Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 9, 1959, p. 1

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t- the georgetown herald i fooktbnpaqes authorized second clua mil post offica daftt ottawa georgetown ont wednesday sotembh 9h 1vs first section this is how georgetowns mom street looked half a century ago the scene taken from an old postcard show the 4 corners looking rorth towards the baptist church spire buildings on left with verandah is the bennett house one of the town hotels of that day which was later demolished and is now the site of the royal bank what council oid town war memorial will move to a new location under discussion it various tiro es for several jears a decision has been made to move georgetown s war memorial to a new location with sanction of branch 120 ca nadian legionexecutwe members of which group have been discus sing this with council represents lives a decision was made by the council last night to move the cen oaph to a small park being crea ted at the corner of charles a james streets property chairman fred harris on has been in touch with con tractors who could handle the job and it is expected that the move will take place well before the date set for the 1959 remembrance scr vice the new location will take the memorial from a corner which in the horse and buggy days was an excellent site but which with growch of highway traffic has made it increasingly complicated to hold public funcions at the main st and highway intersection it is within easy marching distance of the legion hall where parades us ually form and the natural beauty of the new site will enhance the effectiveness of the towns tribute to men who lost their lives in three wars ten industries cooperate present exhibit of wares ten georgetown industries are cooperating to present a vivid picture of the community s indus trial growth in an exhibition which georgetown chamber of commerce and delrex developments are join tly sponsoring september 18 to is4 georgetown industrial exfcfb- itnon to be held at delrex mar ket centre will be opened at 6 p m friday evening september is simultaneously with the new shop ping centre and will occupy one store premisesin the antra which has been reserved for it william willson general manager of the metropolitan toronto industrial commission will officially open the exhibition paper mills said this exhi tion by the chamber and delrex is one step in a continuing program to let the world know that geor getown is at the top of canada s most vital industrial region the triangle bounded by george town toronto and hamilton right at the corner of the st lawrence seaway s heart a model of a new type autogy ro one of the first knitting math ines giant electronic tubes paper processing materials intricate gears and machine tools will be among the exhibition displays all the products of georgetown plants exhibits wilt show how various products are manufactur school pupils who submit the best essay on the subject the indus tries that provide work and wealth in georgetown the essay contest will be announced when georgetown district public schools reopen this week pupils of grade five to grade eight will be invited j to visit the georgetown industrial ry a exhibition see what the industries ln the catching mean to their commumtv then write about it a prize of 75 will be awarded for the best essay three others will receive 25 each essays are to be submitted by oc tober 31st but are not to be writ ten before the contestants have an opportunity to visit the exhibition the georgetown industrial ex glen look like winners trounce norval 2 games i the glen industrial fastballers took a stranglehold on their semi final playoff series with norval last night when they won their se cond straight game this time by a decisive 9 to 2 score they troun ced norval in the series opener in norval last wednesday night 10 to a tom peavoy and webster com bined for last nights win while bud varey took the loss with ter 1 cameron shar- two home runs in the ball game helped the glen cause louie brandford in the 2nd and bud haines ra the 6th both with nobody on in the other series only one game played to date that one last thursdaj night when alliance sur prised smith stone 7 to 5 at the park bill bingham was a hero mrs w g marshall widow of exreeve airs bertha ma marshall 42 queen street died in guclph gen eral hospital at the age of seventy six on tuesdaj september 1st she was the wife qf the late william g marshall who predeceased her a few months ago mrs marshall was born in erin the daughter of almlra lundv and george robinson in 1904 febru ary 3rd mr and mrs marshall i were married and their five child 1 ren haxel mrs ed wheeler of hamilton william of ottervillc harold ethel mrs v torrance and douglas survive as do five grandchildren and three great grandchildren a sister mrs wil ham graham is also left airs marshall was also active in community affairs particularly in the womens institute verdun re- bekah lodge and for many years was the president of the women s association of knox presbyterian church on wednesday evening members of verdun rebekah lodge met at the harold c mcclure funeral home for a service in her memorj rev alex calder conducted the funeral service at knox presbyter lan church on thursday septem bcr 3rd at three o clock pallbear ers were all nephews wesley gra ham wi marshall frank rob inson george mcdonald and geo short interment was in green wood comet cr st andrews congregation now worship in new chufch st andrews united church has commenced morning worship scr vices and sunday school in their new church building at the corner of sinclair avenue and mountain view road directly behind the new delrex market centre the new church of modern des ign was built by zorge construc tion and is entirely portable it was designed by some of the mem bers of the congregation in cooper ation with halton presbytery and is built in sections which are bol ted together so that it can b mov ed to another site when st and rews permanent building is con strutted the church has a seating capacity of approximately 200 and its lighted cross on the front of the building adds to our already atractive eastern entrance to town a service of dedication will be held under the direction of dr donald on wednesday september 16th at 8 p m at which time the church will be officially opened to the residents of georgetown on sunday august 30th dr donald officiated at a service of baptism when olwyn caroline el eanora infant daughter of mr and mrs kelvin brown of 15 gibbons place and patricia joan zorge dau ghter of mr and mrs fred zorge were christened st andrews united church is proud to be one of two new chur ches constructed in georgetown in rcent years and is a good lndica- ton of the growth and develop ment of the town cobourg ousts peewees provincial ball finals georgetown and glen william ea me nuueriais tne and hibton wll b7ope7f7r guided rlmevet i pcel scn0 kpector industries are cooperating to pro- the work and wealth uie create class lours of school children each lnc 7th wltn uo on tha cnawpd i- c q vide a dramatic presentation of the i in georgetown region morning during the wtok beginning alliance to tike over the lead i luu faiwi range and importance of our indus harold bairstow general mana soptcmbcr 21st thc exhibition trial activities jack cnchton pre i ger of delrex developments an hiu sident of georgetown chamber of nounced that delrex is providing be open to the itneral public commerce and manager of alliance i 150 in cash awards to georgetown f noon u 9 pm each day cobourg s peewee ball team was led little lime in eliminating the local youngsters from further play in the provincial finals by sweep ing the best of the three series two games to nil cobourg won saturdays encoun ter at the park 9 to 5 in extra inn ings after taking the opener a week ago by a 5 to 2 count cob ourg will now go on to play owen sound who were so successful in a tourney at the cne if the local pee wees play again this season it will only be in an ex hibition gatne george c puckering was smith stone employee decide winner thursday palermoglen softball hornby the count girls softball champ ionship will be decided tomorrow thursday night in omagh glen williams after spotting the palermo girls a two games to noth mg leadrhave come back strong and lastvhursda in palermo tied the besr of five series at two gam es apiece downing the pals 11 to 8 ka king pitched for 5 innings before belt stafford was brought m in relief and between them the st stephen s guild plans var1eo activities st stephens guild met at thc home of mr anil mrs onion 1 te on tucsli oemn si ti mbt r 1st with elcen members pri nt the pisidint mrs len saund telford and dillon for thc wm nors mills wh f h h jt and hurst for ss alhanct will be trwng to stretch it to two game when thj plaj at the pirk to niht in the second meel len ind norval rtsume their sonc thur day nuht in the glen inns surl at 6 15 a smith stone employee and the inspector for north peel nat of terra cotta george ci if mr j mmr wasi puckering 44 died on sep the guest speaker at the septem lcmbcr 2 in toronto general hos bers meeting of allowed the palermo just 6 h is compared to the 11 thc collected off two opposing hurlers helen bridgeman and charlotte cirie- audrc cain shone in a hitting w praer the secretin mis role rapping 4 hits in 5 tups to john bussell and the treasurer mis the plate aan harrop cue lh r rrpnh game tme for tomorrow mht s m ar iin f lhp t t ate on the carpet fur th eniiiili clash is 830 under the lights in m john bra uev t mirkr of th omagh the winner to takt home i fair booths eave i ich numb r the hauard troph smbolic of their duties in do it ich fair it was definite h utile i t h ivi 200 damage when car forced off side road lun 1dward hickm of m ipli ers opened the me dim with the a georgetown osnpid si r njiii when his car wns fire terra cotta far rs lub held last monria at the home of mr in i mrs i od cnch turn in his informative address mr muir told iht members of the unpot 1 ant pirt e ach le e i of the education sxstem from the mm ister of education on down plajs n i thilds learning he a- in troduced b clure dolson who is al o i trustee fir west chinua cous 1 nle rtamuu nt was prowled b pilal son of rhzabeth stuart pucker ed off no 17 sideroad an 1 struck the mekcown sisters of kprniqe a tr i e irh tluirsdij -im- rnoon who prtsinud a number of dnnce hirktn wis dnwnj east on the selections and h shiron flliott wt suit r ud hm the westbound tnuk the piano rl mckane expressed ernvdeel him into the u se griel the ipprecntion of the troup to thc title only one minor accident towjrslabour day toll the nitumn the i sinn urdi afternoon o 1 1 er 2- 2 30 pm and the different mittees were chosen the mcetng is to be at the hi hile cars all over the country were locking fenders in the an nual labour day game of rumple bumper georgetown police were lauding the local motoring public who navigated the three day traf fie tide accident free one minor accident was reported in town on saturday when an ac ton man wayne emmsrson of 216 macdonald st acton lost control of the car he was driving on on tano street emmerson had just crossed over a narrow bridge when thc vehicle left the road on the south side cli rrtbed part way up a steop incline and rolled over once coming to rest on its wheels facing south ac ross the road the car is owned by ralph langford of r r 4 geor getown 1 cst r d whitson investigated the accident which occurred al ab out 11 50 pjn cartruck smash in norval yesterday neither driver was injured in car truck smash at the intersec tion of no highway and norval sideroad opposite the hollywood house yesterday morning that res uhed in damage totalling an esti mated 600 involved in the collision was a chev sedan delivery owned by treecon ltd and driven hy ken neth giddings of 24 stevens crest georgetown and a 1954 monarch owned and driven by arthur savers of r r 1 norval the sayers car was making a turn onto the nigh way when it collided with the eastbound truck cm roy haxlett of the county opp investigated the crash which occurred at about 9 am ballinafad man in hospital car accident cbarfes plouffe ballinafad was taken to toronto general hospi tal with undetermined injuries yesterday following an automobile accident on the 6th line just south of no 7 highway iplouffe was driving south on the road when he lost control of his car in the loose gravel it flipped over when it struck the east ditch and rolled across the road finally coming to rest in the west ditch dr alistair macintosh treated the driver before he was rushed to hospital by gvas two passen gers in the car escaped injury the accident happened at about 3 30 pm nd cst william bennett of the county detachment opp made the investigation mr and mrs john buss11 on toes day evening october gth the met ting closed with praur i unch wis served by miss pegu 1ee mrs g prestidge and mrs i robertson mr gordon ixe ui i son orinl enjoyed the holiday weekend fish i ing near virginiatown in north ern ontario j congratulations to mr and mrs robert marshall who were married i in the hornby united church on saturday september 5th mr and mrs delbert downs vi sited with mr and mrs glenn giles in montreal over the week end members of hornby ball clubs and their executive enjoved a com roast at the hornby park last friday evening mr jimmy cunningham won 1st pnx on his field pumpkin 1st pnie on citron and second prize on mangolds with the vegetables he showed at the cne mr and mrs donald robertson and their two sons bill and jack of winnipeg man arc visit ng wilh mr and mrs wm robinson for a couple of weeks wherr he lost control of hi ick the c ir eered sharp icrei hive the renel ind struck a tree n sit st roj hilitt of the oounn 4 a i hmi nl p mve seated the m iceieltnt nnel placed the dimui tei t the llieken car al ab mt 200 it 0 occurn 1 at ahout 115 pm iheise who to k part in tile prog rim in the 1 idies section of the meet in4 the in it t it miners not how lon we lie but how wa tiktn by mrs clarence i wnsand the roll marjom elizabeth died in 1920 call was responded to elen rule for heilth ith a fol postal delivery coming to town september 28 friends relatives are hosts for hornby bride a saturdaj bride joan wrig glcsworth w as honoured by friends and relatives at several events prior to her marriage imrs albert marchment was hos tess at a weiner and corn roast ni and the late robert puckering when sunday school teachers and ftt was a eteran of world war 2 assistants at hornby united church simng with the rojal canadnn gathered for an eening of fun rhller following their mai mrs garnet howden held a sur nase in jflj 1m6 mr and mrs pn party on behalf of the girls puckering she is thc former almi i ball club on august 18lh lovely ra brown of cumberland count i miscellaneous gifts were received s hed in toronto where he was bv the bride to be on august 25 imphned with the national cash the hornb united congregation register co they moved to geor met in the church basement and lielown in 1952 and resided at 11 showered robert and joan with a sirah street n ardent fisherman i lovely plate glass mirror from the he was a member of georgetown evening s a a bed light fr6m the nglers5 hunters assocation choir a fruit container from her he eaes his wife two child church school class a white bible ren sharon mailene and robert from the sunda school and many eorc his mother mrs robert beautiful individual gifts on aug puckering sister ann of terra u 28th an aon commumtv shower otta and brothers ro of glen was held at thc honi of mr and williams jack of georgetown and mrs james marshall with over harxev of terra totla a mstcv eighty friends and relatives attend ing on august 22nd norval jun lor institute held a miscellaneous shower at the home of miss jean bird with mrs james mciphail as sisting friends of the bride at ford of canada where she has been em ployed for the past five years also held a surprise supper and mis cellaneous shower engagements mr and mrs james a roe guelph st announce the engage ment of their daughter marjone anne to william l bingham son of mr and mrs william j bingh ham georgetown the marnane will take place in st georges an glican church on saturday octo ber the third at three o clock imonday september 28th will be a history making da in george town that morning eight mailmen will begin their rounds delivering mail to businesses and household ers starting a training course next monday are charles culbert 18 cleaveholm albert j williams r r 2 edgar scott 136 maple ave e gordon inglis 12 churchill ron ovenden 20 hewson james bradley 35 normandy etehe di ckenson 26 victoria st and albert service turner 36 hale drive another first for town is estab hshment of a sub post office word was received from ottawa this week thav delrex smoke shop will become a postal agency handling all phases of postal work except processing of incoming mail householders who have not in stalled drop letter boxes are rem inded hy postmaster harold maish all to do so immediately as boxes are necessarv to receive delivery offer teaching aid retarded children early in the summer a pilot com tree of the north halton district 77 association for retarded children mot at the home of mrs e ball main street south to study and consider ways and means of con tacting and helping children in the dstnet one item also considered was the changing of the name of he organization from milton and district association to the present one of north halton district asso ciation mr jerry addison of milton met with the group to help in the dis cuasions members of the commit lee present were rev morgan me- farlane dr a macintosh dr alan thompson thomas van sickler george hewson mrs j newman and miss jean mackenzie rt morgan mcfarlane his pas tor at st john s united church conducted the funeral service on saturday al the harold c mcclure funeral home pallbearers were a neighbour gerald mfcrea clif ford cook r r 4 thomas hous ton toronto robert puckering willowdale arthur puckering ca ledon and william lavers south brook n s interment was in greenwood cemterv georgetown town of georgetown notice to water consumers in cooperation with the town water department the town fire brigade will be testing hydrants and flushing water mains in the following streets on thursday september 10th 1959 commencing at 7 00 p m all streets west of main from maple ave west to guelph st water mill cross and back sts g r bugh supt of works

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