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the georgetown herald wednesday evening august 27th 1647 georgetown fall fair only two weeks away september 12th 13th f large halt exhibit is expect ed to be another higtifight of fair large tent wul display merchants wares with practically only two weeks left before the big georgetown fall pair the directors ol the eajueatag agri cultural society are meeting almost weekly in order that no stone shall be left unturned so the 101st fair will live up to all expectations now ser ving his fifth tenn as president craig held is showing fine leadership and and has all directors rallied together to put the show over the executives of both the ladies and mens section met at the home of mrs j h hunter last week and last evening the entire directorate met for the final meeting before the fair at the home of k al exander 8th line if the hall exhibit lives up to ad vanoo notices it should be well filled again the ladles section with domes tic science lanciwork and crafts should be well to the fore while the school children exhibits will be one of th main attractions the arts and crafts society plan another large exhibit with pottery being the theme and the dominion goverment display will again take up the east corner of the hall the display of grain by norval ju nlor fanners is expected to exceed last years tine show new clas aes have been added and trophies awarded for championships flowers and vegetables should be at their best by fair time pad some keen competi tlon will be looked for a new feature ol the fair will be the big tent housing displays by george town merchants if there are any merchants who would like space here they should contact the fair directors immediately so that they can be al lotted a portion of the space available you are united to visit this tent and see the nany new appliances on display some displays coming direct from the torcrto exhibition more and con enient eating places will be at the fair this year and at least two institute branches will cater to the needs of the public while along a big iridway there will prob ably be hot do standi and games ol all kinds and lon t forget the stan ger shows hae been booked for the fair with their rides and other at tractions yes there will be plentj of enter taihment at the fair but what the directors woul like most is for more and more local exhibitors o take part in the fair show anj thing you haie from horses to egetables and handicrafts friday teu the tale in- norvalort dover lacrosse playoff series with a game aipleoe to their credit norval arrows play port dover in dians in the third and deciding game this friday at norval winners of this game will meet fergus in the fi nals for championship of the weston group junior cla overconfldence and a long layoff can be blamed for the 52 loss suffered las friday by the arrows in norval when powliss sparked the indians attack scoring four goals and an as sist returning to the line up for the first time since his appendix opera tion clark lyons scored one goal and jim cleave tallied the other for nor val it was a different story in port do- er last nigh when norval came back strongly to win 144 over a u which was hampered by absence of their regular goalie junior beau mont delegated to watch powliss held him scoreless and scored one goal himselfj in starring performance lyons and rakilaw each had four goals and two assists towngend and haines two goals and an assist each cunningham one goal and assists were credited to scott 2 fendley and bill louth mcdonald starred for the ports with three goals sunday power interruption not local in oiigm a break down in the high tension reeder at toronto left most of halton county without hydro power far sev eral hours sunday afternoon and the usual sunday dinner attained spartan simplicity in those homes which de lend on electricity for cooking the power was off from four o clock until about 7 30 in the evening the switch board at the bell telephone office was kept buss as housewies contacted local hydro officials to find out about tte- interruption ball game features s s picnic at erin a softball game for a prise donated by the union highlighted the annual smith and stone picnic at stanley park erin last saturday the two teams were chosen from a hat and after a thrilling game emends su permen were victorious over lus- tys laxybones by a 15 13 score on the winning teamwere george duke p ross dillon c art stamp lb dodg sargent reg ryall 2b ernie peters 3b karl ft as gbrd xnglls cf rene martm rf jack rhodes if harry bevin sub the losers lined up earl hornby p jim bmmerson c harvey lusty lb joe hall jr 2b bob lockhurst 3b dave stamp as walter sargent cf gilbert preston rf bob hall if fred spires sub ska bradley handled the umptr lng and jack davidson was base urn plre the picnic was avranged by a com mlttee composed of dolene mcnery mrs bob tonelli donakla teeter florence mcvey william collier stan allen joe hall sr jack harlow harvey lusty dave stamp douglas sargent and frank carney horse shoe pitching supplemented the ball game for entertainment with dave stamp and bob lockhurst tea ming for first place and fred tucker and norman felker taking honours race winners were boys 6 yrs denny emmerson tucker 6 a john hulme teddy hewitt 9 xi bobby webster francis hulme 12 14 george webster ron ald hulme girlb 8 8 judy mcoumber peggy ann mcnlven 9 11 louise tucker olenna doherty 12 14 joan harrison june lusty ladles 50yd alleen dltchlleld mary mcnalty men s loojd doug sarent walter sargent ladies softball throw mrs george duke mrs hanej lusty mrs joe emmerson family party celebrates 25th wedding anniversary mr and mrs w j mcdonald maple avenue celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary last saturday when their daughter mrs vincent hepburn entertained at dinner in their honour and a family party was held that evening at the home of mr mcdonalds tnothert mrs emily mc donald at dolly varden mr and mrs mcdonalds four children mrs hepburn mrs robert tonelli william and mary gave their parents a silver service and mr and mrs wil liam bulltvan presented them with 25 roses mr bulllvant was best man at the wedding ceremony which was performed in georgetown by the late rev a e cameron several other lovely silver gifts were received from friends and re atlves engagement the engagement is announced of madeline helena daughter of mrs w j sanford and the late mr w j sanford and john godfrey collier loo ashgrove mrs clayton wilson was hostess for the august women s institute tuesday afternoon august 19th with the president mrs r cunningham opening in the usual way roll call was the paying of membership fees four delegates were appointed to at tend the area convention in septem ber in guelph this belng the girls meeting of the year the program was in their change with mae wingfield presiding eleanor stark played an instrumental mary iamond had a splendid paper on the qualifications of a good farmers wife bernice wilson sang the little wild rose followed by two splendid contest con ducted by marion curry a delightful lunch served by the girls closed the afternoon valerie nurse was holidaying with her little friend dtanne mckjnney at erin last week mr and mrs john bellboddy mot ored to laurel and spent sunday with relatives and friends mr and mrs c b dick and mrs kennedy spent the weekend at port elgin with relatives mrs frank wilson and daughter lslted for a few dajs with her brother in woodbrldge mr and mrs fred armstrong and robbie are holidaying this week wasaga beach georgetown and acton tied in playoff series gibson wilson storey star as georgetown wins second game saturday play in acton again tdhight after acton took the first playoff game in georgetown last wednesday the tanners come right back and loo ked as if they would make it two in a row ih acton saturday but geor getown s dean of baseball old hard- wall andy ritchie laid the law down to the oeoregtmra lads to win this game or else atttkrfhey did just that guess you sport fans are tired of hearing excuses from this corner about the heralds slackness in base ball reporting this summer and this time you can thank scorekeeper jack harlow who does such a good job of keeping tab of the scoring for a re port on the games to date stewarttown jeanine humphreys was successful in obtaining third place in the nia gara diocesan contest of the anglican msso for sunday schools jeanine chose as her ubject the value of the w a to my parish church the canadian missionary dioceses and the mission work of the church over- she is member of st johns church junior auxiliary evalonne smith has returned from a visit in st catharines with her sister mrs w huffman and ruby smith has gone this week for a visit at the same home mrs mary bally received a telegram notifying- her of the death of her youngest brother mr e godwin of richmond vermont usa who died suddenly from a heart attack on fri day morning rev and mrs w e stlcer of los angeles california and their sister mrs robert j peden of belwood spent last week with mr and mrs walter lawson and family harvest thankgwlng services will be held at st john a church this sunday at 3 pm social and personal mr and mrs douglas greer spent last week with mr and mrs art scott at their cottage at barrtllia park miss isobel thompson and miss ann hockey prospects good presid tells lions club conlmuiig a series ol short talks club f i ds are at an all time low and b members lion jack arni ong mone is neeocd to carr o p jec who is president of the hocke club 0 pined lor this season ou lined hockei prospects r i season o he lion club at er c ner meeting m jie mcg boo h s the weather on monca he brief tuned he son of mrs j t collier and the late lawson haie returned from spending mr j t collier the wedding is to two weeks acaton at port sydney take place qaietlj early in september mrs fred bralsbj is spending the week with h daughter and son in law mr and mrs c l hall at little britain s acationing man oj in and mrs h mr etntor i often wonder what it would be like hae he ordering of the weather id of just ecording howeer hire is lie lst weeks rendu scs and o tna call l what j u ike ern batkln max min rain 9 58 1 81 date jg 21 a e a g 23 4 a e ace 84 so o j tot function of he o h a d n e bodv he ch vf n e pine w iu o id bt i c eo c u iforms ex tit prom n 14 intermeoiite a rim ji k fthod s jack sh o yhire jack blrtw s le r hjrs scan pitte ar n ft kent store hal gibson at d dell a id ju bei m nt wo 1 lb atailible aid kei i a h ce e sta for struford j ear ow ot res dtrt prspcc ne ph e- i ae red ttllliims aid edd t m k he so d that wheree gvo gtown n a be phced i e gro i iing he wa cor fidert tha th ear we hae a win ning earn liapin p lion ch ej harold mcclu c i jd at the meeting and njoduced w member thomas ekon who ejo ed the club he annoanced t- it mee lngs wll be held on he seeon a d fourth mondays in september because of the labour day holiday the firs september meeting will be 100 pe cent president s night the offer of the club to help o- a day has been accepted and the 1 b has been assigned the task of looking after the pate under the direct m o lion bob ireland the club alio de dded to arrange transportation for from attorned place by those the band to jw cn or ti i nxon bv wiji uon joseph cibbon in charge i m gten wailairs he h ux 01 lhis ir georgetown mos of his we he is lior joseph gibbons in his capa s by his parents one brother citr as mavor ol the town thanked claude and one sister betty a sis the club for their aluab e wo k ir tex jein predeceased hlrn in decern which ber 1944 m rile j 3re ho a this week at gore ba witf he parents d renw ick of pies on mr and mrs w a lavole are i ian ng to lei e this week end for i etk trip o montreal and quebec citj miss marjore scnenk and miss helen b ackbun hae etumed home ifter speeding i ftw di s last wetk it buffalo ana maga t fji v mrs jack rvsh and children marl 1 n ard gar of to om are lslting fcis we k with her p-ire- ts m and mn hjh s ockior norval miss e j f m house popular local boy norman reid dies suddenly h n u f r ed w ere cri ed lerr of jie bidden death eir sn da afternoon uput 23rd of no mar kavmond reld 2 ea old son i mr and mrs h m rew mill s i cppled bi illness for several ears normar alwas had a bright smile aid a checj word for e erv one as j he tended hls confect onery store on steet and he will be missed compiling an accurate census showed 3116 people resideit in geor getowc it was announced tha a refrtgera tor would be raffled bv the club in september lion lome peters u convening the raffle and he outlined extensive plans for sale of tickets funeral services were conducted from the home on monday afternoon by archdeacon woo thompson pal bearers were lloyd and john kelr russell fvesune murray hill james collier and james hilts in teiment was tn gten williams ceme town and neighbouring communities j tery mrs w c v brow as etjrned irm a wc which ho sp w t ms i ol tno o 1 m skoka m j j b vllc crus and jimmj i c mpai led dr mr priest aid ml s ba ba j tost of toronto on a roto t ip las week to fox point liwe ot bas m ha t ferguson f ormerh per lei tiai aier at smith and stone ld who i on ho ds a im a position i tlnunms w th the hoi i ger mmes l ilsl lng ll town on m ndn wo d has been recehed b his lam k of tlie safe arrhi la england of james muph who has gone oier r a a sit wilh his iither and other elatiies corporal reg reynolds head of the poincial police detachment here has returned from hisaacation which he tpent with his wife and family at turke point mrs john oliver louise and june mr lack lavole and mrs charles jones dixie and baby are vacationing his week at barbers beach mr and mre joseph lake ol pow assan visited in town on monday with his sister mrs a h peller and mr feller mr lake is publisher or the powassan new in the horthem on tarlo town wtek end guests with mr and mrs ha r stockford included mr and mrs charles fatockford mr elmer stockford and mr and mrs drury if toronto and miss dorotl hughes o st john nb we are pleased to report that mr clartice buck who has been taking treatn ent at the lockwood clinic in toroi to u improi lng nicely and e liope o soon see hin bick on the t b a hii his store o i mill street mrs b annatter has returned from a auo lilt with li si trs mi edith w uidcll at biddelord pool mine iid mrs h mclnh at cobecoi k bh was accompanied on t i j he dark of edn ch k mo u mrs mary a ber ol detro t last wetk i m vuan he bei o m s ckj d i m m 1 i i spt a i owt w 1 r c artnc be han kuig tek end g ham home in idtd th imas morv i m elliot ana mr a m a j m m llan all cl to o m f v b da gin ma aii bjrg xnl a le c s u own cti t i wl li m a a m s k h barb m birtxr aid m n r t e ai n to amherst birg or l d m h g wtb ster and ms 11 i osier cmk ba k to ce rye 1 ien mr hodgen ba i ecupera in itslelph gencril hj u a e- nasti fall 1 ich lit sjfttred las fi jaj when he frll ljm a tree at i is home while pnu r a hmb fonj ale o boies were broken and he n aku g a xki rec c mr and mrs edward holmes and he en misses f and l morrow and mrs ham stockford a tended the fjneral sen ce in hamll on ast wd resda al ten con for re l a ktn ed a former georgetown man his fa her mr jacob kenneth was em ploied at the dai foot shoe factory during his residence e mrs ronald g maluand constance deans was guest of honour at sev eral showers prior to her marriage last saturday arnold hose who en tertalned wer miss marorj gault and mrs charles willson at the for mer s home in georgetown mrs ma son maluand or new toron o mrs fred brofen and mrs percy tate of toronto staff members at the confederation life where both bride and groom were employed presented them with silver entree dishes and a carving set balunafad on thursday august 21 ballmatad hall was filled with friends of miss joanna shortill and mr kenneth kldler to honour them on the eve of their marriage after a short pro gram tbe young couple were called forward and miss lydia snow read an address they were presented with a walnut table and a hand painted table lamp frona the ballinafad com munity and a number of other lovely gifts from brisbane community ken neth and joanna expressed tfteir thanks lunc 1 was served and the rest of the evening was spent in dan clng to music provided bj the mcen ery family miss noreen edmunds has returned to her business position in toronto after a vacation with her parents at orandvlew farm near ballinafad mr and mrs r cordis and children robert claudia and john of buffalo ny visited or sunday at the home of mr and mrs stanley sinclalr on saturdaj august 16th mrs f w shortill entertained at a trousseau tea in honour of her daughter joan- 1 a the tea room w as decorated with pink and white streamers centred with white bells and baskets of gladl oli phlox swet peas dah las and snapdragot decorated the other rooms presiding at the table were mrs j cole mrs henrj hilts and mrs ah 111 starret miss ldia snow mrs f j shortill and mrs lloyd rennlck served and mrs jsse mc eiery mrs norman sinclair and mrs cord m price tsss ed h displavlng t 1 tcusseou miss eh a pickering looked after he a es- n ridler mother of u g oom and mrs w mcf en in m t e b de xu ed e tssisted b mrs a c til and lr a starret mr aid mr fd a toi an1 i hte j idith spent a tew acton 5 georgetown 1 a somewhat larger crowd than us ual turned out last wednesday to see georgetown lose a tough game with baseylbaded a couple of times but just lacking that important bit which would have made the score look so different scotty patterson went the round for georgetown while don ryder hurled for acton both allowed seven hits but ryder kept his well- scattered georgetown s only scotv was registered in the eighth when speedy everett wilson scored on storeys blngle r h e acton 5 7 3 georgetown 1 7 2 georgetown kent storey 2b andy ritchie ss bill ohaplm if hap grose lb scotty patterson p larry ritchie 3b ev wilson of hal gibson c bui ritchie if lll bry- den batted for chaplin in 8th acton masters 3b morton lb evans 2b snyder replacing in 8th lindsay c kentner if footltt c waterhouse ss robipson rf ryder ik with h 1 al d m i ceorwe eot 1 id mrs fim the ater icatlonl nnnts mr o andlew at orchard social and personal m id mrs e v ma cormack 1 itud b h e ret irned fom a aca t 1 o otawa mortreal detroit s ste mrie m ad ms harold blckle and jo i t thr umk erd i oshiwa h h father mr w w blckle mr and ms h c igglesworth do ieli and robert a e lending this k h auoi 1 e in s dridge mrs robtrt r sror 0 s cathar i ines spe t last wetk 1 w with mrs r waldle er and mrs r t paul and miss man pau h been visiting this week in bradford penn with mr and mrs den mackje georgetown 11 acton fi on saturday the first batter ev erett wllsonhlthne single out over second stole second and goltb f when gov fumbled bill ritchie s hit to third allowing both batters to reach base safely chaplin grounded out with wilson scoring pitcher bryden lost control for awhile in tba second walking three and allowing two hits for actons four runs but georgetown came back in their half to score four tiore and lead by on run again hal gibson who haa been in a bit of a slump the last few games found his batting ee and had four hits in the trips to the plate the head pin bo for the lucky strike plaf for al norton sure can clout a ball when he has to also starring kent storey who figured in george- town s three double pla s ev wueoa the speed boy of the team showed blc league stuff in centre field when he fielded what might have been home run balls like a veteran pootitt of a on should know b now not to bit o ccn re but don t underestimate uie acton team folks thes re good a d awfullj hard to beat at home or iwi the actoi fans reallj turne t ii force and we d like to see a in a crowd in geogotown next i st rci when te outh game wql br p 1 ed he i r h e t ceorcexov 11 17 1 acton 9 12 3 c eorexowt ei vilson cf bill rl 1 f george chaplin rf hap c c c lb scott patterson 3b and p s ore 2b andj ritchie ss i hal clbso rut hu 3b b 11 brden p larry pa leson reieed brd ti in the 5th- ac or go 2b viaales repladna t morten lb evans 2b lind- c kentner if footltt cf robin- sci rf chab un rder p water- rde relie ec chabun in the 4t social and personal mr and mrs a- c towe and chil dren barbara and dickie of philadel phia pa and bluj and kathy oava- nagh 01 woodstock are visiung tn wn this week with mr and mrs v t cavanagii weekend guests -at- tus same home were mrs john trnon and mr jack larnon of grime- by and last week mrs d spal- mr and mrs don wilson and son peter have bn lsltmg with mr and mrs bert wuloughby mr wilson is ding and he daughter mrs associated with his father in publish schnug of detroit mvfrig wet ing tne shawlnlgan falls que guests w ith the cavanaghs stinoml miss bernice mcdonald has retup- re j m anderson of acton was a n6d hotnf ftfter spe u caller in town las fmday and dropped he eunt mr e d sl of birm- lnto the hesaktofflce for a chat with i s michigan while there b the editor a ollege class mate at the d graduation of her con- dniverslv of western ontario johl1 snele metuiurbiee engineer at purdue university lafay- mlss violet louth and miss verm tte indiana mrs sheley and jobs louth ieft saturday jnorrj by plane isiting m town for a few to spend two weeks to cleveland ohio j her parents mr and mrs j x with their aunt 1 oneill-