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fnviv lt first section geor ontario wednesday may 9dk 1951 sixteen pages p social and personal k- c mr and mrs a h feller were sunday visitors at langstafle with mr and mrs george lake mr oliver whltmee was her from windsor for a few days with his iv fitter mrs george herrlngton arid jdrherrington i mr and mrs sargent brown an sons bobby and tommy of kutcn- ener spent sunday with mr and mrs garfield mcgilvray mr and mrs jack rush maruyn and gerry of toronto were week end guests with mr and mrs man stockford- cfri gordon hardman was home army camp at kingston for weekend with his parents mr and mrs bob hardman miss marie armstrong a student at loretta abbey toronto spent the weekend in town with her parents mr and mrs bernard armstrong archdeacon w g o thompson jack armstrong and irwin noble at tended a meeting of the synod of niagara last tuesday in hamilton mr max hauptmann leaves this wekeend for kingston where he will make his home with his daugh ter mrs wm kennedy and mr kennedy mr and mrs alex linch and miss annie conway caledon east were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs robert andrews main street north mr and mrs jack young of nia gara falls and dr and mrs david waterhouse and baby jane of guelph were weekend visitors with mr and mrs alex kean mrs lewis mckibbon and her brother mr clarence tooker left friday by motor for east arlington nova scotia wheye they will visit their mother who has been quite ill mr arthur reinhardt wfio moved last week from leamington to his new position as accountant with the royal banr at wiarton was a week end guest at the m h moyer home mr and mrs norman skippen and nancy of stratford and miss jean mccaig and mrs margaret stammers of mimico were sunday visitors with mr and mrs j l barber mr and mrs irwin noble and ann lorraine and mrs george noble visited in chesley last week end with mr and mrs stan mcmul- len mrs george noble remained with them for a visit mr and mrs allan norton and miss pauline foorton attended the wedding of miss jacqueline norton to robert sebire on saturday in hamilton miss norton was her cousins bridesmaid miss charlotte mccullough mrs j e ellerby mrs w j roe mrs j n oneill miss a cov entry and mrs hugh black were among those from this district who attended the funeral service for mrs herbert h clark in bramp ton on monday misses marie roe marion dickie sarah wylie and jackie jennings who were attendants at the wedding of jack hamilton and dorothea lane on saturday entertained at a miscellaneous shower at miss roes home last week mrs c cross was hostess at a kitchen and pantry shower the assembly girls at smith stone presented the bride with a trilight a party for the bride and groom was also held at miss hoes home there were many outoftown guests at the wedding on saturday jia st johns church of dorothea lane and jack hamilton those who attended the wedding included mrs laurine hamilton new lis- keard mr gordon hamilton and miss kathy hamilton mrs e haw brampton mi and mrs doug langford warkworth mrs mary foerter mr and mrs harold foer- ter mr and mrs j deitz mr and mrs e eicholtz clifford mr mrs huras kitchener mr and mrs fred hamilton london mr and mrs gordon mcleod mrs hubert dun can toronto mr and mrs jack car son orillia mrs s mccannell mrs mary ferguson mrs j l fer- guson dundalk mr and mrs j parslow st catharines mr and mrs james sturrock priceviue a mrs bert hunter norval mr and smrs lome masters miss lynne masters acton mr and mrs bob lane sr mr and mrs bern knight master paul knight mr and mrs gordon lane mr and mrs wes lane mrs velrna whaley mr and mrs e mcdougall mr and mrs walter gray mr and mra c cross mr and mrs bob lane jr miss verna speers mr lloyd giselle miss marie hoe miss marion dickie miss sarah wyue miss jackie jen- nlngs miss jean harley mr jim peaxdon mr bob mccandless mr- bui hewitt mr glen elliott mr jvan huffman rev john m smith georgetown mr and mrs stan robinson and family of nassagaweya visited on sunday with mr and mrs bert mcmenemy mr and mrs irwin lee of barrie wre weekend visitors in town with their son wutray and mrs lee vyhi recently moved into berwick halh mr and mrs- bob wyatt and daughter lynn of trenton were vis itors in town last week with mr and i mrs jesse wyatt and mr and mrs james mulholland miss annie ryan has returned from a tea week visit at lajolla southern california with mrs s h bowman mrs bowman is the for mer mrs r d coutts the late mr coutts being at one time principal of georgetown high school their son dr malcolm coutts practices medicine at nearby san diego celebrating her 9th birthday last friday patsy bouskill daughter of mr and mrs gordon bouskill en tertained at a party at her home on king street her guests were wendy saunders barbara and patsy buch- anan karen and marsha armann carole hepburn carolyn biehn judy bonathan peggy ann and gail mcniven june lyon jackie har low paul graham glermwright hil lock margaret eason dlanne hil lock and irene and darlene bous kill bail season opens clarkson here first baseball season opens in george town on saturday may 19th georgetown will have an inter mediate b entry this year playing in a league with clarkson who are intermediate a and milton acton and waterdown all c teams the locals will- meet clarkson here tn the first game the baseball raiders are busy practicing these fine nights and tnere is still a chance for any player to make a berth on the team it is good news to know that harvey chap- pel will be on hand to bolster the pitching staff most of last years players will be in uniform again at a meeting of the club last week last years officers were all reelected including president bob lane and secretarytreasurer spence mckinnon corey herring- ton sr is handling publicity for the club vern bowman who has played intermediate a with preston and last year coached and managed a juvenile team there has taken the coaching job this year vern came to town last fall to work with b f murfin sheet metal engagements mr and mrs floyd watts of wal ton announce the engagement of their only daughter bernice mar garet to mr william howard os- trander eldest son of mr and mrs w a ostrander georgetown the marirage will take place in early june at esquesing council on monday may 7th council was notified by the dept of highways that approval has been given for an expenditure of 62000 on roads in 1951 council filed a petition from the portion of school area no 1 for merly known as school section no 3 and no action was taken reeve george ouirie voted against the motion deputy reeve george les lie and councillors wilfrid bird h craig reid and walter linham sup ported it wages of township road employees were increased 5c an hour and the fee of the auditor h a lever was increased f fox claims totalling 2750 were paid to fred brooks limehouse 4 pups frank fenson georgetown one pup clifford mcdonald geor getown 2 pups james mcbride limehouse and fred switzer nor val one fox each a copy of a resolution of the ar bitrators in connection with the ap peal of the township of esquesing against the 1951 levy for high school purposes in the north hal- ton high school oistrict had been received from lt cm g o brown secretary treasurer p the board moved by a bentonv seconded by k c lindsay that inxyiew of the act that the various municipalities in the county of halton have spent a- great deal of effort time aiid money completing the new assess ment undef the county system and further that a similar appeal last year was settled by arrangement on the understanding that the new as sessment figures would be used as the basis of apportionment for the 1951 levy therefore it is the feel ing of this board of arbitrators that the fairest possible division of the costs of the north halton high school area is on the basis of the new assessments of the various mun icipalities comprising that area directs that the total costs of the north halton high school area fi maintenance and for debt charges be divided in the following percen tages new r of port of asst total 1951 levy 2124171 1495 611474 2096515 1475 603294 georgetown 3380815 2379 973041 esquesing 4728401 3328 1361195 nass 1878360 1323 541124 14208282 100 4090128 april 16 1951 v motion carried bynrecorded vote ford rogers chaixmah acton milton graduating dentist plans practice here j r kirby who graduates in den tistry this year plana to open a den tal office here this spring he will locate in the upstair office formerly occupied by or s r watson head office staff visit provincial mill members of the office and sales staff of toronto head office num bering about 45 visited the provin cial paper mill here on saturday following a tour of the mill in the morning the visitors were en tertained at luncheon in the confer ence room hamilton wedding couple will live in chatham a former georgetown girt jac queline lois norton was married on saturday in kenilworth united church hamilton to robert regin ald sebire son- of mr and mrs r sebire the bride is the only daugh ter of mr and mrs alexander san dy nojrton who used to live in glen williams and georgetown the bride was gowned in white satin with touches of white illusion and chantilly lace her veil was caught with a coronet headdress of tiny white beads and she carried pale pink roses and ivy attending her were miss mary mark matron of honour in daffodil yellow satin and lace and her cou sin miss pauline norton of george town wearing mauve satin both carried contrasting shades of daisy chrysanthemums with headdresses to match sandra elson of wood stock the brides cousin was flower girl gowned in mauve satin and lace the brides brother master bruce norton was ring bearer mr mur ray cooke was groomsman and ush ers were bruce dundas and the brides brother robert norton at a reception for seventyfive guests in mundys tea room mrs norton received wearing a pale blue lacetrimmed frock navy ac cessories and pink chrysanthemum corsage the grooms mother wore a navy blue costume with touches of pink and a pink rose corsage leaving for a honeymoon trip in the southern states the bride wore church hall crowded v the weather mr editor believe it or no the records for the month of april show right on a normal average for both maximum and minimum being- 51 and 33 re spectively the rainfall of 5v4 inches is two and a half times more than the normal average for the month the snowfall for a normal average month of april is 3 inches but this year we had several flurries none measurable and we did have a total of 9 days in the whole month without either rain or snow flurry era batkln date max min rain april 30 63 40 may 1 68 35 may 2 79 44 may 3 65 35 may 4 59 35 may 5 62 30 may 6 62 35 trace average 6542 3628 bishop bagnall here for anglican service the bishop of niagara rt rev walter bagnall preached in st georges church- on sunday morn ing when a number of young people were confirmed a beige suit beige straw hat and a corsage matching her snakeskin ac cessories they will live in chatham timehouse mrs calvin van zant formerly lois orr was guest of honor when seven girl friends surprised her with a birthday party at the home of her uncle and aunt mr and mrs jas noble on monday evening those present included lcona reid jean harlcy betty dickenson winnie doyle phyllis scheunemann minnie james and annie conley congratulations to david mcvey and anna marie spitzer students at acton high school who won jun ior and intermediate championships in their respective classes in the an nual field day a number of local women took advantage of the maple leaf mill ing company and frigldaire cook ing school held in georgetown by the iode last week congratula tions to mrs win norton who won the mixmaster donated by mcclures home furnishings to mrs jas koss prize for oldest lady present to mrs john glynn a large bouquet and mrs e sanford a bag of provisions all neighbourhood ladles lillian askin of ss no spent tuesday in milton as a guest of hal ton county council a group of wa ladies catered for the garagemens bowling club ban quet in the hall last thursday mrs harry mcdonald motored to parry sound with relatives during the weekend gloria jones celebrated her fourth birthday with a parly at her home on jkriday guests included joy patterson gloria latimer tommy sutton dorothy kirkpatrick bar bara currie linda and heather clarke eleanor and edgar karn barry and bruce lewis and her sister dixie jones recent visitors include mr and mrs lome bagg and dianna and mrs s a jones of woodbridge with the chas jones mr w i newton of- barrie with his mother and aunts mr and mrs oscar locker of eb- enezer with the chas merediths mrs e jones and mrs e hills of midland with mrs ellerby mrs john r scott georgetown mr and mrs w brown billie and gail of erindnle and mr and mrs kay powell doug and donnie of lowvillo with the shelbourncs cadet robin p bourne is spend ing two weeks with his parents af ter completing his year at rmc kingston among those attending the recent wi conference at oac guelph were mesdames smethurst w mitchell s kirkpatrick j ellerby and miss charlotte mccullough mr and mrs john glynn have made the beginning for their new houseon the sixth line having had the excavation made for the base ment last week traffic through the village will be heavier than ever as law construc tion have started operations in the pit on mr rae scotts farm again mr and mrs e sanford and billie and mr and mrs j sanford spent the weekend at waubashene and also visited relatives at gahshe lake audrey currie narrowly escaped serious injury on tuesday evening when stove cleaner which she was using caught first burning her hands and face somewhat we hope that they may be minor burns a group of wi ladies catered for a turkey dinner for a mixed bowl ing club in the hall on tuesday ev ening oct for- a walk are b l taylor his wife and one ot their tort cutyuita born boats kelmjcott royal glen 137e on taylors keimscott jfarms near milton when the taylors decided to raise english yorkshire pigs in canada they brought the breeding stock from england the monarch cooking school pre- sehted for the first time in george- town hurt thursday afternoon abd t evening by countess of sthmorjs j chapter iodfe was an outstanding v success c st johns memorial hall was well filled w the arternodb and jammed in the evening sis district ladiescamo to watch miss june mead and- her assistant mrs evelyn sachs prepare tempting dishes for the table mri wallace thompson iodb regent introduced the cookinc school from the platform and harold mcclure acted as master-of-cero- monies assisted in the afternoon by ern batkin the major prize a mixmaster do nated by mcclures home furnish ings went to mrs w r norton r r 1 georgetown holding ticket 784 ten dollar vouchers given by- the chapter were won by miss margery mackenzie and miss e allison five dollar vouchers by mrs jack davidson and mrs jack armstrong hampers of maple leaf products went to mrs stan lyon and mrs sam walker there were many other prizes arthur scott motors gave flowers to the ladies whose birthday came closest to the date mrs john glynn in the afternoon mrs henry shep herd and mrs norman marchmeat at night glass tumblers donated by frigldaire were given to mrs bob mcmenemy mrs peter smith acton was the oldest lady in attendance in the af ternoon and mrs herb harlow sr the lady with the largest family both received prizes of some bak ing baking in the evening was given to the different ladies who respon ded to questions asked from the platform and these included mrs william frank mrs m m ross mrs s robin mrs wiuiam schenk marion dickie mrs jack runham marjorie gault and mrs fredf tucker numerous shopping bags full ot groceries were given to lucky ticket holders in the afternoon these in cluded mrs hugh black mrs frank sed- don mrs ern hyde mrs d w baxter mrs clare wilson mrs lew tracey mrs 5k binkley mrs jennings mrs ejfenton mrs w v grant mrs percy leslie mrs william roney mrs dick rid- dall mrs c e biehn chesley mrs a sanderson mrs w w tyndall mrs ed sanford limehouse mrs vince jones mr curzon toronto mrs harry short ill mrs herb har low sr hilda erwin pearl smith acton mrs alex caldex winners in the evening were mrs d livingstone mary bob- son mrs harry hale mrs john gunn j mcphail acton miss jennie whiuey mrs r h wright mrs jenkinson mrs w spence helen mclellan mrs oliver hun ter norval jean harris acton mrs roy hopper mfs alex greig mrs clayton bradley acton mar garet mccallum mrs albert liv ingstone mrs copeland shirley muckart mrs ron ed wards mrs roy mcgill mrs jim ritchie mrs nels robinson norval mrs j r walker brampton glen williams- mr and mrs lloyd foster and family spent sunday with her par ents mr and mrs m hancock in toronto visitors from rochester ny with the george fosters were heir brother ed sharpe and his wife and mr and mrs wallace sharpe mrs norman boyd and daughters norma jane and heather toronto were visitors one day last week with mr and mrs h f beaumont anglican yp attend rally more than 100 anglican young people including a group from georgetown gathered at st geor ges church st catharines for ac annual rally tom digweedst catharines hea ded the new officers elected rev j d gilmour introduced the theme youth at the crossroads and the members were divided into groups fpr discussion later assembling to hear reports from the panel leaders the topic was studied from moral political arid leisure time stand points after dinner rt rev walter bag- nail bishop of niagara gave an in spiring address on the g themethe bishop brought ttfphy for public speaking ws tgonby marion smlth st catharine q and dances completed the -h- m