Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 1, 1959, p. 8

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th geokmtown herald juty i nst whether you stay at home or go travelling through the country for a fine vacation choose your wardrobe at coming events the office of r r hamilton optometrist will be closed for holidays june 29 july hth in clusive open again as usual on monday july 13th j1 baby clinic legion auditor ium georgetown first four mon days of every month 130 330 except statutory holidays sum mer clinics on july 620 aug 1017 alloa junior farmers garden party friday july 10th at 30 pjjtju herb reinharts sales grounds snelgnnje top enter tainment peel dairy princess competition adults 75c school children 50c 78 s the largest selection of fine clothes in the georgetown brampton district come in and see our many money- saving specials throughout the store georgetown- and district branch red cross society would like to clarify their posi tion in regard to georgetown swimming pool- the red cross receives no re muneration from the 500 fee for swimming instruction at the pool lead cross exacutiva to commemorate the visit of 1 her gracious majesty queen elizabeth ii and his royal highness prince philip duke of edinburgh busy month recorded by odd fellows lodge the odd fellows lodge has been very busy this past month on june the first the 1st degree was conferred on two candidates w o shaw georgetown and george middleton stouffville by maple leaf lodge orangeville the following week orion lodge georgetown conferred the second degree on the fifteenth of june golden star lodge of bramp ton came to georgetown to confer the third degree elevating the candidates to the highest degree in a subordinate loop all of these meetings were very well attended with members com ing from stouffville aurora wat erloo thornhill and alton as well as the degree staffs from bramp ton orangeville and georgetown several georgetown members had the occasion to go to a straw berry social and bingo in thorn- hill on tuesday june 2nd and other members visited the odd fellows rebekahs home in bar- rie on sunday the season was wound up on monday june 29 with a stag bingo odd fellows and rebekahs put into practice the teachings of the good samaritan odd fellows and rebekahs in the province of on tario have in use over seven hun dred hospital beds and over eight hundred wheel chairs- as well as bed tables crutches and other it ems needed in the sick room these arc loaned out to needy cases free of charge regardless of race colour or creed through their local cancer polio and tuberculo sis committees and in most towns they have a waiting list royal albert english bone china cup saucer s2 farn ells our store now airconditioned for your shopping pleasure tr 7265 17 main st s advertise in the herald it pays prominent in church work at hillsburgh george kovacs 6 johh sl east died as the result of being severe ly burned at the provincial paper hill boiler room where he was employed as stationary engineer 3rd class jie was removed guelph general hospital where he died on june 15th in his 46th year mr kovacs was born ihe son of elizabeth hegcdus and istvan kovacs at macdowell saskatche wan his parents came to canada from hungry in 1901 and settled in the prince albert sask district moving to clouston sask in 1914 where mr kovacs attended public school and high school at private boys school nesbitt home of the united church of canada in prince albert he was a man who loved o see new places and prior to settling in georgetown he and his family lived in prince albert hamilton gait waldron sask proton sta tion owen sound actonr george town then hillsburgh and back to georgetown his career was varied having been employed as a greenskeeper a secretary at the prince albert unemploymnt office machinist at otisfensom elevator company joy ltd gait a station ary engineer at the ontario train ing school at gait werlicks ltd preston artex woollens hespeler mccaskey gait and farmed for a short time at proton station he was with rca victor in owen sound and at the provincial paper limited he enjoyed his work and had many friends mr and mrs kovacs were mar ried on january 21st 1941 at st pauls presbyterian church prince albert sask his wife the for mer gladys evelyn keith and their six children carol hona beverley shirley george and ian survive him as do four sisters and three brothers a brother and sister died in hungary in and another brother in 1954 mr kovacs was a member of st andrews presbyterian church hillsburgh and was on the board of managers a member of the choir and a jnem ofthecoup les club he was also a member of the canadian legion and had held office in the young liberals association of prince albert vice- president of provincial paper cre dit union shop steward secretary for the national union of oper ating engineers of canada during world war ii he en listed in 1943 with hmcs star- naval base jlamil ton and was sta tioned at hmcs concstoga gait at the wrens training school as stoker 1st class of hungarian parents he was proud to be a canadian and en joyed taking his family on rips through canada and was planning a trip to british columbia in davidsonparr reunion terra cotta playground the third annual parr davidson reunion was held at the terra cot ta playground on sunday june 28th with seventyseven attending from havelock brantford meaf ord king city toronto and geor getown there were games and races for all ages the oldest member prile went to hugh parr of toronto the youngest member was wonetta hayes two month old daughter of mr and mrs bill hayes of water street georgetown officers elected for the coming years are gear hayes president wilf breen secretary treasurer and jack davidson games commit tee tastee traz guelph street east is now open 11 am to 11 pm to crsve you with tasteeburgers milk shakes hot dogs banana splits sundaes pints special for the month of july tasteeburger milk shake regular 60c now 1ust 50 bring this ad with you and pay only 45c new members join st andrews congregation st andrews united church held a service of holy communion on sunday evening june 21st in sl johns united church rev m g mcfarlane of sl johns uni ted and supervising pastor of st andrews was in charge of the service assisted by douglas h brown student minister over forty people became full members of st andrews united church those received by prof ession of faith wcre marilyn brian and boy cillis 38 dclrex blvd pa tricia higgs 66 delrcx blvd nina hinds 106 mclntyre crest shir ley rlgby 142 prince charles dr rosemary young 10 campbell gale jack bonsel 254 xtolrex blvd mr and mrs j harris lot 422 langstone crcsc mrs j mac- arthur 26mcintyre crosc ron mfl- sini 144 prince charles dr mrs r pcardon 79 norton cresc mr and mrs f zorge 39 rexway dr the following were received by reraffirmation of faith robert bradley 29 delrex blvd mrs l cassidy 62 raylawn cresc jack maoarthur 26 j mclntyre cresc mr and mrs w mulholland c sargent rd there were many transferred from other churche they were mrs w allanby 252 delrex blvd mrs j bonsel 254 delrcx blvd mr and mrs h brownridge 37 rexway drive mrs farrow 15 norton cresc mr and mrs j hanna lot 284 weber st mrs a higgs 66 delrex blvd mrs r masinl 144 prince charles dr mr and mrs j mccausland 17 norton cresc mr and mrs r murray 22 norton cresc mrs e ryder 58 sargent rc mrs m zwcc 76 rexway dr mrs j tta- versy 38 raylawn cresc mr and mrs krwebster ff norton cresc mr- and mrs m west lot 437 we ber dr mr and mrs j zorge 53 rexway drive after the service coffee was served in the audtorium by the ladies of the womens federation top of 900 at mcclure holstein disper5al the top price was 900 at the dispersal sale of willmac holstein herd of w l mc norval funeral service was conducted in st andrews presbyterian church hillsburgh rev alex caldcr of knox church george town and rpv george e wilson of st andrews conducted the service mrs wallace barbour was at the organ and accompanied by the choir two favourite hymns were sung what a friend we have in jesusand 0 love that will not let me go pallbearers were e hall ernest forgfave j e fenning george town j a bullock ospringe walter mcfec and john graham hillsburgh flower bearers were peachey n mofee d mcmur chy r huxley h barbour hills- burgh j costigan jr i crab- tree a hendry w pounder w j bingham georgetown b mil ler silvercreek fnterment was in huxley cemetery hillsburgh feature ella family on television show country calendar a tv program avidly watched by rural areas and town residents as well was of particular interest last sunday when ft showed the ken ella fa mily hornby in various aspects ol he daily life on thearm it also showed billy wilson son of mr and mrs clare wilson in the swimming hole and going into the hay mow an employee lou harris was also in the picture r showed the family going to church on sunday to sl stephens anglican church the congrega tion and a portion of the service with rev j e maxwell preach ing the program showed many ad vantages that a farm boy or girl has that town or city children do not enjoy and also what a pleas ant family and community life the farm was held on the evening of may 25th at oakville the entire herd of 32 head realized 13825 for the very fine general average of 432 each the 900 top animal was the bred heifer willmac soveregin alcartra who was bought by frank dolson of fradol farms brampton fradol farms also paid the second highest price of 775 for a fouryearold heifer both these animals were daughters of the excellent sire roeland re flection sovereign l fiveyearold daughter of the three times allcanadian spring farm fond hope went to wm r sebben wallcnsteih at 700 a very good sevenyearold daugh- er of spring farm fond hope went to j m macintosh aurora at 610 j m eraser streetsvillc bought her bred heifer daughter at 575 other good prices included 460 paid by morley sherwood burlington 450 paid by messen ger bros ripley 400 paid by hays farms oakville 460 and 400 paid by agro bros hamil ton 460 paid by b c howard sherbrooke que 425 paid by hays farms 410 paid by orvillc shewfelt kincardine 475 paid by harold a parkinson bramp ton and 460 paid by gordon c w mccallum schomberg 14 milking females averaged 458 each 10 bred heifers 475 3 open yearlings 256 and 5 heifer calves 255 each our exciting trip by gloria turnbull seven am was here and tine grade 7 class bad arrived at park school for an enjoyable trip to midland as we boarded the bus everyone suddenly seemed awake with excitement by way of high way 400 we progressed on our ninety mile trip about 930 we arrived at the re constructed huron indian village once inside dr jury from wes tern university gave us a brief talk on the history and lives of the hurons and explained how they made their longhouses we were then permitted to roam about the village grinding corn and try ing our hand at indian style bowl ing the clicking of cameras be gan here and lasted throughout the whole of the delightful day from here we went to- visit t martyrs shrine which was even more beautiful than i had expec ted there we followed father phelara up a steep hill to a small platform overlooking part of geor gian bay the hurons had used this same spot as a lookout for ap proaching enemies we were told all about breboeuf and other brave frenchmen who had given their lives for christianity by bus we then crossed the road to fort ste marie and saw the tomb of breboeuf we also saw the remains of the fireplace and buildings the missionaries had us ed after seeing fort ste marie we went to little lake park where we had our lunch and bought some refreshments and souvenirs our next stop was at the historic town of penqtanguishene here at fort pcrctanguishene museum we saw the skeletons of two boats the tigress and the tecumseh this fort had been a naval base at the time of lieut governor- john gra ves simcoe and later became a military base after the war of 1812 we were surprised to see the many things that wefe there we noticed a path where all the sold iers every day would march ar ound the flagpole about- a mile and a half from the fort we stopped at the st jam es garrison churcltonthelines scrviccsarc held regularly in this historic church which was built in 1836 soldiers used to march to the church regardless of rain or snow upon returning to midland had some free time to explore tht town and to boy something to eat afterwards we went to spring- water provincial park near mid- hurst to see the wildlife wander- ng through the woods we discov ered trout beaver wolves bears and all kinds of canadian wild animals most of us were greatly impressed by the beautiful eight foot span of the peacocks tail as it proudly spread its plumage as we started back to george town we felt as though we had had a thrilling day im sure all the class would agree that we had a wonderful time and that we would like to go back again theatre party dinner for harrison school staff on wednesday evening june 24th the teaching staff of harrison public school held their annual staff party in toronto where they enjoyed the movie gigit end dinner at lktle denmark after dinner presentations were made to five staff members who are leav ing they are hiss barbara cun ningham miss onnie ann pirie mrs r w murray mrs joe dwyer and mr robert pinkerton by teresa egerton in grade 1 by john haarsma grade 2 by karen dorsey grade 3 by christina pel legrinis grade 4 by donald pars ons grade 5 and 6 by robert hand grade 7 by jane law and grade 8 by d ewins members of the auxiliary who made the presentation were mrs john walsh mrs r c mcdcrmou mrs j boyle mrs e hand mrs w gwitdala and mrs george mun- dy two accident free years harrison school harrison public school has com pleted two accident free years that is two years without a pupil being involved in a traffic acci dent the school patrol boys who long with constable scott of the georgetown police department re largely responsible for he safety habits which have been developed had an evening out in toronto on friday june 29th the patrol boys this year were michael blackburn malcolm wat son rex heslop frank brewster roger clark ronald guyett bob grimsey david mcleod keith mc- cluskey dieter hachman fred rankin gary royle and ricky smith child health clinics schedule for july and august july 3rd august 7th acton st albans parish hall july 6th august 10th npeorgetown july 2mi august 17th georgetown canadian legion hall canadian legion hall july 27th august 4th milton legion hall halt0n county health unit present books to holy cross library the womens auxiliary of holy cross presented the children of each grade at holy cross school with a book suitable for their age group last thursday when they vis ited the school the books will form valuable contributions to the school library and were much appreciated by the pupils the books were received in kp clearing auction sale of almost new implements including john deere tractor model- 60 rowcrop john deere crawler tractor m40 with frontend load er bucket and grading blade 1953 ford 3ton truck with high racks john deere power mower massey harris baler with pto snowco bale loader bale elevator 150- bus power manure spreader with forage racks forage harvester wa gon and racks also a full line of tillage and farm implements two registered well bred one year old standard bred colts sad dles blankets etc will be held on the proprietors farm 4 miles north of milton 1st line twp of esqucsing saturoay july 4th at 130 oclock terms cash no reserve farm sold j j thistlewaite proprietor hindley a elliott auctioneers -t-a- w peter pan bras rag 400 319 girdles rag 598 429 drop in soon and become acquainted bradburys ladies wear 24 main stt south soft water is our only business you can rely on cuuigan yesterday today and tomorrow georgetown representatve len burns tr 74258 invesigate before you invest culligan the el d ln culligan culligan water conditioning chosen to demorbitate at the brussels world fair 3way rental or service or homeowned

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