The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

iv the georg pouribn aois appoint omie carter postmaster at norval a provincial paper mu1 ployee for twelve yean ormie carter is the new postmaster la norval he was bora in toronto the son of mr and mrs r s carter and moved to norval as a child with his parents when his father purchased the hollywood house mx carter has since retired and is again living in toronto in 1942 ormie carter went overseas with the queens own rifles and while there transferred to the 48th highlanders and later the paratroopers he was with the paratroopers at amdo and took part in the invasion of southern france he spent the remainder of the war in stalag 7a near munich until liberated by the am- he was preceded in the post masters position by norm fend ley wilf kirkwood and e r barnhill in whose name the post office has operated since 1910 the original post office was estab lished around 1847 by col- clay the norval office serves about 350 families in the district and employs three carriers bob cunn ingham and mr and mrs wulard laidlaw up until list year ormie was a regular with the industrial hoc key league he has always taken a great interest in most sports and this year is assisting with norval s hall club he was also a cub master at norval presby tenan church rsectkm triiown lames night drew members of rotary clubs en georgetown mhton and acton to the letter town recently for an evening which has become customary every now ajjd then for the clubs shown above are the three presidents and their wives bill and vera mattocks acton norm and mtdge guild milton and btll and irene carr georgetown acton free press pfioto his wife is the former joan browne and they have five child ren janice james david kath leen and constance he was officially appointed to the post master position on june 4th however has only been at the office since the 23rd he will con unue his employment with the provincial mill pigs calves colt lost as davison barn razed fire of unkuown origin com pletely destroyed a large barn and a quantity of livestock on the r r 2 farm of lloyd davuon about a mile and half south of here late monday night reported lost in the blaze were thirtyeight pigs three calves and a young colt despite repeated efforts of firemen and mr davi aon to rescue the trapped animals dr and mrs fred b hutl of ithaca new york have been visit ing with his mother mrs h l hutt and mr and mrs gordon hutl 67 charles st mr and mrs ross secord 30 shelley street capably assisted by five thousand bales of hay straw sirs ted scott and mrs clare a hay elevator and a wafcun load ed with chop were also in the barn and only the machinery stored in a nearbj driving shea was saved firemen concentrated their ei forts on the driving shed and a milk house since the flames had already claimed the entire roof of the barn and had too good a foot hold to be brought under control when they arrived a mix up in directions by the person who turned m the alarm caused tie firemen to go two miles out of their way in answering the call however had they gone directly to the scene it is doubtful that any part of the barn could have been saved a red glow in the k gave evidence of the fire even before the alarm sounded and at the height of the blaze the flames could be seen for miles only the efforts of the count police prevented the hundreds of cars that came out of nowhere to jam the eighth line and sideroads at that late hour from resulting in traffic tieups one accident did occur when the bremen went to send one of the trucks back to the station to stand by in case of a second outbreak in town only to find the road blocked by onlook ers in cars jwhen the township truck left its vigil over the remaining build ings at 630 tuesday morning to return to the station all that was left of the barn were the charred timbers and smoldering ashes the farm house is not located near the barn and at no time was in danger older residents will know the property as the former thom as giffen farm social personal andy devereaux is visiting with us grandparents mr and mrs harry devereaux 9 parkview af ter tabu in the calgary stam pede and visiting with nix grand mother in vancouver mrs w j anderson mrs john ord robin and dive 34 market st are holidaying at their cottage near port carting mr ord joins bis family tor the week ends and win shortly he spending hh holiday there dawn flebtg 43 victoria ave is spend- ing the holidays with chess mrs wmtam earner 11 st sad mr andlfsrs stay mrs camy sr had as her sast mrs at vaevjhe ef oroefe- neel vtrgtma bahy david canary seas the week in toronto with kta meet rf mr seat mr social personal pearsonbird wedding vows in st johns united church on saturday july 26 sl john s united church was attractively decorated with standards of pink snapdragons and white shasta mums when margaret elizabeth daughter of mr and mrs thomas hector bird r r 3 georgetown became the bride of james robert pearson ton of the late mr and kirs harold james pearson of mil ton rev morgan mcfarlane off ciated at the ceremony norman laird accompanied the soloist miss barbara cunningham who sang wedding prayer and the day of golden promise given in marriage by her father the bride wore a full ingth gown of nylon net over satin with lace inserts and fitted lace bodice her fingertip veil fell from a tiara of seed pearls and she carried a cascade bouquet of red roses and stephanotis miss jean bird as her sisters maid of honour was gowned in dotted nylon organza over pink taffeta with a scoop neckline and bouffant skirt ft had a pink taff eta cumberbund and butterfly bow krancls both of shelley street played hosts to approximately thirt five children of the subdi vision by holding a marshmallow roast toasted marshmellows and freshie were the order of the day the gala affair broke up at 830 pm with the children thanking heir hosts and retiring to their j sh hta pink sheer gown with navy and white accessories her corsage was of white gardenias for a motor trip through nor thern ontario the bride wore a powder blue sheath with a pmk hat white accessories and a cor sage of pink carnations mr and mrs pearson will reside on the 9th line esquesing township guests were present from georgetown milton toronto brampton dundas newfoundland cheltenham hillsburgh and horn by what council did tender sale for eighteen park district building lots eighteen building lots created on town- property in- a new sub division near the park are being offered for sale by tender the lots front on three new town fltreets hyde park dr princess ann and harold sl ana will be serviced by sanitary sewers under local improvement announcing plans for advertis ing them at mondays council separate school afire smoke visible for miles fire saturday afternoon damag ed the roof of the partially con structed separate school on maple ave a report from fire chief jack harlow listed the loss at close to 91000 including mostly roofing materials the blaze which broke out at about 3j0 pjn destroyed a layer of tarpaper the top layer of three thicknesses of tenteat and approximately 400 square feet of planking the firemen used four lines in controlling the flames which were spread over the entire roof area and visible only to the crowd which lined maple ave moments after the siren sounded how ever the billowing black smoke from the fire could be seen for miles the alarm was turned m by doug peck of 45 normandy blvd on friday night the brigade was summoned to john st opposite the arena where a motorcycle owned by pc harley lowe caught fire while paul cunningham was at tempting to start it damage over 100 to the bike resulted from the blaze which started at about 1045 pm what council did municipal board may bend on debenture restrictions mayor beds full of burnt marshmellows p bat ed a nosegay and freshie mrs secord served f lue carnations anne mcgregor tea to the ladies while the men niece of and grace blrd adjourned to the tv set and the cou j thc bridc fights a good time was had by i giri fy were gowned alike in all p nd blue nylon appliqued tres with only two david son of mr and mrs tlnn uny rosettcs wore it u a sign of the times said mser 18 mam s t and i bandeau of n and earned manager ted doncy in an inter royal closing reduces guelph shows to two the royal theatre guelph is going to close down on july 26th thc movie house has been op erated since september 1934 and its closing will leave guelph which at one time had four thea barragcr 18 main st s and stephen son of mr and mrs sid silver have been exchanging visits at the silver home in to- oronto and the barrager cottage at hawkstone sharon burrows has returned to kincardine after spending thiee weeks visiting with her brother in law and sister mr and mrs norman liddle 24 queen street mrs liddle s parents mr and mrs frank burrows and her hro- ther donald were weekend guests with them mr and mrs bruce harley and heather 21 ewing st have been visiting with his sister mrs don aid adams and hr adams and fa mily r r 2 welland for the past week and while there attended the welland centenn al cc ebrat ens and mrdigras dav d and linda harley have been holidaying there for the past two weeks and are returning home with their par ents matching nosegays of carnations and baby mums john pearson was best man for ins brother and ushering were norman bird cousin of thc bndi and gerald carton a reception was held in m john s memorial hall where tlk bnde s mother received in a pow der blue embroidered nylon or ganza over taffeta gown with white accessories and a pink rose corsage miss eva cfaisholm ot milton assisted wearing a dusty royal trajn tomorrow at 415 pm thursday the royal train taking princess mar garct to the stratford festival will pass through town though no word has been re ceived it is hoped that people may have a glimpse of canada s royal visitor en route through town esquesing votes 8721 to continue hog marketing lady sunbathing car crushes right arm sunbathing on sunday in a parking lot at terra cotta play ground mrs emma buresch of streetsville was run over by a car and had her right arm crush ed she was taken to peel mem orial hospital brampton driver of the ear tborllef gerb of long branch told police he was turning the vehicle to get out of the lot when the accident oc curred neither his wife nor hs two children who were with him noticed mrs buresch igaobaents mr and mrs albert pattenden v william street announce the engagement of their daughter atewnah beryle to george paul fteaney aen of mr and mrs sign beeaey rjl l the mar riage will take place in holy cress rectory on august itch continuation of cooperative hog marketing was voted by on tario producers on friday when polling was taken on the question in a special vote foi- producers a twothirds majority was ne cessary to carry the plan and the vote carried by a slim ma jority in halton the marketing scheme received heavy backing from halton hog producers as sociation which inserted advertise ments in the county press urging a yes vote county polling took place in trafalgar naasaga weya burlington and faqjytlng the esquesing voters list cod talned 254 names and 106 votes were recorded by jceturning offi cer k c lindsay at the township hall in s there were 87 affirmative votes and 21 against in nassagaweya recorded almost the same percentage with 75 in favour and u against an un confirmed report of trafalgar re sults wat sb for and 7 against view with thc guelph mercury the 86 seat royal will show it last film on the evening of sat urdav july 26th and will close down after thc national anthem is placed for the last time the staff some of them with service over fifteen years has been given notice mr doney a veteran of 35 years service with the company is going to be on reasjignment the royal theatre has been operated by paramount theatres ltd which is a subsidiary of fa mous players thc famous play enrchain also operates the palace theatre in- guelph tt is understood that two years ago the lease on the palace was renewed the surprise news ap parently means that paramount is not going to renew the lease it holds on the royal theatre build ing which is owned by joseph wolfond mr doney said the public would still turn out in large nam bers to see good movies in fact the public would pay advanced prices for the really good films but the cinema trade s bread and butter films were not drawing the crowds mr doney succeeded sam man tie as manager- on december 8th 1947 in the late 1940s there was the royal odeon palace and capitol theatres all showing mov ies in guelph when the old cap itol was torn down there were plans by paramount to build a paramount theatre on the site but those plans coincided with the advent of television in this locality and the scheme was drop ped and the site sold the royal with a balcony and a cinemascope screen has scree ned some of the moat outstanding films the ten commandmenta and gone with the wind being two of them drivr carefully advent of a holiday weekend and vacations in many industrial plants makes ttda week a particu larly hasardous one for travel use extra caution if you are om the highway the we yon save may be your own sympathetic reception to a de legation which interviewed he municipal board last week seek ing clarification of a ruling re garding financing the new 830 000 sewage disposal plant was reported by mayor armstrong to council on monday i ast week council was informed that thc board would approve debenture issue with the proviso that for three years no further debentures be issued for other than waterworks and hydro and that delrcx developments post a 147 000 bond to be applied di rcctly to thc capital cos of thc sewage plant meeting property chairman fred harrison said he is reconsidering the idea of setting another parcel of town property oat mastfe ave behind the geor dairy since deciding to sell the land he said investigation reveals a sewer line c diagonally and it might be difficult to create a number of house hojtdlnc lots as planned a 9000 offer for the property as coaameraal sit he termed ridkulotts and he suggested council think it over amipossihty retain the land for a park site cr era hyde said that if uus is done he would suggest selling a small portion of the land to the georgetown dairy which had pre viously offered to purchase it for future expansion this could bs done without affecting a future vineakmmtman killed truck burns after gash one man was killed and another taken to hospital suffering from severe shock and minor injuries late this morning when a truck driven by charles hoffele of hsr- nston came in collision with a car at the intersection of jie 8th i ne and number six sideroail the dead mans name a vine- mount resident was not released ij the poilce pending nouncauon i nest cf kin on irapct the truck but into ii es and was totally deslroea mr hoffele was treated at the scim l dr aikenhead of milton b g c being removed to milton hopitaf by georgetown voluneer arrhulancc service the george town fire department was moncd to the accident about ten minucs after it occurred low- ever the truck was beyond saving before they arrived the fatuity was reported at about twenty miji4ies past eleven and investi gated by opp cat kay andr good news oub meets sixth year terra cotta for the sixth con year the sunday school of union pres byterian church spo a good news club m the com munity hall at terra cotta the theme this year was patriarchs of the old testament and the fol lowing personalities came under study noah moses king david king solomon and the final lesson jesus in the temple the director of the dub was rev g l royal assisted wonder fully bv mrs harvey puckering mrs leslie icam kfass anne poo park with the double result of accommodating a business too he taxi operator oliver brown- jndge asked for a definition ot parking and stopping and said he had been threatened with a parking ticket for stopping to pick up passengers while trucks could double park for lengthy perio w delivering to stores downtown the merchants who asked for narking meters should have back doors for unloading he observed he also enquired if there is any way he could have a parking space reserved for us taxl he was told by mayor im- strong that there is no legislation other than the 5c an hour charge for meters police he said an expected to nse their judgment regarding parking and stopping pan spiteri fixing a road into property behind kountainview rd on which he fa building a house he was told that it is not a town street and that any road work must be under taken by the owner of the land cr era hyde offered a proposi tion to the town he would sup ply material for 120 feet of side walk in front of his ewing street home if the town would instal the walk he said the matter wjs left to the road committee for re commendation the matter of rerouting a side walk in front of the new white rose service station on the high way was left to the road com mittee and the engineer the company had been given permis sion by the previous town en gineer to do this and council wants assurance that raising the walk will not mean putting in steps or a ramp the sidewalk will extend from normandy blvd to the georgetown dairy proper- jy which has an asphalt surface and engineer carr said it is his intention here to mark a pedes tnan way where the sidewalk loins mayor armstrong reported on an initial meeting between the administration committee and m t cooney representing the nar tional union of public service- employees and said another meet ing is planned to discuss a con- tract for the town works staft r i kenng miss jean anderson miss the town and firm contacted thc dwothy von znben and miss board about financing for a public elizabeth cation at the final hour school a necessity if a planned 582 houses in the vicinity of sykes tool plant goes ahead the town is also concerned about pay ing for a necessary sanitary sewer extension for the new park school and a storm sewer by law pending for some time the del rex firm explained in a letter a guarantee of certain taxes ra ther than an outright gift to the town mayor armstrong reeve doug sargent town solicitor georg c hewson town clerk c g benham rex heslop president of delrex developments and company soli citor alan campbell were in the group which interview the board last week reporting to council the mayor said the municipal board chair man intimated that necessary items of capital expenditure would be sanctioned by the board from time to time such as water sewers and schools but the board frowned on debentnr- ing anything such as a municipal building extension etc during the 3year period in other words 1 would in terpret our discussion with the board as meaning not to take their letter literally but to watch unnecessary expenditures the mayor said he stressed that as yet the town has no further written instructions from the municipal though in answer to by cr mcgdvcay he said he pected the conversations be clarified by a future letter from the board at present construction ana come to a halt on fta houses started in the subdivision for which permits had been refused building inspector joseph ibbons the i has laid charges against the firm for eon travening georgetowns bylaw of the club refreshments were ser ved and some of the lively choruses sung the good news gobs under the sup of the child evangelism association of ontario and are located in many of the rural couunumties the follow ing children attended shirley ziho joe sneppard vickie shep- pard marion young lynda alajnery maiuery larry majuery vcdveen lena mdheei garet mcjjveen riuiasn louis shelley lyons adnu lyeas mar tin rasbury judtth rashnry b- bert frost peter voa xnben brace dunnem kenneth baker donald carr gary menalry haines ratherim tuiam jerome duncan bwckin hurst berma lowder p f m deforest george when the if they would fi next year here thomas mcconkey 75 icubmasters father after a lengthy illness thomas edward mcconkey father of joseph a mcconkey 28 norton crescent died in toronto on fri day july 25th at the age of seventyfive mr mcconkey who vas dorn in ireland came to toronto many years ago he was an active member of the orange lodge while his health perm tted and in later years an honorary member he was a member of thc salvation army his wife nellie survives him as do five on and a daughter wc- jbowsrd george thnmaw and kuen mrs bonham all of whom live in toronto and joseph who lives at 28 norton crescent georgetown and who is cub mas ter of the 1st georgetown b pack there are twelve grand children and one great grandchild funeral service was conducted at the ftynn funeral home chapel on monday july 38th at 1 jo pan psbbearers consisted of three members of the salavtion army and three members of the orange lodge interment was in sanc tuary park cemetery toronto was the verentiy pranownced hy nil prea- after being wanted 2 by thestrong hotspur dab in geor getown hays soccer leafs play two weeks ago the lihui hown- eed hack to imilhu the imiliai wolves 7 to at the park fist wednesday bight- tt was the second time hi mi 1 1 iii an that the wolves have heen heu off tike scare sheet takhag a s to drnh- ilfcsjlfcaw late lisas in te ysst