Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 1, 1948, p. 1

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c ff destoys caboose kir meomiur rrttlfib wreck i r ifliwft train wyeek in uums nlaa early this morons th main has qndtt track brtwwi station lain the main street a through freighevtor- onto bound crashed info another ttfimcbi which had stopped to pk ans aotne cattle cars and wma also a rout to toronto noise of the crash awakened residents for many blocks and the sound of the fire siren a few minutes later got moat f the rest of the town oat of their beds the accident occurred shortly before 6 sm the moving- train suffered the worst damage force of the crash tolsar oping eleven or twelve cars near the front and spilling them down she atsep embankment on both aides of the track there were two oattle oars involved containing about fifty hand altogether and the err ir of dying and injured ani mals added to the confusion sever- all wounded beasts were shot by constable j w sheffield head of the local provincial police detach ment some were trapped in the overturned cars and it was not possible to reach them for several hours after the- accident those that did escape wandered from the scene and at press time some twen tyfour of these were unaccounted for three of the animals were laat seen in the flats below the public school an hour after the crash others were seen farther up the fasjc j three of the train crew of the moving freight were injured the engineer suffered a broken ankle the fireman had deep cut over his eye and an injured leg and the front hrakaman was scratched and braised they were taken to the they were treated by dr a mcal lister the local railway doctor and dr c v williams and were later removed by ambulance to toronto where the engineer was taken to hospital the caboose of the standing train jammed to the other trains engine caught fire and was totally des troyed the fire also apiesfilliig to a metal car believed to be fall of furniture erroneous reports were widely circulated this morning that as many as four men were trapped in the blaze a resident who talked to mte engineer of the standing frelght- reported him as saying that he wins in the caboose and dived through the door when ho saw the other train coming he was unin jured a cattle beast his leg com pletely severed and hanging by the akin managed to stagger several yards from the wreck where he collapsed and was put out of mis ery by a kindly bullet another ani mal was almost cut in two crushed half way out of tho car both freights wero laden with a variety of articles two ears of gravel wero apiliod down the south bank as were two cars of grain 6omo minor looting was noticed until police posted a guard over one car whore a varioty of nrticlcsin- eluding hockey pucks weatrs tire chains ond tables and underwear woro noticed sneak thioves entered the caboose and emptied tho ault- caso of a trainman who also had a new windbreaker stolen an unusual featuro of the acci dent was that although it was heard for blocks two boys ross dillon aw and bill dohorty who were closest wm to the scone knew nothing about it until rosss father percy dillon called to thorn from his home the boys wore sleeping in a pup tent at the foot of the railway embank ment just where tho accident occur red i this was tho first railway acci dent here since the early war years years ago when georgetown was arkieven more lraportanv railway terminus than now accidents were frequent and the town was known to rallwaymen as calamity junc tion engagement 1 the engagement is announced of lleurlts kennedy mckee daughter mr frederick mckee of starting arihe late mrs mckee to frits tvykle devrlee son of mr and mrs xffkle devrlee of georgetown the marriags will take place -onatnr- day september 4th at three oclock in westminster united church bw weston ontario bt evlymptiiiief accident hpt lursa m town- knox induction service next week rev alexander calder newly- appointed minister of knox and lhnehbuse presbyterian churches will be inducted next wednesday night at a service in knox church t 8 pm- rev e j phlnn of mil ton will preach the sermon and the moderator rev clifton mckay of victoria church toronto is expected to preside the clerk of presbytery rev edgar foreman of morijlngside qrurch toronto will be in charge of the steps of induo- ton and rev dr ross of wood- bridge will address the minister rev j l self of norvaj interim moderator will take part in the ser vice as will his brother revf rus sell self of st james church tor onto who will address the congre gation the church choir will be in attendance following the service a reception for the new minister and his wife will be held in the sunday school rooms streetsville beats nobval lacrosse juniors playing the third game of the series at norval last night streets- ville junior farmers won 106 to force the series in a fourth and fi nal game the game was even until the second half when the winners forged ahead lorne scots jeiand at ex tomorrow the lome scot band are off to the exhibition tomorrow where they will compete in the class b band competition the draw fcpr position will be made at one oclock and the band will be playing some time between then and 280 they will leave town in the morning and hold a practice at the brampton band stand before proceeding to that george- rarmet end don- cofell havejoined the staff of ber- ragers clennaar and jpyers that mwrrmseks drugs has ha fluorescent jigjstog installed which makes the interior of the store much brighter sod mora at- tractive that principal howard wrigv glesworth of the public school was successful in pssstrig two more subjects leading to his bachelor of arts degree at mcmaster university this summer miss marie lindsay of the school staff took a five week course in educational methods dur- ing summer which was given at the north bay normal school that mccluros home furnlah- ingings has had u now coat of paint and tho bricks on the store front and oil bradleys grocery store havo been painted white it that traffic is being rerouted up mill street to edith street while the sewer pipes are being laid along church street that columnist anno is back in the laundry business again and announces it in an advertisement in this edition of the herald that mldnlsht dances are plen tiful for the holiday weekend with four of them announced at hutton- ville erin acton and guelph the weather mr editors in case you dont know its been hot the attached summary will let you know by figures the average maximum of 92 is really high but sundays breezes were certainly a lifesaver cheer up it cant last forever and it is only 217 days until chriatmast ern batkln rain date max mn aug 28 86 68- aug 24 90 60 aug 26 06 68 aug 26 94 60 aug 27 96 66 aug 28 96 66 aug 29 87 68 average 92 6228 t following a lengthy illness mrs joseph hups passed away on sun day august 29th si the home of iter daughter mr frank smith ri j 1 georgetown she was- in hex 7h year i v mrs hulls was bom lily fcalghcs in- ijittrhgstone suffolk england s daughter of the bite george knights and msrths harrison in 1898 she married joseph hulls and they came to canada in 1911 sett ling hear georgetown and later going to port elgin following the death of her husband in 1948 she returned to this district to make her home with mr and mrs frank smith she was a member of the united church surviving are five daughters and three sons edith mrs albert smith of milton wlnhlfred mrs frank smith of georgetown dor othy mrs lorno jamieson of gslt margaret mrs r l preston of st catharines lillian mrs molvln hold of port elgin wil liam of georgetown george of st catharines and fred of port elgin the funeral service was held yesterday morning at the mcclure funeral home with rev o r flin- dall of ealllnefed cpnductipg the service pall bearers were wilfred and charles burt kenneth brush wilfred waldie james btckerson and harry smith a second service was hold in port elgin at the davey funeral hdmo in the afternoon with tho sorvlco being conducted by rev william quigley of burgoyne presbyterian church assisted by a former minister rev kenneth mc millan of niagara falls interment was made in sanctuary paalc ceme tery port elgin w john avison west coast musi cian fat heard weekly over the obc second annual fir of iltn tobehewtnstaltfhlw 84fcsvr enrre mustibe in the hall not later than friday 11 oclock entry fee- value 10c for each entry must be in the hands of the treas urer mrs beaumont not later than thursday 6 oclock fr your tfckets names must be enclosed prise money 1st vrisa soe 2nd prs 3bel 3rd prise ioc baby show oldest at fair youngest at fair best deorated bicycle best decorated doll carriage best decorated tricycle grades g 1 plaque- i girjsy best plaeecarf ir grades 1 2 and best wot bods 2 grades 4 and 6 est work bosk 6 grades 6 7 and 8 jst wont book 4 grade 4 best health book nos book g grades 6 and 6 best social study note book 6 grades 7 and 8 best social study note bookr 7 grade 6 and 6 map of north america 8 crade 7 and 8 map of 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grade t penmanship grade 1 selection from we woe and play grade 2 november grade 8 the squirrel grade 4 windy nights- grade 6 chimes grade 6 grasshopper greesl grade 7 and 8 amber from egyyat art grade 1 health poster any subjees grade 2 health poster muk a good food grade s health poster foods w should eat for health grade 4 health poster iuustratisar a safoty rule grade 6 colored crayon drewisar of any flower grade 6 bird study in water color grade 7 stained glass window is water color grade 8 action drawing in watasv colour crafts grades 2 and 3 nursery rhyme paper cutting etc or other media grades 4 and i modelling in any stewarttown ancient blessing rites blessing of the fishing boats a cere mony dsting from their ancesrirs centuries asp in brituiiy france was held recently by gsiierfolk of ox river gaspl the largest cod fishing village on the gajpe pennisuals and located 30 miles from gaspd itown a canadian national railways terminus the age old ceremony is shown at right with the recitation of liturgical prayers the blessing was given by his excellency bishop a jleblanc of gaspe shown as heucorl- ducted the oereiuooy oa the bishops right is rev n riou parish priest jol pox river and expresident of the quebec fishermens syndicate on ale right sad in front of the micro phone is father a malo ofm of montreal the messing wss followed by a prooiaalps at sea in gay ling- decked seeing craft j shown above soamie taroogb lbs waters off fox uvsrvtbags miss margaret young erin township native r- a broken hip whlcn she surrered in a fall at her home on lower mala street resulted in compucationa which proved fatal to miss margar et young who passed away in tor onto western hospital on wednes day august 26th she was born eighty years ago in erin township a daughter of the late thomas young and janet mo- ralllan her father was a native of scotland and taught school before taking up farming her mother was an erin township pioneer being horself born on the family home stead four miles above erin be fore moving to ceorgetown in 1914 aho had lived with her rather for four years in erin village she was a membor of knox presbyterian church and had beep active in church work being a life member of the womens missionary society she is survived by three ajstsas and two brothers mrs james d miss minnie an tho sympathy of this community is oppressed to mr and mrs w hulls and the family at tho passing away of mr hulls mother mr josenn hulls miss roth lawson of london vls- itod last week with her grandmother mrs w lawson sr wo welcome mr and mrs ro- bortsbourno with their three little sons and a daughter who moved recently to our village from geor getown miss eleanore smith was one of tho party in the motor trip to mich igan reported in last weeks herald the st johns sunday school will roopen next sunday at 1080 am now came to stewarttown of the birth of a little son to mr and mrs dick standish of thorold a baby brother for edward richard torrie janet and rosemary congratulations diok mr thomas young of cuorgatawbr and mary a canning demonstration win be given by the burpee canning com pany under the auspices of th stewarttown womens institute tuesday evening september 7th at ftrss as vtrl visitors with- mr and mrs ufc grant on saturday wars mr sad mrs russel robinso mr xmhjix robinson and mhsiiasfy twftatu of toronto i mrs robert patterson mary of kincardine and william of erin a later mrs rob ma leltch and a brother daniel predeceased htt archdeacon w o o thompson conducted th funeral ssrvics froos- her late horn on saturday wmb lav tsttnentfollowlna la hnxkvy tary hinsburgb- bslrwuvn hi nephawsi rosa lehoh tanis dooshs torru ivgr ssrsoa honi ivmswga sfeydsssrhihbssdlli feiesidsmeai

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