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t the georgetown herald georgetown ontario wednewby may 11th 1949 exrc news at the softball series is under way this week the bantam league started monday at the public school with two pom algon- qnlns beating sioux 16s and cree winning t from iroquois east night the otearn midget league which alao plays at the nubile achool went into action the player qn the midget teams ae midoitt brooklyn dodgers tom palm er don white gerald vscott danny hewitt bob- webster richard blenko sandy mackenzie jim beckett bob caseley bob tost doug tucker wayne pries teddy ewitt ted mlddleton boston braves r mcolll ron herrington ronald breen terry mcglll donald cleave bill whit ney allan darby jack maedougall bob slmson art mcguigan merv davidson jack handy don liv ingstone paul prust cleveland indians bob allen george webster r ritchie b freestone lyn macnealc ian mac- nealc john doherty bruce nor ton bui hancox j miller wayne grlbbens john winilcld don lor- usso mew york yankee nerval sho teramoto jamie cunningham george grasby don jarvle don smith dale scdore harvey hazell peter fendlcy julian reed fred haney detroit tigers glen david cooper james timleck harpin beaumont clarence schenk bill barclay richard hancock doug marshall bill lusty ron hilts george mcnally james young lcn bcnstcad two georgetown teams and one each from the glen and norval have formed a juvenile league which plays their first games to night at the high school next week the games switch to the regular scheduled spot of monday keith scott captains one local team with players jim kjrkwood ron donham doug ireland dean thompson joe louth dave bar ber bill arnold jack bcttke ross preston bob burns bob mcglu lome mcbride bill doherty and dave bowman the other george town team has alan gillis as cap tain and players are keith thomp son earl wnlters keith king bill hewitt curl schenk john whit- j ney don burns bill maccormack alan bailey jack hlllior john nodwell george mcclurc and brock bradley wednesday night marks the start of lacrosse in town when players will be chosen and an exhibition game played in the lions bowl with norval the recreational dir ector j l self will give a talk on the gome wednesday and fri day will be lacrosse nights v thursday jhe girls will enjoy softball at the public school the bantams will play after four with three teams entered from george town and one from the glen mid get girls will play after supper and there are five teams in the league 3 from town with norval and the glen also having teams plans are lining up for the horse shoe tourney which will be held in the park may 24th evening begin ning at 8 30 an entry fee will be charged to take care of the prizes there are still extra sets of shoes available for anyone who wishes to form a club in their district mens softball get underway next week and the following games ore slated monday alliance vs meadowglen tuesday high school vs legion wednesday lions vs len friday smith and stone b vs norval each team is to provide one referee for these preschedule games which will be played for the purpose of grouping the teams into a and b classes the weat mr editor this weeks summary surely indi cates that it has been hot and dry w degrees is the highest recorded temperature for may and last week equalled tratt record three times in a rd w the average of 7ft w for last wsk is 14 degrees above normal the rainfall is minus so far this month and all the gardeners and fanners would welcome some nloe warm showers ern batkin date max mln rain may 2 68 47 may 3 79 48 j may 4 88 48 may s 88 62 may 6 88 01 may 7 68 43 may b 71 jl average 78 72 4857 norval institute elects officers the annual election of officers was conducted at the may meeting of norval women s institute which was held at the hanrfe of mrs e c rccd mrs j patterson took the chair for the election and the new officers are pres mrs graydon chester 1st vice mrs oliver hunter 2nd vice mrs lome cleave slc ty trcas mrs joseph murray assistant mrs w t graham pianists mxb c moreton mrs walter fidler publicity mrs bruce hud asms tan t mrs frrank tendley auditors mrs laurence may mrs keith webb program committee mrs e c heed mrs lome cleave mn c moreton work committel mbs prairie maguire mrs w tidier mrs n a robinson mrs f fendlcy home economics mii wishait mrs w graham citizenship nnd education mrs b reid mrs wilbert cleave historical research current events mrs e c ilccd mrs murray laird agriculture cpnadian industry mrs o hunter mrs w tidier public relationship a commun- iti activities mrs f rendley mrs j patterson mrs k webb 1 he roll call was answered by bints for next years program it k us reported uiat total receipts of the institute last year amounted to over 400 the hostess assisted by mrs fidler and mrs robinson served lunch and a social half hour followed the business meet ing port office employee staff ora cooeidiet after an illness of several months stafford benjamin groat passed away in sunnybrook hospi tal toronto on friday may 9th he was in his both year a native of chinguacousy township mr groat was a son of the jaw mr and mrs robert groat his father for many years operated a cheese factory near the paper mill bill which will be remembered by the older residents in town when a young man of twenty he wcrrt west and lived in elkhorn manitoba where he met and mar ried margaret freeman he enlis ted in 1014 with the 8th battalion and served with the canadian troops overseas from 1015 to 1010 returning to georgetown after use war he was masseyharrls agent in town later worked at the smith and stone plant and fourteen years ago took the position of caretaker at the post office he was a mem ber of branch 120 canadian leg ion mr groat is survived by his wife one daughter mrs balfe bradley allocn and four grandchildren a brother william lives in abbots- ford b c the funeral service was conducted by archdeacon w g o thompson at the mcclurc fun- cral home on monday pallbearers were ltcol g b s couscns lt i col gordon o brown henry ishephord thomas grieve perc j chaplin and walter louth at the uravesidc in greenwood cemetery members of the canadian legion conducted a legion service which i was in charge of the president david bowman health unit nurse speaks to fcodjl mrs m outier superintendent of nurses for hilton health unit was guest sneaker at the meeting cat the countess of strathmore chapter iode on monday night she spoke on child health centre particu larly mehtloplug fn what ways such organizations as the iore can be of help arid of the benefits which both mothers yand children can derive from them she was in troduced by the regent mrs t mcclintock mrs wallace thompson presen ted a parting gift to mrs mccun- tbcjc who announced her resigna tion as regent due to her removal from town to grand valley she will be succeeded by the forrriev 1st vleeregent mrs walter blehn a report on the opportunity sale convened by mrs ern batkin showed it to have been a success mrs stan grabb reported that the april food parcels for britain had been sent coming events planned by the chapter include a tag day this month for tin- canadian national institute for the blind and a tea georgetown will have hardball team this year hon dana pobtkk hon dana porter at present minister of education will become attorneygeneral of the province jn june at the home of misses jean succeeding hon leslie blackwell and margery mackenzie i the new cabinet of premier lcs- the meeting was held at the i frost mr porter was guest home of mrs wilfred ford and her speaker at mayor gibbons lnaug- cohostosscs were miss ruth evans mrs ken whitworth mrs harold hutchinson and mrs g w lum mccal- inglisi musician will ijudicat in milton dr reginald cooper famous en glish muslci in who is eonduetor of uil udell choir of sheffield the orpheus male choir of sheffield ii el uu dc i in hue phllh u mimic oiehestra will be adjudleator at tue music competition being spon sored by halton male choir in lilton m t n t ntn lhi eompeti- tion is ul piilieuli lot il interest inislnueh as u loeul man kenneth it iiimsun wus a sehtilurshlp win- nei in tile last eompetltloii two w us ilii there ire twelve eljs- ts iiieludiii utee pi ino orian it hn u tl bind in liunients com- i itols must be residents of llal- ton count uid entry forms may be obtained loeullv at both seliools closing date for entries is may 21 aileen powell weds will live in kitchener on saturday may 7 at the uni ted chureh manse rev john m smith officiated at the marriage of aileen powell daughter of mr mil mrs john powell of milton mil mr ineil menelly of huther- i ilen the bride wore a blue en- i emble with blatk iceessones and ilsaie of red roses attending 1 tl in wtit le in ide s brotherin u mil s tei mi ind mrs albert j sttplettm mrs stapleton wearing i pink willi niv iitessones ami a iti ii ut ti 11 w i uses i lull winj thi teiemonv a recep- tii n u is held it the home of the ijiltles ueits in milton the couple icftbn a not them honey- i ii on tni ind on their return will i ike m re nlenee in kitchener ural dinner in january merchants plan dinner mill organize assoc plans are being made for the or- claude kcntner baseball fans 1st georgetown and district will have a team to cheer for this year at a meeting held in the arerta monday nlgfatlt was decided to entes a teapi in the in termediate group which comp a teams from halton wentworth anal wellington counties other teams in this group are milton acton fergus and an alljapanese teaxa from rtamiltoii the first game of the season vol likely take place in geo eat saturday may 31st with berets being the opposition as last yeairi hasehall club ended tlie season with a large deficit u was decided to make a canvas of the town to get enough money ao the boys can stsrtrbrt an even kesjl jim ritchie and corey herrlngtoa were appointed to do the canvass- ing and a generous response is asked if anyone wants to help qijt tbey are asked to get in touch with the canvassers it is felt that georgetown has a good supply of hardball players and anyone wanting to try for position on the team is invited out to practice the 1049 executive is as follows honorary presidents dr r t paul recreational director 3 l self david saxe sam mackenzie past president norman hill president bob lane executive allan norton joe rice jim ritchie jack malcolm ionization of a retail business men s association in georgetown a committee of merchants met on monday night and it has been de cided to hold a dinner at the mc- gibbon house next wednesday to which all retail merchants will be invited lt is hoped at this dinner t form an executive and ii k imitation of merchants sec ty trcas corey harrington auditors kent storey presi dent i ransjiortation david iiaxc ben mcliarg president gate spcnce mcklnnon ross botle property scotty patterson strong hirvc chappcl press whcldon emmcrsoq sybil cennett kc may be conservative candidate mr j h cameron buried in glen cemetery social and personal jean roney weds toronto man fair board to restrict attle entry to halton county the membtia of uil ksqu lying ai icultural society met in joint bebbion at the home of miss char lotte mccullouijh president of uic ladies division on monday even- ins t discuss further plans for georgetown fair after fonsidcrable discussion it was decided to restrict both dairy nnd beef cattll entries at georfle- lovvn foir to halton county farm- trs it was biouyht to the attenuon of the meeting that the judges stand at the park has been taken down to make way for a new band stand but that the lions club had agreed to make suitable ar rangements for a portable stand for fair days it was also reported that entries were coming in for the lxu build ing competition but that the num ber of farmers sowing registered oats nude this competition doubt ful entries in both classes should be in the hands of the secretary- shortly w ci marshall heads local liberal organization uc koy dale kunquishk8 chaiemansiot aptbb 11 y8 at a meeting of the georgetown liberal association held in the town ball last night leroy dais kc relinquished the chalrman- wjklp of we association in favour of v a marshall after 17 years ser vice to the party in either the cap acity of chairman or secretary mr date hif been a continuous worker for the liberal party for sb years has been county chairman and at one urns contested halton riding officers elected included presl- dent w o marshall o l mcdll- vray 1st vice president mrs mar shall timbers 2nd vice president norman hill secretarytreasurer executive prank petch marshall timbers mrs d marshall the meeting discussed plans for the convention and the possibility an arrangement ot early spring floucrs ormed the setting in st barlholomlu s church of england toronto for tht wedding of norma jtan daughter of mr and mrs allan roney formerly of george town and donold h ayres son of mis ii ayrei and the late mr ayres the service was eonductct by father c f pnshler the bride was given m marriage b her father and wore a full length gown of white moire taff eta with long train and veil with matching headdress of bcadod pearls she carried a bouquet of deep red roses mrs evelyn mor gan was matronofhonour for her sister and wore u pale yellow moire aiftta own she carried a bou quet matching her sister s of tal isman roses bridesmaids were mrs evelyn march and miss lee or- satti junior bridesmaids were the bi ide s cousins miss carolyn caus- ton and miss grace brooles the bridesmaids also wore matching gowns of moire taffeta two in blue and two in orchid they carried bouquets of pink roses and snap dragons with matching ribbons all the gowns wece made by the brides mother roy ayres was best man for his brother and ushers were lorne morgan and stan johnson miss pat hague a close friend of the bride and groom sang the lords prayer and ave maria at a reception at the brides home mrs roney received in a pale blue gown with matching accessories and wearing american beauty roses the grooms mother wore a rust gown with matching hat and gloves and talisman roses tjie couple left on a short trip to windsor on their return they will make their noma in toronto v icsident ol glen wlllnms for civer thirty years mur ann liutch- eloi widow of the late john henry cameron passed awa in peel memorial hospital brampton on iontla may nd in her ujrd year born in scotland she came to canada with her parents when she was three years old and lived in clarleson before maving to the glen in 1917 she was predeceased by her husband thirtytwo years ago survivingbrc one son thomas a daughter mrs j fry lan and two grandchildren jack and joe iry a sister and a brother live in the states hev f j dunlop conducted the funeral service from the home of her daughter mrs fry on wednes day pallbearers were six neigh bours william kirby robert miss sybil bennett kc has an nounced her candidacy to rcpresont the progressiveconservatives in halton at the june federal clec- ti in the party will chooso their l indid ite at a meeting in milton i own hall thursday night also prominentl mentioned as a condl- dje is exwarden gcprgc cleave of jeorgetown allan b nichol son of burlington who represented the party in the 1045 election when he was defeated by the present member hughes cleaver will not be in the field ken slater of oak- vdle has also been mentioned as being interested in the nominauon umehouse mrs stew irt u m ison of ian- uii michu in ind mi and mrs o w d i of woodbrldge were vis- ti il with mi uid mrs george vile on sundu mrs c l llithn ind miss belle llllot of cheslcy spent i few days last week in town with mr and mis waller blehn miss e f johnson of toronto wis a guest at wildwood last week with mr and mrs ern batkin recent visitors with mr and mis ken whitworth were mr and mrs a e foote of toronto and mr ond mrs m van sickle and son jimmy of brantford visiting i town with their mo ther mrs c freure are mr and mrs p h preure of indiana and mrs w m mccork- la merryday william davison karn s orchestra provided music nuiale of toronto clayton allen interment was and mr r l davidson was floor mr nnd mrs e b gibbens peter madc in glcn wlllioms cemetery manager for the donee followln and john paul of callander spent rhe bcmllul floral tributes indu- sunday with his patents mr and i ded thosc from i mrs j j gibbens i tnc family grandchildren sis- mrs horry pettit ond mrs mel tlr uly nlcces and nephew jack broom of bantford were visitors a ander will cain one day last week with mr and lne3 jack and mrs bruce mackcnzle winners at the euchre sponsor ed by the w i gardens commttea in the hall on friday evening were lodics mrs jack crawford jr mrs jas noble mens mr rltch- ulchmond i armstrong wllliom evcrson mon- le benton mr jack crawford jr mr and mrs james cave of de troit michigan and mr and mrs lome cave and son jim of toron- cain mrs clara mi no and family mrs i smith mr and mrs george preston and family miss forgrave and miss mullln jack cotton mr to spent mothers day in town with a f william kirby mr and their mother mrs t r cave and sister mrs ross thompson mrs jack addy mrs cooper bor den marchment mr and mrs clay- mrs william kelley ann and au f fam paddy of ajax are spending a few weeks in town with her parents i mrs floyd ward mr and mrs bob lane neighbours spray mrs of organizing association a young liberals check unk rokum double bhowstm fob eecent brides the girls of the dell telephone office held a double shower rec ently at the homo of mrs william bonathan for two recent brides mrs eugene logah i louise r son and mrs edward mcnettty geraldlne tyers both girls ro- ceved several lovely gifts last night another enjoyable evening of bowling was spent at the lucky strike club in town ttcr hot dogs and coffee presi dent bob mclaughlin on behalf of the group presented mr and mrs fred brown with a set of inlaid candle sticks as a present for their 2mh wedding anniversary which they celebrated on mays 1st dr and mr r t paul and with j s compjon mrs allen mr and mrs bob early at their f farm near balllnafad they will i m k later loin mr kelly for the iummert mcm mr f w at kincardine where he is working- mr hye r wu wlth a surveying crew during bis summervacatlon he will enter his final year in engineering this fall norval junior hold annual church service the annual church service at norval junior farmers and junior institute was held in norval pres byterian church last sunday even ing rev alex j calder of knox church georgetown was the spec ial speaker choosing as his subject the realism of scripture rev j l self pronounced the benedic tion the scripture reading was given by nell van vllet president of the juniors with betty van vllet pres ident of the junior institute lead ing in prayer miss jean chester sang a solo and ladle trio eossw ahk cuntuoiotanon fob pauc pstlon officials of fcsquesing agriculsu- ral society are asking the puble to use consideration in keeping pie memorial nylon in the park tree of litter and rubbish lately the beauty of the pylon has been mar red by broke bottles and old pa per which detracts from its appear ance the pylon was erected by the society in cooperation with tba raits fair branch of the depart ment of agriculture to eosximatt orate the 100th anniversary of hs- queaing agricultural society two years ago posed of miss chester dorothy vice harston and georgina eccles also contributed selections to the mr- lunch the sunday school children made up a choit for mother s day at the presbyterian church mrs a nor ton also sang hymns my mother used to sing recent visitors in the neighbour hood included mr and mrs bui mills and susan and mrs dickie of toronto with mr ond mrs w i mills mr w i newton of barrie- with his mother cadet ian bongard of rmc kingston wlthoulet robin bourns who is spending three weeks vaca tion with his parents here mrs mcadams of toronto with mrs ellerby mr and mrs cedric cross mr and mrs dick packer and children and mrs gordon martin and mr daughter mr and mrs bob lane and children all of georgetown mr and mrs ted morrow and elane of toronto all with mrs lane on sunday the grants of stewerttewn with mrs smethurst mr douglas scott is employed with armstrong construction at trols pistoles quebec good luck doug cloxdsten bapnzeo nokval rstltjbvresuan ottostch as part of the mothers day mr vice at norval presbyterian church john thomas son of mr and mrs thomas mcgee and jane shixav beth daughter ol uf and lira andrew c mcclure were baptised by uie minister rev j l self thsj sunday school choir sang during the service e2e