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first section georgetown ontario wednesday may 23rd 1951 sixteen pages social and personal m l k if i mr and mrs paul barber spent ie first part of trap week in-mus- kofca mrs clara king of branchton has heen visiting with her family in town mr and mrs ed wasndck albion jtfy were weekend visitors with mr and mrs arthur reeve mr and mrs ernest lillico and beverley of peterborough were weekend visitors with mrs j h lillico sunday visitors with mr and mrs ern thonpson were mr and mrs george thompson ken and don of stratford mr and mrs harvey clarke of brampton visited on sunday with mrs howard wrigglesworth and lam hy mr and mrs fred mcnally mr urn mr william mcnally jqavjd and jane visited in brighton and colborne on sunday pte william emmerson jr sta tioned with the army at petawawa was a weekend visitor in town with his parents mr and mrs a feller mbtbred to lakefield on sunday to visit with mr and mrs charles lake and mr and mrs alex rosbrough pte wesley hilts a member of the canada special force who is now stationed at walnright alberta was home on leave last week mr and mrs reuben squires and son bill of lambeth were weekend visitors with mr and mrs edwin ball at their home on queen street mr and mrs frank whitmee lynda and barbara and mrs wai ter whitmee left thursday to spend a week on a motor trip to montreal auid ottawa miss shirley dobbie of the royal bank staff has been vacationing in vajueyfield quebec with her grand parents mr and mrs david mc- meekin miss gertrude thackleberry tor- onto mr and mrs fred green and barry of port credit were sunday visitors with mr and mrs r h jones mr and mrs george lake and twin daughters gwen and kathleen were visitors la town one day last week with mr and mrs a h fel ler doug latimer son of mr donald latimer and a student at the uni versity of toronto has left for a sumrnet posting with the rcnvr at esfjljimault bc mr and mrs don barrager and mr and mrs clarence kennedy are attending the district convention of lions club in montreal this week at the mount royal hotel mr and mrs c f pattenson of ottawa are spending the holiday weekend in town as guests of mr and mrs john bell at their new home on main street south mrs e mclver of san francisco california and mrs f fleming michigan visited- in town for a few days last week with mrs elmer dron and mrs e l arnold peter armstrong baby son o mr and mrs jack armstrong re- tiirned hffffie yesterday trorrr tor- onto sick childrens hospital where he underwent an operation last week mrs george martin has returned noma after spending a week in milton with mr and mrs harold coulson following a tonsil opera tion which she underwent in mil ton private hospital mr and mrs gordon mattin pat and kip or orangeville were sun- kday visitors with mr and mrs c cross and mr and mrs george professor and mrs walter car penter and daughters lprralne pat ricia and mary of guelph- spent alfred j barker bah team seeks nejv baptist pastor second win tonight alfred j barker ba bj3 prea ched his first sermons at the bap- sunday in town with mr and mrs ust church on sunday mr barker garfield mcgilvray and family mrs alvin mcdonald attended then convocation of the engineering faculty of queens university dn saturday when her soninlaw jack tarzwell received his bache- lor of science degree mr tarzwell who has joined the rcaf received the departmental prizes graduating with honours in mining engineer ing mr and mrs walter biehn car- succeeds rev charles r gower who left last year to accept a call to the baptist church atf dresden mr barker received his bache lor of divinity degree last tues day at the convocation of mcmaster university he is a native of tor onto where he attended harbord the intermediate ball team en thused after a win against clarkson in the seasons opeper on saturday is host to waterdown tonight in the local park saturdays game was a tight one for the first five innings when georgetown broke loose to score five firtal score was 71 for the locals harvey chappel who went the route for georgetown allowed georgetown may get new high school olyn and ellen visited at langstaff service overseas with the ordnance and jarvis c611cgiales he was em- pnly two hits peewee huffman njt c for the first five innings and after a slight injury was relieved by earl walters alan gillis was on ployed with the canadian skf company a the time of his enlist- ment in the army in 1942 after on sunday with mr and mrs george lake a former georgetown resi- dent mrs biehns uncle mr thomas lake was also a visitor he has just returned from two years at yellow knife nvt where he wor- ked as a baker in a mining camp to her eleventh birthday party on thursday marie emmerson daugh- te of mr and mrs steve emnier- son invited marilyn sorenson jean penrice jill kentner agnes el- son barbara june and barbara may allen ruth rfaneox virginia bar ber trudy scott jane henderson and myra breen guests for a few days this week with mr and mrs a e shain at their home on the norval road were mrs thomas cooke mrs b s cooke and bonnie mrs george cooke and judy and miss cornelia hotis of watertowh ny miss helen glynn toronto miss alice dolan and mr isaac quigley of shelburne mr and mrs james murphy dur ing a recent visit in kitchener with mr and mrs art hurst went through the new arena and the dream home which will be raffled tomorrow as a money raising pro ject for the arena their soninlaw art hurst is employed with the frank nibert contracting firm which has worked on both these projects brigadier and mrs eric wallace wore guests at trie weddmgof ther esa anne mcdonough and michael mclaughlin phillips caulfield bc which took place in st basils church toronto the groom is the son pf col w e phillips head of a company which controls smith and stone ltd the reception was in the sheraton room of the king ed ward hotel the local company of jehovahs witnesses attended the district as sembly at varsity arena and maple leaf gardens last weekend which ended with a rally on sunday ad dressed by bro chapman who spoke on proclaim liberty throughout the land mrs john cordaro ern est kornetz and don ohara of bar- rie leave tomorrow for a district assembly in montreal at which mrs cordaro will play the violin miss olive moyer whose mar riage to arthur relnhardt of wiar- ton takes place early next month has been widely feted on may 11 mrs fred helson entertained for forty guests at a linen shower and t5rtthetttn mrscv williams trad an afternoon tea and a handker chief shower last saturday mem bers of st georges choir of which the bride is a member and to which mr tteinriardt belonged while he- was living in town gathered at the home of mr and mrs w e bradley where they were presented with boudoir lamps last night thirty friends attended a cuip and shower at the home of mrs dann corps he took his first year of un iversity at khaki university then returned to canada to complete his schooling at mcmaster during his studies he has served at various churches in tne summer months including one summer in calgary one summer at monck and damascus near arthur and another at avoca and rivington in the otta wa valley last year he was student pastor at lome park and the prev ious year serveu as ministers assis tant at james street church ham ilton mr barker is unmarried at uni versity he was interested in such extramural activities as the mens choir and tjie university weekly newspaper he has three brotners dr cyril director of music at first baptist church detroit donald who works for the daily press in pontiac michigan and wilfred an electrician in toronto an ordination service is planned at the church on june 5tl there will also bo an induction srrv ice at a later date mr barker is living in the parsonage beside the church first- keith- scott 2b keith king- ss george barber 3b joe stamp rf pic dillon cf hank chaplin if bill barry relieving in the 7th mayor harold cleave pitched the first ball to club president bob lane in the r opening ceremonies with publicity chief corey herring- ton behind the plate this year the team has a lot pf peppy young players up from the grc minor leagues and under coach verw bowman they are expected to make a good showing vern bowman knows his baseball has played in termediate a with preston and has coached and managed juvenile teams in preston glenn gibbs and bui bullivant are on tap for pitching several of last years players arc on shift work a couple on the injured list and the team has more new faces than for many a year the sixteam league this year has milton acton and waterdown playing c ball georgetown is b and oakville and clarkson in a clarkson is a new entry re placing fergus and has recruited players from toronto township port credit and lakeview districts the weather mr editor this weeks summary shows ev ery day equal to or above the av erage normal of 64 for may it was certainly a real warm week but the high of 85 was 3 degrees below the highest recorded fdr the month of may and we are stil four weeks away rom the first aay of summer v em batkin rain date max min may 14 75 33 may 15 83 50 may 16 8f 51 may 17 64 47 may 18 69 36 may 19 75 39 may 20 77 47 average 1542 43 2 there is a possibility that geor getown will be the site of a second north halton district high school at mondays meeting of- th school board a motion by john bell and nelson picketr proposed that new school be built at georgetown and a gymnasium be addled too th milton school- the motion came late in the meet ing and was tabled for a special meeting next tuesday at stewart town when it will be discussed and voted upon high school teachers further salary increases teachers in the three north hal ton high schools leeeived a further salary increase at a board meeting in acton monday all teachers were given an in crease of 100 retroactive to the iirst of the year and a 100 increase in september previously the tea chers had veceived 200 at the start of the year and an increase in year ly increment from llu to 200 the salary schedule was adjusted to provide a maximum of 5000 for specialists principals of the three schools had their salaries boosted 4o0 resignations u ore received from three milton teachers miss evange line carson who is going to picker ing miss edith leacock who will be head of the moderns department at bowmanville and hubert cal houn who is going to england this leaves throe vacancies with two teachers already hired for acton and a new commercial teacher blair armstrong hired for georgetown plan dedication of new church organ work will be completed this week on the installation of a new organ in knox presbyterian church decision to purchase the new instrument was made at a congre gational meeting early this spring when it was found that the old or gan was completely useless with out a thorough overhauling a committee was formed to look into the purchase of a new organ and tlui bought one which belong ed to the estate of lady kemp oak mile after the organ is in- stalled there is some painting and carpentry work necessary before the ddication which will take place at the morning service on jurfe 10 12 26 38 dr john kerby is new dentist here georgetown will have a new den tist in june dr john kerby who graduated this year from the faculty of den tistry at the university of toronto expects to open a practice about june 1st renovations are being made at present to the office on main street over the bell telephone office where dr f r watson prac ticed for so many years until he moved his office to his residence a few years ago dr kerby will receive his degree of doctor of dental surgery at con vocation on june 6th graduating with him is his brother dr wil liam kerby who will practice in heglna saskatchewan dr kerby was born in toronto moved to regina with his family and attended public and high school there he learned to play hockey at an early age and as a youngster was centre on a pee- wee all star team which won the provincial bantam championship he played intercollegiate hotkey while at tending central collegiate and when ho was with- abbot juveniles he attended the new york rangers hockey school in winnipeg with a chance to go on to one of the club farm teams it was here that the difficult decision of hockey or den tistry as a career had to be made he chose the latter and during his college term had to trade his play ers uniform for a seat as a specta tor he is the son of mr and mrs g r kerby and his father who is commercial supervisor for cnr tel egraphs was moved back to toronto a few years ago keen curler bowley fred thompson dies an enthusiastic sportsman and a leading member of the local curling and lawn bowling clubs fred c thompson died at his home on edith street last saturday evening mr thompson was a member of a pioneer esquesing family he was born on the family homestead lot 29 concession 11 esquesing in 1887 a son of the late joseph triller thompson and maria gallaher at tended no is school and farmed with his father later taking over management of the farm for which the thompson family had the cro deed and had farmed for 121 years he married agnes leslie on janu ary nd 1895 the farm was sold to the late mr martin in 1932 mr thompson contin uing as farm manager for two years before he moved to georgetown a a township resident he served as a councillor for five years in the early twenties was an elder and held other offices in union presby terian church and for forty yeara was a member of the school board of no 15 in georgetown he be longed to knox church and was an elder of the church v mr thompson was the last sur viving member of a family of four he was predeceased by two brottw ers byron and marshall and a sla ter emma mrs john leslie ha leaves oneson laverne who farms at union and a daughter mrs l a pulling norma lafayette in diana and four grandchildren rev alex j calder was assisted by rev g l royal at the funeral service yesterday at the moclure funeral home pallbearers were alex hume w g marshall blake leslie george h leslie frank petch and james eccles interment was made in the family plot in greenwood cemetery georgetown may field native dies two te jmere received for indaiivmu iaiatjwia unting at georgetown school and wycf oiwaoo saucer l w martin mrs martin and trie chil- dren remaining in town for a visit this week sunday guests at the home of mr and mrs dan livingstone were airs- john reinhardt ridgeway mrs w chappie chicago 111 mr and lmrs ross livingstone crystal beach and miss edna hiscott toi onto the go getters a team of bowl ers captained by mrs bob harris in the afternoon league at the lucky strike enjoyed dinner together in guelph last wednesday followed by an evening of bowling those who attended were mrs harris mrs ivan crabtree mrs don ar thurs mrs gordon king miss inez scott mrs audrey mcclean mrs james sargent and mrs alex kor- zack several members of georgetown lions club attended a zone rally at huttonville park last thursday frank bartlett of hamilton was el ected deputy district governor suc ceeding gordon vivian of bramp ton club members who attended included jack armstrong ray whit mee don barrager spence mc- kinnon clarence kennedy ernie rawson and bill barry engagements mr and mrs samuel c tennant annouhce the engagement of their daughter kathleen isabelle to wil liam thomas garbutt son of mr and mrs alf garbutt g go town the marriage will take place on saturday june the ninth in st georges church of england geor getown painting at gcf ted bludd was awarded the contract at 995 00 this includes painting one classroom the hallways office and teachers room a contract for painting at milton was given to gor don farl who was one of three who tendered at a price of r59300 a report from the commercial inspector said that if the commer cial course was to be retained at geogetown transportation arrange ments should be made for milton and acton students and he also rec ommended that guidance teachers give instructions about the course before the end of this term the board will take legal action against burlingtonnelson board what council did an advertisement for a play pen in last weeks herald brought a quick sale and six replies use the n w advertisement for good re sults unless iaymcnt oi a disputed amount of 480 is mad9 before the end of jtine bjjrjingto uain they are not responsible for fees for nelson students attending milton school appeals of two students attend ing guelph collegiate for payment of fees were turned down as the subjects taken are available in the district schools mr harvey armstrong king street georgetown received word last thursday of the death of his brother rev dr j a armstrong of denver colorado jdr armstrong and his wife had just returned from a visit with their son and family in monrovia california when he suffered a stroke while in canada he taught school at boston mills and mayfield then entered the ministry and graduated from knox college toronto in 1900 he preached the word of god until five years ago when he re tired in colorado he id his wife visited their rel- i r lends at mayfieich- ativetouond on monday may 21st accepted the resignation of geor getown recreation commission with regret moved by hale and tuck the crc resignedlast month and at the council meeting two weeks ago a motion was passed deferring a dccisioai on accepting the resig nation until the next meeting gave two readings to a bylaw authorizing extensions to the water works system which will go to the municipal board for approval passed a bylaw to establish no- parking on one side of queen ghs places well at guelph play day georgetown high school athletes made an excellent showing at play day a track and field meet for dis trict schools at the guelph oac a week ago saturday xun thompson was first i the softball throw and the senior relay team placed third pat carney dor othy williams pauline tyers and nancy white carl schenk took first place in archery john doherty was second in the 440 yard run jim buck was second in pole vault other members of the local team who were coached by alan prouaa include marlene rau neretta zilio lorraine hayes julia devries donna thompson shirley forbea irene nelle eueen prust blake in- glis jim tlmleck donald cleave bill maccormack don ford bob freestone and george mcclure lions take over stayauhorne camp brampton and georgetown in aug ust 1949 the second time in 49 years while en route to washing ton dc to visit their daughter he is survived by his wife laura englcwood colorado one daughter mrs it r brown marion wash ington dc and one son welton w monrovia california also a sister allies and two brothers george e and harvey w hired a man to cut the grass on the bairniramond before tonights ball game -ex- bcnek fortheen to is oton brings one of the big gest nai bands to this district in many years assistant principal for local public school georgetown lons club with the assistance of the ministerial assoc iation will operate the summer stayathome camp this year this successful project was in augurated three years ago by these two organizations- along with the recreation commission the resig nation of the grc following refusal of the town council to give a money grant to them has had the status of the summer camp in question the lions club has engaged rev jojja m smith to serve aa director of the camp and ha allotted funds up to 91000 to operate the camp the club will welcome support from any other local organizations which wish to contribute j l lambert is chairman of a club committee which will plan the camp arid members are edwin wu- son jack armstrong ray whitmee and norman smith the announcement was made at a club dinner meeting last week at the mcglbbon blouse don barra ger was presented with an exten sion award from lins international toronto bowlers host to party of local men on thursday forty bowlers curl ers and lawn bowlers journeyed to toronto by bus and car to take part in their annual five pin show the games were played at the new olympiu alleys and a nice lunch was provided by the toronto hosts quite a numoer of the local men were in the prize money alf klrby having high three and- carney reld and stamp being on the team wln- ning top honours after the regular games were played georgetown chal lenged toronto with a picked team the lawn bowling season starts in a few days and all bowjers and any wishing to learn the game will be welcome at the- greens on edith street for his effort in organizing a new al re successful ui winning by club in erin this sphng about 70 pins beer hqlsteins have good milk records two holsteins in the herd of dr paul beer lld4a farm have com pleted their records with total but- terfat over 700 lbs huutshaven supreme pabst 684395 as a 3yearpld on twlce-a- day milking in b5 days gave 20251 lbs in ilk with 718 lbs fat lidia dutchland ruhr ra 640467 aa a 4yearold on twice a day in 365 days gave 19 19819 lbs milk 716 lbs fat mr b a stein has been engaged as assistant principal of georgetown public school this september mr stein was hired at a school board meeting last night at present teaching at vineland he is a nat- ive of tavistock is married and a father of a twoyearold son one new classroom is necessary at the school next term to take car of- increased enrolment the board is hopeful of securing a temporary room in town which can be used until the new school is built it this cannot be done there is a pos sibility that staggered classes wlllba adopted a tender was let at the meeting to mcnally construction to put new roof on a portion of the prsa- it building n rhr