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the georgetown herald sixteen pages pm offin ckh ottawa georgetown ont wednesday oct 8th 1951 hist section perfect weather large croyvd make fall fair another big success i f i i a 1 nerfeet hav rrawnml tlit f en route home tor weekend david barber accident victim a th result nf an aoeirfont nn as the result of an accident on no 400 highway saturdaj day id alan barber died at the age of twentj five david who was a tender on a diving job with the ralphten company pembroke was returning bome for the week end with two fellow workers when his car went off the road and tur ned over in the ditch deane dou cett of montreal suffered a frac tured back and harry smith of toronto only suffered a few scnt ches they were thrown out of the car when it overturned the cause of the accident is unknown david was born in toronto and came to georgetown in 1939 wih his family and he attended geor getown public and high schools leaving them to enter the navy in 1991 where he served un il 1956 while in the navy he be came the light middleweight box ing champion for the eastern v lantic command he was a mem ber of the noral ball club this ear and plajed hockey for th provincial mill in the mdusf- a league last winterhc was a mem ber of st george s anglican church surviving are his parents mi and mrs george barber sr and three brother george paul ui d john rev kenneth richaras n conducted the funeral service at the harold c mcclure funeral home 34 edith st georgetown on mondaj at three o clock in terment was in greenwood ccnu ter pallbearers were tom bar knox evening ceremony lorrimanengleby vows knox presbyterian church was decorated with gladioli and mums for the marriage of jean margar et engleby daughter of mr and mrs cyril engleby 11 kennedy street when she became the bride of benjamin lornman son of mr and mrs arthur lomman glen williams the marriage took place on friday evening 3c tober 3rd at 730 in the evening rev alex calder officiated at the double ring ceremony mrs edgar gowland was at the organ mr engleby gave his daughter in marriage she chose a gown of ballerina length lace over net bouffant skirt fashioned on prin cess lines the sleeveless bodice was topped with a matching loo sleeved jacket her fingertip veil fell from a headdress of pearls and sequins the bridal bouquet was of red rose buds with white streamers mrs harry brandford was mat ron of honour in a street length red velvet gown trimmed with white satin fashioned on princess line w th white accessories and her flowers were white carnations the groomsman was harr brandford john st ilham en glebv brother of the bride acted as usher the wedding reception was rdd ber jim ford bert care george at the lornman cabin on th 5 h mcclure don ford and a friend line where the brides mo re from the na george thompson received for her tn a gown of rose of toronto hold field day at harrison public school competitors for the public school field meet scheduled for thursday at the park were chos en last week when pupils of har rison school had their own field day on the school pla grounds pupils were graded into inter mediate and senior divisions and poration following are the results intermediate boy high jump derek rigb tom maxwell brian kae broad jump rolf tomhns john greenwood gordon hallitt 100 ard dash bruce gnmsev gordon hallitt derek rigbv 75 d dash derek rtgby and tied for 2nd gordon hallitt and bruce gnmsev intermediate girls high jump leslie quacken bush ed win a smith manhn cil lis broad jump carol lackcv ariel bclleghem leslie quacken bush 75 d dash leslie quacken bush mariln barratt manhn cilhs 50 vd dash marilyn cil lib lethe quackenbush carol la ckey senior boys high jump barry hancj dav and white bengahne with while ac cessories and a corsage of whiti carnations mrs louis brandford sister of i the groom assisted her in a black wool gown black accessories and a corsage of pink flowers for the honeymoon trip to new york citv tbe bride wore an en semble of pale blue raj on and wool with navy accessories mr and mrs ijorriman are hot employed with the flcxonics ar brampton thcv will make their home on ontario m georgetow n a perfect day crowned the et- 3 forts of directors of esqueslng agricultural society inpresenung another standout faljfattha geor- i getown park on saturday ltwas a warm sunny afternoon wtth just the right tang of autumn in i the air the fair opened when the gejp getown senior band paraded the j judging stand where haltons mp sandy best was introduced by fair board president wilfrid bird mr best congratulated the organizattca on a job well done and expressed his pleasure in the community spi- rit which a fall fair engenders both among rural and urban residents vince mountford brampton wa emcee and kept grandstand speeta- j tors informed of the program races and livestock judging took place during the afternoon the midway larger than georgetown if fair has seen in the past was well patronized and a continual flow of r spectators thronged the exhibit hall to see displays which included do mestic science and handicrafts flowers srain and vegetables school exhibits and displays by institutes and 4h groups the hall drew particularly favourable com- 4 ment this year for both quantity and quality of exhibits there was a noticeable increase partica- lary in the flower show and vege- table classes an estimated 6 000 people at tended the fair close to a record crowd viewed from the ferris wheel on saturday georgetown fair shows some of the colour of the midway the usual mecca for fair attenders drawn by the music of the merryqoround and the shoults of the barkers this year georgetown had an excel lent midway and there was much favourable comment on the attractions provided town population now 8222 25 per cent climb in year a 25 per cent increase in popu i lation in the past year was noted prevention week id mcleod tied role and w avne terry jump gexrv derose wavneltovle ken greenwood 220 d dash bir rv harve anc rovlc barr i vinden 100 yd dash bam har vej rr dtroc wavne rovlc svnior girls high jump anne lackcv gail murdcn mar stokes broad jump anne peterson bonnie capuano lied for 3rd betty quackenbu h and anne lackey 75 vd dash belli quackenbush anne p i son m ir stokes 50 d dash anne peterson bclu quacken bush oreen ratlcv lation in me past year was noiea when assessment commissioner irancg atlviiics joseph gibbons presented static tic to coumil on monday j planned tor tire georgetown s population as o september 30th was 8222 mr gibbons reported a vear pr ious this figure was 6578 assessment has increased in a most direct proportion to po tion i total 1958 assessment i for 3rd ane i 11319550 a 23 6 increase frt i broad breaking down th ar portionmcnt of assessment mr gihhons rt vcaled this as n hi trial 1198 15 52 commercial what council did council business light at last mondays session one of council s lighter sessions took place on october 6th when a large share of the meeting was spent in reading and parsing a number of by laws for sewer and waterlinc installation reeve doug sargent presided with major armstrong absent for a portion of the meeting while he spoke at a home and school meeting asking about plans for an out door skating link this season on a vacant lot at the edward byron corner sid hardic s request was turned over to the property com mjttee for action asking if there could be some form of supervision at the rink mr harrison juggcs ted that a ratcpajcr in the area might volunteer to do this bernard casscll asking about progress on roads and ditches in the sunbeam heights area was told b road chairman walter grav that this and surfacing of dclrcx roads will probablv not be possible this fall as the dept of highways docs not recommend paving so late in the year the roads will be main tamed and dust controlled as much as possible he said until paving in the spring cr harrison pointed out that the subdmder must take the blame for roads not being paved as be had not put the roads in shape in sufficient time to allow this mr casscll said he hoped their would be no delay in the spring ratepayers do not mind wai ng when they know they must bat they dont like to be told a job will be done and then have to laved a letter from main st merchant jack cotton thanked council for consideration of a letter he- had sent recently about parleing in the dow nt ow n area he sugrcs ted council and chamber of com merce representatives meet to discuss the problem council decided to turn the let ter oer to the chamber as thc had done with previous correspon dence and empowered the proper ty committee to work with that organization in arranging for signs indicating the free parking area opening four tenders for purrh asc of the town bulldozer council delated decision on accepting the highest tender one from bob lanc for 4700 until an appraisal is made of the machine a letter from the district miin iripal engineer dcpt of llijhwavs indicated his department w uld now okay several roads in the delrex subdivision for suvtov purpose correction in the town and country girls prize results at the fair appear ing elsewhere in this issue man lyn mcfarlane 5 market street should have been listed as win mng first prize for a pie in the senior division 1340 1357 l rtsidvn ul 74 lt 7081 i and farm 01 10 y gures in brackets ir the 1957 ones trucks demolished man injured in highy smash two men w ere in j ured two trucks almost demolished and a car damaged in an accident on guelph street fndav m ning at 8 15 a m it took place at the sin clair ave and huhwav intersir hon most senouslv injure d wis hd iee 36 college st who was tak en to hospital in guelph for treat ment of fractured ribs and a lac crated forehead he was ahle t return home on the weekend and j a pu is recuperating there the accident involved a st bound car driven bv john lje i alderwood mr 1oe s truck also westbound and an casthoun 1 truck driven bv ionard b s v st catharines mr bescv em ved a severe shaking up in i rr quired medical attention at the scene while the algeo car reteiveri about 250 damage the t nicks were almost a total loss aeiordin to police estimates with conhimd damage amounting tn s10 000 cst rank dennis was th invts tigating officer thirty thousand fire safev hints for bahv sitters cards and other excellent fir preventu n material will he distributed 1 members of the hallon countv fire prev ention bureau diinrr fire prevention week octobe r 5th to 11th the eijht fire brigades and r pre sent al i es of the oakv ille trafalgar chamber of lomnu c lompnsint the bureau have plel ciri to elo their utmost in stamp inf out unnecessarv fires in the countv through a vear round edu eatianal program georgetown and acton will have a complete inspection of comim r rial and industrial premises this vear while some of the other towns will carr out a spot in spection program georgetown s inspection took place todav as fireme n and insurance c mipanv inspectors visited all such premi field day results park public school competitors for a public school field meet planned for this tall were chosen when the new pa k school held their own field rl i on october 1st re suits were as fnmovs senior boys 4 100 ard dash jim mrmvci tom ivons david mcnallv 220 d dash tom i ons jim mc v en robert wnggtesworth runn tg broad jump tom ljons don mr farlane christopher frost run mng high jump tom lyons john scott christopher frost santor girls 50 yd dash carol ann barber gail scarlett judj bastedo 75 d dash carol ann barber gail scarlett kathy aspden running an open house will be held at no 2 fire hall in trafaljar and their ladies auxilia will h holding a harvest tea the first saturdi ind sundav of fire ire venlion week the ladies will a home cook ing sale at the same time burlington in one of the most ambitious programs will have open house show films prov ide spe akcrs to v a nous serv ice groups distribute pamphlet- im provide home inspections at th request of householders milton oakville trafalgi- ind bronte will provide similar ivp of programs social personal guests at valley view cabins huntsv ille during the pas week included mr and mrs eel martin of glen williams mr and l william coleman have returned to toronto after visiting with their daughter mrs pete hunter at hi cabins for two weeks miss janet mcdougall lb ha pel t t has returned from a mo tor trip in the states witn mis- i haug of toronto she tiaveiled in new york state w a1 int in and irgima mrs r red gcnthe of amherst burg and mrs jeane bruce wind sor were visitors last week with mr and mrs keith barber 9 king st f mrs barbers mot ho mrs ii g webster who had been visit tng in town returned home with them limehouse social personal mrs harry brandford and mrs terry bludd were hostesses at a miscellaneous shower at mrs bludd s home on john street east recently to honour mrs b loni- man prior to her marriage on oc tober 3rd mrs ernie alcou 7 albert st and mrs john elliott 48 hew- son crescent were local represen tatives of halton cancer society who attended a conference of the women s service committee las week in toronto the conference was at the lord simcoe hotel and 4 also included a tour of the new princess margaret hospital and hostel rev kenneth richardson office ated at the baptism sunday after noon in sl georges anglican church when heather diane tbe daughter of mr and mrs fred harnspn was baptized godpar f ents were mr and mrs derek limehouse fol k attend fair at caledonia mr t h price and mr and mrs wilfred harding attended caledonia fair and spent the weekend with cousins at jaivis a week ago mr and mrs jack cook of har riston visited mr and mrs wil fred harding during the week end mr and mrs wilbert patterson and mr edgar patterson of she burne visited with the pattersons on tnelav rev calder conducted torn niunion service at uraeh use iresbvtinan church in suidi w 1 n r re p 1 t hjt h 1 n rem i v nd ttddv b own a c dodgson of toronto mr andj hot 1 in u 1 11 tneral il nital mrs harrison entertained many un 1 vation visits brother mrs j 1 williams toron o is visiting in town with mr and mrs harold leave 96 main st north mr leave is her brother broad jump xjail scarlett heath cr marchmcnt pat barrager run mng high jump gail scarlett sharon sv kes judv bastedo intermediate boys 7s vd dash gene roshier ro bcrt 1 vons david barnger 100 vel dish ftcne roshicr wavne mcnivrn david barrager run mn broad jump garv allen cne roshicr robert i vons running high jump john svkes dian wittckoek douglas malcolm intermediate girls 50 yd dash joann barber su san quinn jane mcfarlane 75 yel dash jaanne barber susan quinn judy calder running broad jump janet chamberlain susan quinn joanne barber running high jump janet chamberlain susan quinn terrj pelleuer bouwmanglabais rites in knox presbyterian knox preshtenan church was the scene of the marriage of anne juliette marv glabais toronto daughter of mr and mrs a f glabais inverness nova scotia whe n she became the bride of john bouw man son of mr and mrs hank bouw man 14 river view crescent on salurdav sept 27th rev alex calder officia ted at the double ring cerenionv the church was decorated with flowers and streamers mrs ed car gowland was the organist and accompanied mr gowland the so lotst when he sang because before the partv entered the church the bride was given in marriage bv her father and she chose a floor length taffeta gown with lace bouffant overskirt the fitted bodice was fashioned with a high ne ckline and embroidered with sequins her fingertip eil fell from a headpiece of pearls and sequins the wedding bouquet was red roses ind stephanotis mrs wilma camrron was mat ron of honour in a blue ballerim length gown with matching mit lens and headband siler shoes and a bouquet of pink carnations the tinv lower girl was gail smith in a floor length gown of pink fashioned with tinv tijht jodice ind bouffant skirt she timed a hisket of white pink and blue mums nri wore a fto ral headband mr bill imcron acied as best man w hile johan bouw man bro ther ot the groom and rudy tcr mattcn were ushers following thcjeeremony a rec eption was heid in esquesmg township hall stewarltown the bride s mother received for hr in a blue suit with white acces sories and a corsage of pink ros e mrs bouwman assisted her in a black gown with white acces sories and a corsage of white ra the room chose i p nk nn with velow accessories and a corsage of vellow roses for travelling on their honev mo n to parts of ontario the bride woe an ensemble of white with blaik ind silver embroider wh te hat an i gloves and black shi e anel purse and a corsage of red jnd white roses mrs bouwman has been em ph v e d at simpsonsears toon to and mr bouwman is emploed at the alliance paper mills friends and relatives to a buffet supper after the service at their home wildwood terrace r r 1 georgetown engagements mrs cameron macgregor of georgetown announces the engage ment of her daughter bonnie hea ther to robert david wilson of georgetown son of mrs margaret wdson of port sydney and the late edward wilson the marriage will take place in sl georges an glican church port sydney on saturdaj november 15th 1958 at seven oclock intermediate b rating will mean no raider imports here stewarttown toronto rector here for harvest home the regulir month meeting of hsqucsins w i will be held at the home of mrs robert hams on thursdav october 9th 1958 at 8pm sharp the topic agncul lure under the convencrship or mrs l devries roll call to be answe re d bv donating a house plant for sale mrs h briggs and mrs reid are social conveners svmpathv of the communitv 1 extended to the standish and smith families in their recent be reavements harvest home service was held in si john s anglican church last sundav cvenng and was well at tended re v w n turne of si jude s hurch toronto was the guest speaker a social hftur fol lowed in the new basentent of the hurch at the conclusion ai re se rv ice we welcome mr andm alois mcthspach formcrlv jean cor lev to our village thev ar liv m in the house at the heal of the pond rccentlv vacated bv mr and mrs macafce we also welcome back mi iv la pollock and three new t achers to our public school staff mr rob gibbons from port ar hur miss dorecn gevcr of guelph and miss beth mcenery of bal nafad happy birlhdav to alice pci ses anneke bouwman sister of 1 9th bnggswho will be 3 on october v bill hunter manager of the in termediate hockey club has been officially notified that georgetown will be placing intermediate b hockcv this season this will mean an all george town and vicinity hockey club with no imports no waivers and no transfer of plajers the execu tive have been invited to brad ford this thurseiaj even ing to draw up a sche dule some of the teams in the group will be bradford stouff- ville milton woodbridgc and or- angevillc c no injuries in threecar crash no injuries were sustained in a 3car collision on no 7 highway it the delrex blvd intersection last wednes at 6 30 pm the accident involve i west bound cars driven bj rav mccart- nev 60 john sl e and william deories fergus 2nd a pick up truck driven bv an hony duono toronto which was entering the highwav from he h ulevard sev eral workmen employed on the new delrex haus ns projct were being transported in the truck csl ted scott investigated the accident there was onlv niinor damage to tbe truck and damage o vr mccartneys car was asses sed at 200 and to the dearies veh icle 600