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the 5eorgetown herald wednesday evening september 11 1946 one hundredth fair eclipsed all previous records centennial crowds well pleased with variety show presented highlights featured grand hall display past harness race best horse show staged this season poultry lawn had big exhibit antique display drew favourable comment prize winners listed 1947 show may go back to october date everything combined last saturday to make thejooth annual georgetown fair presented by the esqueslng agri cultural society in georgetown park tbe peak event of them all the wea ther was perfect w but not too hot after a long cold spell the hall never looked more beautiful crammed it was with exhibits the midway knd refreshment booths were bigger and better than any since pre war days and the crowd topped all prev loos records with estimates ranging well over the 6000 mark the crowd arrived early and staved late a clear sign that they were ex pecung a good show and were not dls appointed tory gregg whose fine job of announcing has added interest at the last two fairs was once again here to officiate at the grandstand mr gregg an international league hookey star several seasons ago is now on tbe staff of tbe wingham radio station and is much in demand for fall fair engagements memorial dedicated a feature of the fair was tbe dedlca hon of a memorial pylon and flag pole which was erected near the park en trance to commemorate the day mr j a carroll superintendent of fall fairs dedicated the memorial he was in trodnced by stan hall hahons pro vincial member and the nag was ral sad by mayor harold cleave and w a wueon life member of the society and a former president and secretary boo t i kennedy ontario minis- tor ofartculture was forced to cancel us scheduled appearance bya oonflic- tng engagement at the lakebead and hughes cleaver mjp who was also to assist in the dedication sent his apolo gies on monday that he had made fn in the date and bad george town pair on his calendar for this coming saturday baby shew winner tbe guthrie baby show with priaes do by a georgetown okl boy nat guthrie of toronto was more sden tlflcauy conducted this year the how was held in the trig tent erected for the ladles program and miss m peatberstone and mrs h a hosklng guelph registered nurses bad the dlf uoutt task of picking the winners for babies under 9 months prize winners were elizabeth may daughter of mr and mrs sam mlleham stew aruown william michael son of mr yrwi mrs william huffman jr st oftthwrlrw and heather daughter of mr and mrs harry allen other entries were robert mr and mrs bob bonfield wdllam james son of mr and mrs vincent hepburn jennie may daughter of mr and mrs joe brownridge brampton sharon imanne daughter of mr and mrs thomas hosker guelph gall daugh ter of mr and mrs ted stlgger doug las son of mr and mrs earl vivian larry son of mr and mrs charles allan donald son of mr and mrs f w ohlsholm hornby lome jamet eon of mr and mrs james cofell dlanne daughter of mr and mrs cor don held kathleen daughter of mr and mrs william roshler kenneth mr and mrs thos bore brampton karen joanne mr and mrs mur ray brigden and brian mr and mrs gordon allan nassagawe a who at one month of age was the youngest baby in the show in the under 18 months group win ners were lynda daughter of mr and mrs prank van wyck gloria jean daughter of mr and mrs antonio zflk terra cotta and lynda daugh ter of mr and mrs don arthurs other entrants were peter dr and mrs 8 magwood robert james mr and mrs alex korzack carol ann mr and mrs stan mcclean edna carol mr and mrs norman deter eaux margaret ann mr and mrs wm tomkln toronto george wind or mr and mrs jack norton glen williams ban exhibits stand out the hall exhibits in the armouries were really something to see this year in spite of sugar rationing the baking classes which were almost dormant during the war years staged a come back there was a particularly large thttt of exhibitors of horn b and buns the nerval junior panners grain show waaone of the beat he had seen ej to tbe lodges remarks the we see this week on tuesday f wednesday and thurs- day mornings we had our first frosts of the season some squash pumpkin and cucumber vines were frozen a very early kind of com known as extra early golden bantam has been grown in one of our gardens this sum mer and matured about two weeks or i t till ti17i c j more before any other this is not a pair day taggers and this will be ad kij x m w ihh rt ta l fr rr1r f v wld p s that bob long of port nelson won the 5 lucky number program at the pall pair with no 174 that pauline norton is now on the staff at carroll s store that 141 was contributed to the grain was tastefully displayed in white bags with the dub name printed in blue lettering on each bag the jun ior institute also displayed sewing and baking in a special class open to members only to the left of the main entrance the display booth of the arts and crafts of georgetown was once again a point of interest this group has done a great deal to further craft work in the district at least two commercial la bels mover craft and auld lang syne the latter produced by mr and mrs alex greig were noted showing that the group had combined business with a hobby mrs a m nielsen had a display of shell work in which she specializes and there were many other lovely things everything a tribute to the skill of the maker a large section of the hall was de voted to work by school children of the town and township penmanship art crafts and a vegetable garden display displays of fruits vegetables an flowers with husking com again pro minent were also wellfilled as was the ladles work six women s institutes entered the noncompetitive display georgetown llmehouse ashgrove hornby dublin and acton and received 5 each for displaying the work also in the ball were beautiful ex hlbits by norton ploral and rosedale floral and a kawleigh products booth by dick rlddall and a hydro farm wiring model display and a farm lm provement display sponsored by the dept of agriculture mrs stlgger had on display a cage of beautifully colored budgie birds fme antique exhibit highlighting the hall exhibit was a wonderful collection of antiques col lected under the supervision of mrs ann lawson and mrs john hunter assisted by mrs p w cleave to describe it in its entirety would be impossible lambng tibe items were the first threshing niachine in ontario owned by spencer wilson and a car ved box owned by prank petob and made by charles lount one of the men hanged in the montgomerys tavern incident in the rebellion h l hutt contributed a number of indian relics and ward ruddell a large collection of curios including a sale bill printed in georgetown 80 yrs ago there were maps and books one prin ted in 1602 a creed written by the bishop of chester and owned by the mas allen contributions from the willoughby family included a pepper grinder dinner bells and a wooden mallet and miss k mckay contributed a 1702 snuff box old quirts were shown by mrs patterson 150 years of ashgrove and mrs will stark 125 years and cy kennedy showed the first bicycle in georgetown and a fenian raid rule col a l noble had a number of articles including an 1870 baby carriage weigh scales and the first saw used in nerval mrs victor king mrs gordon cousens and mrs leonard bell were among the many who brought antique articles a clever english miniature haystack was made by j r williams assisting in the booth dressed in old fashioned clothing were mae hicken and jean ruddell adding interest to the centennial mo tif were a number of local ladies who dressed in old fashioned clothing and walked around the grounds during the afternoon mrs l w dann wore a beautiful blue velvet gown with match ing hat ail hand stitched a family heirloom belonging to mrs george brown of norval mrs victor diggins and mrs gordon cousens were gowned in replicas of old fashioned costume livestock parade the grand parade of livestock hi front or the grandstand drew many words of praise from the huge crowd which watched it there was a parti culariy fine showing m the sheep and light horse sections and heavy horses were well represented a feature of the parade was a team of ofcen driven by jack devereaux the poultry lawn show expanded- over last year with exhibitors from windsor sarnla hamilton st cath arines and gait as well as surrounding towns in the big tent besides the baby show there were movies by the halton federation of agriculture and an hi terior decorating demonstration by mrs eleanor brown sponsored by the khb simpson co ltd the races as usual thrilled aad theleggette brothers aged ded to the fund for presentation bonds to georgetown s service person nel that the dominion store is getting a face lifting with a special crew from head office renovating the premises that work is about to start on the veterans homes on the highway that the lome scots band is sponsoring a concert ni the arena a week sunday night in aid of the pre sents for georgetown servicemen that vic diggins new plant the georgetown manufacturing company ltd is in operation in the former oneill building on main street that miss laura scott is teaching the primary class at the public school until miss hume returns and that miss geotglna young is teaching miss scotts class what council did on monday september 9th boosted the town employees to four by hiring jack kerr who will start his new job next week gave third reading to the by law for resurfacing queen street granted permission to the in stitute to the blind to hold a tag day on sept 2th adopted the new county assessing system and decided to advertise for applicants for the position of town hornby georgetown will adopt new county assessing system instructed the town solicitor to investigate whether john street exist ed under the cnr culvert before the railway came to find out who ta re sponsible for a proposed subway wid- sent a letter to a madteren apologizing for a delay in answering his protest shout nonexe of farm land within the municipality from a portion of the taxes this year and saying that the exemption could not be allowed ukeat war veteran frank golden dies a well known resident of george town for the past 24 years thomas frank golden died suddenly in chris tie street hospital toronto on satur day sept 7th although he had been in falling health for the past year and had been in hospital for treatment he had been able to be home for awhile he returned to the hospital last thursday and failed to recover from a stroke which he suffered the following day mr golden was born in greenock ontario 8 years ago and was a son of the late mr and mrs thomas gol den he enlisted in the first great war with fhe 86th machine oun bat tery and served in england and france with the 4th battalion a barber by trade he had his shop in the exchange hotel for many years and later had a barber shop beside the legion hall on mui street he was a member of branch 120 canadian legion he is survived by rus widow formerly isabell strauss and four children prank and thomas both of whom ser ved overseas in this war james and margaret he also leaves five sisters mrs jim sullivan mrs pat leonard and mrs regan of windsor mrs wm meyers cargiu and a sister in califor nia and three brothers jack william and james in the west he was pre deceased by one sister mrs thomas mahoney requiem mass was held at holy cross church on tuesday morning with rev fr v j morgan officiating pall bearers were james and john boyle thomas treanor j j glbbens james murphy and pat cullen interment was made in greenwood cemeter georgetown to grow along with other later varie ties some silo corn has reached a height of twelve feet here v some of our residents took part in the waste paper drive put on by the boy scouu in milton on friday sep tember 6th george learmont has purchased a taxi business irrttakville town taxi is the name his brother stewart is working with him business is repor id to be very good mr g a and mrs kennedy have gone on a trip which is including a visit to their son in california mr and mrs joseph hollingsworth have gone to vancouver the bethel united church wa and wm s met at the home of mrs clar ence ford on wednesday afternoon last they talked of showers for war brides the support of a finnish or phan child and a bazaar for the fu ture wmjb sunday was fixed for october 20th mrs h turner led the devouonals telling the story of the beginning of the omagh wmj3 and also the setting up of a christian home in india rev fred ainsworth sang two solos which were very much ap predated a sale of articles and re freshments closed the meeting the hornby united church wa met on thursday afternoon at the home of mrs james bailey flans were discussed for the anniversary ser vices to be held on sunday october 6th when rev wesley hurmlsett and a group of his boys will take charge of the morning service and rev john mcdemud will speak at the evening service bills for recent parsonage re pairs were passed various articles sold and quilting done at the dose of the meeting mrs bailey assisted by mrs harold learmont served delicious re freshments bethel united church held its annl versary on sunday september 8th in the morning rev gordon porter of milton gave the message and in the evening rev john nettl a former min jster and now retired preached the sermon in the evening the zlmmer man choir took charge of the music and were very much appreciated beau tlful flowers decorated the church the nuhiater rev fred ainsworth spoke in the milton united church in the morning on his work as a mis slonary in japan some of our young men have gone west to help with the harvest the weather by h l hutt what sweeter music than ram on the scof in a dry tune when the household councillor wanted me to get up and close all the windows during that thunderstorm mon night i mere dy turned over and said let her rain it will do more good than we can and that downpour of 2 of an inch will do inestimable goodul over the coun try wasn t the weather man kind to us for fall fair day an oldtimer sitting beside us on the grandstand who has attended a score or more tunes re marked isnt this a hummer it beats the canadian national by a mile the warm weather after those two nip ping frosts last week made every one feel happy and ihey went in for a good time here are the records for last week h l rain tues sept 3 63 36 wed sept 4 67 33 thur sept 75 39 fri foept 6 85 50 sat sept 7 77 66 sun sept 8 66 54 mon sept 9 80 66 stewarttown gall smith and paul hodge both had birthdays lat week gall is 6 and goes to school now paul is 4 years the w a opened their fall meetings last thursday with a meeting in the church miss christine dickenson was home for the weekend betty mae mlleham took first prize at the fall fair for children under 9 months iyi in the same class michael huffman son of mr and mrs w huffman st catharines leona smith took 2nd prize oongratula tlona to mr and mrs mlleham and mr and mrs huffman at the conclusion of the afternoon service on sunday in st johns church michael huffman was chris tened by rev h leigh pink he re ceived the name william michael miss eleanor smith and mr douglas thompson were the godparents visl tors with mrs cecil smith for the oc casion were mr and mrs w huffman st catharines mr d thompson mrs w wright georgetown and mrs huff man toronto mr p r bally of hamilton visited at his home here on mmy mrs bally returned to hamilton with him for a couple of days balunafad rev and mrs o r fllndall have re turned from a month s vacation at their cottage and are much improved in health mr and mrs john snow are leaving soon for a trip through the provinces the robson family reunion was held monday september 2 at the home of mr and mrs jesse mcehery the weather was ideal an afternoon of sports was enjoyed on the lawn after which a lunch was served by the com mlttee in charge followed by an en joyable programme of readings sing song and story telling mrs jack simp son was elected president and mrs jesse mcenery secretary for the com lng year the next reunion will be held at the home of mr and mrs c hill miss b hilts is spending a few days with rev and mrs a o w foreman at ponsonby georgetown council some of i members are still dubious about tfao new county assessing system decided to adopt it at their meeting on mon day night and are advertising for applicants for the position of assessor every other municipality has fn in line with the plan and it appeared that there was no alternative but to join in cr goodlet was the only member who seemed to be actively kfc favour ari said that no be paying more taxes than should be paying the town ment may rise with the of the detailed system and rate will drop in the same ptmtt it was a recorded vote and carried un animously t j w kerr was hired as a town employee at a salary trirni to the paid the other town employees major cleave spoke against hiring mora help at this time of year and though the town could get along til spring but the majority of favoured the addition a lengthy communication was re ceived regarding the cnr subway on john street the railway was of tt opinion that the street had not exist ed when the tracks were laid and that the company had no responsi bility for widening the subway coun cil decided to ask a member of tfao board of railway commissioners and of the cnr to meet with council and look over the situation the town solicitor meanwhile will try to es tablish the towns position in lbs matter lorne scots band featured at lindsay fair featured band at the lindsay pate this friday and saturday will be ttn lome scots band under the leader ship of bandmaster alfred perrot tbo band was asked for the four days of the show but a number of the hnnrta men were unable to leave their wok for this long a period mr perrot it a former resident of lindsay movta here recently to take over iwmi of the lome scots band lions will sponsor salvation army campaign major chapman and adjutant wm shaver of the salvation army attend ed the dinner meeting of the lions monday evening the former gave a stirring account of the social services performed by the organization in eluding homes for orphans and elder ly folk and for unwed mothers ai well as youth centres he asked the club as individuals or as a club to help with the fund campaign this fall r licata was named chair man with power to name his own committee for a campaign in george lion chief clarence benham tender ed his resignation from the position for business reasons and it was regret fully accepted albert tost moved up from first vice president to succeed him with jack watson taking the of flee of first vice president the application for reinstatement of former club secretary walter oar penter who has moved from chatham to guelph was accepted bowling club news tbe bowling club is having a good season this year and nmbrra axe es pecially enjoying the thursday night eys last thursday j j gibbon donated a beautiful cake prepared himself and w g bell put in i ettes chris sargent won the cake c mrs harold cleave the other prizes of melons and a dosen eggs were won by mrs wm mcdowea pare harrison jack williamson and ter thompson this coming thnra- day should also be a very special nlgbt 8 and 11 of oshawa got a big hand with their exhibition jockey race the harness racing was exceptional ly fine with close contests in all races there were four horses in the 258 heats and six in the classified races mr charles dick from cleveland ohio won the herald subscription for the person coming the farthest dis tance but eim the men were shy on tbe age question and no one registered as tne oldest attendant at the fair ashgrove mr nd mrs a j ruddell and fam lly attended the wedding on saturday of their nephew howard laidlaw to miss eileen cunnlngton in mayfield united church mr and mrs charles dick and miss carolyn betow of cleveland olio were the guests of mr and mrs c b dick during fair week mr and mrs dick motored with their guesteio bourlamaque quebec where they are visiting dr s m fisher and family misses enid shore and luella rath of toronto spent fair weekend with john and marion hunter most everyone in the community at tended the fair on saturday the wea ther was ideal and oongratulationi to the agricuttural society for thelr mrs james curtis buried herb a resident of georgetown about thir ty years ago mrs james curtis died at her home in barrle and was buried in greenwood cemetery here on tues day august 27th in the family plot her husband woo predeceased her veral years ago was a representative of the singer sewing mnt co when he lived in town and the family attended hory cross church mrs curtis is survived by one son duncan a druggist in timmins a daughter haael died when the fam ily lived in georgetown and another iftughter mrs spearen died to tor onto a few years ago grand success on its hundredth birth day john tapp married at brockvtllb a wedding of interest wassntan- nized at the home of the brides par ents on monday september 2nd wxmq jean knowlton daughter of mr and mrs o l knowlton of bzookrlos wsn married to john tapp son of mrs i c tapp of georgetown and the lata mr tapp the young couple wm bo residing in georgetown while mr tapp continues his studies at the unlvenms of toronto for his ba degree juveniles beat acton 61 at ward 4 celebration the local juvenile hardball tsesm sparked by a superb pert onnanos on the mound by don herrlngton easuj took acton juveniles in an nrniw game which was part of the celebra tion in aoton park last wednesday for ward 4 service personnel after too game the team was treated to w and the dance which followed it was the second win of the locals over ao ton a game the week before wttb spence pitching wyt uq for geor getown c herrington pitched a praoucauy per fect game striking out sixteen of twentycne and allowing only one bjs the lone acton run was scored on an error mulr garnered two hits for georgetown and sargent and morton one apiece tbe georgetown lineup was har rington p cliff norton c boss 8jfca lb harris 3b scott sa bui murr k walt sargent rf imson of golds and buffman rev and mr j l self and daug hter penelope and mrs w j ken- splendid efforts in making the day a nedy hsv tiiimhi from a months vacation at nova oootta we w to i exnrsssloni of i tributes fa oor sad i acts x oosflen i