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the georgetown heralb wednesday evening june 19th 1946 19th glen presentation and reunion friday and saturday md2 commander will present gifts to servicemen the weather by h l hutt we have justeturned from a short trip to guelph kitchener and stratr ford and cannot refrain from speaking of the beauty of the country and grow ing crops all along the route we had heavy rain at stratford yesterday forenoon while there was not a drop at georgetown and while we had a fine shower here last night we hear by radio of the tornado at windsor last night with a score or more of lives lost it all goes to show what a great var iation in the weather there may be within a short distance and how im possible it is for forecasters to tell just what the probs maj be all over the country here are the local records for the past week 53 26 53 variety show street dance sports and ball highlight cele bration community churchjsetvice sunda the culmination of months of plan ning and preparation glen williams residents will officially welcome home their nien and women of tjjie offmed services at a big celebration this fri day and saturday when a joint pre sentation and old boys reunion will be hew the festivities get underway on fri day night with a variety show featur ing several stars of the stop go show which played at the royal alex andra theatre in toronto a few weeks go on saturday at 1 pjn the lome scots band will head a military parade to the athletic grounds where brig adier h a sparling dj30 officer oommonding military district no 2 will offlciaite at the presentation of wrist watches to members of the armed forces the 84 persons to be thus hon oured are those who were resident in tfae glen within a twomonth period previous to their enlistment a good proportion of those saw service over seas and five of them paid the supreme sacrifice to the next of kin of these will be presented mantel clocks in their memory following the presentation there will be an afternoon of sports races and ball games concluding with street dan cing with the modem aires la the ev ening some 650 invitations have been mai led to former glen residents in canada and the united states and it is expec ted that many of these will be back in the glen for the weekend on sun day a community church service will be h in st albans at 11 am with rev p j dunlop preaching the ser mon and toe rector ven woo thompson assisting j f t- is general chairman of fce large committee which includes lite mary watson secretary monta gue marryday treasurer and the fol- knrk committee chairmen tims fw sports boy norton games mm j crawford refreshments roland barnes grounds wta scnenk decorating axtfaur beaumont advertijtog w s ttw entertainment m merryday reception harold wheeler parade proceeds from tlhe celebration win be used for the development of a reerea- tkmal centre in the glen principal bryden at lehehouse anniversary congregations which overflowed the seating capacity of the church greeted the rev dr w w bryden principal of k college toronto on the occa sion of the 6th anniversary of lime- bouse presbyterian church on sunday june 10th at the morning service the guest preacher dwelt on the nature of the church dealing with the text other foundation can no man lay than is laid which is jesus christ and pom- ting out that the german race had be lieved in god plus the german blood and soil trie americans appear to be lieve in god and the american way and british- people in god and the icngiwh tradition the church how ever is that people wherever found k who believe in god alone tax the evening service principal bry den spoke on the nature of faith from mark 11 22 have faith in god there is a kind of faith abroad today which is a presumptuous faith and which seems to feel that it is gods business to forgive this said the 11 speaker has given rise to a conception of jesus as a rather amiable figure though there is no tenderness like that of jesus it is also true that he is the author of the severest woes in the history of man at the evening service on behalf of the congregation dr bryden was pre sented with a french morocco bound bible and book of praise suitably let tered in gold by- the minister the rev chas c cochrane miss marion hepburn of glen wll- fcliams accompanied by mr kenneth hsiarrison at the organ sang two lovely r solos come unto him and o divine redeemer at the services tues june 11 77 wed june 12 76 thur june 13 63 fri june 14 63 sat june 15 68 sun june 16 77 mon june 17 79 long harness makes b c nixon dies a lifelong esquesing township rest- dent and wellknown throughout the dlstrlot as a skilled harnessmaker r o cohris nixon died peacefully in his sleep on saturday morning june 15th at his home on maple avenue mr nix on had been in failing health for some time and had been confined to bed for the past year he was born 85 years ago in stew- arttown the son of the late edward nixon and jane walker learning his trade from his father he conducted a harness shop in that community for some years moving to georgetown about 30 years ago where he estab lished a similar business on wesleyan street mr nixon was the last surviving member of his family he leaves his wife formerly clara campbell and one son keith of toronto rev c cochrane conducted the funeral service from the home on monday afternoon during the service miss marlon hep burn sang the lovely solo lead kind ly light pallbearers were dr p watt- son k m langdon r b foulla vic tor macdonald fred thompson and freeman kersey interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown georgetown in baseball cellar after 162 trouncing by oakvuxe georgetown intermediates fourth game in the county baseball loop was a major blow for the locals when a smoothclicking oakvllle nine garner ed 16 runs from 17 wellplaced hits to trim them by a 162 score the game was played in georgetown park last wednesday and marked the second appearance of oakvllle here george town bad won 65 in the previous game and ball fans were illprepared for the setback oakvllle a powerplays came in tfae second and sixth innings when 5 and 8 runs crossed the plate combining these with the baffling changeofpace of pitcher mcgowan the oeorge- towners looked like a bewildered bunch bill bryden on the georgetown mound pit three perfect trwng in the middle frames when he put aw ay nine men including four strike outs he didnt show so well in the first two innings and his portion of the sixth with ten hits accounting for nine oakvllle runs relief hurler joe m who replaced him had no better luck and gave seven hits for seven runs georgetown used ten men with gord lane replacing bungy ward at left field in the fifth georgetowns hits were a onebagger by patterson in che fourth a solid clout by ghapnn good for two bases and a rdpandtuck single which everett wilsons fleet feet made count in the sixth- mcgowan struck out seven men and particularly fooled joe mcmenemy with strikeouts to bos three times at bat georgetown a ritchie 3b wil son cf joe momenemy ss and p pat terson lb b ritchie c chaplin rf bryden p evans 3b ward lane h oakvllle green davidson carter marfcey oalbrakh plcard snowball izatt mcgowan umpire tyne sport news are we downhearted no geor getown still has the stuir to come up from cellar spot and we re rooting for a win tonight at milton we think those who drew up the schedule might have had a more inter esting distribution of games for in stance our next three games are with milton with oakvllle and acton play ing a three some on the same nights then too there is a twoweek silence at the local park from june 12 to june 26 which is too long when you re try ing to keep up sustained interest in a sport the gome at oakvllle saturday was postponed due to another event oakville park some of the local faiu and players used the opportunity to take in the milton and acton game in tannery town a change in schedule was necessary because of the lions horse show in the park here on june 29th so geor getown will play in acton that day with acton playing here on july 3 mark that change on your schedule betty ruddell speaks on chicago trip the women s institute met at the home of mrs w g mcdowell thurs day evening june 13th at 8 pm with mrs wm sinclair and mrs harrv bailey presiding mrs bailey gave a very line report of the district annual held at burling ton on june 5th the highlight of the meeting was a report given by miss betty ruddell of her trip to chicago last december this trip is sponsored annually by the wo men s institutes and all rural young people may compete the trip being awarded to the one obtaining highest marks and miss ruddell was the win- ner for this district she gave a very interesting account of her trip and the sight seeing tours mrs j h lillico gave a very pleas ing piano solo after which all joined in a singsong after a vote of thanks to the hostess miss ruddell mrs lil lico and mrs bailey for her splendid report the meeting closed by singing the national anthem after which cup of tea was served another 30 paid in sheep claims at a meeting of ssoueslng council held on friday evening june 14th an other 3o was paid in sheep claims as follows emmett mcotbban 00 wilfrid harding 1600 meldrum stark val 400 f w sfaortlh val 400 tins makes a total of tlosbao which sheepkllung dogs have cost the town ship this spring the treasurer was authorized to sign all cheques in the name of tin corpor ation to transact all business in and for the township with the canadian bank of commerce donations were voted to the follow ing olen williams recreational owrtre nerval committee for service personnel ward 1 service personnel committee welcome home uajc wilfred mlno lac wilfred mlno returned home to his wife and daughter linda joyce last tuesday night following service over seas with the rcaf he crossed from england on the aqujtanla his home coming ua delaed by a few weeks when the he de france on which he was scheduled to sail broke down lac mino enlisted in october 1943 and trained at gait st thomas and guelph before going to england in august 1944 he was there only a short time when lie was sent to india and returned to england last september he was employed with the georgetown lumber co when he enlisted mrs arthur squires dies suddenly it was a great shock to her friendt in town to learn of the sudden death of mrs arthur l squire on saturday june 8th from a heart attack a res ident of georgetown since 1924 she was born mary edith thornton 69 years ago in sweaborg near woodstock a daughter of the late reuben thorn ton and jennie wilson her late hus band who predeceabed her nine years ago was cnr station agent here and they came to georgetown from rock- wood where he held a similar position mrs squired was a member of geor getown united church she was in tensely fond of her home and family nd spent a great deal of time tending the lovely flowers around her queen street home she leaves a family of four children reuben of lambeth mrs ross mc- phail erie of brooksby sask jack of toronto and mrs edwin hail ed- ythe of georgetown also sur viving are 7 grandchildren and a bro ther edward lounsbury of woodstock a daughter jennie maude squires died in 1911 the funeral service on tuesday was held from the home and was conduc ted by rev r c todd assisted by rev john mc of brampton pall bearers were george martin everett cole and jack watson of georgetown and roy young stewart royce and fred moore of rockwood interment was in rockwood cemetery 740 300 war bride arrives mrs jack cotton the former kitty marx of ityyvv engand arrived in toronto last weekend ftei crossing from hfrgfrrtd on tihe queen mary she will be soon taking up residence in town wttn bar husband who recently purcbaasd fa brill departmental btora and w w bar to tfae com- ki kates beaten 103 by milton in juvenile opening georgetown pirates playing their opening game in the county o b a loop last night were beaten 103 by the milton lads who now lead the league with two straight wins the game was an even match except for a disastrous fourth inning when the mlltonltes hit everything that pitcher spence had to offer and netted their whole ten runs he was relieved part way through the inning by herring ton who finished the game on the mound georgetown got two suns in the sec ond and another in the fourth but couldn t overcome the effects of the fourthinning slug fest don bryden was heavy hitter for the pirates with three wellplaced hits in three times at bat hoare and sykes netted one in three pitcher marshall for milton was credited with 9 strike outs spence with one and herrington four plrates bui muir 2b ross dillon if cliff norton c bud hoare 3b don bryden walt sargent if ross sykes lb jack king cf melv spence don herrington p milton vaughn rusk s fay al lan bennett nadalin waters gren- ke k fay south robertson mar shall 260 mr and mrs h hurley and daugh ter georgina and mt jim sykes all of toronto spent the weekend wtth mr and mrs hurley at their home on john street social and personal mrs w c anthony of norval spent the weekend with friends in bramp ton mr and mrs steve ekmnerson and marie are visiting with her parents for two weeks in vaueyfleld quebec miss margaret dickie of toronto visited in town recently for a few days with miss hilda erwin and misses jean and margery mackenale mrj and mrs george keen of flush ing new york are visiting in town wtth his brother mr and mrs alex kean miss jean mackenzie motored to ayl- mer on sunday with mr and mrs ken mackenzie of acton miss joyce smith nurselntralnlng at guelph general hospital is spend ing three weeks vacaton wth her par ents mr and mrs frank smith mr and mrs gordon pass and sons david and peter of preston were bun- day visitors witfa her parents mr and mrs wm sullivan mrs w r cowan has returned to toronto after spending three weeks in town vistttog with mrs william bry- don mr and mrs spencer wilson nor val mrs arthur wilson georgetown and mr jos lyons of streetsville holi dayed at windsor and essex last week with mr and mrs fred sblpp mrs robert fox accompanied them to lon don where she visited with her daugh ter mrs dan leroh mr and mrs george herrington have returned from a tenday trip through hew york state and eastern ontario mr herrington was looking over the apple crops in his capacity buyer for the apple products co in the glen and reports that crops are still not too good this year though much im proved over 1045 stewarttown the senior and junior w a packed their missionary bales last week the containers held 4 large size quilts 6 mothers bags children s mitts- and a quantity of used clothing junior w contained 3 children s cot size quilts 3 layettes 10 scrap books and sunday school paper books at the junior w a closing meeting on monday rev h leigh pink showed slide pictures of missionary work in the diocese of algoma several visitors enjoyed the pictures with the w a members the meetings will open again the first monday in september that school is held mr and mrs bud morrjson of ever ett were weekend rtsjtara wtth mr and mrs decoration day service held under auspices of branch i 20 canadian legion sunday afternoon june 23rd at 300 oclock in greenwood cemetery this service is being held in memory of uiose who lost their lives in both ttoe plrbt and seoond world wars and for ittose who have since passed away it it hoped that every citizen will attend to pay their respects to the communitys honoured dead lorne scots band parade forms at legion hall church news knox presbyterian church rev ohas c cochrane b a b d 10 am sunday school 11 ajn pub lic worship report on the general assembly limehpnse presbyterian chueh 3 pm public worship with the anglers by q if fishing conditions were fair over the weekend the water was low and clear the results were that the trout were shy and wary and it was almost impossible to approach without their knowing brown trodt three anglers from toronto nad good success in the credit when they hook ed and landed 4 fish weighing 3 and a half 3 2 and a half and one and a half pounds they were using a buck- tail fly two larger fish were lost at the net speckled trout bill tuck and friends had fair suc cess at eugenia last week this is good water for fly fishermen especially just at dusk files that take them up there are- the grey and brown cranes and the despairs the cost for a boat is a dollar a day jack tomlinson and bill pinkerton of eugenia and barney welton of fle- sherton are taking some nice fish around two or three pounds at the traps and other spots jack bui and barney also rent boats its worm anyone s time to motor to eugenia to view the dam which is about a quarter mile long the pond extends 3 miles back from the dam the upper end where the river comes in is the best for fly fishing however some very nice trout have been caught by anglers fishing from the top of the dam with bait and flies fishing and hunting club several persons have inquired at the herald of f ice about forming a club we are trying to find out how many are interested in one if you havent time to call at the office just drop an envelope to the herald with your name and address in it anyone in town or out could join it it would cost 2 or s dollars a year this money would be used to buy fish to restock our streams for membership cards badges and also for paying the expenses of expert fly and bait casters who would demon strate for ue other things we could have are skeet and trap dubs rifle clubs rabbit drives deer hunting trips and last out not least social nights so we could have some fun and tell of tfae big ones that got away if enough are interested wbjxwldl arrange for an organiser to come out the night we wto have our meeting bo lets hear from you fellows thats for now good fishing until next week 81 georges church ven woo thompson rector first sunday after trinity holy oomnrmion 8 am sunday school 10 am matins 11 am even song 7 pjn st albani charon glen williams first sunday after triwety sunday school 9 45 am commun ity service 11 00 am preacher rev f j dunlop united church rev r o todd bv minister miss is stewart choir director rebefcahs and oddfellows an nual church service a wel come is extended to all ll am pub lic worship subject you just can t do lit sunday school at 10 ajn st georges church mr and mrs frank whitmee lyn da and barbara spent the weekend in whitby with his sister mrs w s stewart mrs harry mimms of chatham vis ited recently at the home of mrs her bert erwin mr and mrs a m nielsen have retur ned from a month s trip to daytona beach florida en route they picked up their daughter miss lois nielsen in new york city who accompanied them on the trip lois is now home on vacation from the new york school of interior decoration visitors during the week at the home of mrs s k ruddell charles street were dr and mrs carl howson of los angeles california mr and mrs al bert howson of toronto and mrs r f smith of portage la prairie mani toba mrs sam walker was hostess at a birthday party at her home on george street last saturday afternoon for her grandchildren diane and freddie har rison who were celebrating their bth and 6th birthdays those present in cluded sandra fox diane and glen- wrlght hillock june and betty bason jack and danny livingstone richard slenko barbara and donna thomp son douglas and donny sargent wayne and kent rlddah lynda ar thurs carol lane bonny wright nor man locktourst david oowtan of brampton and mrs c parton miss nellie parton mrs maurice muook mrs j carter mrs chris sargent tin cerg sargent mrs barnard oowtan mrs diok zuddau mrs oeorg riddah and claudette msron cedabvalk mrs a medonaxd honored at birthday party on saturday evening june 8th sixty friends and relatives gathered at tin home of mrs a mcfdonald doby var- den for a surprise birthday party hi her honour gftiests were present from acton toronto georgetown pont ore- dft llmehouse and milton mueic f or dancing was supplied by earl sootw georgetown bui summers limaboan garnet kay crewaon corners b mcdonald muton and a pountai and t gibbons acton after a bountiful lunch mr sain qssby called mrs mcdonald to th front and an address was read by wfl- 11am mcdonald from her sons and daughters as follows dear mother on this happy occasion we your family are again doing tihe unexpected and have gathered to spend a few hap py hours together we are asking you to accept thai small gift as a token of our love and esteem and hope that it may give you much pleasure to use it in any way you may desire we do not often express our trfflrghts but we do not forget the rmjwnt and ever- loving care that you have given us through the years now we hope that each of us in our own way may help to make your life bright and cheerful your loving sons and daughters a wellfilled purse was presented by norman mcdonald on behalf of th eight sons and two daughters and the group sang for she 6 a jolly good fellow miss doris mcdonald read an ad dress and miss mary mcdonald pre sented a lovely bouquet of roses from the grandchildren many lovely flowers and gifts went received by mrs mcdonald who though taken completely by surprise made a splendid speech of thanks and invited e back ss often as they care to visit a number front here attended hie banquet at cntmfciir on wednesday evening for the robumaa serrloma wbs wary oorrie of osisdon hs been engaged a oar wner mr and mrs robert sim r toronto and pta bui shn of broofcvs vmt wkhiftkpds here