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toe georgetown herald twelve pages authorized as second cims mail post office depl ottawa georgetown ontario wednesday may 13th 1959 hrst section social personal mrs edgar eyres buffalo new york was a visitor in town last week visiting with several of her friends cindy day 37 henry st cele brated her third birthday on satur day by entertaining her little friends at a pary at her home those attending were ian long wvid allen michael fitzmanrice martha hogani sandy sullivan sus an arnold ruth and roberta how at blaketteid glenda and sher ry scarrow and paul thompson the high light of the party was a tricycle parade an which the chil dren had their tricycles decorated with coloured streamers and bal loons and then donning their col ourful hats and tooting their horns they paraded around the block births kirkwood wilfred and jean kirkwood of norval are happy to announce the birth of a daughter margaret gwen on ap ril 30th 1959 at guelph general hospital freestone shirley and rob ert freestone nee ashwin 35 ann st are happy to announce the birth of their son jeffrey alan in guelph general hospi tal on tuesday may 5th 1859 a brother for robert gavin thanks to dr alan thompson deaths lee james david suddenly wednesday may 13th 1959 at ashgrove in his second ear dearly loved son of myrna and forrest lee and dear brother of miriam the funeral will be held from the harold c mcclure funeral home 34 edith st georgetown where mr leo greenlees of jeh ovahs witnesses will conduct the funeral service on friday after noon at 2 o clock interment in hil crest cemetery norval memoriams mcdonald in loving memory of a dear father and grandfather william john mcdonald who passed away may 14th 1955 beautiful memories are treasured ever of happy dajs when we were to gether sadly missed by helen jerry and carol and jynmy hepburn mcdonald in loving memory of william john mcdonald who passed away may 14th 1955 those we love we never lose for always they will be loved remembered treasured always in our memory ever remembered by wife and family seiidon in loving memory of a dear wife and mother lois jseadon who died may 15th 1958 time taimbaway the edge of grief bi memory turns back every y leaf sadly missed by frank carol don on in loving memory of mr lois seddon who passed away may 15th 1958 however long our lives may last whatever lands we view whatever joy or grief be ours we will always think of you ever remembered by vera ina hazel and torn smith in lowng memory of nty dear wife violet who passed away may 18th 1958 lpnght and just m all her ways lojal and true through all her das silently suffered patiently bore god took her home to suftcr no more sadly missed and always re membered by daughter- andrea and don smith in loving memory of a dear friend mrs donald smith who died ma 18th 1958 always remembered by mrs w e warren standish3n lowng memory ot my father who passed away may 15lh 1950 ever remembered by his dau ghter mary cards of thanks hogan our sincere thanks to all our friends for the congratula tions gifts and many acts of kindness richard and marion hogan smith we would like to ex press our appreciation to every one for their many kind acts floral tributes and donations to st johns church at the time of our sad bereavement all the kindness and thought- fulness received helped a great deal at this tune and we sin cerely thank you mr and mrs roy smith and family garry briggs son of mr and mrs t h briggs stewarttown was eleven years old on tuesday may 12th mrs gunther frey the former brenda robinson is- home visiting her parents mr and mrs e r robinson 22 james st from mun ich germany for an extended vi sit mr frank irwin 69 sargent rd has just returned home from the guelph general hospital where he has been a patient since dec ember 27th mr irwin suffered a broken thigh while tobogganing at the golf club he will be ion valesccnt at his home for sotni time mr and mrs c bellethem trudv and ariel 106 prince char les drue spent the weekend in bt thomab with a family friend mr willis while in st thomas they viewed the beautiful amphi theatre of alrfla college and visited he quaintly beautiful anglican church w inch was built in 1822 at a christening ceremony in st georges anglican church on may 3rd rev kenneth richard son baptized julie baby daughter of mr and mrs james costigan 29 market st her godparents are mr and mrs jim robb and her aunt mrs elmer fendley mr and mrs w a hibbins 57 mclntyre crescent have as their guest mrs hibbins mother mrs edith feme who has just arrived from wallasey cheshire england for a visit with them mrs feme traveled by boat to boston and flew from there to buffalo and on to malton mrs jean nugent mrs clifford burt mrs wilfrid bird mrs tom brownndge mrs frank ruddell i mrs robert lawson and mrs wal ter lawson were in bampton sat urday evening attending the recep tion for mr robert cooper wor thy grand patron of the order of the eastern star for ontario and mrs ella early grand organist held in st paul s united church guests at lynn ritchie s twelfth birthda party last saturday were sharon allen from milton judy nash jill runham elizabeth dav idson jackie lince mary mcnam ara ginny terry margaret gil chnst ellen riehn lynda hyde lynda kentner jane bradley ljnn bradley peggy tyler and pat dodgson toronto lj nn is the daughter of mr and mrs wil ham ritchie 8 union st games and a birthday party were the order of the day last saturday when brenda faye eason daugh ter of mr and mrs steve eason 5 mcnabb st celebrated her 8th birthday her guests were sherry van wyck joyce macdonald el eanor chaplin elizabeth allen cathy richardson and arlene craw ford janie schenk was unable to attend mrs floyd varey her godmother assisted mrs eason with the party jeffrey eason son of mr and mrs thomas eason 19 byron st celebrated his 9th birthday with a theatre party in brampton last saturday his guests were grant and graham wingrove charlie biehn bruce dennis kent snell and dean little andrew dewhurst son of mr and mrs harvey dewhurst stev ens cresc celebrated his tenth birthday with a party last satur day afternoon games films and a birthday supper were enjoyed by his guests who were leslie moore alistair moore margaret and elaine thompson his cousins ronald bilton leonard thibeault donnie thibeault his brothers john and gary his cousin george stigger was also a birthday caller mr and mrs graham farnell albert street entertained for their daughter carroll on saturday cv ening in the auditorium of wrig glesworth school members of her class and several friends enjoyed an evening of dancing games fol lowed by a delicious lunch mr kenneth hinsbn and tape record ns furni hi 1 nu u i r ih danc ing mr andd mrs farnell were assisted h he c ass teachers mr douglas scott miss riirtch and mr william kmratlc of the school and mr and mrs james evans mr and mrs reg broom head and mrs h c wngglesworth mr and mrs w lonslra 58 r ver drive spent the lr holiday travelling west leaving mai on airport by tca s non stop calgary flight they visited with friends there and a two day trip to banff national park was made flying south to lelhbndge other friends offered a trip by car to waterton international park flying home i two day stop was made in win nipeg as old residents of that city it was interesting to see so many things which have changed and to meet many acquaintances the re turn trip was made by cnr train through northern ontario a good opportunity to see a lot of this ine province ovcgrad and wfe tc receive diplomas friday one of five who received first class honours among 47 final year student at the ontario veterinary college dr gordon king will be associated with dr charles sayers at georgetown animal clinic graduation day on friday will be p double event in the king family as mrs king the former norma tumbull will auo receive her vet degree that day dr king is a toronto native af ter graduating from east york col legiate he attended toronto teach ers college and taught public school for two years before decid mg to become a veterinarian he received the general proficiency award in both his third and fourth ears played intercollegiate foot ball his first ear and has been president of the i hilharmonic soti et hi wife is a jraduale of wal kerwlle collegiate in windsor dr and mrs king have carried their lot of animal to the brie ling of doberman pinsche rs and intend to find a country p opeity neai town which will allow kennel space for their pets presbyterial president guest at st johns mrs arthur harris president of halton presbyterial w m s was a welcome guest at the may meet ing of the afternoon auxiliary of st john s united church on tues day mrs harris spoke on unifica tion of women s groups a matter that is being studied and discussed among the women of the church today mrs w brownndge presided and called on mrs clarence hayes for the worship period mrs hayes gave a very fine devotional based on the 13th chapter of corinthians no instrument can explain god s hithest gift it is a matchless story of indescribable love and sacrifice jesus made the supreme sacrifice on the cross mrs hajcs stated and that our religion should shine through into our everyday living mrs gordon padfield always a welcome guest sang a loyely solo did you stop to pray this morn ing mrs vil stein read the topic on hawaii which gave a greater in sight into the life and history of these island people mrs m g mcfrarlane thanked mrs hams for her enlightening remarks and stressed that the ladies all study and pray about this new phase in the life of our church mrs victor macdonald was in charge of serving a delicious lunch and a social time was enjoyed over the tea cups minstrel highlights feature of gala day the georgetown rotary club will stage the highlights of their recent minstrel show show boat at the georgetown hospital association s cala day in the park on saturday ma 23rd it was announced tues day may 5th when the association met m the municipal building mavor jack armstrong will emcee the entertainment and both the girls pipe band and the georgetown citizens bos band will take pirt in the program the hospital auxiliary plans to have a fish pond and possibly a pony ride at the annual affair for the chil dren as well as a refreshment booth and raffle for i t tran sister radio and shade lounge with the association decision to increase their membership new members nn now join for the 1 00 fee the executive are hoping that iht present members will make a special effort to attend the next meeting on may 26t h when two import tilt motions will be voted on the proceeds of a tig daj sched tiled for june 19th and 20th will i r y 1 the huilding fund new curling rink is proposed for john st a new curhng club which would be erected behind the john st arena will be discussed at a mee ting of georgetown curling club which will be called sometime in the next two weeks some thuiv curlers attended a meeting recently and gave tenta tive approval to a proposal for a 55 000 structure the plan would call for building this summer to provide a nnk with four sheets of ice and a 30x60 observation lounge sites chosen for the rink is an arcasouth of the swimming pool close to the arena building pres ently used as garden land a finance committee headed by dick licata- as chairman and don wingrove as secretary treasurer has oliver hunter percy cleave and douglas latimer as members what council did new town engineer now on the job beginning his new duties as the town engineer on monday geof frey bligh attended his first coun cil meeting that evening and be gan assuming some of the duties which will fall to his department among them will be building in spection whjtch has been- handled by assessment commissioner joseph dibbons for the past two years mr gibbons appeared at the meeting to abk thathe be relived of this job as it is difficult for his dep artment to handle these in addi tion to normal assessing duties when a ratepayer r c warren appeared to ask if clean up work after storm sewer installation in the swanek subdivision could be speeded up h led to a discussion on costs initiated bj cr trn hjde while some of the work is being done b the town and will be char kid baik to the contractor mr hyde claimid that sodding of dit ehes cannot be dealt with in this way and that council should have discussed this before it was pro ceeded with he stated he is not opposed to the sodding but would like to know costs before it is done crs harrison and mcgilvraj said costs will be within the dc denture issue floated for the sew ers the matter will be discussed with engineer wm h carr at the next week a meeting while mrs wm r hjde 52 king st l showed baby clothes and a sample of wash water to councillors mrs douglas wood 50 king street ea t complained of smoke nuisance in that part of town mdor armstrong explained that following complaints last week he had contacted officials of alliance paper mills where a temporary smokestack is being used whili a new boiler is mstal led there is no othir solution to the prist nt problem he said and the mill is working as fast ah pos siblc on the mw installation the new boiler will he oil fired he said which will be a distinct ad vantage in future to the area mrs wood tflso mentioned od our from mill waste and the may or reyiewed this question sajing the mill takes whateyer measures thev can to keep odour at a mini mum that the dept of health jas it has no effect on public health and that council has no authority to deal with this other than in a health way the mills are spending thous ands of dollars trying to deal with waste said cr hrn hyde resid ents must realize that the indus tries are an asset to town and pay a large share of taxes he contm uetl asking about re assessment of property mrs wood was referred to the assessment commissioni r bv the major who explained the procedure necessary if a raupa tr wishes to appcil an assessment a lroup of senior pupils of chapel sir et sch ol with pnnci pal vol sinn attended the miit int mil wrn jmn i talr on mun uipal prociduri hy the mayor mary pvans e xpressi d thankv of thi rnip f r their opp rtunit niiiikipil eoyernment n ac ti n keillor wm f hunter com plained of sidewalk damage in front of his dielph st property caused b the bell telephone co and askctl for immediate action ik was told that on that di the company has commenced cleanup operations along the highway a 350 donation was made to the intermediate hockey cluh in rernmtion of their ontino chom pionship thi year two local graduates from ryerson institute raduite- from jtyirson insti t ie of lechnitouy who received their liph in at conoc ition jast thurseliy inclti led t george t vn ung people sand mackenzie computing a three year c uire in architcetur il technology has joined his fath er to become the third generation in the firm of j b mackenzie son ltd virginia mc arthur who took highest marks in her secretarial science course and won a 100 proficiency award is working in toronto with linde air company engagements mr and mrs agar guest an nounce the engagement of their daughter marilyn alice to dr john douglas webster son of mr and mrs douglas webster toron to the mamage will take place on saturday june 6th 1950- at three o clock in st matthews anglican church 3962 bloor street west islington governor general massey visits georgetown thursday show boat minstrels booked for 2 shows traffic problems on the newly inaugurated st lawrence seaway have yet to effect the flexible courscof the ftotary clubs show boat and its rojlicktng crew the b crew and gay cargo of songs and slapstiek humour arc scheduled to put in at the halton centennial manor on friday may 22nd to a repeat performance of the minstrel production that drew attend cost accountants hamilton annual meeting mr l mrs don powers 144 rex way drive attended the annual meeting of the society of industrial and cost accountants of ontario held at the royal connaught hotel in hamilton on saturday may 9th an outstanding part of the pro gram was the presentation of r i a certificates to recent ontario graduates who have successfully completed the prescribed courses bt nstruction and examinations mr powers assisted in the inaugura tion df lecture courses in the r- lagara area in 1953 three of the graduates wee students who en rolled in thcr initial 1953 classes the ontario society now has a membership of over three thou sund including 518 registered tubers legion notes tomorrow thursday the grand patron of the canadian legion the rt hon vincent massey is honour n the town with a visit the officers of the branch trust that eich member will try and be on hand if possible as the senior repri se ntatiy e of he r majesty in the dominion we hope that any ne free at that hour will be pres ent the parade will move off from the legion hall at 4 15 the sports program is still roll ine a i on merrily with gob col her kecpinj the bos busj in thi different departments last saturday was a busy one with alex korzaek one of the bus lest people we ye seen in some time we hear john walsh ind fred johnson went fishing a couple of weeks ago but not very far it seems a pair of stinkers came along and did something to the wires in tht front of the car and the bos didn t happen to ha a spare me chdnic with them ah well they hid a food laueh when the culprit i it run ier a fiw months aeo cutest st ry wcyc he are is one concerning a lady readme legion note not so ion and seeing an article about tht chip w ho uei that he was too iiii h be inter tested in girl wh n hi wis n the army she snel if the lu that wroli thi blet it his cr iy in thi heid sorry but as repor lir wi re ju 1 1 ripe ating what the man si id lael t hell it well the a n mi il oni pinde will be held in rr opt on june 7th and i h pi d thit rqctemn will be represented by the w and the imperii as well as the branch details will appear at a latir dale the golf tournament will be held etn silurtiy june ilh it the local olf club this ilwns brings out i re il fr nip inel we hope to see i rcil re presentation from all of the 7 ne incidental we just found a nther nice tr ph that his been out of compntion for a number of yeirs it was domted to the zone fie eirs afo by the late m sybil bennett and was won the first ear by joe blower of port credit and the second year by ken nash of georgetown the cup must have been on display downtown and was never put back into competition it will however be back in circulation this year the regular monthly meeting is to be hbld thursday evening mav 28th a 1800 p m all members are urged to be present remember tomorrow the visit of his excellency the governor gen eral rl hon vincent massey the legion will greet him at the cenotaph and we would like to see a real turnout packed housesr for four nights here a few weeks ago the following night the entire company will do jaghl the show for the gala day celebration in the park and on the 29th show boat navigates the cne grounds to entertain- the governor general s horse guards at a stag party in the coliseum foursome dinner opens ladies golf season tuesday may 5th marked the opening for the 1959 golfing seas on for the ladies section of north halton golf and country club af ter completing a two ball four some 54 members were seated to a very enjoyable dinner president margery mackenzie presided over the business meeting which high lighted the past fashion show and the forthcoming penny sale sla ted for june 17th captain mrs j h chamberlain and her play ing committee comprised mrs j dwyer mrs harvey chappell and mrs stewart young very ably and thoroughly explained the rules and regulations to be followed un dcr clgu two clgu spoons were presen ted for 1958 honours mrs j h chamberlain for the afternoon group and miss helen mcgill for the evening group opning day prizes were presen ted by the president miss margery mackenzie as follows 18 holes 1st low net mrs sam mackenzie and mrs ross duncan 2nd low net miss eleanor spitzer and mrs ted darlington 3rd low net mrs leonard ward and mrs alfred sykes 9 holes 1st low net mrs russ woods and mrs joseph dwyer 2nd low net mrs stewart young and mrs artfiur parry 3rd low net miss jean mackenzie and mrs kenneth mccauley 4tb low net mrs jim cleave and mrs ted ar nold 5th low net miss joy laird and mrs frank wallace ashgrove fatality car strikes child twentv month old steven james lee son of mr and mrs forrest i ci of ashgroye died late this morning after being struck bj a car dnyen by magistrate kenneth m 1 andon 2 edith st witnesses say the child ran in to the path of the 1angdon car at the ashgrove intersection mr langdon was driving north on the 7th line and swerved to the left applying the brakes when he saw the child run onto the road but was unable to avoid knocking him to the paement eoricton ambulance yxas rushed to the scene but the child was dead when the arrived cst ra ndress of the county de tichment opp inyestigated the fa talit lorne scots to petawawa the i orne scots militia regim ent his been authorized to attach up to 75 officers and other ranks to the first canadiaitxluards for a one week summer training course at petawawa beginning on ma 10th this is the second year in which militiamen have taken summe r training with the actui fejrce georgetown will greet canadas governor general his excellency bl hon vincent massey tomor row when he pays a half hour visit aq town mr massey will be met at the station by mayor armstrong coun colors and their whives sandy best mp and stan hall mpp and their wives the party will proc eed by motorcade to st georges church grounds where rgv ken neth richardson president of the ministerial association and his wife will join the party his excellency the governor general will ride in the first car of the motorcade with his worship mayor armstrong and an aide- decamp in waiting while the se cond car will carry mrs arm strong the secretary to the gov ernor general lionel massey and mrs massey and the assistant to the secretary on the church grounds where the school children will be assem bled the mayor will offer his ad dress of welcome to which the governor general will reply the procession to the cenotaph will be greeted by canadian leg ion veterans officers and men of the lome scots regiment and high school cadets and students and while there his excellency will place a wreath the last post re veille and god save the queen will signal the conclusion of the first and possibly only visit of a representative of royalty here the governor general and party will from that point return to their special train at the station and immediately depart for bar power off an hour as auto clips hydro pole georgetown and surrounding milages were left in darkness for some time saturday night follow ing an automobile accident on main street north which brought down high tension wires that had to be repaired by specialists joseph lorusso of 40 victoria st the driver of the 1956 chev pickup truck that was in collision with the heavy pole escaped unln jured he was driving north on main at about 1105 when he lost control of the vehicle it veered across to the west side of the road clipping off the pole and then cut sharply back across the street finally coming to rest on a front lawn yhe impact snap ped the main power line carrying 27 600 yolts blacking out the town glen w llliams stewarttown and norval and sending residents scur- mng for coal oil lamps and can dies until power was restored the repair was delaj ed while special linemen were called in from brampton to perform the opera tion damage to the truck owned by bob reynolds of 25 john street e wase estimated at 500 by the in vestigating officers constables ilarley 1 owe and ron rankine damage to the pole and line ran the total cost to close to si 000 stewarttown mrs grant hostess to women s institute the ma meeting of the esque sing womens institute will be hclel thursday mai 14th at 8 p m sharp at the home of mrs c a grant stewarttown the sympathy of the community is extended to tyvo bereaved fam lliea in our village jflrand mrs j c murrav were in teterboro lately attending the funeral of the latter s stepmother sorry to report that mr bert hunter met with an accident while working in a garago in milton at present he is in milton pnv ate hospital mr and mrs howard briggs gary alice and phyllis were tn woodbndgc- saturday attending the wedding of their niece where alice made a sweet little flower girl for her cousin s wedding par ty sympathy is extended to mrs herb reid who received word of the death of her grandfather in manitowaning mamtoulin island receatly mr and mrs donald lawson passenger injured in 9th line rcash mrs oliver upshall of rr 1 glen williams had to be treated for multiple lacerations following an accident on the 9th line north of glen williams early friday after noon involving a 1958 ford driven by the injured woman s husband and a fargo dump truck driven by gordon bowers of 4 emery st georgetown ihc collision occurred on a blind incline where the cnr north line crosses the road dr o v williams was called to the scene and treated the injured passenger there at his office the drivers of the vehicles suffered no serious injuries cst william bennett of the county detachment opp at milton investigated the crash and placed the damage at close to 1 000 the lpshall car taking the brunt of the loss about 600 worth the accident occurred shortly after 12 noon nephew promoted j s e mcallister nephew of dr a mcallister of town former 1 executive assistant of babcock wilcox and goldiemcculloch ltd has been appointed a vice presi dent of the company a resident m gait for 24 years mr mcallis ter is a director of the gait board of trade- were in chatham last weekend at tending the wedding of one of don lds oac classmates john man ning jfr stewart alexander of sudbury formerly of georgetown was also a guest