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-r- the georgetown herato ten pages t georgetown wednesday evening july 4th 1951 ten pages social and personal mrs jessie adams of st thomas jb spending this week with relatives in town mr anj mrs clarence bain and gloria were at wasaga beach for the week end mr and mrs a h feller were weeksend guests in elmira with mr and mrs c stumpf mr and mrs wilf hulis paul and david are vacationing for two weeks at twkey point ted nancarrow of toronto is visiting with his uncle and aunt mr and mrs ted darlington mrs ken mcmillan and joyce are pending this month at their sum mer cottage at thunder bay mr and mrs ernest forgrave and peter were in fenelon falls for the holiday at their cottage mr and mrs william may banks and son arthur spent the holiday weekend with relatives at water- down mr and mrs clarence carey with mr and mrs william morley of gait spent the holiday week end up north mr and mrs norrls wilson spent the week end in gravenhurst with the latters parents mr and mrs a h hawker mr and mrs bob wyatt and lynn of trenton visited in town with their families over the week end cecil hardie bill and eug ene and mrs rose ford of tor onto are vacationing at cedar har bour lake simcoe mr and mrs charles mcmenemy and son huey of hamilton spent the week end with her mother mrs john ritchie mrs f n galloway and misses mary and sheila galloway of bur lington were weekend guests of miss may langan mr henry isley has returned home after spending the past nine weeks visiting with relatives in alberta and saskathewan mr ands mrs charles green of brampton visited with the for mers sister mrs george ward and mr watd on the weekend miss gwynneth mcgowan of montreal visited with her parents mr and mrs w a mcgowan over the holiday week end mrs frank murfin faye and suzanne and mrs murlins mo ther mrs a b clarke are spend ing the month of july at inver- hurori beach mr and mrs harvey dewhurst and andrew spent the week end at campbellford the guests of mr and mrs reuben eason and fami- ly w and mrs jim morris and miss grace turney and miss leone turney of toronto spent lliu week end with mr and mrs graydon chester mrs graydon chester and her sisters mrs jim morris and miss grace turney of toronto a tended the shaw reunion at erin last sat urday mrs g w mccallum had the misfortune to break her ankle and spent a few days in guelph hospi tal last week returning home on monday mrs fred chapman jill ricicy and versey have left for their sum mer home at victoria harbour georgian bay mr chapman will join them there next week miss usa bessey of toronto spent the week end with her father mr herb bessey and left on tuesday to take a summer course in prim ary methods at dalewood public school hamilton mr and mrs rudolph kowalski and daughter vaughne of kitchener spent monday with mr and mrs john cummins vaughne stayed to spend this week with her cousin joan mr and mrs jack runham and till spent the week end at brocks fbeach georgian bay mrs run- ham and jill remaining and mr juinharn will join them next week ttr two weeks vacation mr and mrs ern hyde and pat monty and mr and mrs stan and 3arbara and john am ended the may reunion at trie ome of v me and mrs elmer may hornby saturday mr and mrs james clarke jimmy and patricia of new to- into were weekend visitors with parents mr and mrs h hur- jimmy remained for a visit lit week with hlsf grandparents ipwiss marlon hepburn accom- aled mrs calvin clark and be- rley to wanatead and spent the 6ekend there mr clark and bnald left the- previous week for iir new home there miss mabel chave spent the holi day weakend with friends in oril- lia f- set phil carney was home from camp borden to spent the week end in town mr and mrs e g elaine toronto were weekend guests in town with mrs david saxe mrs j c alexander is visiting in sherkston with her sister who has been ill mr find mrs larry colby of tor onto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs reg ryall holiday guests with mr and mrs pius rau were mr and mrs gordon ritchie of walkerton mr and mrs harry- hay ward spent the weekend in lockport n y and buffalo k y miss pauline smith is visiting this week in erin at the home of mr and mrs george horton mr fred doyle of toronto was a weekend guest with his sister mrs leonard rayner and mr rayner mrs walter biehn carolyn and ellen are spending two weeks at inverhuron beach little john and danny golden were in brampton for the weekend visiting their aunt mrs ivan west- fall mr and mrs ernest rolfe and family of hamilton were weekend guests of tha formers brother mr alf rolfe and mrs rolfe cyrus wilson son of mr and mrs jack wilson has graduated from a four year course in motor mechanics at gait technical school mr and mrs syd reeve and norman and miss frances bird of toronto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs william reeve on monday mr and mrs reeve ar- lene and carolyn with mr and mrs mark sheffield brampton visited in listowel friends wil be sorry to learn of the illness of mr cliff kenne of streetsvllle mr kenney who is married to the former eva harding both former residents of george town is convalescing al his home after returning from a stay in brampton hospital mrs george muckart and her daughter miss shirley muckart entertained at a miscellaneous shower last thuisday evening in honour of miss violet barnes a brideelect of this month thirty- five friends were present mrs stewart magwood and dau ghter beverle jane of sussex n b are visiting in town with her sister mis yvonne adams dr magwood whose father has been ill at his farm near hanover is spending the month with him there and will assist in the farm work stone school teacher at grimsby next year honouring mrs mary e latcqsrw who is leaving her teaching posi tion at the stone school school pu pils and their parents gathered at the home of mr and mrs edgar beeney on the sixth line on thurs- day afternoon mrs laidlaw has taught at the school since the first of this year and has proven her qualities as a teacher and a friend of every child and parent she has accepted a pos ition in her home town of grimsby the pupils after expressing their regret at losing a good teacher pre sented her with a bird book and a book on flowers mrs laidlaw re plied in her usual kind and con vincing manner and said she had liked their school and enjoyed teaching them mr and mrs laid law have a lovely home on no 8 highway at grisby known as the spinning wheel miss marjorie shaw of arthur will take charge of the school in september she graduated from stratford normal school in 1946 and had taught at s s no 2 west gara- fraxa at the shand dam near fer gus since that time the picnic place is an historic spot in the school section where the ri ver tumbles over the falls and con tinues splashing for several hundred feet down over the rocks at this spot once stood a sawmill which served the early settlers and was powered by water from the falls some portions of the mill still re main the stone school receives its water supply from j spring nearby and is taken about a mile by pipe line into the school the old mill the bridge across the nvei the water tumbling over the rocks and the large shade trees made this a desirable spot to sit down after an afernoon s fun to enjoy chocolate milk sandwiches and ice cream a lcttei of thanks was composed b eileen shi lhouttii foi mr and mrs beeney for tin um o thou giounds liv1i house many descendants mourn death of john f sinclair a native of erin township and one of the oldest residents of this district john f sinclair died in guelph general hospital on thurs day june 28th in his 87th year he had been in failing health fox the past three months he was a spn of the late gilbert sinclair an rachel mclean the family moved to esqueslng when he was a child and settled on the property which is now farmed by his son gorman fiftyeight years ago in april he married flora ann mcnabb who predeceased him and they farmed in erin township they returned to the home farm 35 years ago mr sinclair was a member of balllnafad united church he was a strong supporter of the liberal party in past years he served as a school trustee on the board of clay hill school he is survived by a family of six sons and five daughters gilbert a of acton mrs dan mckechnle bessie j fred donald and nor man glen williams gear of mil ton mrs ray mcenery kate and mrs william delaney margaret of erin mrs james crymble elsie toronto stanley of rockwood and mrs ross huxley florence of hillsbgjrfth of an original family of eleven a sister mrs william mc kay of toronto and a brother gil bert of georgetown are the only living members ther are nineteen grandchildren and four greatgrand children following a brief service at the home on monday the funeral ser vice was held in balllnafad united church it was conducted by the minister mr william gibb and a former pastor rev a 0 w fore man alex mcdougall of hiosburgh sang in the upper garden during the service his srx sons were pall bearers and his six eldest grand sons were flowers bearers murray ross william and mac sinclair douglu and 7 n k crymble inter ment was in grccuwnod cemetery f ori tow n i v iiii i murfin truck smash send two to hospital the weather mr editor- very poor baymafcing weather- is shown- ore this weeks summary with 5 wet days out of 7 the month of jxine was much above normal too with regard to rain the total far the month of 5 in being nearly z inches more than normal the average marximtrm of 7s and minimum at so for the month of june wene- both just 2 degrees below the jixne normal average- so now onu to juay for holiday weather june 25 73 ejrn 54 tsaikin june 26 72 48 01 june 27 75 52 june 28 79 51 is june 29 t 56 02 june 30 70 58 34 july i v 73 50 t4 average 73 71 5271 6 1 o three employees of b f muufln sheet hfetal works were injured and a pickup truck badly wreck ed in ah accident saturday morn- ing most seriously injured is ralph murfin brother of frank murfin owner of the business who is in st josephs hospital toronto with back injuries at first it was feared he had a broken back but xray showed no broken bones fred dick- senson who was starting his second day on the job is also a patient in st josephs with a broken collar bone ernie whyte who received numerous bruises was allowed to come home after treatment at the hospital the accident occurred on a cut- off from no 7 highway to no 27 the three men were enroute to work on a plumbing and heating job in a new subdivisoin on browns line it is believed that the truck driven by ralph murfin went out of control on the wet oily surface of the highway and skidded into a large tree intermediates win tfiird came from waterttowh georgetown intermediates worj their third ban garne here last wed nesday in a close decision over w- terdown 32 harvey chappet pitched the full game fr the locals it was their third win of the season a schedulem same at milton on saturday was i postponed due to wet grounds cton plays here this fcway three escape injury collision damage 4000 two men and a boy escaped un hurt in a tvvotiuck crash outside acton on iriday one vihiclf was completely 4estioyid the other damaged in excess of 2 h and 400 gallons of gasoline were spilled on the road total damage estimated by guelph detachment opp was over 4 000 the accident occurcd just after 5 pm fnday at the intersection of the haltonwellington county line promotion results readier mrs all rl pimto to grade itaiiklas stairet hu old stoddart tli grade h bhty foster shlr- u arno- william zilio alex anioi xiidon sheird ifoward frostu f iccommi tided to oiiaol 6 howard marion stoddart lous mai old sheppaid to grade maiilyn anno burns kinnith millei to grade 4 carol donna millei donald stoddart to git ad r robei t foster hons foan amos hi chadh 2 dav mlr miller miller uarth barth asiigrove promotion results teat her mrs john mcnabb to grade aralph cunning ham to grade ft myma wilson ross austin george bird to grade 7 ray archer ann barnes fled barnes to grade 6 valerie nurse tvhen d evelyn bird bill kerr on trial teddy klrby to gradf 1 bob ruddell nor man shea to grade i marilyn wilson david glffen to grade 2 catherine hunter maigarct austin jack barnes toronto wedding for grace scott stan adair a former employee of smith 4k stone ltd grace eileen scott was married in toronto on saturday june 30th she is the daughter of mr and mrs earl scott erin and her husband stanley delbert adair who is employed at the acton body and fender shop is the son of mr and mrs arnold adair schomberg rev george e trimble officiated at the ceremony in fairlawn av enue united church manse at two oclock the bride wore an aqua blue sheer dress with white ac cessories and a corsage of red rosebuds she was attended by miss mary kruk of toronto who wore an orchid nylon dress with white accessories and corsage of pink rosebuds the brides bro ther mr wilbert scott was grooms man for a honeymoon trip to oshawa and the thousand islands the bride chose a suit of pink gabardine with white accessories they will live at 289 peel street acton what council did on tuesday july 3rd granted 200 tpsquesing agrl- been complaints about dust and rrtiinrll will nslf mr lvtairhg lt run visiting in town with her mother mrs j n oneill is mrs e d sheley of birmingham michigan accompanied by miss a coventry and her guest mrs charlotte thompson of embro they visited one day lastweek in chesley with miss mary pearson dr and mrs c v williams art spending the month of july at their cottage on lake isabella in the parry sound district valth them are mr and mrs gordon boody and children of toronto and mrs wil liams sister mrs j t whittaker of winipeg manitoba don herrington jr who has been taking treatment at weston sani tarium for some time underwent a successful operation on his leg last thursday it will be some time yet before don will be able to come home but it is good news to know that he is on the mend and that the first hurdle in a long 11 in ess has been passed mr and mrs james f evans mary and barbara and mrs wil liam frank have left for a motor trip west they will travel through the states to winnipeg and will vi sit with relatives there and at sas katoon edmonton moose jaw van couver and st paul minnesota they expect tf be away about six weeks rev and mrs collin todd of niagara falls spent a few days last week in t as guests of mr and mrs graham farnell they were enroute home from bigwin inn wher mr todd had attended the convention of ontario rural and urban school trustees he was elec ted a member of the niagara board of education this year prior to her marriage on satur day to david williams jteresa cur tis was entertained at roiscellan eous shower at the htitne of mrs james yates an evening party at ana the int line m urin rown- ship a 1ton thompson farm ser- vici- gasoline truck driven by all- don patterson limehouse was in collision with a pickup truck dri ven by john ferguson hillsburgh the impact swung the light truck around setting fire to its motor and it burned completely the gas truck rolled landed upright then settled back on its side the load of gas was spilled on the road but did not catch fire neither driver nor 7- yearold donald patterson were in jured hons ralph miller wayne ci union hons sheppard hons bairy cien williams louise kidd and mary hilts are visiting- with louises grandparents mr and mrs fred kidd at ingle- wood congratulations to joy haines on her third birthday and to nancy korzack her second both on thurs day june 28th gail hancock promoted from gr z to 1 was omitted last week three counties ylere for orange celebration georgetown will be the mecca for orangemen from three counties on july 12th when the local lodge has invited a large number here for the annual celebration a local committee has been hard at work on plans to make this a gala day a parade will form in the park at 1 30 p m and march through town the route is as follows park gates down charles to church church street to main and up to the monument down the highway to john along john to mcnabb queen st to the highway turning past the post office down main to factory and thence by factory to the park merchants have been asked to decorate their store fronts and a special ten dollar prize is offered for the best decorations the parade is under the direction of john fox acton county dlreotor of ceremon ies and will be headed by geqrge- town girls pipe band controller l h saunders tor onto heads a list ofjpromlnent speakers who will include gordon eraydon stanley hall and mr the home of mr william mcdonjuotlle- hamilton mayor harold aid m 7 highwayand a dinner party at the home of mrs marlon barber cleave will officially welcome the lodges ft baseball game has been arranged after the apeeches check line family dinner party for 50th wedding last wednesday evening mr and mrs denney charles attended a family dinner party at the boule vard club toropto which marked the golden wedding of his parents mr and mrs f s charles they now uvo on riverside drive tor onto since leaving clover hill farm where denney and his wife reside mr and mrs george leslie visi ted in hamilton on saturday with mr and mrs leslie fisher mr and mrs norman devereaux carole and alan attended the gun- by family reunion in lowville park on saturday mr and mrs ernest curry and family spent the weekend in in- gersoll where they visited with mr and mrs joel leslie and mr and mrs roy gordon guests last week at clover hill farm with mr and mrs denney cbftfletf her aunt d e carrier and daughter jane of st thomas david wllllson of st cath arines is yisltlng with them this week and next v i culturarsociety n a robinson and ken mcmlllmi uutpearlng to ask this will prepare a bylaw for con struction of a sidewalk on caroline street on petition of two of three taxpayers ernie rawson and bob barclay discussed with fred mcnally final plans for the july 12th cele bration here the town will put the park in shape for the day and will enforce no parking on the south ern part of main street during the parade extra police will also be requested from the opp received an inventory from a m baxter of the former recreation commission of equipment being turned over to the town by the grc this includes spurts equip ment a public address system and several cups which have been used in annual competition filed a letter from hespeler coun cil which asked endorsing of a com- plaint that county road costs were unfairly apportioned and that cit ies should contribute- more towards their upkeep because they serve to funnel traffic away from towns to the cities georgetown council feel such a situation does not exist here because there are no cities within the county received notice from his solicitors- that norman carhart was claiming damages from the town tor a mot orcycle accident on may 29th near the intersection of the 9th line and papermill road the claim has been turned over to the insurance com pany will rent the park at a fee of 9125 to joe malche for a second night of stock car racing this month cr hill complained that the ball diamond had been damaged last time and was assured by mayor cleave that it would be put back in shape cr kale aid t trol this were warned by a e wilson 8c co who handle town liability in surance that the company would not be responsiole for accidentssuis- ing from a pipe which protrudes above the sidewalk in front of the municipal building i approved a suggested county by law regulating junk yards and sec ondhand shops and requiring that they be licenced and records kept of purchases and sales georgetown council however feels the bylaw should exclude antique shops t will put a road between the win b ackerman property and the river in passable condition council were reminded by the company that this had been promised last year when the firm purchased the old paper- mill property will allow georgetown coop to use town property for a circular driveway around the mill providing the coop maintains the road and signs an agreement with the town about conditions of its use reeve w g marshall reported that the new pipeline to smith and stone and the papermllls is comgli pleted and in operation it was bud geted for at 14900 and cost 12000 town foreman ern hyde repor ted a serious act of vandalism which had left the town virtually without water on tuesday someone had broken a padlock and opened a cleanup valve in the sllvercreek reservoir and the reservoir was completely empty when this discovered the lack of water sure would have been calamitous had a fire occurredflndcouldjmiva had serious effects on air compres sors anrd boilers in local lnduttviss i will ask the dept of highways tat change the population figure on th highway sigh- to the proper figure jgnbjsii