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wednesday evening july 24th 1946 friday storm damage is extensive in town and district a rain and windstorm last friday bout 5 pm did considerable damage around georgetown and district the storm was one oi the worst for some time and was accompanied by hall thunder and lightning hydro power was toterruplwi and falling trees dis rupted rural telephone service with aonie lines still not in operation property damage around town m- j eluded dick- graces house on the nor thern outskirts ol town where an up- rooted maple tree damaged a comer o the verandah and the garage was flfblown down the garage root was car- 4ed to erwlns held and the door was utown over the erwin house and lodged in a gulley at the back at the high school the bicycle rack vas wrecked and jack tosts garage behind the school was blown on top of westons bread house several trees on the high school grounds and on victor kings property across the street were uprooted windows in mrs george davis home were broken the wellington willett family took to the cellar when their chimney was blown down but not before one slight casualty occurred when a flying brick struck a member of the family the kitchen was badly damaged a garage on the property was also a casualty a large tree on frank sykes property on market street fell on a corner of he house and damaged part of the roof the storm was particularly heavy around hunters inn and the j a strang home next door had its chim ney wrecked and several windows bro ken at bedells next down the line only seven fruit trees in a twoacre orchard were left standing when a garage at the alliance paper mill was torn loose from its founda tion mr john binghams large bulck oar was dragged with the garage for several feet windows were broken in both the alliance and provincial mlus and ventilators knocked off the roofs bard and soft maples and fruit trees at tlie home of w h preston on king street were uprooted and the storm cot a wideswatb through ooflege view where downs of shattered trees were left in its wake there was a similar story thonghout the surrounding countryside the barn of wulard laidlaw at nerval was almost completely wrec and lalrdsi flats at nerval was covered wfch f etted trees wtueb wwe blown into the fiats poles and trees were down at roy par- rotfs farm and a large nun trees down a asbgiove sohool the root was mown ott webington string ers bam on e etb toe as was the roof of bpeneer wosons bam where a hay rack was also earned over and bridal pair mr and mrs john cordaro cut their wedding cake at the reception follow ing their marriage in toronto on july 3rd mrs oordaro is the former kaih- erine preston who formerly operated jttae empire lunch in town mr oor- ldaro is a toronto confectionery man ufacturer at the farm of mrs w a mcclure the aoo was overturned and a pure bred bull was killed when struck by mgrdrim- mr edgar beeney m the umehouse djasrtx had pan of his barn roof blown off and a number of fxdl owes blown down the glen escaped damage fairly weq vboesh a new hwasiew sqo on james ingles farm was down and cbfrord ooova bam on the tb line lose part of its roof bbextoet loser ia this cbacract was a j mnrra of aesoc district whose en- ttow herd of p jerseys was kuled when struck by ghening is field on she itm as ciey soot to cover the weather by h l hutt well our prayers have been answer- i rain came at last but with such a rush that serious damage has been done in widely scattered parts of the country we are reminded or the re mark of the old scotchman under similar conditions thanks lord but be reasonable here are the local records a strang dies suddenly at home a resident of georgetown lor the past five years john alexander strang died suddenly at bis home on tuesday july lftth mr strang was born in grafraxa township near fergus in 1883 he had his schooling there and went to fergus to learn the bakery trade in 1905 he bought a small bak ery in south river and made his home there with his wife the former mar garet mcgregor of elora until 1918 when they moved to st catharines here he was in the bakery business for a short time then had a grocery store and a small fruit farm in 1833 he once more entered the rtrer busi ness at blyth and later opened a simi lar business in harrtston retiring in 1m0 be purchased the mortey petttt property in town and bad since made his home in georgeftowa mr strang was wellknown as a newspaper columnist and for some time contrfixked a win to the her ald which he called as we see it he hid written a tui in the harriston review during his resi dence in that town he leaves his wife formerly mar garet mcgregor and an only son max of toronto there are two bro jon and gavin of sundridge and two sistexs miss catherine strang of dridge and mrs alp of grantee a private funeral was bekl from the moonre funeral home thursday rev c c cochrane con ducted the service and rain tue july 16 wed july 17 thur july 18 frl july 19 sat july 20 sun july 21 mon july 22 75 45 welcome home cpl gordon king serving with the army in england since march 1945 cpl gordon king arrived in georgetown last wednesday after crossing on the georgia gordon who is the son of mrs kathleen king and the late mr king enlisted in oc tober 1944 and was at brantford and camp borden before going overseas he has been a member- oi the 2nd canadian special infantry battalion he was employed with smith stone ltd at time of enlistment he is mar ried to the formerjean mcenery his brother fere king served with the lome scots overseas knox church scene of tost hill wedding knox presbyterian church decora ted with gladioli delphinium and roses was the setting for the wed ding on saturday july 20th of jessie irene hill daughter of mrs edward hill and the late mr hill and harold william tosu son of mrs albert test and the late mr tost rev c c cochrane performed the ceremony and the wedding music was played by mr kenneth harrison given in marriage by her brother mr percy hill the bride wore white organza with an embossed design ol mofoiei3uey and orchids she ore a fingertip veil and sweetheart headdress and carried a bouquet of red roses bouvardia and babys breath her only attendant was her sister mrs jack cunningham wearing pale pink organza sweetheart headdress and carrying pink roses groomsman was mr berber har low and ushers were ross hill and al fred tost during the signing of ttie register the grooms sisters mrs her bert harlow and mrs james bell mil ton sang i love you truly a reception followed m the church basement mrs hfll receiving in a black and white silk jersey wttfa black accessories and pink rose corsage the grooms mother assisted gowned in green and white printed silk with white ac and corsage of yel low roses for a honeymoon trip to northern ontario the bride donned a twopiece gold dress with brown accessories and a corsage of yellow roses they will take up residence in georgetown wedding guests were present from hamilton seafonh stouffvule tor onto quekpfa and muxcao much work for bell telephone maintenance men the bell telephone company re ports thatas a result of the electrical storm over the past weekend well over 100 telephones have been out of order and every available man is work ing overtime tn order to get these phones working again glen williams on thursday afternoon the ladies guild of st albans church and their friends were entertained at a lovely tea on the lawn at the home of mrs herb preston mrs john hooper was the joint hostess mrs s groat of georgetown added to the afternoons enjoyment by read ing teacups forty ladies were present and the collection of 1800 will be added to the building fund mr and mrs palmer masales of de troit were weekend visitors at the home of mr and mrs clayton allen mr and mrs robert blyth moved to their new farm near acion last week tn glen is sorry to lose such good neighbours and friends we see this week that richardsons hardware are displaying plastic bathroom sets made in coulngwood by- a former george town resident lloyd sanderson that a new sidewalk is being put in on main street in front of readys and georgetown furniture sales reeve brothers are the contractors that jack brill stayed in george- town when his family moved to tor onto and is working at the provincial coating mill that wibb bradleys house behind the old barber floral co is nearing completion that sarah street ninnlng into king street across from clay products is to be opened arid that smith stone ltd will build two houses on it that machinery is being installed in the oneill building on main street in preparation for the setting up of federal sales and engineering in the building ashgrove miss viola brigden oi toronto is enjoying two weeks holidays with her parents miss bonnie carlisle of sliver creek is spending a week with mr and mrs tom brownridge- miss jean wrlgglesworth of milton height is visiting her sister mrs hor ace barnes haying is over and the bom of the binder dotting wheat and barley is beard in the fields the storm last rflday afternoon did considerable fliiimgr breaking ifr no change in baseball standing as all teams win one lose one the baseball picture in hahon kept its status quo last week as all four teams won one and lose one in their two league games played there quickening interest as the regular schedule nears its end oakvllle la leading the league by a slight margin with acton and milton tied for second place and georgetown in the cellaj ypot anything can happen yet and if georgetown tins tonight against aeon they may be in second place de pending on the outcome of the mllton- oakville match lost wednesday night in the park georgetown lost a close decision tc the county town when milton made lour hitfi count for three runs while georgetowns six bits netted only two evans error in the third which al lowed anderson to score on a hk and run play and brushs 3base bit in the fourth which drove in another run ued things up after georgetowns early lead and a string of three geor getown errors in the sixth inning gave milton the winning run a highlight for local fans was in the third inning bui ritchie hitting a double was trapped on a steal between second and third mlkons second baseman threw to third the ball from trees and earning disruption hydro and tehbone lines the cows had hit ritchie m the small of cbe back to be mlfked by band on many farms and bounced to the sideline auowlng and housewives bad to resort to coal- him to score safely patterson was merchants death shocks georgetown community succumbing to an mness ofonly s few days duration j howard lulico prominent georgetown businessman passed away in toronto western hos pital last wednesday evening july nth mr lillloo had been rushed to hospital the previous saturday- when complications set in after an attack of influenza and though- everything med ical science could dp was done he fai led to rally mr lulico was the son of lbe late william and emma liulco and was bom near woodvule in victoria coun ty he was a veteran of four years service overseas in the first world war joining the army when he was only 17 and serving with the 43rd highlan ders after returning from over seas he operated a hairdresslng estabc lishment in little britain and twenty- two years ago he came to georgetown and opened a similar business here which has grown to be one of the most successful in georgetown originally- located in the lane block the busi ness was moved to its present location in the gibbens block ten years ago associated with him in the business was his wife formerly pearl webster who came to georgetown with him as a bride besides being a successful business man mr lulico had taken an active part in community life a faithful member of the united church he was teacher of a boys sunday school class and leader of the sunday school or chestra he was a member of the board of trade and of the bowling club and was manager of the businessmens softball team sur viving besides his wife are seven- brothers and four sisters wellington virden mpn- george and clarence woodvlul elmer and ernest peter- borough wilfred and gordon tor onto mrs charles napier edub north bay mrs ern wright dor othy woodvflle mrs robert markle jen toronto and mrs howard hall t grace little britain the funeral service on saturday was held from georgetown united church with rev r c todd in charge of the service mrs r h wright played favourite hymns softly on the organ during the service pailbearers were jack arnold norman bums tittttii cleave mervm rohb graham fames and howard wrlgglesworth and tt beautiful floral tributes were carried by members of bis sunday 6cboot class emery th bob jim and clare burns cmford taylor dougjaw and ralph peck jack tapp and ross fetch interment was m gr cemetery georgetown oil lamps or sat to darkness no one likes storms of this kind nokval mans mothxk btued ix stuktsv1lle mrs herbert f chester passed away pallbearers at be home of her daughter mrs were bcrss mccture jack wmtamerm frank noble on july 12th in her sid morrfe k george m bert 78th year she was a mem of one of gardiner and jai mcekchem of har- ssreetsvsles bkvsk families bemg risaon inrmeai was m g the da of the late weejkh gray- cemetery georgetown jdea she was the mother of graydon at a pot luck supper held by the do tted church wa at4ta home of mrs t fred sinclair a week ago monday presentations were made to mrs har- i vey clarke before ber departure for brampton and to mrs reg broom- head a war bride lu of in group mrs wm deans presented mrs carke wr a picture from the ladies jot group 3 and mlai h a staunton jjeae a crystal candy jar from the wa as a whole mrs r c todd pre sented a salad bowl to mrs beoombead torn the w a bcu bisovs usad is bantam platoffs j br ptajtng off m tie sftxuc3ti of tbe j sofiiba league lsz tjtszkt and yesterday norrir respeameir the basils and she bftrs are l ta ae raoe jtae t2ie mciruori iivjpeiy tbe bams bei liie c s c bears 3pe iw susy 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