Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 14, 1958, p. 3

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pages wednesday bwg may 14th mm tw oloiictoww hmtau 1 third annual rotary club auction saturday june 14 georgetown arena good used saleable fumiturewanied tf you have aity arlkte you wish to dotuto ptoaao phono ono of hioao mi for pkkop tr 72887 3300 2400 or 2465 chatting ft theres one thing we all remarked onin our tra vels jf the americans have anything in the way of a scenic or historical attraction to offer the tourists they are not at all shy of talking it up via tad signs for miles and miles before you come to it for easily a hun dred miles now we had been read ing big and little signs at periodic intervals telling of the wonders to be seen at rock city chattan ooga tennessee must admit they picked an in triguing name rock city does sound different doesnt it our curiosity was piqued and we took the time to have a look the city of chattanooga itself is situa ted on the plain from which look out mountain rises something like the way hamilton is located there are homes built in several mountainside areas and as the steep road wound around overhan ging cliffs we noticed a sign about three quarters of the way up tell ing us we were now in the state of georgia after drinking in this glimpse of hitherto unknown countryside and feeling very far away from home indeed we followed a path to another even scarier lookout pointy consisting of a big ledge of rock jutting straight out from the mountainside over nothing this too just for the record 1 enjoyed and when we turned from the view to wend our way over the re turn route to the lodge there was a oig rock at the entrance of- the path which for some reason many people had felt the urge to auto graph for a moment i thought i might just as well have been tour ing the limestone caverns at lime- house or the gorgeous gorge at eiora because to on three geor getown people had written their names on it 0 time was of the essence now abd to save some we took a short cut through chattanooga up to this point it had seemed a very pleasant city but now we had our first glimpse of what is apparently a big prob lem in every southern city a simply incredible shack area where the coloured people live rows upon rows upon rows of them 1 didnt take notes on the trip thinking my memory would be sufficient and now i find im not quite sure but feel fairly safe in saying it was on the out- as we approached rock i skirts of chattanooga where you city via the mountain road d see the beginning of an ef- we had a good view of the rock cliff overhanging the valley which gives the mountain its name we thought if we could just reach that and see the view we would be satisfied when we arrived at rock city however we found that this lookout place was the high point of quite an extensive tour of interesting rock format ions and to enter there was a fee of 200 per person we de- cided to take the tour and enjoy ed it thoroughly we walked ar ound for nearly an hour and that in itself was a nice break from sitting for so long 0 the tour took us footpaths thru narrow cre vasses in massive rock derground caverns and passage ways high suspension bridges have been built in a couple of pla ces but luckily for me they were barred from the public because they were under repairs and i did not have to reveal myself for the coward that i am when it comes to heights i- would judge that a lot of money has been spent in con verting the natural beauty spot in- fort to clear this portion of the city big bulldozeri were clearing them out by the block after hav ing the seeming hopelessness and miserable living conditions of these people shock us it was a welcome sight indeed to see that something was being doneabout it f just after we left chattanooga around three in the afternoon on wednes day we noticed a change in the col our of the soil along the roadside it was brickred clay- this is the type of land prevalent thru geor gia incidentally i dont believe i mentioned before the highways thus far had been excellent and were to continue to be so right to the end of our trip we were hea ded for atlanta if possible to break our drive for the night there was no pretty scenery look at between chattanooga and atlanta the land being rather flat i dont imagine there would be many crops the farmers could grow in that red clay at any rate there were no big farms fronting the highway instead there were numerous little frame houses sit- grffiz d thyhad utedoji small tracts of dlbow- htuaheywnecoveredwith tontnuzannlswbte 1 3ltz i t js the majority of them made their autographed picture of celebrities had originally been part of the a small herd of what in my ignor ance i must catt blonde deer 0 speaking qf heights however i redeemed my self a little when it came to looking over lookout point not a tremor did i feel to mar my en joyment of the marvelous view from this mountairitop you can see seven states there is a nig sundialuke affair to show you in what direction they lie consist ing of tennessee georgia alaba ma virginia kentuck no ca rolina and soothr carolina urban development la most attrac tive it was dark by now of course and we were all hungry nd tired so we decided to stop at the first motel that appealed to us this particular area was thickly studded with beautiful motels so it wasnt at ail difficult the ono we chose wfe called georgian oaks and aptly named itas it was in fact so gorgeously georgian we were bashful about gding in- and asking about their rates were pleasantly surprised to find them more reasonable than any motel wed struck yet you can imagine how glamor ous this place looked at night par ticularly floodlit from foundation plantings of shrubbery it was pain ted stark white with the main of fice looking like one of those big plantation mansions i told you ab out in kentucky gracious pillars and alt the rooms were built on either side the whole establish ment making an open rectangle around a large oakshaded lawn feeling pleased with our luckwe unpacked fre shened up and started think about food made enquiries about a place in atlanta recom mended by georgetowners when we learned it was about thirty mi les farther on we decided to take chance on the motel managers recommend of another dining place just a couple of miles away called aunt fannys cabin we had to turn off the main highway to reach the cabin which was a mile or so up a lonely coun try road but it wasnt lonely for long suddenly there was such a lineup of cars we could hardly see the little tumbledownlooking place which apparently was aunt fannys cabin while wc slowed to almost a stop to look the place over and believe me it looked anything but impressive an attendant came up and asked if wed like him to park the car i think we all felt un easy as we made a spur of the mo ment decision to take a chance and go in even if the place did look like a dive a group of a dozen or so men standing at the gate as we entered did nothing to dispel my apprehension probably bunch of bigtime racketeers whispered and we were laughing a bit nervously as we stepped up to the rickety front porch and en tered the cabin rustk was the word to describe the interior no paint or paper graced the walls of plain weathered wood ivlwimamwyirewltl antrim inland native mrs mary campbell wylie died ifter a short illness in the guelph general hospital on thursday may 8th in her sixtyfifth year was born in antrim county ireland the daughter of jane and robert campbell forty- two years ago she married wil liam wylie and ten years later they came to canada first to the farm of albert hunter nerval where they lived and worked for a year from that time they have made their home in georgetown district latterly at 76 river drivel mrs wylie is survived by ber husband who suffered abad acci dent several months ago and who is still hospitalized being sunnybrook hospital at the pres ent time eight children also are left margaret mrs barry clarke elizabeth mrs lloyd grace anne edith mrs gordon shoe- bridge thomas hugh sarah mrs r esard and edward john two sons were killed in the sec ond world war bill who was with the engineers and bob a member of the lome scots ten grand children survive on friday evening members of the ladies auxiliary of the can adian legion of which mrs wylie was a member met at the funeral home for a private service rev alex calder conducted the fun eral service on saturday at 300 pm in the h c mcclure funer al home pallbearers were har vey allen harry allen frank connely bruce mcquarrie philip carney and george bud james interment was in greenwood cemetery fill your basket with these majority living i wouldnt know but i know that quite a few of them op erated junk yards for old cars none of us could hazard a guess as to why this particular district should take up the junking of old cars as a living or hobby which ever it was it certainly didnt add to the scenery hardly a mile went by without one of these ble mishes to the landscape f it was around 30 when we reached the approaches to atlanta here the sub- dim light we saw it was crowded candles in wine bottles flickered over tables covered with gaily checked cloths and everyones at tention was focussed on a little six year old coloured boy who was doing a terrific shouldershimmy dance on a table top a waitress led the way dver the uneven brick and earthep floor to our table vythis time our original trepidation had turned fascination table faced an enormous openhearth fireplace hung with time worn iron and cop per cooking pots and utensils after the little dancer had finished bis number we took up the menu which in addition to listing the autographed pictures who had visited the place we started to feel better a very nice looking girl greeted us and es corted us thru the little anteroom to the entrance of the dining room en route i noticed some very old furniture with a hand hewn look- on one of the low tables was a bowl of shiny big brownskinned onions making a believeitornot attractive centrepiece the dining room had the roughhewn beams of its low- ceiling exposed and in the 9 aurcn uruues club steaks lean brisket js 3 lb 100 weiners 2 lb 79c fresh pork hocks lb 29c peameal cottage rolls lb63c smoked bacon squares lb 29c fresh pork hocks lb 29c first grade dfrttltd creamery du i 1 jch lb 65c slave quarters on a plantation dur ing the days of the civil war very little had been changed over the decades in fact the atmosphere had been carefully preserved and nurtured down to the smallest ac cessory the coloured waitresses were dressed in vivid full skirts and bandanas and the food they served was superb their specialties included south ern fried chicken and ham done in a red sauce made with molasses for one of the ingredients friend husband tried their rosin tatcrs which are irish cobblers cooked in their jackets in a bubbling vat ol resin exceedingly light and huffy cooked in this way the pot- atocs stay steaming hot for three or four hours without a trace of a rejiny taste resin is of course the proper way to spoil it bu d there tl ca re sin latcrs which originated many- years ago in the turpentine camps where the workers learned that a potato dropped into a can of mel ted rtin would cook to a wonder ful tenderness and remain piping hot for hours 0 for one of my vegetab les i ordrered squash no ordinary squash this how ever it had been seasoned lightly with what tasted like poultry sea soning and i think perhaps bread crumbs and butter had been beat en into it crisp thin little corn pat ties about the size and a little thicker than a silver dollar had accompanied the appetizer of juice or thick hot gumbo dessert i didnt have room for any we were finishing our coffee when a teen aged negro girl sat down at the piano and swung into the in troduction of a spiritual inform ally one by one the waitresses gathered round and joined in the harmony until finally the room was filled with the richness of their voices the customers were loath to let them go and no sooner had one song ended when another old favourite was requested hymns spirituals and rock n roll their- intricate harmony and rhythm came as naturally to them a br therewaa oncgirl with a particularly outstanding voice and 1 mean outstanding it was so powerful she had to stand well back from the others in order not to dominate thein too much an extremely deep con- tomato juice pineapple fruit cocktail fancy corn salmon del monte 48 oz cans del monte crushed 20 oz cans del monte california 20 oz cans de monte whole kernel 14 oz cans tv feature no 4 cans gold seal sockeye- 2 59c 259 259 4 69c 289 golden tender sweet corn oh the cob 5 29c cucumbers fresh peas danjou pears canadian hot house young tender sweet luscious sweet no 1 2fw25c lb 19c 5 for 35c 0n fridays unttl 900 pm main street ive never heard anything like it and rm quite sure shes far from capitalizing on her talents at aunt fannys by this time it was 1o30 and the hut dinner for the evening had been served aunt fannys clo ses early we drove back to the motel raving about the place we had been so leary about entering a short couple of hours before we felt as if wed been in another world for a little while oajly deluxe champion tubeless tires low mutton rwtl kmii cons um mu htuci e and if youre still with me next week til tell you about the next days trip thru georgia which was a little glimpse of a sort of another world for us at any rate rev arthur dayfoot fets master of theology degree several ministers well known locally received degrees at the emmanuel college graduation which was held on may 7th in convocation hall university of toronto t rev arthur dayfoot of trini dad a graduate of georgetown high school who is the son of partment rev john bl whitby former nri at johns united here received i bachelor of divinity degree did rev lloyd stapleton f ville members of the graduating c receiving their diplomas clifford brown and clifford wad who have been student i at hornby and lowville andi bert e dunn guiuetviue who j the brother of mrs john f ashgrove mr waite and dunn also received their bj rl rev j s thomas ator of the united church canada addressed the graduau class mrs c b dayfoot victoria bc and the late mr dayfoot received his master of theology degree also in the graduate study de- when youre houseclei use a herald adiet to convert i used but saleable articles cash its a wellknown fact i herald adlets get results tropical fish fanciers you can now obtain your fish and supplies at 19 mary street tr 73366 if w dont have it well do awrythina possibt to set it help community centre baseball urgently needed coaches beys i to 12 yean mr- coaches irlt to 12 yean umpires fok all ages e scoce keepats l what would you uktrto do p i w be ready to play by the 21x of may man or women wishing to fake pert please contact j hoie res assbtine lliatbafler 7qq pm

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