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4hkn mius ebenezer the acton free press wednesday june 11 1949 jr scenic falls at cataract above the fedu 61 the credit w the lean ol two eeetdartt last week whtn victims 111 over the brink on youth drowned and another nun it in hospital with a broken back at the result ol the drop stall photo double traaedv a double tragedy at the high fab at scenic cataract has claimed the life of a awlmmer and broken the back of a hernial nun waller kurtz 19 of r r i 65 years ow erinthe 65th anniversary of the founding of the belfounulnrockilde womena irutltule wai celebrated at belfountaln public school special gueili included mrt w sinclair cersrsyuown mrt george scoic erin both membera prior to 1916 ndmtj c macmiuan r ri terra cotta longeit active member mm ii copeland l president and mrt g corbett secretary crisis averted fergus a major criiii among high tchool teachert in wellington could liave developed juit before the may 31 deadline for teachert resignations but meetings held on several daya and nlghtt apparently helped to divert it the difficulties between the teachert and the wellington county board of education arose over contract negotiations it was reported that the teachers would go on strike and that most of the 420 in the county had resigned as usual wilh rumors these stories were not true but there was tome fire in the smoke explains the fergus weekly paper featured on tv fcrgusonce more the fergus and bora area will be fetidred in part of a television broadcast on he canadian broadcasting corporation a few years ago a whole series of telecasts featured life in fergus other programs have shown some of the scenery in this part of the province the latest program which will be shown sometime in the fall was originally intended at a rummer replacement for a farm show but the producer said that a better time spot had been found probably in carry september only one of the c b c crew had ever been tliere before and hie othert couldnt gel over how beautiful the countryside can be they were particularly impressed wumhe deep gorge of the grand river which stilts at fergus and exteifds beyond blora at an interview part of the program the site chosen was the bottom of the elora gorge at the point where he irvine and the grand rivera meet this involved having the whole crew or about 10 persons carry the equipment down the long flight of steps across the river on bare feet and along the rocks on the other shore to reach a suitable ipot in spite of all the effort everyone agreed that it was worth it featured on the show wdl be laurie jennings a former farm editor of the kitchenerwaterloo record and former news editoi of the now defunct georgetown leader and now with the c b c farm broadcast department georgetown facelifting georgetownldeas for a facelifting of the georgetown business area were sketched at a meeting called by the chamber of commerce paul mattel a toronto architect outlined a plan on which he has been engaged in peterborough in which merchants are cooperating in harmonizing store fronts and the city in removing overhead wiring where possible and standardizing street signs he first showed before and after movies of magdalen street in norwich england where a urge scald renovation has put dollars in the pockets of merchants and gained worldwide publicity all at a nominal cost of six thousand pounds mr martel then showed colored slides of downtown buddings and scenes followed with sketches of how these could be changed among his ideastrees planted down main streets centre island bright paint and banners in the walkway from the parking lot running along silvers store elimination of overhead ilgm jianoonliing color schemes of adjoining stores introducing the speaker sandy mackenzie warned that merchants might fight the logics of an older shopping areaif business is good why change jf business b bad cant afford it the consumer it king and queen he said and with huge shopping plazas on our doorstep these b going to be an era of unprecedented competition and merchants cant sit by and expect to survive without updating business wherever possible terra cotta diowned at he base of the falls after slipping from a rock at the tile of the old generating plant lie fell 10 feet and disappeared into the foam and locks at the base of the falls glen coulter of caledon a professional diver recovered the body kurtz was swimming with two other youths ronald and robert macgregor of teria cotta and two girls when the accident happened a herniate nun david oliver 20 fell and broke his back at almost the tame spot where kurtz fell lo his death he was treated at ihe orangeville hospital for cuts and bruises as well as a broken back the cataracl cuts through the niagara escarpment forming a deep gorge where the credit river rumbles through in a series of cascades before plunging over a 10 fool cliff in a spectacular falls obituary wray bessey was farmer member of one of lsquesings oldest families wray herbert betsey on died an may 27 in georgetown hospital son of the late john and annie taylor betsey he was bom on the sixth line farm given by the crown to his ancestors and farmed theic after his fathers death he sold the farm last year because of illness and moved to georgetown to live at 291 dclrexmvd he attended school jt the stone school and was alfilialcd with first baptist chinch he was a member of north llalton curling club he leave his wife prairie bessey whom he nurried in 1941 a brolhcr harry r r 2 georgetown and sisters mis b morns gertrude and mrs ii speers pearl ol toronto and mrs c smith mildred of kitchener he v as predeceased by brothers frjiikhn vailfred roy and robert rev l i wilton conducted the funerjl service at the harold c mcclure funeral home and interment was in greenwood cemetery pallbearers were nephews robert bessey toronto and donald hunter streetsville paul job milton keith job sean and neil tost check bikes accident prevention personnel of milton o p p conducted safety talks in glen williams lunehouse and pmeview public schools this week in all is talks were given involving approximately 449 pupils in addition ss bic safety checks bicycles were given clumsy killers hunting was not the immediate cause of 61 per cent of the hunting accidents in ontario in 1967 these accidents were due to the unintentional discharge of mishandled weapons summer improvements for community hall former store proprietor dies in regina at 77 by mrs r mclean by mrt robert wright a reunion of ihe thompson family was held sunday at mr and mrs ralph thompsons where about 30 gathered for art outside picnic on ihe lawns of their home the guett of honor ws mr thompson sr of everlon who celebrated his seventieth birthday the executive of eden mills and district community club held their monthly meeting tuesday evening in the hall several items of business were attended to in regards to the summer program the brownies girl guides cubi scouts and venturers plus the nursery school will not be using the hall for the summer months so arrangements have been made to have the floor sanded and oilier improvements made the committees for tlie annual i un fair will be arranged next meeting mr and mrt paddy kidd and son jim weie sunday guests of ml and mil r wilghl the choir of lden mills presbyterian church entertained the residents of lden house nursing home thursday evening with several anthems and trios bringing a little sunshine into their lives ospttlmoe the junior choir sang on sunday with sandra early at soloist next sunday the biennial pupils stage car wash by mrs d g robertson grade 8 pupdt of hie local tchool held a very successful car waih on fridiy afternoon pvoctedi of which will help defjay the expense of the graduation banquol sympathy is extended lo mr lawrence wetblnikl second line wlioie father passed away recently in the wlniupeg uea mi wesbinski flew west to attend the funeral mr and mrs ward bruce visited on sunday with their son and daughter in law garnet and mis liuce in toronto oongratulalioiis lo beverly bruce who received her graduation diploma frnol toronto western hospital mrs byron bruce attended hie mother and daughter tea and byron was a guest at hie father and daughter banquet when beverly proposed the toast to the fullers mrt murray mckilnck and family miss nancy grundy and mis george grundy attended a lupperware parly at mrt gordon billons home in rockwood mrs jean mcmillan wai able memorial service will be held at fcbenexer cemetery the sympathy of the community is extended lo the family of the late leonle golan who was ihe popular proprietor of ihe general store at brookville a few years ago he passed away at regina on may 29 age 77 years mr and mrs eli dalgle and firmly drove out to the funeral which ms held in st georges orthodox cathedral mist joyce he ton was the special speaker at ihe june meeting f bbenezer uc w the bee ions aie moving lo montreal and will be much misled by their many friends here mrs beeton gave a very interesting paper on brotherhood mrt young was the convener seventeeu ladies am we red the roll with a verse containing the word people to leave the giielpli hospital on saturday following eye surgery mr and mrs riks matthews mr and mis wesley robertson guelph viuted recently with mis m jackson tomett hamhtofr cd orromiraict 116 mounlamview betd s 77ot1 drowning broken back at scenic cataract ikv-