Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 1, 1959, p. 1

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ntst section poat offln dapt ottawa georgetown omt wednesday july 1 ten pages gen man instantly killed gravel truck strikes car edward p obrien died sudden ly on friday june 26th as the res ult of an accident near brampton he was instantly killed and ttoree others were hospitalized as the result of a three vehicle crash on highway 7 five miles east of brampton injured were ray williams of georgetown who was in the obrien car john arthur lawry- now of indian road toronto and nelson wilfred lawson of r r 2 aledon police said that lawry- now was driving a gravel truck away from brampton and was in volved in a headon collision with lawsons car the truck reboun ded and was in collision with the car driven by mr obrien mr williams and mr obrien were re turning from work at the dehav- llland plant the truck overturned and came to rest against the obrien car mr obrien was in his 47th year and after living in toronto west ern canada back to tor onto and after serving overseas he returned to this district and at tbe time of bis death he was em ployed at dehavilland before go ing there he bad been in business for himself at terra cotta for six years and also worked at the cre dit valley quarries during the war he served overseas with the canadian tank corps he was a member of the cana dian legion branch 120 and was greatly interested in darts music and legion activities his parents lillian jane dunn and mathew john obrien predeceased him surviving are his wife the former irene scott six sisters three bro thers and a stepson wllbert members of the canadian leg ion held a service at the h c- mcclure funeral home 34 edith street georgetown on sunday ev ening rev alex calder and rev kenneth richardson chaplain of the canadian legion conducted the service on monday june 29th at the funeral home interment was m glen williams cemetery pall bearers were gordon knight htlls- burgh dick smhhson terra cot ta don robinson norman felker glen williams henry shepherd and joe pry georgetown mill foreman musician rcaf bandsman in war an alliance paper mills fore man and rcaf bandsman during the war winfield uoyd curly wheeler 43 was buried monday in glen williams cemetery he ded on june 27th in guelph gen eral hospital after an illness of several weeks a son of john and elizabeth da vison wheeler he was a native of glen williams where he had liv ed all his life he attended pub lic school there and later high school in georgetown he was a member of the lome scots band for fifteen years of glen williams united church and of branch 120 canadian legion he leaves his wife una hill two children allan and susan his father john wheeler of glen wil liams and brothers and sisters an drew wheeler and mrs charles ohjfra toronto russell wheeler ort erie harold wheeler glen williams and mrs phares vannat- ter georgetown a brother win ston died a few years ago rev lloyd free officiated at the funeral service with rev john rathbone of st albans church as sisting the service was held at the harold c mcciure funeral home with interment following in glen williams cemetery pall bearers were herb hancock bob mcmaster ron mendham henry shepherd michael george and alf goodwin will spend summer in native scotland mrs alan fleming daughter joyce and son craig of 112 prince charles dnve are spending this summer in dumbarton scotland their first trip home since the fa miry came to canada a group of friends safc them off at the station when they left town on june ii th bound for montreal from where they sailed overseas on the ss sylvania social personal dr and mrs r t paul 30 mill street spent a recent week on a fishing trip to sunset cove near north bay mr and mrs george kean of flushing ny are visiting with his brother alex and mrs kean mcnabb sl miss marjorie hunter and miss ohve logan queen st were guests of mr and mrs pete hunter at valley view cabins huntsvule during a recent weekend visiting mrs schleicher of ter ra cotta were mrs george aldous and mr and mrs wilfred renaud with daughter dianetall of wind sor ontario mrs e w wodson of toronto has returned to town for the summer and will be spending the next six weeks at the bradley home on main street south recent guests with mr and mrs ray jones of terra cotta were mrs hesslewood of bournemouth eng land mrs richard hagg of rex- dale ont and mr and mrs pete fautley of parkdale ont mrs j s reevenewson brigh ton ont has been visiting with her daughter mrs rose m harvey and leaves on sunday for england by air to visit her youngest dau ghter in wimbledon trudy and ariel belleghem daughters of mr and mrs c bel leghem 106 prince charles dr are away for the summer at tlm- berlee cottages where their par ents have a summer resort mrs- rose m harvey maple av enue east and her brother mr james reevenewson took their mother mrs j s reevenewson brighton to thornbury on sun day to visit with dr and mrs t a reevenewson mrs s b groat 33 victoria street spent last week in toron to with mrs jack gerrie and mr and mrs james gerrie 125 elva- ston drive while in toronto she attended the funeral of mr jack gerrie mr and mrs joe shevlin er- leau and mrs steve norrie of mountainview road have just re turned from a motor trip which took them to fort william where they visited with their brother ben allen it was- the first time mrs norrie had seen her brother or twenty eight years they trav elled down the canadian side and back through the united states mr and mrs j l lambert so delrex blvd are away on a trip to washington dc where they will visit with his brother dr and mrs george lambert dau ghter cynthia is spending the next few weeks at rolling acres ranch at durham susan meltzcr daughter of mr and mrs sam meltzcr 18 shelley celebrated her fifth birthdaj this week with a weiner roast for all children under 8 years of age residing in the west end of shcl ley st some twenty children at tended the party mrs pat patterson and mrs cam sinclair of limehouse and mr alec hume and mr and mrs w t sinclair or town were in ingersoll on thursday to attend the funeral of the rev dr howard a former minister of knox presbyterian church mr and mrs harvey norton of limehouse were guests on satur day at the wedding in brampton pentecostal church of manloy bowcrman and carol ann thomas mrs jim bailey of town was the bridesmaid and mr bailey an ush er at the ceremony mr and mrs a h feller mr and mrs william mcnally and mrs walter biehn aitendedabuf- fet lawn supper on saturday given by mr and mrs george lake thornhill in honour or the recent marriage of their son larry to the former gwennyth shore of stral ford nearly a hundred friends and relatives gathered for the cv ent which was held on the grounds of mr and mrs lakes home the groom is a nephew of mr and mrs feller and cousin of mrs nally and mrs biehn baxter cunningham vows in norval presbyterian church mr and mrs kenneth frid sign the register in st johns united church following their marriage at which rev morgan mcfarlane officiated the bride is the former sue crabtree daughter of mr and mrs ivan crabtree 7 parkview blvd mr and mrs frid are making their home in guelph annual remembrance service at glen williams cemetery rev g lockhart royal was as- listed by rev john rathbone when he conducted the rememb rance service in glen williams ce- metery on sunday june 21st harold c mcciure was the mas ter of ceremonies at the fifth an nual service and after the call to worship and invocation the hymn sweet hour of prayer was sung this was followed by the respont vc reading of psalm 23 bejond the sunset was the solo sung by mrs donald hancock af ter which mr rathbone read the scripture the brampton salva tion army band played a selection prior to the moment of silence and the hymn fauh of our fathers was sung before mr royal conducted the service blest be the tie that binds was sung at its conclu sion and the benediction- was pro nounced by mr rathbone following the singing of the queen mr rathbone blessed the new cemetery land in a brief post service ceremony the addition of two benches to the cemetery don ated by the glen scout troop was mentioned in remarks made by mr mcciure at the commencement of the service ballinafad wins electric iron kinettes dance prize mrs d c wilkes 7 mackenzie dr was he lucky winner of an electric iron drawn at the golf club saturday night when the kinettes sponsored an end of sea son dance for the local kinsmen mrs wilkes ticket was drawn by dick licata who with mrs licata wa sthc special guest of the even ing mr and mrs harold mar shall were the guests of the li es tas some forty couples attended the dance one of the most successful undertakings staged by the young dub since their inauguration the kinsemn and kinettes are also joining to arrange a picnic for the children on sunday july 12th norval takes 1sided victory in baseball smith stone managed only 3 hits on sunday as norval handed the electrical workers their sev enth setback this season a 9 to 0 shellacking at the park lancaster turned in the brilliant pitching performance to blank ss while fisher went the distance in the losing cause brush worked behind the plate for norval and earl walters and hurst shared the smith and stone catching duties george grasby hrt the only home run in the one sided affair in the fifth inning with nobody on the glen outhil cottons 11 to 8 jn registering a 93 victory over their closest rival at the glen sun day jack kcmshcad and webster for the glen and a new phchcr bcrtason and boxford the loting combination johnny haines added to the glens march in the sixth inning when he belted out a home run with three men aboard the win for the glen was their ninth ag ainst only 5 defeats alliance fell before the leader on thursday in a less specalacular contest that the glen captured 5 to 3 pcavoy and webster for the glen and gib telrord and leslie for the coalers darkness prevented cottons and norval from reaching a decision on thursday in a less spectacular innings to a 7 all tic aubin and cameron the norval battery pete pomeroy and boxford for cotton brothers don aubin who was a stand out in thursdays game with twelve strike outs and an equally impres sive plate performance which net ted him a pair of triples and glen hurlcr don houltby have been dropped from the league because of a boundary infraction both men hail from outside the limit aubin travelling from guelph to make the games and houltby from wood- hill if the smith and stone glen clash in the glen tonight is any thing like their last encounter fans should witness a real slugfest there and at the park cotton bro thers will be attempting to add to alliance woes by keeping the coa lers deep in the cellar school picnics held summer camp plans mrs h norton and son david left this week to spend a month at the we eoast visiting her daugh ter at vancouver and another son john who is a high school teacher at hope bc mrs marj swmdlehurst returned home this week after spending two weeks with her daughter in dunn ville mr and mrs j black and fam ily visited on sunday with friends umonvillc and markham dr and mrs misiner from wat erloo were week end guests at the manse again this week and he accompanied mr mcbnde to all three churchy and sang a solo at each service four of our boys are off to the united church camp at paris this week they are bill smith jim sandersotir alan jamieson and johnny kennedy next week bob by black goes to the scout camp at evcrton and at the end of july two of the cgtnjirls -mafy- baker and louise snow will attend a camp at ilumber glen near bol ton the summer holidays have star- ted for all school children and many of the schools enjoyed pic nics last week blue mountain school held r their annual outdoor social op thursday afternoon when a goodly number of parents friends came out to enjoy tine fea- jj vi ties with the children and their tfeachcr ball games and races for all were the main attraction of the programme and a nountoous lunch of sandwiches cookies and cake was enjoyed by all and a special treat of ice cream and le monadc was provided demse rid ley and helena hilts assisted mrs short ill with sports and everyone had a grand time a similar pic nic was cnjoed on the same daj by the pupils at the peacock school rex heslops host to church auxiliary the members of the womens federation of sl andrews united church and their husbands were entertained at the home of mr and mrs rex heslop on wednesday evening june 17th some lively games started the evenings festivities a weiner roast followed at the outdoor bar becue the guests then retired to the recreation room for dancing many of them took advantage of the invitation of mr and mrs hes lop to swim in the indoor pool a silver collection was taken and donated to the building fund of the new st andrews united church everyone had a wonderful time and thanks goes to mrs glen em merson along with her committee who cooperated with mrs heslop in planning this social evening which closed the first year of ac tivity of the womens federation eamey legion founder one of 4 soldier brothers one of four brothers who served overseas in world war 1 and a man who devoted a great deal of his time to the work of the cana dian legion john david chic ron- ey 71 died at sunnybrook hospi tal on june 19th son of the late james and mahalia wright roney he was born in hunstville he served ov erseas with the 13th field ambu lance and after the war lived in chicago then in georgetown where his father operated a shoe store in the present wigo tv loca tion he later moved to kearney where he was instrumental in for ming a legion branch for the past ten years he had lived in newmarket where he was steward of legion branch 426 he had only recently returned to make his home with mr and mrs william roney during the second war mr ro ney served with the veterans guard he was a member of the toronto originals club and new market curling club rev morgan mcfarlane conduc ted the funeral service at the har old c mcciure funeral home on june 23 the previous night lo cal legionnaires held a service at the funeral home and at the grave side members of the newmarket branch paid their respects at a special service pallbearers all from newmarket were cliff dav idson don stokes syd steventon paul and wes tobey and alex hands mr roney leaves two children mrs don germain of florida and everett of detroit 9 grandchild ren a sister mrs irene cordwell windsor and brothers foster and allan of toronto and william 6 normandy blvd minor lacrosse thursday july 2nd and tuesday july 7th 810 years 630 730 1012 yrs 730 830 13 yrs and over 830 930 rangers hbt spurs tie for first place in soccer playing their first game in the recently formed soccer utile league the rangers scored three times and held the hotspurs to a single tally at the park saturday to tie up the spurs for first place in the three team loop the game was the second played in the young league and the first setback for thg hotspurs who won their opener against sparta the coaches were unanimous in labelling the play of the teams ab ility wise remarkable and the praise was echoed by spectators ana tnterested localites will have an opportunity to watch two of the teams saturday morning when sparta try to even the score with rangers at the park both the atom and the bantam hearts took a breather last week after showing surprising strength in their separate divisions in the first half of the campaign in their first year in the oakville and dis trict soccer leagues hanks to the georgetown communitj asso ciation the atoms arc riding on top of their division while the bantams hold down second pace in their circuit and hope to capture first early in the upcoming half the bantams play dixie tonight thursday at dixie however the atoms wont see action again un til the second week in july when they take on mimico at the park hydro interruptions sunday july 5ih power ww be off from 100 am to 4 am in hie cross street substation including everything north in georgetown and east inducting john queen albert durham maple delrex subdivision and everything south of no 7 highway power will be off from 500 am to 7 30 am in the alliance substation i serving provincial paper alliance paper varian associates river drivegten williams and king st from sarahst north four public schools share silver awards scholars from all four public schools have again benefited thro the generosity of local merchant sid silver who some years ago in augurated the hyman silver me morial awards to be made avail able to the pubic school graduat ing classes sharing in the awards were the pupils with the highest and second highest marks and the pupil who has shown the most progre at chapel street public school mayor jack armstrong and rev alex calder in charge of relig ious education were on hand to witness top scholar mary evans second highest scholar aajie van dcr voort and the most improved pupil kathleen williams receive the awards at the graduation ex ercises at the park school principal harold catling made the presenta tions to ary herbert joseph harris and gene roshier and prin cipal william kinrade at wriggles worth awarded the scholarships to james tost virginia lee and garj mccrea douglas stoltz had the highest academic standing at harrison public school where harold henry is principal second here was mark llewellyn and rexeslop and wendy cntchlow tied for the most progress the scholarships consist of 12 8 and 5 pink and white gladioli decorat- ed norval presbyterian church on saturday june 27th iwhen rev g l royal officiated at the marriage of marilyn anne cunn ingham daughter of mr and his r w cunningham 17 byron sl and henryblake baxter on of mr and mrs a m baxter 52 king street the double rittx ceremony took place at three oclock miss betty mcciure was the organist and mrs q l royal was the soloist singing the wed ding prayer and o perfect love the bride given in marriage by her father chose a princess gown of silk peau de sole with the bodice featuring a square neckline and tiny capped sleeves the full skirt fell into a chapel train a crown of pearl centered flowers held her fingertip veil an she carried a crescent bouquet of pink tea roses centered with car nations and white stephanotia mrs clare trebell was a matron- ofhonour for her sister in a gown waltz length of white organza embossed with sprays of coral flowers to match the taffeta cum- berbund and headpiece susan cunningham sister of the brldn and mrs duncan baxter sister-in- law of the groom were brides maids they wore identical gowns of white organza embossed with sprays of aqua flowers to match the taffeta cumberbund and headpiece they carried cres cent bouquets of coral tea roses and white stephanous with ivy duncan baxter was groomsman for his brother and ross and jamie cunningham brothers of the bride were ushers the wedding reception was held in the church hall and mrs cunn ingham received for her daugh ter in a beige lace gown over taf feta and a corsage of yellow sweetheart roses she was assist ed by the grooms mother in a grey embroidered silk gown with a corsage of pink carnations for their honeymoon trip to niagara palls the bride travelled in a dusty blue organza sheath gown and duster white accessor ies and a corsage of pink sweet heart roses mrs baxter is employed at a v roe canada limited and mr baxter at wylies shell sta tion clarkson they live at 15 gairey drive georgetown town clerk attends honey harbour conference the municipal clerks and fin ance officers association of on tario held their annuafcontecence piano vocal pupils successful in exams at the recent midsummer ses- sion of examinations held at the royal conservatory of music to ronto the following pupils from the studio of kenneth r hani- son arct rmt were successful grade 1 vocal joan beatty of milton and gillian swann 1st class honours carol mcghvray honours grade 2 vocal sharron sweetie grade 4 vocal david fhrnell and robert mccumber honours grade 1 piano linda mcphail milton 1st class honours judy uordan milton and ian bowell honours and bobby manderson grade 3 piano katherine wil liams grade v pjano rex heslop and grade vi piano j1h runham honours at honey harbour for three days last week attending the con ference from town was local datk- treasurer clarence benham v crles towns and townships were the three groups into which the assembly broke for discussion with uniformity of a clerks duties the aim there were some one hun dred and fifty in all at the resort townfrom the 22nd to the 24th for the conference david tost elizabeth ward marriage vows in stayner successful tag day reported by hospital eight taggers were so success ful in canvassing the town during the two days of selling tags for the hospital association on friday and saturday june 19th- and 20th that the amount grossed surpassed proceeds received from the well attended gala day staged by the association in may a second tag day has been proposed for fair day mrs alex taylor was in charge of the two day fund raising and headed a selling team of mrs jack harrison mrs n perkins mrs cliff stacey mrs fred mccartney diane pennock sandy marchment and pat chamberlain a local young couple were mar ried on june 29 in stayner at the anglican church of the good shep herd rev harvey market officiated at the marriage of elizabeth ward- daughter of mr and mrs floyd ward glen williams and james david tost son of tbe late mr and mrs henry tost of town the groom is in the navy stationed at halifax with hmcs huron the bride wore a white organdy streetlength gown with white ac cessories a red rose corsage and carried a white prayer book her attendant miss carol bradley wore pale blue organdy white accessor ies and a corsage of pink roses george hall was groomsman a family dinner party followed the ceremony at the pioneer res taurant

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