Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 14, 1958, p. 10

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th okmtoitown hsmald wednasday bh may lth 1b88 are you really reaoy for the trip youre all set for the first big outing of the summer gas in the tank water in the radiator air in the tires but are you really ready remember a defect in your car or its equipment can cause a lot of trouble it can spoil your trip or even lead to a major disaster on the road maesure check your brakes and steering system check your tires for wear and damage check your lights front and back check the exhaust qstem for dangerous leaks and do it now because your whole summer of motoring pleasure depends on safety ton cant be really sure of your safety if you arent really ore of your car your ontario department of transport urges you to check your car check your driving and chqck accidents eight entries forecast good halton ball league nine teams have hjeen entered in the halton county baseball lea gue this season with opening day set for may 21st a constitution is being drawn up and the sea sons schedule is expected to be completed within the next two weeks the encouraging inform ation reflecting an upswing in county ball came out of a meeting of the halton county baseball as sociation last wednesday may 7 at the home of the secretary jim waldle of milton another mil ton man pete mcmullen is presi dent mr mcmullen 4s also presi dent of the ontario baseball as sociation the teams comprising the lea gue include oakvlue bronte ac ton milton dundas waterdown brampton campbellville and port credit mid week ga mes will be seven inning affairs and will start at 645 while the weekend contests will go the full nine frames starting at 230 a midseason allstar game has been proposed for july with the umpire in chief to do the select ing of not more than fifteen players for the starstudded squad the possibility of scries of exhi bition tuts with the west toronto senior city league is also being investigated however nothing definite has been decided ballinafad i no v turkey supper program highlight village event the ladies in rural communities have always had a fine reputation for putting on meals and baking tasty pies and last tuesday was exception when ballinafad urch sponsored their annual turkey supper ovet3q0tickts were sold and the committees and all those who helped in any way are to be congratulated for a job well done it takes a great deal of organizing for such a large un dertaking but when everyone does their duties willingly and when whole families come out and work together it makes for a happy ga thering the program this year featured our own talent and as has been said on other recent oc casions our church has a great future with so many talented youngsters growing up in our midst the three youngest giv en sisters captured the audience with their rendition of two songs from the latest hit parade the little blue man and hes got the whole world in his hands a group of ourtrwn children sang a little song they had learned at school and we were favoured with two piano ducts one by ann shor- till and dcannie van horn and the other by louise and dianne lions president dick miller 49 shelley st is the new president of the lions club of georgetown and will suc ceed dick riddall when his term expires in june mr miller is man ager of the royal bank branch here district official is visitor with wms mrs herb dolson was host for the union wms meeting on wed nesday may 7th which featured a visit from the district vice presid ent for section 2b of the toronto west presbyterial mrs w reid assistant hostesses including mrs clifford cook mrs leslie young mrs- joseph hoare and mrs al bert dolson mrs howard dolson read and explained the scripture and mrs f l thompson led in the opening prayer the roll call was respon ded to with a verse on light mrs george leslie was assisted by mrs don dolson and mrs thompson in presenting the study book a light in the darkness the members were told of wms missionary jean brown and her work with the koreans the meeting closed with prayer by mrs clifford cook the next meeting will be on june 11th since on the regular meeting night the wms has been invited to attend a mission circle assembly at chel tenham baptist church for sn6w7att pupils of mrsmclaugfi- lin catherine and brian sinclair also favoured with vocal solos and mrs jesse mcenery gave a very humorous reading mr ncelon acted as chairman and entertained the entire audience in between numbers with his usual wit and laughter the mcenery orchestra closed the program with a musical selection and after a few remarks from the chairman and the sing ing of the national anthem every one went home very tired but hap- py- the evening auxiliary met on thursday at the manse with the members of the afternoon auxil iary present the president mrs e mcenery conducted the meeting and the speaker was mr thomas george who talked about his nat ive country india and who also entertained with his singing along with mr neelon dependable service try garnets concrete small jobs or big jobs call garnet building products jhl2519 rrnrrrnr tr 72861 6eoroetown beautiful and useful gifts they both thanked everyone for the presents and grfm wishes the afternoon wa served a delicious lunch on wednesday may 7th the st stephens guild met at the home of mr and mrs- norman cramp the pre m chris bradley two church groups have joint meetihg in nelson the second joint executive meet ing of presbytery womans asso ciation and presbyterial wj4s was held on april 30th in port nelson united church with a good attendance mrs a b harris president of halton presbyterial wms open ed the meeting followed by a song service led by the port nel son ladies the devotional was very ably taken by mrsjiarry hunt lowville her theme was in everything y prayer she spoke of paul the first mission ary of the christian church who asked god for strength that he might achieve she dosed her talk with a beautiful poem entit led answered prayer i asked god for strength that might achieve i wasmade weak that i might learn humbly to obey i asked for health that i might do greater things i waft given infirmity that 1 might do better things i asked for riches that i might be happy i was given poverty that i might be wise i asked for power that i might have the praise of men 1 was given weakness that i might feel the need of god j asked lor all things that i might enjoy life i was given life that i might en joy all things i got nothing i asked for hut everything i had hoped for almost despite myself my un spoken prayers were ans wered i am among all men most richly blessed the hymn o sinner come home was beautifully rendered by mrs t ramshaw mrs george coul- son mrs mervin coulson low ville reports were presented by the wa and wms secretaries se parate wa and wms execu tive meetings were held prior to the pot tuck luncheon the jjrst item on the afternoon agenda was the roll call follow ed by business the bible study the first epistle of jong was taken by miss e gamble the special speaker mrs w c sturtridge was introduced by mrs w b fleuty mrs sturt ridge chose as her theme as thy day so shall thy strength be also come all ye that are heavy lad en and i will give you rest she gave an inspiring address basing her remarks on these two scrip ture passages as well as a chap ter from a oook licsidc the bonnie stewarttown wi officers installed when institute meets mrs r harris installed the new officers of esqucsing womens institute at the home of mrs c a grant on may 8th clean cot ton for cancer dressings was re ceived in answer to roll call mrs fred armstrong reported on her evening spent as a guest of jhe tb association at their annual dinner meeting mrs r lawson read a paper on the topic men tal hcalut mrs reid favoured the members with a few selec tions on her accordion there was a reading bymrs briggs en titled the bridge builder mrs grant and mrs- r lawson were lunch conveners and mrs murray extended a vote of thanks to those taking part in the meeting sl johns guild met at the borne of miss d clapton on wed nesday with a good attendance mrs t h briggs presided plans were made for a lilac tea tuesday afternoon may 27th at which douglas latimer george town lawyer will be guest speak er the meeting closed with prayer and lunch was served by mrs john murray and mrs john standish the next meeting planned at the home of mrs roy bradley on may 21st l happy birthday to gary briggs who was 12 on monday and to lynda barclay whose birthday is i on saturday mrs j e maxwell played the new organ at st johns church on sunday morning congratulations and all good wishes to mr and mrs donald lawson whose marriage took place in collingwood evergreen flowering shrubs nursery stock bedding plants 27 varieties of petunias ajlone in our large selection of 15000 assorted plants webbs greenhouses town line 1 miles south of village ph huttonvlll 128 j 1 opened the meeting with praye bxflrbush during the business meeting was decided to have the interior of the church painted in time for the anniversary service in june the next meeting is to be at tljc home of mr and mrs gordon lee on may 20lh the meeting closed with prayer lunch was served and a social hour enjoyed a stanley demonstration given by mrs stella iarton was held at the home of mrs hazel chisholm on monday evening birthday greetings to sonny hall who had a birthday on may 11th it was decided to make this gathering an annual event with a pot luck luncheon an invitation for the 1959 meeting was ex tended from applewood acres the offering was taken by the port credit group and will be sent to humbcr glen camp mrs ross patterson closed the meeting with prayer someone gradllating trom university nursing school business college the herald will be pleased to share in this happy news drin delicious its goodness f begins with fresh oran farm worker leaves to visit in denmark mr harlcy peterson who has been working on ihcfarar of w h robinson for the past two and a half years left from mai ton by plane on sunday for a visit to his home in denmark the hornby evening wa held theri monthly meeting in the church hall on monday may 5th with the president mrs hazel reid presiding the theme song was sung and the theme song re peated mrs olive wallace read the scripture and a story with the thought that if you were too busy to pray you were just too busy mrs pat southwood read the minutes of the last meeting and the treasurers report was gi ven by mrs betty death a new member was welcomed to thtra it was decided that this group would take a two month holiday august and july and a family picnic was suggested for july my cliff brown spoke on chris tian family week mrs betty death thanked him and his talk was enjoyed by everyone the president closed the meeting with prayer a social half hour was spent over a cup of tea served by the hostesses jean brigden and jlvahow4iv friends and neighbours gather- ed in the hornby united church hall to honour a bride to be wil ms sinclair the evening wa decorated the hall and was in charge of the entertainment after some games wllma and her future husband dave wilson opened the so botla are building up accounts eyery 1 1 seconds during banking hours last year a new deposit accountwas opened in chartered bank and to millions of canadian a bank is not only the best place to keep savings it ia a financial ervieeceiitre providing services useful to everyone in the community a visit toa chartered bank is the way to handle off your banking needs here yon can deposit money arrange loans cash cheques rent a safety deposit box buvlraveberac transfer money all safely sfmprjr t the chartered banks serving your comjftiv1s

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