose streamers the gift of the groom s mother mane emmerson was maid of honour in a turquoise nylon tulle dress of ballerina length her cap was of matching feathers and she carried yellow mums ruth mac donald was bridesmaid in orchid nylon tulle ballerina length with matching feather cap and she car tied yellow mums sharon allen sister of the bride was flower girl in a ballerina length gown of pink brocade and she carried a cascade of yellow and pink bab mums paul beeney brother of the groom- toronto was groomsman and robert allen brother of the bride and john ottaway were ush ezs mrs allen received for her daughter at a reception in the odd fellows hall in a pale blue sheath gown with black accessor ies and a pink rosebud and carna tion corsage she was assisted by the grooms mother who wore royal blue with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias and carnations honoured guests at the wed ding were the grandmothers of the bride and groom guests at rev morgan mcfarlane con ducted the funeral service for mrs emma watson off tuesday february 4th 1958 at the har old c mcclure funeral home 34 edith street georgetown mrs watson who had been in iii health for a long time died at her home 37a main street n on sunday february 2nd she bingham for the raiders and keith s jane jmiann fnr meaford roint- and william hoare and was mccoomb mcdonald loutitt and jamieson each scored twice and keith added a single tasfsat- urday bight as meaford knights blasted the raiders 9 4 in their last meeting of the schedule in meaford toe teams were even aftef two periods blake inglis and bui and jamieson for meaford count ed in the 1st stanza mccoomb and pjngham again made it 3all go ing into he last twenty minutes in which the knights broke looseto smother georgetown 6 to 1 loutitt and mcdonald both found the range twice in this ses sion jamieson and mccoomb came back for seconds the raid ers lone goal came off the stick of gerry inglis meaford also had the better of the penalty box drawing seven to georgetownstwo raiders play away at oakville tonight and are hosts to the pow erful collingwood club on friday to roundj out the schedule the playoffs will start in brampton next wednesday on an option basis if raiders eli minate the consumers they have the choice of continuing in sem or b competition or dropping in to intermediate a for the rest of the playoffs if the raiders lose to brampton they still get a shot at defending the intermediate a title they copped last year the first home game of the playoffs will be friday feb 21st social and personal celebrating her eleventh birth day saturday mary daughter of mr and mrs cecil mcnamara 9 young street invited a number of her friends to a party they in eluded jill runham judy nash barbara whitmee barbara evans ellen biehn linda kentncr mar garet thompson heather barber lynnc ritchie pat bowman eliz abeth davidson mary s sister christine and sharon allen of mil ton who spent the weekend as a guest tended from lakefield caledon toronto milton and limehouse mr and mrs beeney are living at 20 edith street he is an em ployee of provincial paper- and she of the canadian national ex press toronto what council did wont sell town land without prior advertising with the mayor and two coun cillors dissenting council on feb ruary 10th decided that in future no townowned land would be sold without being publicly advertised nor would any offers be consider ed from private buyers prior to such advertising the hamsongray motion which prevents any sales until a list and rough sketches of all town proper ties is compiled was opposed by mayor armstrong cr mcgilvray and cr hyde the mayor said he favours the idea of such listing and is not op posed to advertising but that he would not tie himself down to mak ing it definite council policy for every transaction if a person wants a property and submits a reasonable bid he should get it without advertising was cr mcgilvrays opinion three district accidents in prov police report csl ray andress of the milton detachment opp investigated two accidents near georgetown last week the first on saturday feb ruary 8th at 1215 am involving a car driven by stewart stockfish 49 norton cresc it occurred on no 7 highway at norval when mr stockfishs car skidded and struck a tree damage to the veh icle a 1950 ford was approxim ately 400 the other accident was a col lision between a car driven by an drew j thompson 56 john st and ron turner of r r 1 ingle- wood mr turner was driving a truck owned by davit barclay r r 2 georgetown the vehicles collided in front of wheelers general store in gten williams ar ound 1 45 monday morning total damage was estimated at 300 00 opp csl dave hardy investiga ted an accident later the- same day which resulted in 9600 dam age to a 1953 ford driven by jack crawford of r r 3 george town this one occurred- in front of the cedar springs motel on no 7 highway near silvercreek and was reported at 750 pm cr hyde said he was voting ag ainst the motion even though he agreed with its content because it will shelve offers on a maple ave property already made by irwin noble and jim lyons mr noble is running a business and wants the land for expansion mr hyde said and his offer deserves an answer cr harrison in making his mot ion explained that his idea is to review the list of town property a couple of times a year decide if any land should be sold and adver use it until council decides it is good business to sell any certain proper ty he said no offer for it can be considered and thclfew idea will clear up confusion which has ex isted every time someone bids on a town property t the town will be hiring two new policemen from a current advertise ment which was ordered after it was decided last week to add a man to the force at the meeting res ignation of cst nelson trafford was accepted mr trafford sub mitted his resignation to take cf feet on february 21sl cr john elliott was named to represent georgetown at the mon thly meetings of oakville district humane society which is in charge of dog control locally the society had requested town representation at their meetings a conflict of opinion came up when council opened eleven appll cations for an engineering office clerk to replace mrs b w kemp after reading the applications crs sykes and mcgilvray moved to engage one of the applicants several councillors said it would be more proper to interview all applicants when cr sykes de clined to withdraw his motion his only supporter was his secon der a show of hands then found a majority in favour of the ad ministration committee interview ing all applicants and making recommendation at the next mee ting mrs charles watson 79 lifelong resident here seventynine years of age celved her education in george town where she has lived all her life charles e watson her husband predeceased her several years ago she leaves a son and daughter and jack and a grand daughter paulene all of george town pallbearers were george hoare robert hoare georgetown jack duncan hamilton clifford brad ley acton charles watsoli to ronto douglas egah brantfordi interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown social personal reid frank nassagaweya spent the week end with his cousins mary and barbara evans 2 guelph streel mrs harry malone oakville is a guest this week with her bro ther and family mr and mrs jim king 32 normandy blvd mrs e a macdonald and daugh ter pamela of cornwall spent last week with her parents mr and mrs j r macgillivray and famil 7 keats phil mcnceme of brampton and chas hunter jr of r r 2 geor getown are spending two weeks vacation at sunny islands and hoi lywood california mr and mrs william anderson and their son michael from st catharines spent the week end with mr and mrs james evans and family and mrs william frank at 2 guelph streel jackie daughter of mrs jack louth 80 john st e was hostess at a skating party at the arena on saturday with the girls go ng to her home afterwards for lunch her guests were cheryl pucker ing donna marie lorusso jackie lince raetta pinkney ellen biehn jcanette davies and linda kcntner mr and mrs jack cotton and their children sand and david have returned from a motor trip south they were lucky and had good weather during their stay at miami beach whichjias been pla gued with cold this car his fa ther and mother went with them and will be staying in miami for several more weeks jane ellison daughter of mr and mrs neil ellison 14 orchard blvd celebrated her eighth birth day with a party after school on friday january 3 1st her guests were patty lince jane mcnally jodie sargent christine sargent and her two testers helen and debbie and four brothers neil bob don and bill engagements mr william t booth 8 sarah street wishes to announce the engagement of bis daughter joan isabel margaret to walter norman powell son of mr and mrs wal ter h powell victoria ontario the marriage will take place on saturday february 22nd 1958 in knox presbyterian church at 230 oclock omha playoffs bantam b georgetown 9 milon 3 first period georgetown gary rcnwick assist bill campbell bob kor zack assist glen cooper bill wilson assist glen cooper wayne presswood assist bill campbell second period milton currieassi5lslessor third period georgetown wayne- dixon assist bill campbell wayne press wood assisted by ken morrow and keith wood wayne presswood unassisted peter norton assisted by ken morrow and keith wood keith wood assist wayne press- wood milton hilson assist mcduf fy and curne assist slessor penalties bill campbell and gary renwick georgetown timbers reid and mcduffy milton first game of total goals to count series winner to play fergus la ter this week the bantamb team is the team that plays as the nhl all stars and are coached and managed by ron ritchie and earl walters honour miobttr with guide thanb award last thursday evening knox church hall was gala spot when gulden district and division commissioners members of the ladles association from milton lowville kilbride acton norval glen williams and georgetown met for a dinner to honour rev kenneth richardson of st geor ges anglican church for his work in the guide movement in georgetown guests at the head tattle were division commissioner best of the skyway division rev alex cald- rev and nr morgan hcfar lane william kinrade secretary of the skyway division bryant and rev and mrs kenneth rich ardson and commissioner woods over seventy guests enjoyed the delicious buffet banquet uv the hall which was attractively de corated with the company flags toadstools and various emblems of the guides and brownies prior to dinner the foxlease grace was song guests were introduced and each spoke briefly commending the leaders on the progress of guid ing in georgetown at the pres ent time there are four compan ies of guides and eight of brown ies totalling three hundred and fifty members plus twenty four guiders commissioner woods made the presentation of a thanks badge to mr richardson speaking of him as the father of guiding in town and telling him they jokingly but quite truthfully speak of nun as being the grease that turned the wheel in the reorganization of the movement here on receiving the badge mr richardson said that the badge should be divided and each of the leaves be presented to the leaders for it was they who have kept the movement going he said he may have pushed the wheel but it was they who had done the pulling with team work he also said it was a thrill and pleasure for bim to work with the guides to teach them the aspects of citizenship and the fact that true citizenship and guiding teaches that the first duty is towards god he thanked everyone responsible for the honour he had received mr kinrade showed films be had taker of guiding since its in ccptioq in georgetown and several interesting pictures as well of the doe lake jamboree held this past summer of guides from for clgn countries in their native uni forms commissioner best lead the group in a sing song of guiding and brownie songs for a short time mrs helen cannell with the assistance of commissioner woods put on a humorous skit the pleasant evening closed with taps lane subdivision 85 lots is discussed by council the weather mr editor- some low temperatures recor ded in this weeks summary but then look so has florida ern batkin snow date max hln mon feb 3 19 4 tues feb 4 32 12 wed feb 5 36 16 thurs feb 6 30 17 fri feb 7 29 21 sl feb 8 19 3 sun feb 9 15 1 average 28 10 glen williams reelect ed hall as ambulance chief ed hall 16 margaret st was elected to his second term chief of tbe georgetown volunteer ambulance service last thursday night when the brigade held their february meeting at wriggles- worth school mayor jack armstrong chaired the election which saw the other offices- filled by wellington wil son 21 union sl secretary har old gilmer 11 union sl and gene green 37 prince charles dr cap tains bob jones 29 maple w trevor williams 18 parkview keith macdonald elgin sl tim emmerson 20 margaret street claude reid 110 mountainview rd and leslie norms 23 norton cresc lieutenants and girard wil cox 142 guelph st treasurer most of the officers elected were those presented on a slate by a nominating committee appointed at the previous meeting mem bers of last years executive who resigned their positions are johir henley gord graham jim costi gan and john elliott these men however are still members of the gvas a former lieutenant oihe barefoot resigned rrom the ser vice for health reasons most of the business period was taken in discussing the need for a second ambulance and station or renovating the present one it was decided that another first aid course will be held in town the details to be presented at a future meeting this will probably be under john elliott who is bason officer for the st john askance presentation to bride members of knox church choir honoured mrs kenneth ewenthe former anna spltzer with a pres entation prior to her marriage on january 18th in knox church jhe presentation was made to mrs ewen who has been a member of the choir for over eight years on thursday january 16th in choir rooms fros prince operetta plays 3 nights at glen pupils of glen williams public school presented an operetta the frog prince for three nights last week under direction of donna mcmillan music supervisor for the school assisted by principal ralph mckeown and his staff the program opened with a hello chorus by a number of the students grade 1 pupils cos turned for their parts followed with a number dutch windmills alice meyer on the first two nights and gloria zilio the third night welcomed the audience and told the story which was to be performed in song and dialogue the first act lakes place in the palace court jard and opens with peasants led by laddie haines paying homage to the young prin cess carolyn cowell on her birth da among the gifts she recei ved were eleven dolls which came to life to tell the story of their native land in song and dance di ane cuthbert represented sunny spain joy haines the land of ice as an eskimo christine earl mer ry england barbara hilts scot land cora vanderhatn holland nancy korzack italy patricia ar mitage china beverley williams russia jill kcmshead france sally hunsdale japan and janie bouskill the usa the princess received a golden ball from her parents and while plajing with it a gypsy appear and tells her fortune which she later forgets it comes true when the ball falls in a well and a frog emerges who agrees to return it if she promises to let him come to the palace eat at her table and sleep m a real bed telling her he has lived twenty years in the well the princess promises and gets her ball but thinks the frog will not appear when he knocks on the door at dinner time she con fesses her promise to the king and queen who tell her a prom isc made should be kept after eating the frog is shown to the guest room only to reappear a handsome prince who explains that the princess kindness has released him from a wicked gyp- s s curse the operetta ends on a happ note as he gains her hand in mamage members of the cast alternated in several of the parts on various nights the king and queen were played by john baker and chris tine matthews and on the third night by walter leuenberger and gergina hoesch the frog prince by henry kloostcr and allan wheeler the gypsy by karen kor zack and helen khngbeil and the butler by peter norton mr and mrs wes fendlcy at tended the wedding of their niece audrey gordon and ross hamm which took place saturday in st thomas anglican church hamil ton the reception was held in the bardon hall stoney creek two subdivision plans were ap proved by council on feb 10th although one approval was delay ed a week until council receives a contour plan which will show the fina land pattern on which nouses will be built approval was given to a sub division plan for municipallyown ed land in the park district part of which will be used as the site of georgetowns fourth public pchool the second subdivision is in the sunbeam heights area and comprises an 8s4ot property owned by bob lane which origin ally was part of cedarvale farm this subdivision had received prior approval by the town plann ing board and council was told that town engineer win carr had given assurance that sewer and water service can be taken care of and that the subdlvider is aware that at least one ate sewer will have to be installed for drainage ron brighty starring with brampton players the brampton players produc tion of the venerable and time- honored play charleys aunt will feature two georgetown residents the brighty ron and myrtle who had leading roles in the last production a murder has been arranged have again been as signed top roles in this play hon whose abilities as a comic make him a natural for the role has taken the part of lord fan- court babberly the innocent but shrewd young oxford student who is duped bv his colleagues into sub stituting for the missing aunt myrtle tikes the part of one of the young ladies whose presence in the halls of oxford makes the aunt a necessary attachment charleys aunt written in late 1800s is one of the original situation comedies its plot is too complicated to explain in detail but needless to say the scene of a man dressed and attempting to act like a lady is enough to stimu late laughter for the most callous of play goers the production will take place in st paul s church brampton on february 19 and 20 and tickets will be available at the door at davidson and robbs drug stores in town the sight of mr brighty dressed as a victorian frump is well worth the price of admission in itself limehouse marathon euchre series continues winners at the second in the series of w i marathon euchres held in limehouse memorial hall were s kirkpatnck and mrs r l davidson seconds going to robert mcenery and mrs george som merville lone hands to mrs w walker and the lucky chair prize to george burt congratulations to eleanors kara pupil of mrs edgar gow land who passed her grade 2 pi ano with honours recently the wj met at the home of mrs mitchel last wednesday mr and mrs calvin mcdonald of elmwood visited her parents the s kirkpatnck5on sunday knne councillors mindful of the towns drainage difficulties in the swanek subdivision said coun cil should have assurance that there would be no repetition eg this problem nd the uttfanaf land survey information wil be required prior to final approval the subdivision would entail a new street lane court and ex tension of tyers ave windsor rd and rexway dr mayor armstrong referring to councils concern about magis trates court being shifted to mon days said he bad interviewed ma gistrate langdon and has been as sured that court will be over by 100 pm allowing plenty of time for the- room to be tidied for council meeting that night an investment firm has offered purchase the towns u8jd0o debenture issue presently being offered for sale to the public at par for 96c on the dollar coun cils finance committee is meeting tonight to consider the offer a brief report was received on wentworth countys attempt to annex the new burlington muni cipality on march 26th tbe municipal board is meeting to de cide whether it has jurisdiction to consider such an application halton has engaged a toronto law firm to oppose the application fee for a st john ambulance course will be paid by the town for all members of the ambulance service who successfully nwipfaa the course it was decided purchase of terra cotta play ground by credit valley conser vation authority has boosted georgetowns contribution to the authority this year to 315 as its share of a 3900 budget the authority is just getting into stride with its important work and we must support tmaa was cr hydes comment as coun cil passed payment of the assess ment ballinafad milton takes lead in parmer playoffs milton junior farmers took a giant step toward palermo mon day when they downed norval 4 to 3 in the all important first game of their 2 of 3 semi final at milton the winner will meet palermo milton scored twice m each of the second and third periods to come from behind ron tasker got two and the others were bang ed in by don johnson and graham gilles norval blinked the light in ev ry period dave leslie in the 1st fred barnes in the second and dave cunningham in the third both goalies cameron for norval and mcintosh for milton were out there were only five penalties- while project in the game two to norval and three to milton milton could wir it all next mon- thejday when they play hosts to nor val in the second game rebekahs will furnish room in ioof home tuesday evening february 4th proved to be a very busy meeting night for the members of verdun rcbekah lodge with much ac complished further plans were made for the bazaar to be held on march 28th it was decided to hold the annual birthday card party on thursday march 6th to which the public is cordially in vited it had been previously decided to furnish a room m the new odd fellows and rcbekah home in barrtir and at this meeting it had to be decided which type of room would be furnished a hospital room a single room the two least expensive or a large double room which would cost 47500 the meeting voted to furnish the large room aria to use the proceeds of the bazaar for this purpose mem bers were requested to make this an all out effort to have the booths of aprons novelties and hot supper home baking candy touch and take booths etc par ticularly attractive for this worth- a penny sale was he after lodge to buy materials for the no velty booth a social half hour was enjoyed with the lunch com mittee serving a delicious lunch record attendance for mission band a record attendance at the mis sion band was achieved on sunday morning when 23 members and 2 visitors met at the home of mrs archie lawr who was assisted by mrs clarence snow the children answered the roll call wjth a 5c article suitable for a child to send overseas in a bale- and studied an other chapter of their missionary topic japan mr archie lawr visited at vic toria harbour over the weekend and his mother mrs m lawr re turned with him for a visit here mr a willitts has returned home after his recent operation and is grateful to all his friends and neighbours and the bauina- fad institute who remembered him with cards during his stay in the hospital we are also pleased to report that dr clifford reid is feeling better after his illness and is able to be back in his office again mr and mrs don goranson and son from weyburn saskatchewan are visiting with mr and mrs el- wood snow and family miss lydia snow visited on sun day with her parents mr and mrs j w snow tbe ogit held a very success ful valentine party on monday night at the home of the smith girls owing to the inclement weather the sleigh ride had to be cancelled and a treasure hunt which took them visiting in the homes around the village was en joyed by everyone and the rest of the program consisted of stunts and games hot dogs and hot cho colate were served and the even ing came to a close with the sing ing of taps about one hour later than usual mr and ijlrs eugene meelhin- ney nee eileen plouffe newlyweds last month were honored at a par ty in the peacock school last fri day night and were presented with a chrome kitchen set the hosts for the evening on behalf of the community were mr and mrs cam mcenery mr and mrs m madlll mr and mrs herb al lan and mr and mrs clarence al lan mr jesse mcenery acted as chairman and the address was read bjean lawr and tbe even ing was spent playing cards and a program was presented with the following taking part the mc enery orchestra the givens sis ters mrs r mcenery and mes srs paul wilson and harold blan- ebette both mr and mrs mcb- hinncy thanked their friends and lunchwas served