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tf7v- r sr i wm ten pages georgetown ont wednesday january 17thy 1951 ten pages m sse tift awl mr david saxe spent lpifew days this week in huntsville lmr joe wilcox of callander vis- wito friends in town for a iyoiiptedfdaya liast week- v rmlas margaret roszel spent the nvat brantford with her tfeml mtes majjbrie rogers kate dstrander of brampton swis i visitor uj town today with ajrxl william oatrander emery st mtes jacqueline beaumont of tor- onto was a weekend visitor with lmr and mrs rupert beaumont fejqueen street ptehugh wy lie spent the week end in town with his wife and daughter pte wylie is stationed at p borden mr harold meclure fiew to lake- ohio near cleveland where he- visited last weekend with dr and mrs john bibbs eg- mr an mrs bert lindsay of st catharines visited with his sister jb alvin mcdonald mr lind- ay is teaching in st catharines- mrs w j campbell queen st rig- spending the winter months with 0- ner soninlaw and daughter mr mrs a 3 parr in sudbury mrs charles mcmenemy of ham- jlton was a weekend visitor with other mrs john ritchie at her home on queen- street mrs harry harding and daugh ter miss hazel harding rn of guelpb visited with mr and mrs frank wood and mr and mrs len harding on saturday miss betty king who has been attending business college in tor- recuperating inguelph gen eral hospital following an appen dectomy which she underwent last week lance corporal philip carney of the royal canadian regiment was borne over the weekend with his mother and brother he is at pres- ent taking a course at camp bor den weekend visitors with mr and mrs a e shain at their home on the norval road were mr and mrs john fitzgerald mrs david has- kett miss effie gollins- and miss helen glynn all of toronto little jane wardlaw who has been under the doctors care since early november has returned home from hospital and is making a satis factory recovery jane had an oper ation for removal of tonsils and adenoids mr and mrs art scott returned monday from a weeks trip to ber- muda they made the trip by air both ways and were held up an extra day when plane flights were cancelled due to bad weather on lunday mrs w v grant was called to mille roches last week where her brotherfinlaw mr william mur- ddck was seriously- ill following an operation he its somewhat improved itow and is convalescing in corn wall general hospital mr and mrs p w cleave and mr and mrs trevor williams and catharine were guests on friday evening at the davidson powell w wedding in armour heights united church toronto the bridegroom hugh davjdson is a nephew of mrs cleave mrs e loud- who with her daughter mrs swan operates a i grocery store on main st north is today celebrating her 85th birthday mrs loud is in- very good health is in her store every day we extend congratulations tothis grand old lady mr and mrs cameron leishman id mr and mrs allan jelshman children drew and allanaof acton and mr and mrs norman jskippen arjd mrs lome hewiit of b stratford visited with mr and mrs gljf wuxjuvms flood sthi serious warmjwelcome for selfs midland induction service h exceptionally large turnout or 7 mjdlanders including many from other churches wasrirjesenr in knox blasting helps some c mid oh olh rev jvceonard sew -bjv- bjjgr was officially inducted into the little improvement is shown in ministry of that church mr self the flood situation at glen williams former minister at nofval and un- sinee last week houses along the ion replaces the late dr a c glen road on the river side are stewart former moderator of the i john barber norniandy blvd oir sunday mr james patton and his sister jvmrs james finnegan of toronto at tended the funeral of their sister- tjnlaw mrs edward patton of f burks falls who died very sudden- hljron christmas day besides her husband she leaves two small sons ricky and john mrflj thomas wilson and patsy of toronto were weekend visitors with k- her parents mr t and mrs james blair it being the occasion of mrs s blairs birthday mrs blair was also lvery pleased to receive a cablegram sin england from her daughter- law mrs nancy mackay and jpgrandson jimmy blair anthony meadoam pt mr and mrs john frost 1jmaple avenue was christened at service in st georges church ducted sunday afternoon by ieacon w o thompson still surrounded by water and prac tically every basement in tne dis trict is flooded some people have not been able to have their furn aces on since the flood began a week and a half ago the flooding is caused by an ice jam in the river which extends from the 9th line bridge to the dam at the old lower paper mill the w presbyterian church in canada who died in montreal last june those taking part in the service included rev j d jack of stay- ner clerk of barrie presbytery rev c j vais of bracebridge who read the lesson and gave the traditional charge to the minister and rev j l burgess interim moderator of elmvale who outlined the steps h davison farm property ispar- jybich led to the acceptance of the ticularly badly hit and much of the call field around his residence is under water there was talk of the township dynamiting the ice last wednesday but it was decided not to do this on sunday some of the residentsof the area did some blasting on tbeir own b it is ciiffacult to determine whether this has helped or mot one glen resident sums it up by saying it will be worse before it is better meanwhile property- owners along the river must suffer flooded cellars and damp bouses with the inconvenience of wading through puddles to get iriand out of their homes rev w reynolds of cookstown moderator of the presbytery con ducted the induction of mr self into his new pastorate dr j a mclnnis of orillia delivered an ad dress to the congregation and their new minister 7 at a social hour which followed rev j l self palermo juniors slot entertain agfed annual halton junior farmers were prom inent in the program of the annual meeting of the ontario federation of agriculture last week at the king edward hotel toronto at the wednesday banquet mem bers of palermo juniors presented their musical skit ss bermuda and their director george s atkins was song leader for a peripd of com munity singing j s duncan pres ident of the masseyharris company was speaker at the dinner forum discusses the high school district as a special feature of stone school farm forum on monday g a dills editor of the acton and milton papers and a member of north halton high school district board was present to discuss the school situation with the members the large number of questions ask ed showed the interest which forum members have in the future of sec ondary education in the district norval long railway caretr as private car chef a resident of norval for the past four years henry thomas jolley died in montreal homeopathic hos pital on january 8th he was 73 years old mr jolley had a most interesting career as a railway chef working 43 years on the private car system of the canadian pacific railways president a w norton was in during that time he had served charge of the meeting which was held in the school the broadcast discussion on marketing quality goods led to an interesting discus sion on the place of the middleman in marketing farm products- mrs annie stull invited tfoe for um to meet at her home next mon day wilson chctirman again public school board w edwin wilson head of the triplett instruments firm was cho sen for a second term as chairman of georgetown public school board when the board held its inaugural meeting last wednesday in the school board members for 1951 all of whom were reelected this year are mr wilson ross duncan stan finlay cecil mcnamara tarry shortill and hay salter james f evans is secretary p b harrison treasurer and m h moyer attend ance officer a request will be made to council to establish a school zone on john street from victoria crescent to mcnabb street the narrow road and bridge over tb make it dangerous for the numbers of chil dren who have to use the street as a thoroughfare on their way to school the board believes that school zone signs will help to slow down traffic milton lawyerreeve haltons new warden milton warden milton kenneth ikk rcto orf was elected haltons 151 when county council met in yesterday mr dick who with his father former crown attorney w i dick oratcs a legal office in the county town is a grandson of the late mr and mrs sydney young of george town howard litchfield oakville reeve was the only other nominee for the office aypagrqup attends party in burlington l1mkhouse plumb toronto and mr 5alex campbell nortfi york were actors we rent other friends whojoiattefad many features at meeting of wms the wms met at the home of mrs mitchell on wednesday even ing with mrs a norton taking tli prayer mrs smethurst reading scripture and mrs mills had a lengthy sftticjc room in the inn the chapel in he mountain a piano soick by mrs roughley was enjoyed mrs ellerby read from glad tidings regarding our useful ness a members text word year was answered by a verse of scrip u re after the meeting mrs mitch ell and mrs sanford served refresh ments mrs r b storey of toronto was a recent visitor with her sister mrs mills i mrs leslie campbell of hamil ton spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs a w norton rev alex calder wao- rhmiwn when the w entation of a play by the club of georgetown in the halt oh thursday evening those attending enjoyed the comedy the- abgent- minded professor and realiimu tne amount of work involved by the regret that more did last wednesday fifteen members of the georgetownglen aypa r went to burlingtoa for a social cv eningwith the anglican young peo ples group a number of gamse wee played during the evening followed with refreshments next wpeks meeting will be a membership night and the commit- tee has been asked to bring out as many new members as possible many famous personages including such members of the royal family as the duke of windsor then prince of wales the duke of kent duke of gloucester and king george and queen elizabeth on their 1939 tour of the dominion lord beaverbrook winston churchill earl and lady haig and members of the japanese royal family were among the many victors who travelled on the rail way during his term of service mr jolley was born in welling ton new zealand during his ser vice with the railway he lived in montreal retiring in 1342 he moved to acton in i44 and then to norval he had catered on sev eral oicamons for parties and frat ernal gatherings in the district v he is survived by his wife flor ence duffield six sons and five daughters they are kdwnrd stan ley sydney mrs john verschoote peggy j arurmrs g davies gwen of montreal henry thomas mrs e r evans lily and mrs nor man long i dorccn i of limehousc harold of calgary alberta james of north hay and mrs horace hell ijunnyl of georgetown a daughter mrs henry heiol of mon treal predeceased im there are 24 grandchildren and one great grandchild the funeral service was conduc ted in montreal west church of england on wednesday by- canon f c ireland the remains were cre mated and the ashes will be inter red in greenwood cemetery geor getown brother installed as wellington warden goldwin hurt reeve of erin town ship is the new wellington county uarderi mr hurt was elected to thik office yesterday at the inaug ural meeting in guelph his brother mr lawrence burt of cjrorgetown attended the meeting planned in game banquet kwatber ws mr editor the winter is slipping by and very nicely too so far we have nljk had three days registering be- iqw zero in december with 4 below being the lowest and none so far in january the lowest temperature recorded is 22 below for december and 29 below for january con- sidcring these two figures we are almost enjoying tropical weather this winter max min snow 24 30 38 18 1 34 date january 8 january 9 january 10 january 11 january 12 34 january 13 34 january 14 36 mr and mrs self were introduced to their new fellow townsmen and minister of other local churches extended -a- welcuiiie average 3285 4 8 18 24 s4- 6 22 1514 2 birthday pirties are wtelcs sodafhighlight arthur patton son of mr and mrs james patton market street celebrated his sixth birthday on monday with a party his guests were john and carol benham car ole ann and tommy barber john and rut clements donald calder ricky alcorn patsy scott stephen saxe and artburtssister marilyn on thursday john finlay son of mr and mrs stan finlay had a party at his home on durham street to celebrate his 4th birthday his guests were paul and jimmy thomp son catharine and stephen saxe pat hyde judy richardson ellen biehn and his sister barbara joy barber daughter of mr and mrs john barber normandy boul evard celebrated hre 8th birthday with a party on saturday her guests were myrna cpok ton lee bar bara alcott sharin sayers paulene watson helen kennard barbara allen and virginia and bill barber on wednesday january 10th gloria bain daughter of mr a mrs clarence bain invited her friends to her ilth birthday party her guests included gail mcgilvray judy mccumber gloria boyd gil lian chapman agnes nelson den nis hell paul armstrong michael armstrong wayne armann danny martin and robert kidd on thursday hrcnda bell daughter of mr and mrs leonard hell entertained a number of her friends at hcr home on charles street those present were jocelyn hell judy bonathan paulene wat son joan craig pat and sharin sykes lois niven alice wilson lois dcnhain and gail malcolm ton saturday v a gala trip to wlngharh has been planned tpr the intermediate hockey team this saturday the raiders have been invited by tory gregg wingham radio com mentator and oha vicepresident to play a good will game with wal- kerton in the wingham arena fol lowing the game a banquet will be served to the players and their wives and hotkey club officials and their wives who will accompany them on the trip the girls pipe band has also ac cepted an invitation to go along on the trip and they will play between game periods arrangements are being made loc ally by ken mcmillan spence mc- kinnon and jack armstrong the whole party will travel by private cars and some cars are still needed anyone wjshlngtoyolunteerisaski ed loget in touch with one of these gentlemen immediately the walkerton team haj doujt runions as playing coach local fans will remember doug when ha coached the ontario championship a team here three years ago he played last year with north syd ney ns worm locking of port elgin will ba one of the referees men entertain ladies choir turkey dinner men of st georges choir enter tained the lady members at a tur key dinner thursday evening in the church basement choir president thomas wflrnes was chairman and after the dinner mr w f bradley showed coloured- slides of his trip to california and british columbia this year- as well as some familiar scenes around the countryside the dinner was catered by fred warnes and edward laplante of the staff of the cottage inn in brampton and members of the church aypa group served the meat those attending included arch deacon and mrsw g o thomp son mr and mrs w f bradley mr and mrs thomas ajies mr and mrs thomas easori mr and mrs a e dawson mr and mr ray thompson mr and mrs wal ter biehn mr and mrs douglas marshall mr arid mrs william mcv nally mr jack armstrong mr ano mrs fred armstrong jr mrjf paul barber miss lena mcnally mrs leslie tomlinson miss mar garet hoarc mrs george stigger mrs ted arnold mrs sam wal ker miss margaret bradley miss joan schultz miss sylvia lambert miss glenna doherty miss jaqiie- line graham and miss olive moyer 1 r tost property site for new public school asiigrove led the service were mrs hibydrv campbell mr and mrs giniih and mrs jay m and m s w orr and i and mrs douglas caldwall there will be a cpmtnunlon ser vice at the church this sunday thte annual meeting is planned tor thursday january 35th at the home a vt benton i grand xotampiokt 3ikit insbow this black minorca cockerel owned and exhibi c her- rlngton of r georgetown was judged the best bird in the- annual show of the norfolk poultry and pet stock association held recently in simtoe it is shown among the many trophies donated for annual competition there were approximately 8 tf yfarfr i mr who operate sunset f at btewarttown is a prominent cartadlan show judge and editor of feather fancier- a monthly poultry paper i japan mission work studied by wfcls the january meeting of the wms was held on the oth at the home of mrs t j broavnridkc with mrs c b diek opening with a hymn roll call was answered with a verse of promises study chapter and re ports of work being done in japan was taken by mrs john h rtunler who told of womens work and christian education and mrs john mcnabb who told of rural and youth work the need for leaders is greater than money and they stress thp teaching of the youth in japan mrs fred ainsworth had charge of th devotional the theme was god watking together with us she was assisted by mrs john me 1 1 bod dy who took the read ing parts and prayers for gods guidance and strength as we enter the new year were offered by mrs vern picket for the work to which god calls us in our church and soc iety by mrs leslie glffen for the work being carrier on by our fel lowchristians in japa by mrs thqs giff mrs ainsworth con- ducted thd installation of the new officers for 1931 a- social hour fol lowed the young people held their first meeting for thij year in the church basement on sunday evening they citizenship leaders barbara cub- nlngham and gord6n wlngfieltf- in charge mr and mrs g b dick motored to aldershot on sunday afternoon to sketch plans for the new public school are expected to be ready by the middle of february john b parkin associates tor onto architects are working ori the plans now and hope to present them to the public school board at their mectingnext month the new school will be built on property along the highway which is being bought from jack tost th school will be located facing the highway between the residences at beit fiddler and alf collins and uill comprise five classrooms and i kindergarten room as well as a multipurpose room for gym and auditorium atte th fl wrfd sary of mrs dicks uncle and aunt mr dbid mrs wjboro christmas seal sale nets four thousand a tptal of 404758 has been- stuw scribed to date in the- christmas seal sale undertaken by oakville lions club on behalf of the halton tuberculosis association for several yenrs ttho qojtvillo- club has promoted this work and donations are made from people in every section of the country the 1950 fund goal has not yet been reached and the books are tll open for those whjsh to make cotitributions i cha trman of the corruqlttee la stan otton manager of the bank of montreal branch in oakville waonj few yeans the banks tlun at j ilfevv fe who boutfhtrand used made ak a recent club meeting v vv