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the g herald wednesday evening may 29th 1946 asricultural society plan for q one hundredth fall fair j946 show will be held spt 6th and 7 ladies section elect executive presentation to director g w mcjlintock the directors of the bsquehig agri- lwwi baldness last wetmesday waning 9rtwn they met at the home of mr and ua w h held norval road for a 1 vita misraess last wednesday evening a lady directors and wives of the dl- i motors bad beep invited and mucb in- tercet was shown in the forthcoming 100th fafl fair to be held on september ifa and ttih prealdexit craig rem rtook charge ot the mens meeting and mjas charlotte mcguuough convened t group the separate meetings at i bemat wibich a j presentation ot a smoking stand was isflade to mr g w mccllntook who tea been a valuable and f ahhf ul mem- bar of the board for the past fifteen ears mr p w cleave apoke of the rmip and untiring eforts which mr mountock put into he society and as j small token ot appreciation the pres- i4dent made the presentation on behalf it of the society lunch followed and a the weather social and personal mrs john r barber of toronto was a weekend visitor in town fr and mrs trygve told sett last ik for a threemonth trip to thetr homeland norway bob ryner who injured bis band in an accident at georgetown clay pro ducts some weeks ago baa bad to enter toronto general hospital for further treatment mrs oeorgg novak 01 t was a visitor with her parents mr and mrs david brill for the holiday mr and mrs e m readhead of mu- ton wellknown in this district are leavlnrthoruy on a trip to vancouver and the west coast mrs w h kentner was taken quite suddenly ill last week and will be con fined to toronto general hospital for a week or two where she is recuperat ing mr and mrs prank murf in spent the weekend lnnlagara falls and st catharines on saturday they atten- the wedding in st catharines of his sister miss thora murfln to mr vera jones mr and mrs lome peters visited wjh friends in wiarton over the 24th of may holiday i mr and mrs harold mcclure and george and mrs j a mcclure mo tored to then- cottage at port sydney muskoka on sunday mr and mrs a mrmtuan of toron to were holiday visitors with mr and mrs clarence benham we ore sorry to hear that miss mar jorle evans has been quite ill at her home and hope she will soon be able to return to her position with ready s variety store miss jean wardlaw rn who rec ently graduated from guelph general hospital nursing school is spending a week in town at the home of mr and mrs t ehewson dr clifford redd is attending the convention of the ontario dental as sociation at the royal york hotel tor onto this week dr and mrs j t bjehn or samla visited over the holiday with mr and mrs walter rtehn mr w a devereauz has returned halifax n s after spending a week with his parents mr and mrs harry devereaux harleykay maralsnd ltd recently honoured two emrdoyest gordon lane and david bowman who served with the army ove sea with tbe presenta tion of parker 51 pens mr and mrs b p redaton retur ned by plane to montreal sunday ev ening they flew up to attend tbe lesliehyatt wedding sjrturday after noon and visited with mrs redeton parents mr and mrs george h lea- limehouse may we correct an error in last eks column mrs a w norton was soloist at he presentation for mr and mrs ken hamilton visitor during the weekend and holiday included mr and mrs watson of toronto with mrs gale mr and mrs- wilfred mcbaoheren and children and mrs w hall and mr and mrs hill all of acton with viscount ahxandet awards military medal to georgetown men thomas dickenson and fred harrison honoured for gal lantry in action in italy capt ted graham receives obe friday may 24th was a redletter day for two georgetown men when sport hews by h l hut the rain that helped to spoil the races at the woodbine on the 24th held off well to enable a large crowd to see tiie noisy motorcycle races in tbe park here the heavy thunderstorm and deluge of ram that same night was tbe heav iest we have had this year and gave over an inch and onetenth to catch up on our shortage so far what we need now is warmer wea- therand an occasional shower to en sure bountiful cropsm fields and gardens following are the local records tues may at 60 60 64 wed may 22 09 40 thur may 23 73 61 pri may 34 73 45 111 sat may 26 00 54 sat may 25 89 54 22 mon may 27 66 40 tbe secretary reported that plans for fee field crop competition in husking oorn were going ahead as quickly as possible and asked that all those who tkave not yet sent in their entry forms i tddoso by june 1st it was also no- ltd that canadian industries limited bad kindly offered to donate 1500 in i aieronandlse towards this prise list a committee composed ot h cleave t j brownrldge and g mcodvray county councils and school boards meet to discuss high school plan wiikural award to go to tbe person making an out- v contribution fn agriculture or to the society the matter of getting out a souvenir program and booklet for the centen nial fair was discussed and a commit tee organised to look into the matter sobeot historical data and donations toward same those named were w jl alexander otaa and 24 years member ot tbe board w a wilson l past secretary m yean in tbe office fltra herb cleave mrs john hunter ew o odrjnmgbam prank fetonand lf otosve tr for tbe pa sne to tbe change in condfitons and useotom made tbe fallowing change vka admwdon prices adulta 3c eb- u splteerst mr and mrs aubrey grant and kenneth with her mother mrs j smethurst mr and mrs herrlngton and sons and mr foster at mrs jagos cottage mr and mrs bill ms and jmrs dickie and children with ibis parents mr and mrs jones of cheltenham and mr and mrs bonner of toronto with the nobles mr and mrs jim lowry and child ren and mr and mrs jack miller cal led on tbe millers one evening last week llmehouse school children visited those at 8 8 no 16 on thursday af ternoon and carried the score 65 over 39 in tbe softball game the score- keeper must have had a fulltime job miss mary klrxpatrkk nurae-in- training at guelph general is home on holidays congratulations to our newlyweds mr and mrs frederick j ted brown who were married may 24th we are sorry to report that mr rae scott and mr wm iclllere are both laid up tinder the doctors care lvboren with tickets will as anal admitted free it wm also suggested that tbe i t i kennedy be asked i open tbs fair tbe ladles group held a very entfau- gjlosho meeting and asked jor the sup- r port ot tbe women of georgetown and dbtnet to help put the 1mb oenten- trial fair over tbe top l rtwngns wlfi be made in tbe bwttes or and domestic ectence prise list x tt is hoped 4e have improved me- gbods for dbgdaylng baking fowl etc tbe ladles star loaned tbelr own eadscn body wmb powers to add to tbelr numbers end bto should add tn- crfieeaj interest to tbe womens divis ion those elected were preawent obarlotte ucchiuougn vice pree marjoxie qault see trees mrs john hunter n is hoped that e in tbe oomtdunity wdl get behind tbe falr board and betp make the centennial bbow tbe best in us one hundred years a meeting was held m the court house milton on wednesday may 22 of representatives of the councils and high school boards of helton county for a discussion of the proposed high school area plan for halton the plan which would divide halton into three high school areas bas been under dls- lnr county council and a report prepared by a special committee has been presented to that body main features of tbe plan are the centralisation of high school education oakville burlington and speyslde or some other central point in the nor thern end of the county any or all of tbe distrlcte could adopt the plan and it is believed that oakville and burlington are strongly in favour of tbe scheme objections are being voi ced however in this end of the coun ty with transportation dtfflouhles and loss of pteshgm for acton ifuton end town which already posses high schools among tbe problems mr l sknoe secre of tbe con- satttve committee prese tbe report at wednesdays meeting and answered qoestkms as did mr w stewart repnetntauve from tbe ontario de partment of bduoation those from georgetown who atten- ded tbe meeting were mayor harold desire reeve k r- tlleiinisislil m h mbyer dr a mealbster john bing- r b foolis walter t brans and archdeacon woo tbompson reeve w g hurray attended repre- beuttng bkquesmg township qdarvale farm auction brings good prices b b tvebs ssoys farm har- vbv clarke moving to brampton tbe auction sale last wednesday at 14jedarvale farm was one ot the most anccessful this year and auctioneer frank fetch was in top form and drew spirited building from the large crowd which attended the farm had pre- itfously been bought privately by mr l b tyers who recent sold his dairy osmeei tn town a portion of land afd the oedarvale school buildings linaantalned bsy the cnlted ohuxch wblch owned the farm and mr tyers based tbe balance with the excep- of some acreage fronting no 7 j highway which b batog sold to tbe aeem lor tlie construction of veterans former glen resident died in hamilton for mer resident of gton williams passed away in hamilton on monday may 27 at tbe home ot his daughter mrs er nest drage mr penson was born in lwigland 81 years ago oanadaffjbout 40 years ago he lived in glen williams for twenty years where as chief constable ot tbe village he aa wellknown m the district was a member of tbe foresters lodge while in tbe glen he went to ham ilton fifteen years ago where he had since made bis borne with his daugh ter mr penson leaves a family of six daughters and one son mrs wm l- by and mrs george fryer of acton mrs ernest drage mrs harold beat- ty and mrs thomas hlckey of hamil ton mrs thomas hatch toronto and frank georgetown he was predecea sed by his wife and one daughter mrs prank reddy there are 37 grand children he also leaves one brother victor of calgary alta funeral services will be held tomor- roy afternoon from the l g wallace funeral home in hamilton with in terment in hamilton cemetery eglpire day program at public school parents and friends enjoyed a pro gram presented in the assembly hall last thursday afternoon by the public school pupils principal howard wrlg- glesworth was chairman for tbe pro gram which compr exercises by grades 1 to 4 vocal numbers by the senior girls tumbling and pyramids by tbe senior boys and a marionette show by grade 7 a comedy play ytabbages and kings by grade 8 was mucb enjoyed the cast included hugo tapp and albert carter as tbe two kings ann crabtree prln- molra kelly queen don burns toco joan tuck fairy godmotber bill ewgtt official lome mobrlde the opening of the ball season wasl delayed a week when the scheduled game with muton was rained out last saturday it was considered playing the game tonight but it was later de cided to leave it till the season s end oakville trounced acton in the league opener on dominion day to the tune of 112 the game was play ed in oakville the aoton lads show ed the need of more practice and teamplay and have the maklngb of a much better team than the score would indicate a lastminute stroke of luck got a complete new setof uniforms for geor getown they are grey with black and white sox and black caps set the team back some shekels but thanks to son energetic work oh the part of treasur er jimmy ritchie expenses have all been met to date jimmy tells us that it has cost some 400 to equip tbe club and with allnew equipment they are tbs best outfitted in the league wanted a sponsor the ball un iforms are stm without crests or other identifying marks is there someone in town who would like to supply tbese with is players already in uniform the ball club is not a closed corpora tion and there are openings for more players yet bob mcmenemy is expec ted borne from a trip to philadelphia soon to join the lineup decorated bv tbe governmgeneral viscount alexander at an investiture at convocation hall university ot toronto the men were tpr thomas edwin dickenson of stewarttown and tpr frederick henry harrison of georegtown both won the military medal for gallantry in action in italy during fo 1044 spring campaign tn world war h tpr harrison who is employe wttn alliance paper mills ltd enlisted tax july 1940 with the 4bth highlander he later transferred to tbe ar corp and went overseas in june lmt he was among the first canadian troops to reach sicily and serred through sicily and italy and later in france holland and germany he la married to the former bessie harrison of georgetown and they have two chil dren diane and freddie tpr harrisons citation reads on 13 may 1944 trooper harris wa in charge ot a jeep ambulance eg 11 canadian armoured regiment which was supporting an indian in fantry brigade tn an attack across the garl rbrer the sunken road leadteff to oxford bridge and the bridge tteetf was under intense shed mortar and nebelwerfer ftre from 1100 boors to 1400 hours trooper harrison under this eontmnoiis enemy barrage drove his ambulance back and forth across the bridge evacuating infantry casnel- when the medical officer ot an the coaching chore will be jointly bandied by orbey harrington and andy ritchie as intimated in this column last week dont forget tbe first game at tbe park a 3 pm this saturday when oakville will face the georgetowners and were hoping the weatherman infantry regiment was trooper harrison mihesuaungly drove his jeep to the wounded man loaded him on it and undeterred by the con centration of enemy fire falling on the bridge brought the medical officer to safety across the river thnntghont the day with no oanstdevatfton for his own safety trooper harrison wfubagly ev acuated casnaltles wherever they were to be found by his unaelfblh and de termined devotion to doty under mr harvey clarke who has operated tern tor tbe church for tbe past sixteen years has pni tbe tay- h transport m brampton ead takes abm 1st be wm oper- stewarttown mr and mrs w huffman of st catharines visited with mr and mrs cecil smith aver the week end visitors with mrs mary baily were mr and mrs p r- bally of hamilton mr and mrs b bally john and paul of toronto mrs sanf ord mr and mrs r san- ford and bill spent the long week end i at waubashene wa meeting last week was at mrs g home among obose wbo attended tbe in vestiture at the tjntversur of toronto on friday to see tprs thomas dick enson and fred harrison decorated with the military medal were mr sam waster mra ted arnold freddie and and mi lls dr and mrs r t paul akenrtad tbe graduation exer in convoca tion ball university of toronto last wednesday when tielrdaughter miss mary paul was a member ot tbe grad uating class mrs paul waa a guest at the mother and daiighter tea tbe pre vious afternoon in the bast residence drawing room mrs wm scott mr charlie huts miss emma hflte and ur and mrs hap drennan of toronto were visi tors wmb tbe mboilvraya on qoalpb st on may 24th mrs charles gordon ot saskatoon seek is visiting with friends in town mr and mrs m blow and daughter joyce of toronto were visitors for tbe weekend with mr and mrs harold rtekle mr and mrs w salter and mr and mrs g cross and douglas all of tor onto spent the 24th ot may holiday with mr and mrs r c salter at their home on charles street mr and mrs g w mooallum spent the holiday weekend in fenelon faus with bis parents mr and mrs m h mooallum mr and mrs james mcdonald of toronto spent the weekend in town with mr and mrs reg broombead mr xod mrs w r s douglas john and mary elaine of toronto spent the holiday with her mother mrs j m moore and tbe msses qartdge mr r h ireland spent the week end with his family in windsor wbo will be joining him here next month they will live in the apartment above the bank which is occupied at present by mr and mrs g w mclintook who have purchased a home in toronto mr and mrs k roy edwards and mr and mrs kenneth edwards and daughter susan of toronto- renewed acquatntances in town on sunday when they were guests at the home of mr and mrs a e wright a pleasant afternoon was spent tbe home of mrs george wood on may 18ur when she was hostess for a miscellaneous shower given by tbe la dles of norval united church end the community for mrs hugh leslie cei- oise hyatt a bride ot last saturday musical entertainment was provided during tbe afternoon by florence andj jean lawlaw and mra tit mil inn me- laugblln gave a leading the gifts vut arranged on a decorated ohair and da wood and leona may assisted in opening tbe many lowly presents b tbe ladtbs to patrio pageant was tbe final of the program wttb tbe prin cipals including david dome and john nodweu narrators bui maccor- maok tbe km bui hewitt announ cer karl walters obwebw the p reflected a great deal of credit on tbe students and tbe teaching staff for a fine afternoons entertainment theres a chance tbe juveniles win get into 03a competition after all the intermediates have generously of fered to take care of tbe uniforms for tbe young lads the recreational council bad planned to enter tbe team but couldnt swing tbe price of uniforms on tfaerl mltiwl budget any tickets purchased for last sat urdays baseball game wul be hon oured at tbe park this saturday nixon gutot on thursday evening may 23rd 19- 46 in st pauls git church chapel m toronto tbe marriage took place of vlvienne betty only daughter ot major and mr roger ouyot tfor- merry of glen williams to mr george m nboon of toronto end ajax the chapel was decorated for tbe occasion with scarlet carnations and white stocks dr obertes resteer offi ciated at the organ and tbe soloist was miss muriel keen of georgetown the ceremony was performed by the rev major a j b hough of london ontario the bride who was given in mar riage by her father wore a fitted gown ot ivory supper satin wttb sunburst neckiln and finger tip veil of net flowing from a mary stuart headdress her bouquet was of crimson rosesbouverdla babys breath fern miss winnttred jones of barrie ontario cousin of the bride was maid ot honour and wore a imrectoire gown of violet silk jersey matching headdress veil and mittens and carried a cascade bouquet of deep pink carn with mauve spireo the bridesmaids miss olga kotyfc of harrison displayed highest order and and bt saved a number of lives tpr dicke who was also a mem ber of the armoured corps ontisien to 1940 with the governor generate horse guard and after trammsj at- toronto camp borden and jfairfjon went overseas in s 1ml be was twicewounded tn italy in sep- tember 1944 and jseoember ot tfae same year his brother pte hen dickenson was kitted at dieppe 3 is tbe eon ot mrs ethel dhl and tbe late mr dktaneon and was born in acton but moved with bis pa rente to btewarttown when be was a young toronto and miss marion hepburn i baldy ewles clark lyons wilson of glen williams wore aqua and prim rose yellow silk jersey gowns similar in style to that worn by the maid of honour wfth mniftg headdresses vellsandinlttens and carried cas cade bouquets of pale pink carnations mr j w shaw was best man and the ushers were mr w brain cousin of the groom and mr r m ouyot bro ther of the bride the brides mother received wearing a gown of povderblue suk crepe tri- mmed with deeper blue bands and sil ver nallheads and navy blue mohair hat and veu her corsage was of red roses and bouvardia she was assis ted by tiie bridegrooms aunt miss thursa brain of hamilton onl wbo wore a gown of lilac silk crepe with gray accessories and gray flowertrim med hat her corsage was ot talisman rose and purple aplrea the bride travelled in a- powderblue suit with brown felt hat and lea and corsage of sweet peas and guests were p from jerrie qvu williams o ton rvtwwnd hql scarboro iondon smoke dougle campbell and jim rut- ledge oily burton is coaching the the majority betng ontstte their repairing a track left his eever and under the trated fire of tbe twe the mcmillans are on tbe road again and the trio tad and joyce hi stallsf sstlj i dtoxensons citation reads week at blbsbuisf on wednesday they garnered three lets two 2nd and on the evanmg ef m may 1mb me two srds joyce made a particularly 4 treep o beadren was en fine showing by winning tbe lady drl- vert das at richmond hill on tbe 24th of may wsem0ullleris added two lets four 2nd and two srds to their already mounting codeotton of 1948 trophies next week mr and mrs aswanim shove off for a twoweek trip to horse shows at ormstown and lachute quebec but they will be back m georgetown in lots ot time for tbe lions horse show on june 20th a crowd of 300 attended tbe open ing lacrosse fixture of the peel coun ty league at norval monday night when tbe locals were edged 74 by a strong cheltenham team in tbe nor val lineup were george burrows goal with fred keyes subgoalie jack shropshire sparkltlng defenceman of georgetown s intermediate hockey team and such wellknown stars as jim burton doug ralne don letty lloyd and andy crelgbton len varey lives at many at averted what might quite easily have been tbe partial or even nnrsgleti aav nfhnatien of hie troop also decorated by viscount alexan der was capt ted graham a native of xnglewood who as at one time a student at oeoigenayn high sofadol capt graham received the ojue an employee of woods ac gordon toronto industrial engineering firm he is an occasional visitor in town in connec tion with work which his firm is doing for smith stone ltd the peel county league comprises six teams norval brampton osledon inglewood cheltenham and norton- ville next game at norval will be on thursday june 6th when they are host to brampton the lacrosse bowl has been improved considerably this year with a new lighting system and more seats have been added to giw a seating capacity of 800 norval got oft to a bad art on monday when cheltenham yibred the rat five goals in ten ntwtes by hardplaying tbe nbrvalltes evened it up to 64 going into tbe last period but couldnt keep up tbe pace end ohehenbam added two more tn tbe final norval missed tbe services ot joe sub m wbo wll be out ot uniform tor two weeks with a band injury whtoh be suffered when be tall from a ladder at bone end poked fate hand gtem window also graduates as nurse miss mary paul was a member of tbe graduating class of the toronto gen eral hospital school of nursing grad uation exercises for which were held on wednesday may 22nd in convo cation hau university of toronto the class was the largest hi tbe history of tbe hospital numbering some 10s mtas paul wbo is tbe daughter ot dr and mra r t paul la a graduate of georgetown high school she in tends to specialise tn operating roost work aa a nurse from the una up is mtek fart baa decided to go i a