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ifthtailx pftffi jmmmiimtid kw v j r the georgetown herala wednesday june 27th 1951 1 the georgetown herald serving the communities of obobgetown qucn wii jams nobvai umehou8e hornby 8tewabtt0wn balunafad s ashgbovb terracotta subscription rate 300 a year single copies 8c each advertising bates quoted on application walter c bikhrj publisher and kditor garfield lmcgilvray leslie m dark corey henington jr the efarald la printed eacl- wednesday afternoon tn the offlce on main street georgetown- antbarlzed as second class mail post office dept ottsrwa- nf i cffhihian wfcekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec division of the cwna s i m u the editors corner vi history repeats itself history repeated itself svith uhpleasant conse quences for residents jof hornby last wednesday when a twister did thousands of dollars damage in a few short moments it was on monday june 25th 1923 that a violent electrical storm and gale plagued farmers over a wide area from cheltenham to mornw the sky darkened shortly after 5 pm and hydro and telephone lines bore the bunt of the storms fury the herald of that day recorded several results of the storm thomas birds barn on the 5th line was blown from its foundation and wrecked corrugated metal from john armours barn at stewarttown was blown a quarter of a mile dan wrights barn at ash- grove and barns of fred wrigglesworth and james mc dowell at hornby were in the path of the storm and all were heavily damaged at limehouse john newtons barn suffered a similar fate the roof of hornby school- house was blown off hundreds of trees were down throughout the township there was no serious damage in georgetown ex cept for loss of a portion of the roof of georgetown coated paper and wes cooks chimney the day is particularly memorable because it was- a provincial election day when premier drurys farmer government was swept from office in a conservative landslide the premier himself ran in halton and was defeated by george hillmer local lawyer leroy dale carried the liberal standard in halton that day a fund for storm victims while hornby lies somewhat too far from geor getown for a local fund to start there have been sev eral enquiries already about whether one is to be estab lished perhaps someone in the county town wiil get busy on an estimate of damage and start a fund to help the hr people whtv tost heavily there are many in georgetown who would wish to contrib ute wind insurance is something which most people do not carry in this part of the country we have heard of only one farmer who had coverage of this type at all neighbours have been kind in pitching in to re pair some of the damage there are others who cannot help that way but who would gladly shell out a dollar or two to help the storm victims pot pourri proof of the good crops in store for halton this year was a spike of hay measuring 6 feet 8 inches brought to the office last week by norman brown it was picked fro p fiti khinrutjajr on k frigh near the white bridge the herald missed reporting two recent fire calls one was to a motorcycle in front of the dominion store the other a car in front of ken mcmillan 8 implement agency there was no damage in either case its hard to keep on top of all the news during may and june each week the editor is faced with a mounting pile of notes which he never has time to transcribe into news stories then all of a sudden comes july organizations stop meeting until the fall people go on vacation and there is a dearth of news we are sorry to report that our nbrval correspondent mrs j e maxwell who has been quite ill since the birth of her baby a few weeks ago has had to return to st josephs hospital for treatment again plans have all been made for the big orange celebration here on july 12th the merchants are cooperating in the big day by closing on wednesday afternoon and staying open all day thursday the heavy rains last week washed out a portipn of the sidewalk over the highway bridge near saxe motors and pedestrians are warned to watch their step until it is fixed hornby was front pagenew8 in the three toronto dailies when it was struck by a twister wednesday night there was large property damage but fortunately no one was in jured some changes on main street include charlie brown who switched positions a few weeks ago from budget market to silvers walker cleave who has left bradley brothers for a new job at the liquor control store apd ruth goldham miller formerly of the ljjjliance paper- office staff who w replacing bemice mcclurea berrice expects to join her husband ilttste marie next week a new mar joins the e herald next week bill st amaiid who waubauahene and started his trade in oruv doug caldwell as a member of the staff pw 107 31c mother palsrs 11b tut westons xbmokf tomato juice pineapple juice 2- 23c blended juice v 37c ginger ale 2 27c plus deposit queens royal sliced peaches jgff tins wfm0 monarch package 37c cake mixes margarine mick 44c jeslallt powders ldshus 3 pkgs 29c mr cordon agnew guest speaker c61x banquet mrs gordon agnew agister ox mrs c j buck one 61 the leaders of the local group was guest spea ker at the mother and daughter of the cxjit on monday in st johns memorial hail mrs agnew in her talk stressed the importance of the breaking down ol all barriers of distinction be tween people of different races classes and colours mrs buck presided and toasts jwere offered to the king by rev john m smith to the mothers by page 8 ann hyde with i response by mrs charles wlllson to the cgrr or ganization by mrs smith and a re sponse by mrs agnew one of the highlights jtf the year program was a cooking class coo ft ducted by margery mackenzie and at the banquet a groupof girls re ceived their cooking badges these were betsy wubwn ann hjrde jean muckdrt katherine sorensen claim bradley carol seddon joyce din- ham and patsy euchardsori in token of their appreciation the girls pre sented a beautiful bouquet to miss mackenzie leaders of the cgit 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