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CHATTING fi Lamplighting Only One Chore For Towns Busy Police Chief HOW BETTER evoke food memories of the put than by mellow nickering lamptight THATS WHAT Paul Bar- 1 William Street un doubtedly will do when be In stalls an antique oil lamp out side bis cottage on Lake this summer And the past evoked goes far beyond anything Paul himself can ac tually remember since this lamp Is one of the original street lights used In George town For years alter Its re tirement from active service the lamp shone every night from the end of the dock In front of the late F Wat son Lake cottage just across from Barbers Is land where Paul spent the happy holidays of tds boyhood When the Watson cottage was sold lira Watson made a gift of the historic light to Paul THE OLD LAMP has rom antic overtone You see Mrs Watson grandfather Edwin Search was the official lamplighter for Georgetown in the days of long ago And Watson as a young boy sjubv ted Mr Search In his duties on holidays and weekends helped cart around all the par needed to tend to the lamps ladder cans of coal cloths to polish the lamp chimney and scissors for trim ming the wicks Id the process the young became friends with lamplighter and especially with fall young granddaughter Over the years tbe friendship between the two youngsters deepened Into love courtship and mar TALKING WITH Mrs Wat son who still Uvea In tbe bouse at Park Avenue where she was born and lived all life except for a brief period when she and her young den tist husband lived over office where be practiced revealed the fact that grandfather was truly a busy and well nigh Indispensable man In Georgetown early days For In addition to his a duties as lamplighter Edwin grove of trees at tbe back of Search was also the police staffle and tax collector He had charge of the waterworks ce metery and then mostly wooden planks or cin der paths and also was a dea con of Baptist Church Mr Search a Interest In the town extended even to its We have him to thank for planting that beau tiful avenue of maples on the approach to tbe park and the the grandstand SEARCH clearly bequeathed a love of Geor getown to bis granddaughter who as a young teenager at tending High School two rooms in Chapel Street Public School helped him to keep tbe town records She did much of his writing for Mm since he in common with the major ity of his generation was not proficient at It At that time Mr Search li ed In Bennett House a large hotel owned and run by tbe late Mr and Mrs Coffin parents of the late Mr Percy Coffin It was located on the Mala Street corner now occu pied by tbe Royal Bank The bunding extended back to Mar Street and included shre stabling facilities for tbe horses of its guest WHILE CHATTING with me on the phone Mrs Wat on mentioned that as she loo ked out window to the cor- where the Mc dure Funeral Home Is located she could visualize how particular property looked In youth There were no bou ses then Just a high board fence surrounding vacant land that extended down to what was then tbe Congregational Church now our Public Lib rary Known as he town square tb pot to Its most exciting use on Fair Day Then the cattle sheep and horses were Judged within Its confines while ex fatbits of culinary skill and nee- were displayed in the large shed at the back of tbe church This shed was later moved to the park and came the Armouries Market Street which runs along the side of tbe Library probably derived its name from this early period in the towns his THE FENCED IN Market Square was still In exist Mrs Watson at tended High School The two rooms in Chapel St had been outgrown and she was now at tending brand new High School which had been built in tbe same location as our present school To get there Mrs Watson recalls she often took a rather short cut unbeknown to par It was a lark to untetber he raft which was kept fas tened to a tree at foot of he behind Berwick Hall board it and pole across big pond which extended base of St Georges Church hill on tbe opposite side to Church Baptist Church Minister Rev Bars 10 im Church School am 7 Evening VISITORS Imrtwnual Lutheran Church Windsor Road at St I Rev Harold am Service Norval Presbyterian Church MMttw Rev Smith am Morning Worship Nursery care LI IS Church School of ho valley Once there was Just a short sprint up to High MENTIONING THE POND Mrs Watson described It as being be valley below the Barber house This fine old Main St South Is now Berwick Hall But calling It the Barber bouse brought back soma memories to me In the rears Mrs Watson was recalling the home must have been In Is heyday My memories of the Barber bouse are only or the years it lay vacant and In state of disrepair much which was doubtless the result of a favourite pastime of kids of the day exploring the haunted house I I INDULGED TOO in the exploring not tbe de stroying and can still re member the scary thrill of en tering those huge beautiful rooms with their marble fire places and band painted wall murals paver knowing at what moment we might plunge thru a rotted floorboard and into tbe blackness of tbe nether regions below Up he grand staircase we creak peeking Into tbe myriad bedrooms and down down seemingly end less corridor to the long wing at tbe back where the servants Granted we all felt a bit guilty at trespassing yet there was another eery feeling bit of fear perhaps yea but I swear there also seemed to be a presence kind In be house too that we It made for a heady adventure enhanced by freely expressed awe at the still beau remains of a vanished way of life SURE MRS WATSON well remembers the Barber mansion at its beat and ber husband would have too cause Dr Watson also was born In Georgetown and lived here all bis life ATIer graduating In dentistry his first office was upstairs In the Farmers Building which now houses our United Gas Office In those early days however part of the downstairs premis es was occupied by the Post Office Just a short time ter they were married Watson bought the Glass fami ly borne where bis wife was born and raised and where she still Uvea AS YOU CAN SEE Mrs and the late Doc tor put down deep roots into our community Undoubtedly it was this feeling which promp ted the Doctor to acquire one of the old coaloil street lamps when were being disposed of and to cherish It for many many years I GRATEFUL TO him because the historic street light has helped Illumine some memories for Mrs Watson to pass on to us And I sure Paul Barber will be grateful too because in addition to kindling boyhood memories cry time he lights it the lamp could also serve as a reminder to him or the early days Georgetown when his forbears played such a leading role In the formation of our town THE GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY MARCH PAGE Georgetown Alliance Church Centennial public School minister- J to Sunday School fall Morning worship Evening Service CCNTU MAPLE AVE BAPTIST CHURCH REV ROBERT LOHNES Pastor am and Family Sunday School a A Baptist Church Knox Presbyterian Church Main and Church MINISTER am I 1 a m REV F YOUNG Church School Morning Worship NURSERY CARE ORGANIST MRS GOWLAND Georgetown Pentecostal Church Main N Jack McCallvm Sunday Sunday School for Everyone 1 Communion Service Pastor Ttwday and THE CHURCH WITH YOU IN MIND DTO YOU KNOW Virtually all the Ontario sites capable of producing hydroel power competitive have now been developed Lower Notch the lost hydraulic station In the current construe program will be brought into service on the Montreal River this year New Zealand Pictures at Scout Father Dinner A delicious roast beef din ier was served by the Cubs and Scout mothers on Friday night In the church basement for the annual banquet for fathers and sons Tables were set for about I Guests at the head tabic Iton In tyre president of Green Acres Region Gordon Douglas district commissioner Paul Wilson president fad group committee Mrs csa Colter assistant district commissioner of Cubs and Scouts Ed Ryan assistant com miss oner of Scouts leader of local Cubs George Patterson leader of local Scouts Dan Connor and Rev Kelvin Johnston Mr Harry Burt entertained after the meal by showing pictures of New Zealand which he took while on a visit there lost year Blizzard conditions kept many Cubs and Scouts from the church parade on Sunday The new Club Dairyfaro has gotten off to a good start Sixteen girls met for the second meet rig the community centre Saturday morning Twenty six girls in oil are taking the club the other ten met with their leaders In the northern end near Erin The off for the girls meet in arc President Doris Burt vice president Ka thy French secretary Nancy treasurer Sheila Jam press reporter Debbie French telephone Nancy Snow The girls have chosen the name Daisy Queens They cussed with their leaders Milk for Health The euchre on Tuesday even Ing was fairly well attended Winners were ladies Mrs Mrs Tom ton Gents 1st Paul Schwartz with Clare Wilson and Mr Co- hoon sharing 2nd prizo There were two lucky draw prizes go ing to George and Linda Connor Ladles in the community arc Invited to Churchill Church on Friday afternoon to take part in the World Day of Prayer hot vices We extend sympathy to Mrs Brigga and Mrs Whito who suf a bereavement last week In the death of their sister in law Mrs Morrison The monthly dance sponsored by the Community Centre Com successful when a good crowd came out on Saturday to enjoy ing to music provided by Orchestra Mr and Mrs Allan Lamb of Toronto ted with her par cnts on Sunday Mrs Lamb was the former Diane Snow Smith eat meals begin with ABIERITE BEEF TABLERITE RED or BLUE BRAND BEEF Fruit Cocktail Choice Peas 2 KING OF ROASTS iga dog food sweet relish spicules 31 59- POTATO CHIPS 2 89 Cheese Slices PRIME RIB ROAST CANDIES MARGARINE 1 L Tide French Fries FRIES DC I CUIUS t ff POTATOES JAFFA ORANGES LETTUCE not CELERY STALKS 87 49 fresh CHICKEN LEGS or BREASTS 49 SCHNEIDER TO SERVE SMOKED PICNIC SHOULDER TABLERITE SKINLESS PURE PORK SAUSAGE 2J1 W RESERVE THE TO L FOOD PR EFFECT A QUANTITIES I SAT MARCH and service still lives at IGA DID YOU When you donate blood to the Red Cross it takes only 30 utcs from start to finish Includ testing registration rest and refreshment The actual giving of blood takes only to minutes Canadian Words English Equivalents Compared Speech was the topic at the February meeting of Al Chapter of Seta Sigma Phi The project was presented by Chris Burrell Dorothy Cur and Cynthia Partridge Each of the girls read poems regarding every day trials and tribulations as well as lifes lighter side Chris from England asked the as girls for their mean of various words she had written down The Canadian de finition was compared to English Each girl was too frequently used word which I was to Incorporate Into a sent nee This also proved fill as many the words were confused with similar sounding ones throwing the whole sentence out of context An invitation from George town Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi asked mem bers to attend their February cord party Helen Hutchinson at whose home the meeting was held refreshments to her guests before they departed Tom Kent an active member of the Georgetown Kinsmen Club and a resident of th town for the post fourteen years has taken the Kinsmen Girls Softball League under his wing for Its season This will be his 3rd stint as League Commissioner having previously guided the organi sation In its early years of and 1964 CHAIRED MANY PROJECTS Tom enthusiasm for all Kin PLATE MATES OF THE MONTH Georgetown turned license plate rush Into a gold rush last week They plates on cars the Department of Transport office on Main Street sooth for a let Giving this car their attention Ed president Jim Don and Paul Atkinson Tom Kent Commissioner For Kin Girls Softball activities bos been display throughout the years as he cherished many Kin fund raising projects and held lbs office of president 2nd v ident secretary treasurer and bulletin editor Kinsmen will M manning the entire League executive for season Kinsmen Ituss Die- gel and John Tnylor will act assistant commissioners while Kin Lea Foster will fill tbe posi tion of umpireinchief Public will be handled by Mary Cooper The local gab can look for ward to another full year of fun on the diamonds with sportsmanship and friendships being the goal with Softball ths means Registration is planned for early May with ample pub licity to forewarn the ball buffs It Is expected that girls between 10 and IS years will sign on for tbe June through September spirit and sportsman ship are the guide lines set down the Kinsmen Girls Softball League Dry Cleaning SPECIALS SPECIALS EFFECTIVE THUDS MARCH TO MARCH CADET Has Two Georgetown Locations To Serve You Moore Park Plan to Sat 9am toopmj GEORGETOWN MARKET CENTRE Sat 94 Ml Par Unllnad llnad- Panal