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the georgetown herald wednesday evening march 3rd 1948 gnr- crossing tatalityon saturday last scotty johannson itnujod in trxintiucjc smash station wesley lame escapes with minor injuries a arthur slouv jfahunnsoni k4 an enmlqo of mil 1ruvinciul pa per coutinjf mill was blatantly kil led in an accident ia3t saturday jhormm at tho cnii iroa iny near the station llo mas a puaaongor in a truck buonuinir to the company which wan atrueu by tho loronto- bound chnaijoloronto flyer tho exciduit occurred at 0 80 a m wes ley lano of glon williams driver of the truck was tlu own clear and escaped with minor injuries lie offered abrasioiu to hi logs and shock dr a mcallister was called to the scone and attendod tho inju red and dr c k stevonson of mil ton coronti pronounced johann- aonu death due to a fracturod jicad the paper mill truck which was completely demolished wu procee ding towards town and was cross ing the main lino of the railroad when the driver noticed tho aripro- chirifi train duo to icj roads and ruts the truck could not ho atoppod and the duvor attempted to cross but the train struck tho roar qf tho truck swinging it around and trap ping thfe unfortunate man in the cab mr luie was thrown twelve foot to the aide the tram was in chargo of en gineer allan dlobol of toronto and was proceeding at a apeod of go miles an hour corporal hog rey nolds and constable j w sheffield of tho local provincial pohco de tachment investigated the accident no charges wore laid against the driver of the truck and it is not ex pected that an inquest will boheld the crossing whore the accident occurred is not a public roadway but has boon used for years by tho eonoral public as it provides tho easiest access to the paper mills and that section of town although a dangerous crossing this is tho first fatal accident which ha occurred thote in the moroorj of local people mr johannson was horn in nor way and came to canada when ho wu fourteen years old ho had li ved in gootfgotown and norval for the past nine year and boforo that llvod in the mount torest district surviving are his wifo formerly carol albright and two children harold and dorrcta his only other relative is a ulster mr mary hop kins 116 south reading burka ngtand revj k maxwell con cluded the funeral service on mon day from st pauls church of eng land norval pall-boaier- were scene near georgetown what council did the weather mr mltof jtusf lnwuihs uiruuty had 4d euu ii tin war it must jiave fell yiiithd in ji iaiil sprue the uu u no u is u ruit variety of tpwuth- put mp it uw trying to ot jv1 it in a hurt ftcumple- pilin it or not tha majfloium teiipi ijtturpfm ijte month of vob- riimj whu clc r h arovk nor mal of 27 hut tin minimum was ilma 7 di vum i tow the nor mal oc yj del r i t lrn batkin illn r or s i 1 ili a 1 ml l 4 i j 2i 12 1 1 15 2 1 el 2f 11 il 4 11 h 11 23 1 el 27 jk jo- leb 28 31 2fi ttl 29 21 13 a rap 1 12 20 12 5b 10 leroy dale red cross president thia pictuie wjll be recognized to the globe and mall by many aa the little stone brldgo it is a wellknown fact that vi in the wildwood valley albert hmo beautiful accnery in and simson who recently opened u ound georgetown and when a la photographic business here after duily newspaper recognized the fact graduating from the dva school also and published the picture on of photograph in toronto reog- its editorial page we havinartiy to ni7ed 1u beauty nnd submittod it bc proud the owners of the pro- georgetown leads 6 4 in playoff with weston team play ing against a hard fight ing veston teain before the arnal- uat crowd of the y ar georgetown eked i 01 labt night in the first game of the semifinals and g into the final game thursday with goal advantage the aeriee wu oiigmally act at the best 2 out of 1 games but wap later changed to two guinea goals to count it was weeton b home game although pla yed in the local arena it m likely that mi ton will be t op in the finals al though reports are rather confut ins from the county town oak- ville won the first play off game 53 with milton winning 85 in the jamea huddlcston w g marshall j second game giving them a one edward staploton george gold- thorpe orralo cartor and jack lu- ar interment w a uv hille i est cemetery norval tag day for britain by lions on saturday apiil 17th a tag day will be yponaoxed by george town lions club in aid of tho lions food for britain timd lliia is a national project of lions clubs in canada and the local club lias plod- god a minimum of one parcel week ly for lhreo monthit as its share the decision to hold u tug duy was mado at tho dinner mooting in the aicgibboo houne on monday lion walter uiohn was m the clmir in the abaenee of tho lirosi- doiit und fnat viulprejldent and the club wiu entertained at tho pi- aiiu during dinnei b alfivl bud lot it wau imiouiiced uiut tlil oue oiatoiieai eontebt would 1l lield in lliumpton on iuil1i lti w ith two eonteiuinti liitexed by e nh ol the biampluji o ikville and geuij i tow n elubii lrueat weut of aeuin ami juki hitter of oi il are ujmjiiuoi ed by the geoigctow u elub 1 he kidd liukol cowboy uiiow wlucli wyj hucih1u11 ujonsoied in georutown u few weeka ago will la a tupout jti fonianei in noi- val lariitli uall later this numih juul tlu elub deculed to donate the pro- ecids to norval itocieaiion cuntto it wjij lclidid to hull a diitc- toi s iinetnif on tlil touith mondyj of aeh month tur m bradbury nash a kemahead subgoal weston h talor goal clmrd v i nner defence joncu ventre alwell downer wings uarrb nlqi houghton bridger brldg- man nealson referees lattersond and scott pert on eithor sido of this bridge j i girvan und era batkin are pleaild that their scenery has been iieii auch publicity and congratu- uitc albert slmon on his photog- rajh lengthy ihne ful to edward lemott novl birthday party staged by 5050 1 he jiosi club of georgetown new lnited ch pre s idea in parties liett wcdntada nitfht m the sunda school rooms which was adertlsid ua your own buthdaj partj twelve tables an illnebs of several months pro ved fatal to kdward lemon young bimtell i i rt idtnt who paiued i iwitv ut mvnjrntmlpl3irellj n satuida pebruur 28th at the tut of ji born in ireland he came to cn- ul i ut the age of 12 following the tit iith of his parents and lived at hilkburgh with his uncle and aunt mi and mrs william hunter who i w lit in hamilton since corn- in to georgetown four cars ago tit huil been imloed at the smith uul stone plant he is sunned bj hu wife f-orm- iuv d wfibbtutowhom were arrangid about the room and tfuetvts sat ut the table which cor- nsponded with then birth month r ath tabic had bee n ni rangi d b j a eoupli who in mi rubers of the club there was also u candy cauntei ami refrtrthmlnts were ser ved to tho hi present ui i t todd was clmirman for a pi oi am whiih featured a goal advantage however there is u tumour that these teams will play 2 out of 3 gamcb and if this is the case oukvillc may still win out tha referees kept a hawkeye on what could have developed into a rough game and penalties were numerous particularly for weston whose cocky little centre jones got two minors and a 10 minute mis conduct in the second frame rene martin was the shining star for the locals starting ut wing and later gieaworth played the shifting to defence he snagyed a goal in the third and his body- chucking throughout the game was and i iaiil vuluablc goalie rhodes had an offnight and was not up to form while the weston goalie at times looked more like a defenceman au he was caught tlmo and again away out of the goul creaae houghton alternate- outre- fortht vtaitor wan tlu outbuniding man on tbvlr tam lo uoy dale k c was elected president of gcorgetowrijtted cross society at the annuntmeetlng in the public juhr iry on monday iehdcacon w g o thompmn prcbcnted the report of the nomin ating committee and niked for no- uting committee and anked for no- tollowlng la the hat ot officers president i e hoy dale lit vice pros mrs w f nod- well 2nd lce prcs- mrs j h cham- berlaln sccretiry mrs robert hor trenxurer mrs r t paul mr dale took the chair and spoke nf the work of the iced cross in town in the past and what could be accomplished m the future a res olution was passed extending aym- julhy to mrs james ballanmne wife of the late president of the gior branch mrs thomns a c tyrrell field hn ctvtry from headquarters spoke an 1 outlined the peacetime work of the red cross which includes emiigcncy care of veterans suppv t uphoardi school nourishment and tommunitv recreation she ahowed two excellent talkie fllnu water safety and outpost hospital a committee was appointed to otiaidcr the red cross campaign n tow n consisting of ltcol g it k couicns and archdeacon w i o thompson 1 huhu who attended tho c ojiven- tiun uf the ontario full pairs asso ciation at loroutu last month were miss chuvlottu mcgullough mrs herb cleave mrs trunk puuli messrs john uitd t h price and garfield l mcgilvruy miss jfean tylnr hpnni fhe-wiwk- tod ba brantfotd with har grand- firt period wcuton hun ia houghton i 02 geo tgi town nash m bradbury 110 weston dow ner loin s veinur 12 16 1 iik iwn be mm nit 19 50 i i naltn hat i hatrih veii- iii i 1 1 oil 1 ton iatti laou 2 second period geoyji town ueuumont gibsoi 6 10 i georgetown bmatu urn d36 penult u s martin jones 2 10 minute luiaeondliet oneact play peace its wonder ful which dipnted a typical fam ily in georgetown howard wrig- f a titer mrs vein mi umlui thi mothet reg hroomluad tlu un home fvom col- whitmt i and mm collin 1 odd thi- lhildren at high school also on the program were piano solos hv mm j unit i vanh and o il solos b mui joru hi nt ni i ind laini s 1 wins u was married two years ago two hi uurv livt in australia and two sisters in rngliuid archdeacon w i o i homjson lonductod the fu- iii i ul sciice on monday from the u lurt 1untril home and pall in uirs wen ivorne gross charles u in i us hale day b williams n houston jiih john keir in- iiinnit was in greenwood ceme- te ry g eorgetown brills simmons lead juveniles it hi en an on iguin off ugum iuhii for thi local juvenile hockey ltaeui uhidt had plnyed only threo anus up to lust mon when thoio v n i hantt to wok in two more it tlu lohu street ue jwlace snn- in hi- ind hulls now lead the 1 i m i ai h w 1th two w in i apiece willi jlaoff turn luri it is im- bn monday march lk wert told by w o mtscner and- j ijknyneyi of tji bell tplophon coi that goorgetown would have dl 1 ihoru thstajlod in 1 9 go or ear ly inifil lit cict a delegation from tje gooff town inbodv counci stsklns if some public building could b ilurtl mr rdnday union meb- hies council snld consideration would be given to this c boh i uno naked an increase in his price for garlmac coliertibti from 2500 to 1000- yearly and this wus granted moved by davidson nnd mc- umber m a request from gordon bouuklll for n permit to operate the glen tnxi in georfretown was granted moved by herbert una goodlet adopted daylight saving tim in georgetown for the aamc pcrlcdl as in toronto- moved by marlarcn and whhv mee ttcarduv talis of a chlorirtmtlon il nit from mrtfowe of the wsj- 1 ice and ticmnh compaviy cost of the mam plant at the reservoir dun an auxiliary plnnt at thv pump- house would be nbout 3000 and operating cost would be 60c to 70c ft day a letter from the legion ladies uxiharv opposed the appointment of the town clerk when there were fiv i i xserv icemen applicants endorsed a request from the wax mputations association asking an increase in pension rate from 7tf to 100 rnthcr than 87 50 as th irov ernment roposes and forwmr dod the resolution to hughes clear v er m p asked the medical officer of health to have testa made of springs which lead to the reaervotr at silvercreok moved hy armirongand gooev let a letter from the ontario dept- of heal tli emphasised the need for rhlorlnatlon of georgetown waur granted permission to the liofki club to hold a tag day for food fee britain on april 17th moved by hill and mccumber were advked by dl and bsr jnettyitmoordinr to thfftr inter- p relation of the municipal aot liossiblt to arrange future game on the schedule vtty far ahse wt understand another game or two ma bi played this week on monday jack hamilton soo- ii d for brills ia thu second period mi i gome with richardsons fiat- old hiu cored again for btrill in the third and a goal by allan illis fiom keith king made the tinal score 21 for brills norval was blanked 30 by sb- m ns gerald ingles rapping in two puck ones early in the game and gi i mi mam tallying the third 1 1 in the last period ju nl 1 standmy mmmoiih w i 2 ptn 4 hrilu j 1 i 4 2 i li i il dsnn tliirj ioriod viflin pmvntr uiiur 4b s ili i iml muitiu muiiluik inttiriidiol 16 10 i tiuiiuiwn slori y lliuiimuiit 18 85 iii wmtimi ilowncr i alwell 10 00 immlluh blimoll downer i liurd cllihon cuiifktiwn rhodei ifoal iliitiifanii liltlwintlu defa mur- doek oentrj martin kerrl wli i xy iinsitiii r uiwiu f rrtrh w4- tlit uuii jrojd blck iikihih on roritrlbutlotia to the nu- 1 itan tujiboaidji l ii mill iuiuiuiirn for 3000000 op- i i iis jt m i v p jlojnojtieu in cand in 1947 10000 i hmlrs honli it cmuwi wu nni und iwm to obtulii huppllm nil luuntil froo of hmrgo hiinltl bedi mid other x- etht en only h miut to cmun band rev mweuren uld that tlua eould h dmmvnted by as- paltttinc ui bandmaster ag an iitunt reeraawanal dbvetor aad ma town would titan hm ia haa for a onathlrd rebat on ms salary frasa th povninint a entrmihtw aa appointed to mt the band at tive to talk ovr uia problau a rvtolutlon was plaead la ava minute book thanklti ratmaa clerk p b harrlaon for ms uaay yaara of faithful service to taw community moved by maclaren and arise ntrone tho foremanv report showed si cases where tne town men aa railed to thaw out frozen pina mon of them on prwata proparis rervc maclaren said this ihould ha left to the plumbers and wsnot a frcp town service and a motion was paused that the practice of thawirta plpp in homes be discontinued mopd bv maclaren and he- bort tho labour doltsratlon eritleba4 cr whltmcc for an alleged stata- 4pnt that lahnur vn paid to hlajk in rjpolpptnun cr whltmce tuii thnt hh rpmarkii had hi on mlnlnter- protcvl tto hnd bald that reorm- tofn ai ono of tho hhrheat palel town in ontario and that this mada it difficult for umall industry i rompctp ith waprcs paid in the tar- cr plant iteove maclaren snp- portpil him in this and said any thing that had boon nald had been in hno with thin and that founeb wan proud of the fact that this la a hljrhpa town card of thanks t ulsh to thank frlonds for their mnn klitdneioih and exprefwlons of snnnathv ilurlnir tho illneaa and death of1tiv huhhand mra hdward y emon card of than kb mra tohiih hall wlahen to thank friends and neighbours and atstar j h vlnrin nr hr ilmaaa