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the georgetown herald sixteen pages pm offk d mri georgetown ont wednesday octomat 22nd 19m fmst section five hundred tour scrool view holy cross opening with tbe most rev joseph f rjan bishop of hamilton offici ating hoi cross rc separate school had its official opening on friday evening when five hund red people gathered to view the ceremony and tour the building afterwards bishop ryan cut a red ribbon across the entrance and blessed the school later speaking xa the foyer when he complimented the parish on their fine work ip erect ing such a beautiful structure the ceremonies look place outside and speakers included rev fr thomas van laer parish priest tt c mcdermott board pf trust ees chairman and reeve douglas sargent representing the town in the absence of jjv armstrong who could not be present ton 0brne was master of ceremon les and a children s choir dircc ted b mrs a j norns provided music as the program opined present for the happy occasion were two former parish priests fr leo mcbnde hamilton and fr vincent morgan acton afterwards the building was op en for inspection and refresh ments were served in one of the classrooms the board of trust ees later entertained invited guests at a reception at north halton golf and country club the new school is on an eleven acre site overlooking the maple ave extension designed by cox jl moffet it is a beautiful exam pie of modern architecture and particularly noteworthy is the skilful blending of man colours in the decorating scheme frame work is of laminated douglas fir finished in light pecan stain a spruce roof deck has a wide over hang which eliminates direct sun light in classrooms the 8classroom building is en hanced with granite walls and a redwood cross at the driveway ap proach landscaping with eer greens is planned and an elm tree will grow through an open ing in the roof overhang besides classrooms tbe build ing contain a principal s office teachers room and health room flooring is of colourful asphalt tile a large covered pla area 15 provided at thep lay ground en trance for use during inclement weather interior walls arc expo sed concrete block painted m cheerful colours w j lee construction ltd of lome park were general construc tors past master of two town masonic lodgits following a prolonged illness walter rigg 56 died at his home in glen williams on wednesday afternoon october 15th mr rigg was born in bradford last in bradford county eng land the son of mr and mrs al bert rigg and came to canada with his parents in 1911 in his earlier vears he was a floral des igner with dales of brampton and millers of toronto and for the past twelve ears had opera ted his own greenhouse in glen illiams he was a past master of credit lodge af am 219 and of hal- ton chapter ram 234 he ts sur vived b his wife who was form erl winnifred knight of george town a sister mrs alice hipkin toronto and nephews reg and eric hipkin of richmond hill and toronto funeral service was conducted at his home on saturdav by rev kenneth richardson of st geor ge anglican pallbearers were george moore brampton harold burrows gait edwin hoare osh awa horace hurlcv toronto george mussellc acton and tryg ve wold georgetown interment was in greenwood cemetery in georgetown former georgetowner is milton garage operator a former georgetown resident h g doc reed has become a milton businessman with his pur chase of the norm guild motors garage now operating as reed motor sales he is agent in milton geor getown and acton district for mercury lincoln and meteor cars and mercury trucks and is hav ing a special open house this week mr and mrs reed and their children jackie and deborah for merlv lived at 28 prince charles drive moving to streetsville a vear ago he has been employed at orenda engines for ten years and has been learning the car bu tines w hile w orking as a part time salesman for a streetsville dealer the la t four vears mail delivery discussed at meeting of ratepayers assoc take part in holy cross school official opening two foumer parish nuests extend congratulations to r c mcdenmott chairman of the board of trustees at the opening of holy cross school on friday left to right fr vincent morgan ac ton mr mcdermott fr leo mcbnde hamilton and tony o byrne who was master of ceremon es for he program nine classrooms and kindergarten nucleus of twostorey public school an excellent turnout of almost 100 persons used all the available space at v ngslesw orth school with ome members in the hallwav when east georgetown ratepavers held their second meeting of the currtnt ta on thuradav repor s were riven on he nr v shopp n p aza hi road iluation in dtlr ant tht posib tv of mail icl vt thi latter lum ev 1 a n i it able discu ion particular on the point that tht population of a n is n a in port ant a he lumwr of diliv erv pom s ie h u cs it ua it cidrd to continue invc al n the requ rt men for del crv meanwhilt rca iz nj ha h 1 cal postmaster i ju t is ania- to see it come a the rtmdenls a vote on whether to ho i m e tings as required bv ittms of cur rent inlere t or regular nionthlv meetings was decided in faour of the latter these are to be held each month except december june julv and august with onlv emergency meetings in thce four months a motion to hold elections that evening was defeated instead elections are planned for febru ary howeven four members vo lunteered to join the executive to replace members who have left the district the are mrs b c gosling 45 norton cresc e r francis 5 keats g vccaula 60 delrex blvd and g sigurdson 42 hale drive following tbe meeting a nura ber of new members joined the association listed according to street thy include delrex blvd mr and mrs a gardhouse a appleton s walsh m stamm c hotsby s l clayton w k hunter s crawford hale drive air and mrs h malon j tlucko a l ward a sutherland mc- govray crescent mr and mrs j nlenwhof b keller e c quack enbosh f finch met ntyre cres air and mrs b diamond nor ton cresc mr and mrs g k robertson d unswortn s han dy p t yackey sargent road mr and mrs r moalden jva brown g a miller g coulighan f bennett prince charles drive mr and mrs d rennett guest speaker at united anniversary georgetown s fifth public school is beyond the proposal stage members of the public school board and public school inspectors r f bornhold and e f jordan saw a suggested laout of the two storey building when sketch plans were presented by j b parkin associates architect bill burgoyne at a special meeting in tbe board room at huruon public school on thursday october 16th general approval was expressed by the inspectors with only minor concern being v oiced over work ing space in the corner of each room containing the project table mori space was gained bv decrea 3 the area in the plan designs ted for wardrobes the school will have nine classrooms and a kindcrfiarlin to start with jrad ual expansion to a possible twcnlv rooms in tht absence of chair man rav salter the mcctin na conducted bv rd ilson municipal ast vim nt mmm i tilt jo iph cibbon was al o j pre ent at the nut ting at tht boards requ i li cj m liiht in tht rhant in tat s for pub in thtnl purp s an a ts muil tt inn th inauguration f a j arau rhtol ht re mr il ban lhanki 1 tie board f r k prvh f am n in an avt in nitlim if next vt ir tax puturt ba in hi ummarv in th lb in 1 of u t vtar tax nit h ch a d si la t f r it u h 1 y i i n fr n hi i a i in mbt r t i n t th s p t s ml tt nr at i an wtrt 1 in mr lib p na i v n v hit r of school were opened and read with the original number being narrowed to five at the meeting a decision to be made before a full board purchases made by the board included a portable classroom from the equcsing school board for the price of 2730 and new desks for the park school for 720 the portable classroom was made available with th construction of a new public school at stew arttown last summer what council did th f i j discuss plans for town truck storageapartment pomibilitv of installing mttniti pal fa pumps i hem invest jat 1 bv council cr r rn hvde brought the mi tr up at mnndiv s toincil n m mj claiming the l n could sac inn than llh a all n h dipt n tn it i wn jas it si i pa ron it our own in i han s h ai i bu wt mu t a lo k ifttr tht tixpavtr- an v ill 1 sat 25 ptr cent on ja in lit n this i r tr d hirn n a f rmt r ca rv t t ir 1 p tt i i r hv h i it am hi hal ipur hil jn lie luri n un a ii li i 1 i ull be btuuh n t i i la pinxlii h i if tht t n p ircha 1 mil i t i k tht w il t n nl a n in i nr bit b t c r f in r h 1 i n in i i t ru n flit f if ir n all p i no objection to joining complaining in a letter of dust nuisance on the municipal parking area behind mam st douglas cole guelph st asked council to do something about it he had been preyiouslv told he said that council could not spend mon e for dustlaing but last week they had been spending money to create more dust by dumping cin dcrs on tbe parking lot cr harrison explained that it is the intention to roll the cind trs which have been supplied free and the clerk was instructed to write mr cole that steps are being taken to alleviate the nuis ance what council did suggests town sign tell no school sewage plant carried glen rural mail for 35 years rural mail carrier for r r 1 glen williams for the past 35 years john hancock died on wednesday october 13th at the guelph general hospital after a lengthy illness he was in his 63rd year born in huntspill somerset england in 1896 the son of am brose hancock and ellen parsons he came to canada with his par ents when just nine years of age living in georgetown and district for over fourteen years before moving to the glen where he has farmed for the past thirteight years and carried the r r 1 mail he received his schooling at hunts pill he leaves hi wife the former ellen crockett whom he married n 1916 in st george s anglican church georgetown and nine children william glen williams beatrice mrs b crewson west flamboro robert donald john jean richarcp edward and rol and all of glen williams as well as seventeen grandchildren two brothers ambrose hancock jr r r 4 georgetown and harr hancock r r 1 terra cotta also survive him funeral service was held at the harold c mcclurc funeral home 34 edith street georgetown on saturday october 18th rev j rathbonc of st alban s church glen williams officiating with interment in glen williams cem ctery the pallbearers were harrv presswood cecil earth cvnl hordem and joseph eason of r r t glen williams and har old vk heeler and charles han cock of glen williams mr han cock was a member of st alban s anglican church glen williams rev d h mcfarlane st john 5 united marks its i19th anniversarv sundav with a v tsil bj rev duncan mcfarlane of lachine quebec brot her of the st john s minister he will preach at all services srown1es plant tulip bulbs around cenotaph t rc mi 1th i an t 1 k ia k h r ptriti n i c in in c iect n wh j bu i plai li i p j t nrru i out at th ct n itaph n situr ia oct 18th tht pj k plan t d f fl rt i in i uhite tul p bu b in the il ar ound the b e of t u cenotaph an 1 are conctrntd about people walk ng over the beds while waiting i the corner for rides and nulli fving the entire scheme brown owl for the 4th brownie pack i mrs bruce harlev and the tawnv owl is lilhan wolf 1 1 i 1 1 friends ashgrove people fete last saturday bride mrs james mephail the former marion bird was honoured at several showers and presentations prior to her marriage on satur daj october 18th in ashgrove un i ted church joan wngglesworth was ho tess when several girl friends met to give ber a miscellaneous show r mrs john macmillan milton also entertained at a miscellaneous shower and- the girls in the ford motor co office gave her a miscel laneous shower the ashgrove community honoured them with a shower and presentation in the basement of tbe ashgrove united n i th i hk t sjr rnt j k i t chctk n whttht r thi 1 aw v 1 a 1 w 11 t h n lillt at tht wj umpinj at n on maple vt until i nt intervsted m c ntin nng number hip in metropoh lan toronto industrial inmmismon unltss the 1 oooapcarlv fee comes from other than the town ireasun discuss n a it iter asking pav ment of the 1958 fee mayor armstrong said delrex developments has paid t for three vears and if the firm wishes to continue he would have prominent churchman at st albans anglican resident of glen l illiams inc 1922 john thomas crawford died in st joseph s hospital on tutidav october 14th at the age f sixt ont mr crawford was horn in iittle houghton york shin rnfiland and came to can ida and to un williams in 1922 ht and mr crawford the formt r mac t thornton wtre married in dectmbcr iil thev hae two in j hn and hark who with ht ir mothtr urvivt him for manv vears mr crawfor v t- enipl ved at irovincial paper till f r tht past fifittn vears ha h ii iith ant si nt 1 mitt d ht wi n n lican an i a mt n b h rc an 1 icttd as w i n n n th church f r e ml t a ii u ak a pas prt i nt f i it i n i jni t i r is tr 1 m ra vf r 1 n a ttrjn f h hri h 11 ir uvin w ih t rml f r f ir i wa i lumb r f the in i i i in and th imptnal st t i f the branch r ur t rotht rs nd vne si ir survivt him n trnjanl ht al uivt s m randch id rt n rev john rathbone and rev kenneth richardson conducted the funeral service in st albans an glican church on fridav october 17th at 2 p m pallbearers were george sargent merle rcid george ironside john hepburn jack i uca5 and gordon spence interment was tn glen h illiams ccmeterv over three hundred eat norval turkeys the fowl supper hi id in norval presbvteqan church was a huge success last fridav evening with over thrte hundred sitting down to dinner th mmb r f tht women uxilu v tait r ti to the affair with m j hn v mcclure as con vencr m s bd v mcc ure the churt i rgamst plavt 1 several selecti ns during tht dinner per lod tor our own protection the town should erect a sign pointing out that there is no municipal sewage disposal and noschool and avoid people coming to council a week after they move in to con plain said cr era hyde on mon day the councillor was speaking af tcr bernard cassell representing east georgetown ratepayers asso ciation said new residents of the area of sykes tool plant are wor ricd about their children travel ling a mile and a hal over rough terrain to harrison school this can t be the area where we re going to make all the mon ey out of taxessaid cr harns- i m surprised when the bull dcr is in so much of a rush to get people in the houses that they don t take tt up with him about getting their children to school cr harrison said he had read an advertising pamphlet saing paved roads will be supplied by the municipality you can t deliver a paved road like a quart of milk he said that s misleading unless some councillors have a road i haven t heard about cr hjde said he is surpr se1 to have a ratepayers associa un ask what council is going to do he would think it the association s dutj rather to inform new resi dents about conditions the new residents were certain 1 smart to know who to get in touch with in a ratepayers assoc iation said cr harrison v e ve got verv good advertis ing remarked mr cassell door to door i apologize for thinking the new people that smart i mean retorted the coun c uor mr cassell also relayed com plaints of dogs running loose which were turned over to cr elliott to draw to the attention of the humane society asking if the town is legally responsible for damage to motor vehicles on del rex roads taken over b the mu- nicipahtv he was told b the may or that the town s responsibility is the same as on anv other town road engagements mr and mrs stephen emmer- son announce the engagement of heir daughter mane claire to john zlons son of mr and mrs joseph zions r r 2 acton the marriage will take place on sat urdav november the fifteenth at eleven am in holy cross r c church georgetown mcphailbird wedding vows at ashgrove united church drawing of new holy cross separate school i ash cnitcd church was i it i rut i w th tandards of white sha n nl whip p m pom mums f r ii na it cf marion lsabt 1 ilir 1 i i i l rd n mephai i in sa nra oct btr 18th re j c hill officiated at the double nj t i nonv mrs james cam t i the oran st ind mr itil i ck f milt m wa the soloi t ii an o 1 rcit i t and i i 1 v th bnh i j h 1 m jit r of mr an i vlr wilf i k rd r r 2 d t i and the troom tht n 1 mr and mrs cil a mc i hiil t f milton sht i an cmplt of the ford motor co oak ville and ht at the mephail flee trie the bride given in mamagt bv her father wore a floor length gown fashioned with a bouffant net skirt with bodice of lace cm broidered with sequins the fin ger tip illusion veil fell from a headband of sequins she carried a cascade of red roses eveljn bird sister of the bride was maid of honour joan wng glesworth a friend and peggv me phail sister of the groom were bridesmaids wearing identical blue velvet gowns on princess lin cs with circular necklines the each carried a cascade of white mums catharine lasb cousin of the groom was flower girl in a blue velvet frock and carried a nosegay of white mums dennis smith acton was groomsman el mer and george bird brothers of the bride were ushers the wedding reception was held in the basement of the church where mrs bird received for her daughter in a plum coloured lace gown with navy accessories and a corsage of pink delight roses she was assisted by the groom s moth er who wore a beige lace gown over pink brown accessories and a corsage of yeuow roses for traveuin to the eastern btoiiati tlaair hnamjinuuu the onde chose a brown ssdt brown and jrtcn acctssorea and a cors ast of vel ow roses honoured sue ts at the wed dins wtre the grooms four grand parents mr and mrs g a mc- i hail eden mills and mr and mrs r gordon guelph and the bride s grandfather mr w fisher at ended from st cith arini r n altnn ha miton i iph harm m it n fden mills oakvillt burlington campbell ille r ckw od and st i ouis mich social personal mr and mrjloss simmons and joan carol of port hope were sundav visitors with mr and mrs garfield mcgiivray 8 guelph st mrs george hcmngton 24 guelph st was with her son bruce his wife and family at w illowdale for the weekend mrs j a brochu rjt 2 and other members of the family at tended the funeral of their uncle alfred james on october 15th at kinmount in haliburton county he died at the home of his nep hew howard james port dak hoosie on sunday mr and mrs frank buckle and family and mr and mrs sam gordon and mrs irene tanner all of hamilton were guests of mr and mrs wes fend- ley on sunday evening they attended tbe confirmation service in st albans anglican church to see their niece elisabeth ann fendley mr and mrs douglas latimer glen williams have re from a hip east flying to mi to attend the annrraage of ber sta ter mary marray moat mrs latin of hononr and hi usher mrs larimer stayed over to visit with relatives for an tn week