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j georielown bntario wtttneday march 1st 1950 w robb dies avt if vjlobert ifsiobb- oris otf lapeorgetoijvns best who w merop jrisot died suddenly at bis hojalieon lkculh street last wednesday -morn- tflnf february 22ml proprlofor sof taeof goorsjetowni three drug i for the past seventeen yearst iran illness three years ago had lor- ieed hlra to engage a manager for- the store first nell mclennan who i now- operates his own store in is- tungton and later the present maa- jngor jstiiart young a former ap- 1 prentice at the store for the past year mr robbs health had im proved sufficiently for him to- spend much more time at the business he had just completed a rcnovat- ing program including a modern lass front new display cabinets and floorings which has made robbs drugs one of the finest buildings on main street born 52 years ago in owen bound he was a son of the late alexander and margaret robb he attended public and high school and in 1922 graduated as a from the ontario college pharmacy he spent- ten yean 4n detroit michigan and in 1s3s sftarehased the business in george town of wray watson who now in grimsby re was a mam- bar of knox presbyterian church he b survived by his wife the former inex altken a funaral service was conducted on friday at the meclure funeral rev alex j colder pallbearers were dr c v wil liams 8 w orr kenneth m yt dr j b milne arnott arty and p b coffin a second aaislia was held later that alter- in lettb united church near owen sound the service being by rev arthur-ov- rey- interment was made in liahh cemetery pallbearers being frank and robert mckeen wilson bona william kddell albert matehett and allan leslie among relatives who attended the funeral service here were mr and mrs william t robb and mr fred robb timmlns mr and mrs walter altken detroit miss jean altken of ann arbor mich igan mr and mrs john a robb mr and mrs a leslie and mias margaret altken of owen sound james eccles speaker at farm forum meeting james eccles of norval one of ontarios prixewinnlng plowmen who has just returned from a trip overseas where he competed in plowing matches in the british isles end toured denmark ireland and germany told of his trip to bombers of be 8th line wast chinguacousy farm forum at their last meeting the meeting was held in as 2 gcnool and after listening to the broadcast on conservation the a agreed that a local soil- eonservatlon commftbee would be aaaful for son analysis tree plant- sag and creating artificial pond vufrid leall showed a number ot slides and piano selections were played by janet wey to plan the ssssrch uth meeting a committee composed of mrs john doane mrs wey end stctspee nwna waa cho- mir4a beer tell j of soutk ameri tjp r members of the slocal council of women wpro token oh plcftuc tqur of mexico and south america- at their mccuhgiast tuesday when airs pul beer was the guest weaker mrs bccrcovorfcd 20000 miles mostly by plane when she mado the trip lost year to lllus- tratb her talk she showed slides on a screen which depicted native habita the beautiful architecture of old buildings and wonderful gov ernment buildings and universities native pottery work and lovely gar dens were shown in thff pictures i w johnson thanked mrs beer on behalf of the members or her talk the meeting was held at the homo of mrs rt paul and a cup of tea waa served after the talk a 500 donation was made to the st john ambulance fund cam paign revvv hunn1ssett speaker at st johns the fellowship quartette con sisting ot lour students from vic toria college messrs bill annls- lyn turner jn mcfnddon and lloyd brown and accompanied -by- ijprdon theirton provldcdvtho irttf- flc for the mprnlng and evening worship a st johns on sunday the morning worship was con ducted by the minister rev john of smith who gave tlip first iii series of rpreeator mcdliotloris based pn tho life of jesus this message was entitled the bap tism and was based on th wo louncl li mark liil the qunr- tetto sana three numbers galilee st john ambulance fund appeal extended the st john ambulance appeal for funds has been extended in town until march 4th a local can vass committee has met with a generous response to date and feel that there are some who might have overlooked their donation these may be sent to mrs thomas grieve mrs william hill or mr fred chapman at the bank of commerce timeiroasrnative mrs wm hadir 3 dies at the home of bar son percy harding londesboro mrs minnie harding died on thursday febru ary 23rd bom in umehouse in 1889 she was the daughter of sam- uel meredith and faith hindis and lived there until ber marriage to william harding in 1893 they lived for many years oh the 1th line bauinafad she is survived by her husband three sons percy of londesboro herb of highland creek and fred of hornby and four daughters mrs ed beerman gladys george town mrs robert moody etta schomberg mrs reg irwin lucy auburn and mrs dolton sohultx helen niagara falls also sur viving are three sisters mrs flor ence gill and mrs etta devett of toronto and mrs margaret don aldson of colllngwood and one bro ther william adth toronto there are twenty grandchildrec and eleven greatgrandchildren the funeral service was conduc ted at the johnstone rumlay funeral home acton on monday with interment following in con- ingsby cemetery six of her grand- children were pallbearers arthur glyn and ross moody wilfred and laverne harding and kenneth beerman flowers were carried by earl beerman and garfield hard ing also grandchildren and leon ard harding mrs 0 justin dies wat years old i a funeral service for mrs mar garet justin who died suddenly dti monday fbrjjory 20 at the home ot tier daughter mra nhjion colo guevphv street geornelbyvo was held last wednesday of the mb- ldnngan- and rosa funeral home giiclph revi yt g kitchen pf tloychurch of christ disciples was it ehorac of the service mrs justin was the widow ol tho late obnillnh justin who predc- rgawd her six nnd onehalf years ago and was a life long resident qf evcrton where she was well and only a touch and softly and j javlmrably knuwn she was tewilerly mr slorman loird and the choir lim the c-ongrcgatiqnal- slnglng hcv wesley ifunnisett of fred victor mission loronto was the tiucsl speaker at the evening ser vice by relating nrst hand exper iences in dealing with the physical and spiritual need of crushed and depressed personalities ho challen ged tho congregation jo aid in meeting tho crying demands ot home missions the demand for new bedding and layettes is never satis- fled every week the need is grea ter than the supply the quartette offered as their cvenlngaaiactlons wonderful the wayside cross and the old rugged cross following the evening worship took an interest in local arid world vents- and reading the newspapers and listening to the radio accoun ted for many of her leisure hours and good usedclothlng f i l to mourn her loss is a fam ily of one son and three daughters albert of heward saskatchewan mrs james a thompson of erin mrs r- hcbride of- guelph and mrs- nixon cole of georgetown she was borne to her last resting place in everton cemetery by her six grandsons george wilfred and roy thompson william e and harvey c hall and douglas cole a granddaughter mrs joseph hall jr lives on ostrander boulevard georgetown those from georgetown who at tended the funeral service to guelph were miss agnes cole mr everett cola rev and mrs c b gower mrs wm p thompson mrs leonard harding mrs walter peck mrs arthur reeve miss margaret cain mr and mrs wi c reynoldsrmrswfsmlth mrs frank cole mrs howard kent- her and mrs harold ci a number of theongregauons re mained for a fireside fellowship and enjoyed a number ot negro spirituals sung by the quartette these s included steal away have a little talk with jesus the oospol train go down mose study war no more jacobs ladder and others a delightful lunch was served by the members of the mission circle it was announced that a family movie night would be held next friday evening at 730 young and old of theeommunlty are invited to attend pneumonia caused babys death curling bonspiel monda t curlers from owe bound brampton fergus orangevllle muburgh erin and bolton will join with local rinks in a bonspiel next monday and tuesday the bonspiel win be held as last year on the artificial ice surface at the arena final details for the attalr were arranged at a meeting of the local club last week perc cleave president and- nelson robinson secretary are in charge an it promises as last year to be a great success a novel entry this year is a rink composed of district ministers rev j i self and rev alas cowan- of nerval and bev john m smith and bev alex j gaidar of town ofow to dkav sromwo wab bap limehouse mr a c bourne was home from ridley collego for a few days rec ently his parents ltcol and mrs bourne returning to st cath arines with him for a couple of days mrs e miller and wm mitchell were highest scorers at the wx euchre held in the hall on wed nesday evening sidney and mrs klrkpatrlck received consolation prises mr and mrs jas klrkpatrlck and children of drayton visited i his parents last weekend virus pneumonia is believed to have caused the death ot melody susan berth lbmonthdld daugh ter of mr and mrs cecil barth whodled in her sleep on tuesday evening february 21st the little girl had given no sign if being 111 when she was put to bed after sup per and the tragedy was discovered by her parents when they looked into her crib when they were re tiring for the night an autopsy was conducted by dr w j dead- man of hamilton provincial path ologist 1 besides her parents melody is survived by two sisters marilyn and carol rev alex cowan con ducted the funeral service on sat urday from the home and inter ment was made in glen williams cemetery ross giles and archie eccles acted as pallbearers check line fash forum views cabuno movies conservation movies in colour prepared and exhibited by cart ings brewery were shown at mon days meeting oft the check line arm forum when members met for review night at the home of mr and mrs frank charles street the movies shown by mr welsh and mr goeu of guelph and included scenes of lumbering operations wild life and forests snd streams a five dollar donation waa sent by the forum to the march of dimes mr and mrs denney charles will be hosts next monday when the broadcast topic will be labor and farmer friend or foe the group intends to invite a local union representative to meet with them that night faithful member of tllftoulrch of christ dlscliiles at hvcrton where she was a regular attendant during hie first world war she worked diligently for the red cross mrs justin had been active- up to the time of her death- at the age of 91 years and four months sho mcgowans will move to new main st lotation mcgowans specialty shop is planning a change of location the store established last summer in a small building at the bus atop owned by mr john cordaro will move to the store in the oneill block recently vacated by maber shoe stores the oneill block built by the late j ny oneill was sold a few years ago to victor dlg- slns and is now owned by kenneth m larigdon the mcgowan store will be located in the part of the building which was originally mr oneills office and was used as an office by georgetown taxi be fore mahers became the tenants maher shoes bought odt ross thompson a few weeks ago and movedto his store at the other end of main street mr and mrs w a mcgowan who operate the specialty shop moved here rem lucan last year and are living on ostrander boul- vard they have an attractive store which specializes in ladles and childrens wear and their new loc ation will give the advantage of considerably more display space toronto skaters appear in rose garden ice foliies the weather fl- jmir editor n this freaks aummaryjihows -tni- cpfdeflf and slorfhlost of the vlntcft tho average minimum of zdlforis awny below therncirnal february icrago v tho following- poem front tho saturday evening post describes the vcaction oflbts of people to tic r weathcrj l em jlatkln snowstorms sentimental people cheer it ilusy snowplowi vqrivto- clear it- weather experts try to inep-lt- news photographers all snap it skis antfmiowshoes always need it tartly slcnos often plead it children jump with joy about it i can get along without it frank r canning date max mln snow febr20 6 feb 21 7 feb 22 12 feb 23 28 feb 24 24 feb 28 20 feb 28 u average 1628 zero 6 5 0 6 8 1 12 2 6 4 14 full recreation program for next two months the recreation program for the next two months- in georgetown offers plenty of variety designed to interest people in all age groups playoffs snd finals in the orc in dustrial and minor hockey leagues are due to start soon orc crests are being awarded to the five top menin fhebowungtournamenat the lucky strike who will enter the cba championships in toron to a curling bonspiel will take up the arena for two days next week and during easter week the lions club is planning a soap box derby during easter week an allstar midget hockey team will compete ut weston and a pcewee team at guelph the figure skating club is planning an ice follies in april and the grc a hobby and craft exhibition the last week in april wltlt betty hieeock -joldmeu- alllst and joyce comruplbqer as fdal4iredrstiursi -rose- gardea ice follies flayed to a weumiisar arenn iosf kjidsy night tftie ahow- sponred by the girls lpe band jjnd a cosf cdftipccd of membirj of tho grohito clubhand theunlvesv kity clubtho rose burden idea waa carried out- in art elaborqto decora- ting schemo designed by pipe major roy lyfaglougbleri with jack wiljonfmocai landscape gardener in charge of arrangement norman kalkner onelegged katct amaacd tho qrowd jis ho did inst year with his figure skating diminutive toby keelcr and 12- yearold michnel phcnner wcro the pick of tho younger icrformcrs along with charles snelllng and pekby brown a5tand0ut in the cluirus was amy smith who also skated a specialty number with club inof james francis the three bumps provided comedy riley brothour camo out from toronto to emcee tho show as ha did last year ross browns orcb estra from toronto provided the music and during the lntesmisslos the girts pipe band paraded on tb lea and played a few selections induing the currently popular hop scotch pooka last sat- r r duke wilson makes clean sweep bowling duke wilson had things all lus own way w the industrial bowling league last week when ha estab lished a new high single of 888 snd high triple of sis cyril engle- by had second high single wtthjso and law tracey htm- tripla 14 cofbolbm nwt ill wbms head the tosua and alllanea pa per brtn saoond plaea with ss lother taants follow in thai ordar hnamral local tss sab 88 morton floral sbow savb ss wsota tt msawal ana no lflon 40 lorna boot batsldjt storey top scorer cape breton league kent storey flashy centre star with georgetown interme until this year when he moved east with the north sydney ns vic torias led the cape breton senior league in scoring kent added one mora goal saturday night in the last game of the regular 78 game schedule to make his final point total os he scored 28 goals and 88 assists in the league a toronto boyaa jot hla hock- t 111 ili lu than movadto oaorgatown to a position wtttt smith a btona ltd and spark tho raldsrs to ai rio wiaiiiplosbbhip in 184 ana a ftetcher biajtdsi wecldins hau at brainptoti edith lucy btoaehl daughter- of mrs emily btanchl of nerval and tho late mr btanchl waa married to- jack c fletcher at brampton presbyterian church manse on sat- umtoytfebruary 18th re wu- llsm weir performed the cere mony the groom is the son of mr and mrs r c fletcher of dunnvuie the bride wore a white satin gown with beaded front finger up veil and carried a bouquet ot white carnations attending her waaher sister mrs don foreman who waa gowned in blue silk a head dress of bfuq and white cornflow ers and carried a bouquet of pink carnations robert fletcher groomsman far his brother a reception was held at the odd- fedbw han where mother received the guests wearing a black disss matehlng ac i a e at ul s enrolment in the ballet conucted by mrs r b canbam every monday at the oddfellows hall is steadily increasing it fin ances are keeping any young people away they are asked to contact mssr r plercey at the high school or the recreation director with only one more week of regular play businessmen are sure of first place in the industrial he- hockey league smith and stone could tie them with a win- next week next weeks games will be on wednesday due to the- curling bonspiel the coaches have- armed themselves with extra rule- books pads- and sticks and even spare- false teeth for the playoff c are era thampson sab oon banrager busi mate rob inson norval mai b meadowglen spike scott alliances bill hewitt provincial cliff norton is leading to lug race with 24 points clark ilyons nerval has 28 and blu laldlaw norval jack klnav s and bill berry businessmen have 22 in the mail bag february 28 1088 dear mr editor with reference to the letter ap pearing in your paper recently headed transients we of the committee administering the poppy fund desire to take exception to some of the remarks contain therein we wish to state that all exservicemen have always been looked after by the above fund no bona fido exserviceman has ever b refused a meal and bed for 21 years regarding sleeping accommoda tion it is impossible in these times to provide beds and in that event these men have always been given a travelling ticket regarding the drink it is regrettable that tliasa serviceman a civilians should be so judged in msny cssi men have been brought to the itlon they now find themselves by their service to the cause of free dom and justice we feel it u tar from right to brand most if not all transients in need ss drinkers or gamblers the poppy fund works without fanfare and it would surprise msny to know the actual number of tran sients helped on their way we- heartily agree that arranssjmanta which have been underway for some time be made tor both ex- servtcemen and civilians during the winter after all whatever may be the cause of their downfall they are- human tho- poppy fund committee hew customs man everett cole for many years eat- iector of customs and excise has reito c onj him in the iocs office btwt s mat- itftew who comes here from vow onto r iftwling champ will compttaat qja tba grooms mother l ing a rota drass blaek and a oaraaja at pink for awaddlng trtp the mda i united minister at acto dcs rav louis psekerlng bst years minister of acton united church died in toronto general hospital last weak at the age of ss he had been ul with a heart condition sfnee last fall rev a o w foremen a former minister ot balatnsrfad had been serving ss minister at the church during his lines mr pickering had previously heid a pastorate at barrie ha leaves his wife and two sons john ot capreol and louis ot toronto one son robert wss killed in- the t- plowing match this year at aluston the nottawasaga vaby planta tions and neighbouring tanas at tffft 1cb8 in4ar lao ma tst with twenty ave of towns top bowlers competing rst three games of tournament were played last sat urday at tho lucky strike ctnkv tba tournament wfu eontlnna to the next two saturdays befora ts- nal winners are daeured topftv men to dste are everett wusoa who bowled a good 788 ai norton 720 maurice herbert t04 jam valentine 891 and nip shlpway 887 the tournament winner wsb receive the lucky strike rhallafsas cup and second prise is a pair at brunswick bowling enosa the ova best bowlers will eonstltuto a georgetown entry to the canadian bowling association matches be toronto later this winter laa possibility that a far ladle wtfi also be hhtd at tt loesl elubi scores of other contestsnte aa saturday ware ernie ment from jj a carroll manager of tw ontario o aafttwsltbvabv h sat bat tt is tina t sbsjsakfsa 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