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georgetown ont wednesday september 28tjb 1949 chatting 1lblb the weather i i mr editor this weeks summary records put- first frost of the season an even 32 decrees but only stlme things felt the effects of it look at the rain column this week alfttle drlzsle every day but one and the whole total hardly equal to pne- real good shower ern batkln saw a great improvement on the baby high chair idea the other day when ernie crawford called around to show us the baby butler what interested us most was the safety feature in tho butler 1tls im possible for baby to upset because he is cushioned and safetystrapped in the seat set down in the middle of a small table which is non-tip- pable because of the angle at which the chrome legs are set besides lor any baby of four months or more the butler does duty as an tutoscat and later as a blackboard nd playtable tfhey are just being introduced to canada and they seem like a good idea isnt it amazing the way the simplest mishap can result in a painful injury when mrs j b mackenzie tripped on a step at her back door one day last week she fell in such a way that ier hip was broken the only consolation the family has is that it was a clean break so it will mend that much more quickly mrs mackenzie is recuperating in st josephs hospi tal guelph can imagine what a thrill it must have been for mr and mrs- jack ferguson mrs ferguson is the former belle hill of glen wil llams when they heard the satur day scrapbook broadcast from georgetown fair at their home in kyle sask which is 545 miles west of winnipeg and mrs h islcy who was vis iting at her nieces home near mln- den sask also heard the broad cast over station cbk at wat- rous sask mrs isley mentions hearing mr bucki john bird and corey herrlngton and the girls pipe band she said the reception was very clear her relatives hearing the broadcast thought we must have a wonderful town and also a very good girls band to quote from mrs isleys letter in cldentally mrs isley mentions that the crops were bad in their district with wheat yielding only around 10 bushels an acre and of poor quality georgetown received another bit of radio publicity last thurs day on the pick the hits pro gram when joan latimers name was drawn for the 9000 jackpot unfortunately joan hadnt listed the songs in the correct order of popularity so instead of the jack pot she received two admission tickets to the club top hat in tor onto and two toronto theatre admission tickets it was a really tough break for joan not winning the money because she has been entering the contest for quite a lone time and lias quite often pick ed the hits correctly but of course icr name wasnt drawn thoe times why- do things some times hae to happen that way because it will keep him near er his woik n toionto with the leal estate firm of a w farlin- cr riley bretliour hli wife peg gy and baby son aiuheu have t ought a house in the city and will move from lhcir queen st home the end of this month kucy was tile former propi itlor of the geor getown dairy wing commander and mis hay foottit have moved into one of the most attractive houses built here in recent years built with a great aeal of beautiful cut stone it is situated on top of the hill just as you round the curve on college st and was constructed by roland haines the foottits and their three children wendy susan and johnny formerly lived in one of the marshall apartments on queen st before iiiniciug their home in georgetown wing cmdr and mrs foottit lived in ottawa lie is the rcak resident engineer officer at the a v roe company malton very soon now wing cindr footits assistant fit ia a b howell and mrs lilowoll will be novlng to georgetown and will live in the attractive brick house rn albert street just completed by mr cyril hrandford fit li unw ell has just received his masters de gree in aeronautical engineering from mcglll university while chatting with mrs foottit we felt a real thrill oi hprldc for our town when she told us how much hey liked living here and how surprised and pleased they were to fnd the town taking such n interest in the school children and adolescents the recreational facilities free skating stayathome empotc and the wellorganized teen town activities are seemingly exceptional for examjhvshe told tu ttettoottawsneach chllofnac to i pay 80s admission to go iceskat ing sept 10 sept 20 sept 21 sept 22 sept 23- sept 24 sept 25 average max mln 88 i- 84 50 c 40 84 38 62 h4 53r 3fl 80 32 8014 4285 rain sa 08 08 10 10 04 40 ashgrove a beautiful rally day service was held in the church on sunday morning the theme was ho shall have dominion a bouquet of gladioli and zinnias was on trie front table rev fred ainsworth presided and all used the printed programmes the scripture was read by joan drake and the stbry the good news parcel was told by bernice wilson the choir of school children sang the number praise the- lord today an ad dress was given by mr e v moc- cormack of georgetown whose subject was building he said that good character is built out of three materials our home school sunday school and church every one should build strong foundations as the world needs good men and women more today than ever be fore the september wi meeting was held at mrs stringers home last tuesday with twenty ladies present mrs charles austin open ed with the ode the secretary mrs- harvey nurse read the mln- ntes of the last meeting and also read the correspondence and lot- ers she receives it was decided to send parcels to britain every other month- as this was grand mothers meeting mrs c b dick took charge the roll call was answered with a recipe that be longed to grandmother mrs a j ruddell gave the motto age is not a matter of years it is a state of mind each grandmother had made up an original poem and the prize of a tatted doily was won by mrs- fred wrigglesworth mrs george nurse conducted a very interesting contest on things our grandmothers missed which makes one realize how lucky women are today with all the conveniences to he had jnews of the ishjblic school eyelyn robiruon weds will live iii brampton atj ceremony performed in the films shown last friday after glcrft united church on saturday noon at the public school included september l7th evelyn hazel hob- 1 river watch canadian- wheat inson daughter of mr and mrs nd buffalo lore being de- leslie h robinson of glen wil- privod of an assembly room pro- mom became the bride of charles ved rather inconvenient but the janies hennessey son of mr ohd difficulty was surmounted by tak- mrs matthow- j hennessey of ht the equipment to different brampton rev alex cowan offl- classrooms where- classes had been elated the church was decorated grouped together with standards of pink and white gladioli 4 the bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a wedding gown of white sheer with sweet heart neckline and full skirt a threequarter length veil fell from a crown headdress she wore a double strand of pearls and carried crescent of better time roses maid of honour was her- sister rose marie and the grooms sister miss irene hennessey was bridesmaid they were gowned in pink and preen nylon sheer respectively both gowns fashioned with off-the- shouldcr neckline matching mit tens andhcaddrcss and each wore o slnglesqnnd of pearls little elaine robinson niece of the bride was flower girl wearing yellow nylon sheer trimmed with lace and a matching ribbon headdress all the attendants carried nosegays of autumn flowers mr robert bean of brampton was groomsman and the ushers were william parker of streetsvule and the brides brother herbert robinson of georgetown mr alf goodwin was organist the solo ist miss jean harlcy who was gowned in yellow song ill walk beside you befqrethe ceremony and o perfect love during the signing of the register at a reception in the church basement the brides mother re ceived wearing a forest green crepe dress with black accessories and corsage of red roses the grooms mother asslstca dressed in fuschia crepe with navy accessories and corsage of pink carnations for a honeymoon trip to the states the bride changed to a green gabardine suit- with- gray and black accessor ies and a corsage of white carna tions the wedding party feted the bride and groom later in the even ing at the club klngsway in tor onto they will take up residence in brampton- children are busily practising for field bays which are scheduled for next week if weather permits a sports day will bo held on tues- 1 day afternoon october 4th at the school grounds in order to elimin ate those in various classes to six or eight entries the latter will engage in similar events at geor getown park thursday afternoon october 8th in order to pick win ners to compete against mutorrhlid acton pupils at the threetown meet to be held later in acton it is hoped that georgetown will be able to recapture first place in sports this fall an honor which last year was won by milton pupils all in terested parents and friends are in vited to attend field day in the park thursday afternoon the school exhibit of writing crt and handicrafts at the fall fan- was again adjudged as work of high standard many expressions of sat isfaction were voiced by the public concerning it both teachers and pupils deserve credit for such a fine display about eight or nine ball diamonds ere in use these days at the school and the girls are resuming their interest in volley ball the work routine has gotten well under way in each classroom and both teachers and pupils feel they arc off to a happy profitable year prominent orangeman j mccartney die mrs victor tomkinson bernice hughes daughter of mr and mrs john j hughes of geor getown was married recently to mr victor toniklnson of toronto new phone books due next week before mr and mrs gordon martin and patricia left for their new home in orangeville twelve of mrs martins neighbours on nor mandy boulevrrd surprised her with a farewell paity at the home of mrs thomas parry the girls en- oyed a pleasunt eliit over the tea cups and piesentetl jessie with two beautiful cups mil saueeis i i n mmbrancc token most of jou piobibl know mrs dick llialus wi ittiu u c sitci miss aon cllito ol hamilton who often tisll- in jtorjlrtutwi and wil join wlli u m i him liei i tpliii s in hi i inn i ine tin- sat- u day to mr louis liiltiglm also ol irilinllon i le liiu i i ike lll be oleniiued in si anthonys ihuith last ulek mr ami mrs litili at- ulided a ln hi ellaneuus show er for the bl kit and- also the trolls- eau tea liiteiesled to ham that mrs doug gieer was on the secretariat of the 4th commonwealth itejutlons i nfeiente held b the institute ol intelnation affairs at higwin inn muskuka there were seventy live delegate representing all iountries in the commonwealth the greers are still living in i town while mr greer who was t formerly cost accountant at smith x- stone ltd commutes to his nevv losition in toronto with fiberglos ltd forgot to mention while talk ing about mr and mrs gold mar tins moving that the john hen derson fumily from stewarttown have moved into the house they vo- rated on normandy boulevard the road to the glen and em- iy street nave certainly been hnmensely improved to put it mildly by then- resurfacing tile mad recondlflbning plan is now well on us wuy takes a few months of bumps atui bangs to nuke us appreciate a smooth road theres a maple at the- foot of silvercrcck hill thats the most vivid scarlet really its worth seeing and you cant miss it its fairly flaming miss peggy pasmore has return ed from her holiday trip to fort william her cousin miss jean mackenzie made the boat tiipr with her and then continued west tr victors bc travelling by train and pjjipe georgetown telephone subscribers will find more than 250 changes in the october issue of the telephone directory which will be delivered here next week w o misencr bell telephone manager for this region sold today most of the changes which be come effective with the delivery of the new directory are due to the recent extension to the local switchboard and extensive con- truction of outside cable and wire a resident of town for many facilities the number of porties years james mccartney diedlast on congested rural lines have been friday september 23rd at the age i reduced and party lines in town of 83 mr mccortncy was a re- 1 have been regrouped mr misener tired railwayman and had worked said lor many years as a scctionman on i featuring on us cover the fam ine georgetownbarrio line borfl lar figure of the spirit of com- m ashgrove he was a son of the imiiucation the new green-covcr- late william mccartney ond mur- eel edition of the telephone dlrec- garet mcdowell lory will replace the buffcovered in 1893 he married catherine nook issued lis t year it will con- uancier they lived in george- tain 104 page in the alphabetical town then moved to acton and eetion four nunc than its prede- lilcr lynden before returning to i isoi mid will include listings for town several vears ago mr me- lii amploiiseviiiarket orangeville xntncy joined the orange lodge amu i a milton roches point when he was seventeen and liiiin- slulbui ne sullen and othel cen- med a keen interest in lodge afjiies tliis throughout hi- life he was ill a member of cheltenham acton li 1 mil georgetown lodges the i suivivni aie his widow one son i nun iri b 11- mr and mrs frank jlghe have returned from a vacation motor rlrthrough the states to the west coasts dr and mrs f r watson hav returned home after spending soma time at their summer home at fort carling mr george mcdowell of toronto is visiting with his sister mrs har ry lawson at her farm home near town aj- mr and mrs william ports and son paul and mrs w c betsey of kitchener were sunday visitor with friends in town sunday visitors with um d la herbert and miss freda herbert were mr and mrs george strange and mr and mrs gilbert young and son brian of toronto miss ethel leslie of toronto spent last weekend with her par ents mr and mrs george h les lie at their home near george town mrs kyle bingham who had her guest for two weeks her mrs r lewis of new york city accompanied her home and wtu spend two weeks in- the metrop olis mrs myrtle sogitorld mrs jones and dau lyn of ware were visitors for flays last week r with mrs lau poole and mr b scott glen llams miss joyce hill who for lived in town has returned onto after visiting- for twr weeks with miss margaret sargent joyce is working in a toronto insurance office mrs s a clan bc is visiting in with her brother of vancouver own this week sisterinlaw barley it la years that mrs her old noma stewarttown mrs el ma davis of london spent d few day a last week with her aunts mrs g appelbe and miss thomp son happy birthday to jean corley 10 years old tuesday of this week about eighty persons mot in the township halt for a party last tuesday evening euchre was played for awhile by some and pomei by the younger people mr bob harris was chairman for the program mrs douglas lawson played selections on the piano mr mclean accompanied himself on the guitar and sang several songs and was the leader for community sing ing mrs d lawson at the piano rev nnd mrs j e maxwell were then called to it he platform and mrs w d johnston of georgetown read an address of congratulations and good wishes and mr and mrs maxwell were presented with a trihght lamp and a living room table from the community mrs maxwell was presented with a rouquet of flowers mr maxwell expressed thanks to all for the rifts and all the good wishes lunch was served and dancing followed the hall was beautifully decorated with flowers these were divided up and sent to all the sick or elder- lv people of the village- mr edward bailey and son paul mrs p r daily and dawn weve visitors with mrs bafly over the witk end thib has been quite a disturbing week with daylight saving in some w parts and a change in the telephone 7 ovhuttonvllietonder s rviee a new ln to has bel l and keith green at her seventh birthday party mr and mrs de the first time in clancy has vlsljl town carol grcewswnrd 7yearold daughter of mr and mrs geoff greensward entertained at a birth day party on monday after school her guestj were joanne duncan marlon majuery jacqueline toal ann fiddler jimmy fiddler joy and virginia barber wendy saun ders sharon harley carolya biehn kent rlddall margaret eason peggy ann cowle and junt lyon at the home of her parents mr and mrs john oliver last saturday june oliver celebrated her 8th birthday with a party to which afas invited marlene and mary hunt of acton bobby westfau of brampton carol hepburn danny and diane golden maryjo and tommy reid susan polly kathy duke brydcn shields jackie car- iird i uiiicli f grandchildren and licithi uidrhilili en he jilso ia urn- 1j llit mi ihui m i iidlifi t mt cmiiii f new iimntii mis ltoliiil 1uium1i of iimnui all- ii siaplrttn of i nut il uhi mil i lilies i lei illlhult vancouver bc it john m smith conducted lettei s tlie itinera service on monday from iitimbei the mcclure funeral home ialljtn end i ied in mi mi- 1 illt s tt i l s 1 ii do liould he dibctr- neu one arrives i wu tit d foi ilniost i ind changed listings for mtit i listed in- ton- j lie 1 oi tin oinni ediion nei iimi tiutioned sub- iiw hit oh lete diii-f- i ii n h diikm out he- iie discarded as old dl- hi w li en found to con- inn nt folding money and lists of frequently called kept on olfue desk-pad- pinned to the utll by the jack i i nine telephone or in pucket note- alex book should be cheeked nul chan- in- ed when the new directory arrives wil- bearers were david bowman lonj ierc chaplin joe hall iiylor and fred armstrong erment was made in glen 1 it mis cemetery j amonk the beautiful floral ti ib- jmeamer inn is utes received were those from al- new restaurant name bert and verna stapleton helen held ina and earl castadden le- achane in ownership of a local non local 708 smith stone lemaurant business was announced alma nnd cecil ellis lol no list week when whcldon steam- neighbours abhie and gor- huat emmerson took over owner- don meredilli irene and dalton me- ship of the former caldwells hes- cartney local 4bl provincial pa- tnurant on main street he will per mr and mrs it buchanan dot iso operate- tiie gray coach bus and ouie stapleton etthel ed and inency which lias been a part of irank young grandchildren bob the business f several years in jennie nnd norma mccartney mr i contest to name the new restaur- installed and a number of subscri hers from 31 line and 84- line put on tiie new line congratulations to the schoof children who were successful in w um ne ii ies u the georgetown fair next sunday being harvest lhankskivfru ei vices in norval sirniii school at stewarttown will be at 10 am and holy conmuin- it at 11 am miss annie hrou n of- toronto i ent tiie week end with mr and ji s moi tram mr hoi i son of owen sound wis home for the wpek end bowlers win trophy a team of bowler xroin the local lawn bowiink club brought home the new hank of commerce trophy lioiu milton when a tournament was held there last friday the trophy mis been offeied by the bank for yearly competition in halton coun ty four rink- of doubles compe ted from georgetown milton ac ton oakulle nnd durlinijton the rinks from georgetown were f nt m nnd mrs maurice tames kicluirdsun nnd william on saturday carolyn daujhtcr of mr and mrs walter biehn enter tained carol greensward sharon harley margaret eason june lyon joan cumminjfc- jane ward- law linda kcrzack jill kentner urenda bell paulcne watson gall mcniven ilaibara kinlay carol karnell and carolyns cousin david mcnally iindi koratk daughter of mr intl mrs alex korzack entertained her fi lends al her seventh birthday party last friday at her home in tluqueen street apartments those altiiidinii the parly were sharon harley margaiet eason linda ond douglas packci iirenda and larry- ifawcs carolyn uichn nell and james ellison robert and kerry jejison gloria latimer jane ward- law june lycn pat snrficnt and lindas brother bobby to celebrate her eleventh birth day diannp hillock entertained at an afternoon theatre party laak saturday and later at a birthday luncheon nt the home of her par- hil lock her guests included irene cromai w g dell and ncls rob- i bouskill morlene bludd dorothy nimin ern thompson and jack kajuery janice bradley clair wllhninson wilfrid lavoie and e i hrndley gloria boyd elaine douff- 11 tyers the kiclmrdsoucromnr i susan foottit diane harrison ind mrs itohind haines mr and mrs e stanlcton siience family 1abcl and iloyd stapleton mrs i biilanguct nul hclliibuison rinks also got in the prize money the handsome trophy is display- i this week in the herald office ititiicitooms iatiikit was onlf georgetown lawyer a weddlnk of local interest was olemnlzed recently nt orono when edith carol staples daughter of mr and mrs melville staples broadluwns orono was married to william g b wiggins only son of mr and mrs clarence wig gins of brampton tho grooms father formerly practiced law in georgetown and during the war was in charao of the selective ser vice wflce which serviced this dis trict from brampton the newly- wed will uveln toronto- i ant which ended yesterday the niine steamers inp which was window submitted by ies clark was judged ijest and mr clark wips a five dol- an interesting sports column along ther glcnwrlght lar pne offeied for the name the boards for the herald contln- the jew proprlbtor who is the ulng 1t through the summer as tin of mis emmerson and tho late around the bend before pur- john eninicrsn is a georgetown i iliuslng the restaurant he worked boy who served overseas during the ns a salesman ior mcnally a lane gail king marna mackenzie peggy ann mcnivcn- patsy richardson marilyn peters carol scddon lil lian shepherd karen shortlll mary j prucyk reggie laurie roberts woon of toronto and diannes bro- wnr with the urmyi- he is in fact a double war veteran for he went overseas with the lome scots when under age and was latcr returned home and discharged then joined the army later and served overseas ngaln he is married- to the former muriel howton of town whcldon or steamboat as he la better known has taken an active part in town affaire as a member of the baseball and hockey club and the lions club last winter he wrote co ltd he is a member of this years champion mens softbnll team the lions the restaurant has been in tho same location in the gibbcns bulld- ng for many years under jt num ber of proprietors mr bob cald well purchased it last year after selling his grocery business to roy barker and charlie crown it was formerly operated by the late wil liam long and prior to that by mr a norrington now of dtindu engagement mr and mrs jordnnus van der vllet announce tho engagement of their daughter wilhclmlna hen- tlrlkn to john clifford russell son of mr and mrs j s russell of toronto the marriage will take j lace on saturday october the fifteenth 1040 at three oclock at terra cot to ontario items held over until next issue includa grc vl hi school news this ia a 1 4page paper r-