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w7wmhlauiv vtimniiskr ftf i tenpaqes georgetown ont wednesday august 22nd 1951 ten pages social and personal mr and mrs william robinson re vacationing at meaford mr jojih winfield has been holi daying in whitby mr and mrs wilfred breen myra and ronald are spending this week at meaford mr and mrs e w binkley spent a few days last week at lake can- nlng haliburton miss nancy odonnell toronto is visiting in town with her cousin sharon wilkinson mr and mrs robert murray tor onto visited with mrs william kirkwood on saturday mrs fred laws is spending this week at lisle with her niece mrs frank sawyer and mr sawyer mr and mrs w j anderson and little bill jr are home again from a trip to visit relatives in england sunday guests with mr and mrs stan finlay were his parents mr and mrs john finlay of toronto mr and mrs bill armstrong of toronto were weekend visitors with his parents mr and mrs fred armstrong mr and mrs fred mcnally and their grandson david mcnally are vacationing this week near port carting mr and mrs horace felstead of knowlesville ny were visitors last week with mr and mrs arthur reeve terry harley has returned home after spending a month in wetland at the home of his sister mrs d adams mr and mrs leslie ellis and son brian have returned from a vacation which they spent at mag- netawan mrs cyril obee glen keith and karen of toronto spent a few days last week with mrs dorothy den- ham and family mr and mrs watson winfield were holidaying with friends in windsor essex and detroit last week mr and mrs wakefield ford are away on a holiday motor trip east where they will take the famous gaspe trip miss florence luke of the high school staff is taking a great lakes cruise this week to baie comeau quebec mr and mrs ernie rawson and david and mrs v rawson spent a few days last week on a motor trip and in cleveland mr and mrs doug egan paul and dale of north bay spent a few days last week with mr and mrs rupert beaumont visitors last week wjth mr and mrs irwin noble were her sister and husband mr and mrs edward duncan hamilton mr and mrs ron kitchen and daughter valerie have returned from a vacation which they spent at bal sam lake in the kawafthas mr and mrs a pattendeil main street and mr and mrs j hamble- ton orangeville spent last week at starlight gardens wasaga beach mr and mrs robert hume left on a hurried trip last week to hail- eybury to attend the funeral of an aunt mrs ella lewis of hamilton i mrs h c wrigglesworth doug- las and robert are spending this week at a cottage at orillia with mr and mrs harvey clarke of bramp ton mr bill arnold of the staff of the delhi branch of the bank of com merce spent the weekend in town with his parents mr and mrs e l arnold mr and mrs hugh lindsay and jimmy with mr t w treanor r w-j- pent the weekend in peterborough wherey they visited with mr and mrs arnold atwood miss helen macdonald left mon day morning by plane for chicago and madisdn wis where she will visit with her cousin miss cather ine clayton this week friends will be sorry to hear that mr alf rolfe is confined to sunny- brook hospital at present mrs rolfe is staying with mr and mrs wesley rutiedge at terra cotta mrs sid jackson of uswift cur rent saskatchewan arrived in town this morning for a visit with her brother mr robert buchanan she came on hearing the news of mrs buchanans death but was not able to get here in time to attend the funeral service yesterday mr and mrs thomas grieve and mr and mrs alva grieve attended the wedding in col borne tjnited church last wednesday of dora itherfprd- and huglv grant the wedding guests from town at the marriage of mr harold henry and miss allison rowley in toronto on friday were mr and mrs sew ard wilson and mr and mrs james f evqns mr and mrs george- riddalt mr the rnobih- acton oakville have more polio cases two further cases of poliomyel itis were reported to halton health unit in the week ending august 19 this makes a total of five cases one of whom wva toronto resi dent all reportejumce the first of james crabtree dies during england visit shocking news came to mr ivan crabtree here last wednesday when he received a cable telling- of the death of mr james crabtree in lon don england he had received a cable on monday from lhis sister m i s whom- he had b s s personnel moving to new toronto the latest cases were reported from acton and oakville nine-year- old bill churchill acton was ta ken to sick childrens hospital toronto where diagnosis showed sorne bulbar involvement an oak ville girl age 14 is reported to have some paralysis the age of the five cases repor ted is good evidence of how mis leading the term infantile paral ysis is says the health unit the youngest patient is 9 and the cases range upward to 33 years and mrs don arthurs and linda and mrs arthurs mother mrs wil liam arthurs and sister eleanor of brampton spent last week at green gables wasaga beach mrs walter whitmee who makes her home with her son frank has returned from a visit with her daughters mrs john mckenzle willowdale and mrs william stew art brooklin mr and mrs don strickland and daughter sylvia of unlonville were visitors last week with mrs strick lands mother mrs h malcolm stew durham street sylvia is staying this week with her grand mother mr and mrs lome majuery and son larry have returned from a mo tor trip which took them through the new england states to ken tucky they finished their holiday in north bay jane wardlaw celebrated her ninth birthday on august 20th to her party she invited barbara and lawrence mcbain bonny inglis barbara mckerrow gail mcniven and her brother johnny wardlaw mr and mrs h wiley and daugh ters violet arid dorothy of woyburn saskatchewan were visitors last week with mr and mrs a c col- ins they were returning from providence ri where they had visited with mrs wileys siler spending this week at port syd ney mary lake witli his friend george mcclure is doniild kurd don who has been working as le- lief office boy it smith stone for a month will work at the smith stone booth at the cnk mr and mrs spence mckmnon and bill milliere jr are spending this week and next at clear lake indiana where they are guests of their uncle mr george milliere toledo ohio mr and mrs william milliere of kitchener are also hav ing their holidays there mr and mrs jack thompson and son christopher of ottawa have been guests with his parents arch deacon and mrs w j o thomp son jack being on his holidays they will also visit in orangeville with her parents canon and mrs h westmcmaster mr and mrs frank petch atten ded the wedding in oshawa satur day of bob burns and marion stu art where mr and mrs ross pelch of ville st pierre quebec were also guests the continued on to quebec where they will visit this week with their son and daughter- inlaw barbara cromar ina and louise webb of norval left last thursday for a two weeks holiday in prince edward island while there they will visit at green gables for mer home of the webbs and famed as the setting for the anne storios written by the late l m montgom ery celebrating her 9th birthday on saturday sharin daughter of mr and mrs ray harley entertained at a party at her home on durham street her guests included barbara finlay judy richardson margaret eason carolyn biehn linda kor- zack jill kemner and sharins cousins doug harley heather al len margaret ann and bert arnold honouring a recent bride mrs stan adair seventy five friends ga thered on the lawn at the home of mrs mary hurren erin for a mis- cellaneous shower each guest em broidered her flame on a oiilt hlnck te visitors note ip oddfellows rebekahs present good show a garden party jointly sponsored by the oddfellows and rebekahs on friday in the park was very suc cessful a crowd estimated at over one thousand enjoyed the show and were loud in their praise of the quality of performance it was a full evening starting with model airplane demonstrations by jim valantine bill maccormack and john debeuulieu vince mount- ford brought his two young sons along and entertained with the com edy and songs wh ich have made this brampton man a favourite at garden parties throughout the dis trict vince has a neverfailing sup ply of material and his sons are chips off the old block another highlight of the show was the step- dancing of 85yearold joe martiu to music by 90yearuld charlie mc millan these local residents got a big hand for their performance others on the bill were magician raymond lowe gwen robb lap and acrobatic dancer the harmon- iclowps the royal city koui a barber shop quartette from guelph who numbered keith dolson among their members pianist alf sutton and a pair of scottish comedians who replaced clare house the mus ical vagabond georgetown girls pipe band were also featured in the show visiting saying that his father was ill in hospital he is anxiously awaiting further word mr crabtree left town three and a half months ago for a visit with his two daughters overseas he had just recently arrived in london af- ter staying with mrs james marsh in oldham lanes the nay after receiving the sad news ivan recei ved a letter from his father written the previous week in which he told of the good time he was having and of his prospective visit to london james arthur crabtree who was in his 71st year was born in rock dale lanes and was a son of the late mr and mrs young crabtree he started his lifelong career in the paper trade with the firm of smith mclaren in scotland coming to canada in 1911 he worked for ritchie ramsay in new toronto then in 1914 he went to valleyfleld quebec with valley- field coated paper when fire des troyed this mill in 1938 key per sonnel were transferred to provin cial paper ltd in georgetown and mr crabtee took a position here as head colouy man he retained this until his retirement last march when his son ivan succeeded him his wife mary dearden whom lie married in england predeceased him in june 1950 he is survived by five children mrs john bert ram bertha of toronto ivan of georgetown mrs ernest brownlee edith i valley field mrs james marsh irene oldham lanes and nmrs ivy scott london england a brother walter lives in iushton blackburn lane and there are four giaudchildrcii mr crabtree was a member of the church of england arrangements have been made for the body to be ciemaled in eng land and his ashes will be buried in greenwood cemetery here iv the palm tree is sonamed cause its leaf was thought to resem ble the palm of a persons hand shorter hours as ss orders employees of smith stone ltd were notified today that the work week at the factory is being redu ced from 43 j to 38 hours there will also be some playoffs of em ployees but it is hoped the reduc- tinn in working hours will stave off layoffs slacken lengthly uhiess fatal for mrs r buchanan in ill health for the past few years mrs robert buchanan died any plantwide layoffs the company action has had to be taken because of a slowing up in orders which is general in the electrical business it follows in the wake of slackened business in the production of refrigerators stoves and other electrical products and a slowing down in the building indus try which has been caused by credit restrictions on buying and a shor tage of steel at the same time the business recession has not affected smith stone nearly so drastically as other manufacturers company officials are hopeful that the condition will be only tempor ary and that plant operation will be back to normal soon it is the first time since the summer of 1949 that there has been any major slow ing of production at the plant during the evening miss jean ab bott played several piano selections and mrs j abbott read an address while a gaily decorated buggy fil led to overflowing with lovely gifts was presented to the bride mrs adair is th former grace scott and made her home in georgetown with mrs robert waldie when she was employed at smith si stone ltd rev w bradbury moves to west coast rev w bradbury bd is en route to prince rupert bc where he will be rector of a twochurch anglican parish mr bradbury visited his sons leigh and max in town recently then went on to hornpayne where two more sons reside after graduating from theological college in nova scotia he preached in a ten year period for instance times incliiink ia tfnvc ii comb tangier inrl pott mdway lit- plea ched at hcrrnpayne for thirteen brfcieiwho is a nurse in kingston years then- at dundalk and latterly lithe daughter of mr grleyes cou- at anjndian parish in walpole is- in capt charles rutherford vc land change in climate mr garnet wiggins a former georgetown man who has been vis iting here with his mother mrs mary morrow and his brother roy wiggins is leaving thursday for home mr wiggins his wife and their children carol ann and bob live in dallas texas where he is representative for the american locker company in five southwes tern states mr wiggins left town in 1924 and worked in cleveland ohio with the greyhound coach lines for fif teen years before going to dallas he notices a difference in tempera ture- here and says that while he has been away temperatures in his home state have hovered at 108 and 109 he reports tremendous activ ity in tqxas whore big industry because olf better weather conditions hasbeen moving in more and more the daljns population has increased ina ten- year period for instance llronv 8jro00q to 520000 and there has been similar growth in other ci fries such as houston hornbychristtnsen wedding in toronto in toronto on saturday august 11th rev w a morris officiated at the wedding of two georgetown residents astrid christensen and earl alan hornby the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs godfrey christensen glen williams and tngfapm is the son of mr and mrs isaacwfornby of georgetown they were attended by mr and mrs douglas ii od gins of toronto v largest freight yard in canada is montreals turcot terminal operated by the cznr it has 55 miles of track the weather mr eartoe what a lovely weekend we nad after all the dull weather which did not brlhg the needed rain perhaps the rain and the exhibition will ar rive together em batkin date max min rain august 1 3 79 55 trace august 14 76 59 trace august 15 68 58 02 august 16 66 58 02 august 17 73 49 august 18 78 49 august 19 76 51 average 7371 5414 04 district farmers father dies in acton a resident of acton since 1918 john edward williamson died sud denly at his home guelph street on friday morning mr williamson was born in nas- sagaweya township 74 years ago the son of the late david william son and elizabeth wilds he farm ed in nassagaweya until moving to acton where he was a wood dealer for several years he was a mem ber of the united church twice married mr williamsons first wife teresa price died on oc tober 28th 1918 he is survived by his wife berniece price and an only son david james williamson who farms at silvercreek one bro ther fred lives at streetsville and a sister mrs albert young in ac ton rev a o w foreman and rev w g luxton officiated at the fun eral service on monday at the rumlcy funeral home acton which was followedby interment in fair- view cemetery acton pallbearers were fred anderson george rit chie bob winton james gilmour william roszell and ted hassard friends and relatives attended the service from stratford hamilton burlington toronto georgetown milton streetsville erin guelph and stamford several members of the smith stone ltd office staff will soon be jnaking their headquarters in tor onto a newfour storey office building has been erected on st- claire av enue across from the granite club to be used as a central office for a number of companies with which ltcol w e phillips president of smith stone is associated the sales service and general ac- counting groups from smith and stone will be in the new building other companies which have offices there include fiberglas canada ltdl duplate canada ltd plax canada ltd and dow corning of- canada ltd up till the present smith si stone has had an office on bay street in toronto and the staff from there moved to the new building a few weeks ago brigadier f c wallace executive vice president of smith and stone also has his office in the st claire building and wilfrid ford sales manager of the company will make his headquarters there other local people involved in the move are accountant gordon wilkinson jim hinchey william clark mar garet pasmore joyce partridge shirley preston barbara gollop and wilma lee it is expected that the move will take place within the next two weeks new dentist on saturday in peel memoriai hos pital brampton she was in her 79th year she was the former sarah j mc cartney and was born in esques- ing township a daughter of the late william mccartney and mar garet mcdowell the family moved to georgetown over fifty years ago and in 1912 she married mr buch anan they had lived in town since their marriage latterly on queen street mrs buchanan was u member of st johns united church and had been a member of the true blue lodge she is survived by her hus band a brother robert mccartney long branch and two sisters mrs harry staplelon norval and mrs james berlanguet vancouver bc rev john m smith conducted the funeral service at the mcclur fun eral home yesterday with interment following in greenwood cemetery pallbearers were oule stapleton fred mccartney howard hillock bert tuck frank young toronto and ted haybard of brampton friends from hamilton toronto bowmanvilla brighton acton brampton and limehouse attended the service prizes given in png club draw j prizes in a lucky draw sponsored by orion and verdun pjng club were drawn at the garden party in the park on friday prizewinners were rogers tele- chrome clockradio judy shepherd sunbeam toaster george louth jr brampton electric kettle mrs em hyde sandwich toaster and waffle rrorc ether webster fair prize list now off the press prrae lists for the 1951 george town fall fair were off the press last week and have been mailed to for mer exhibitors copies of these with entry forms are available from the secretary or at the herald of fice anyone planning to exhibit can have one for the asking dr john kerby dr john kerby dds will join the local dental fraternity this week when he opens an office on main street dr kerby is locating above the bell telephone office where dr frank watson praetlcedfor so many- years extensive alterations have been made and a suite of rooms created which includes two operat ing rooms a dark room lab office and waiting room equipment is be ing moved in today dr kerby who is making his home in town with the v t cav- anaghs graduated this spring from the university of toronto he was born in toronto but spent most of his life in the west in regina his father is commercial supervisor for cnr telegraphs school principals bride will also teach here in st marks churrh of england toronto on friday evening august 17th at seven oclock harold james henry principal of georgetown public school was united in mar riage with allison joy rowley daughter of mrs rowley and the iate william mclean rowley of toronto mr henry is the son of mr and mrs james henry of wing ham pink larkspur were used as altar flowers and other floral decorations in the church included palms glad ioli and shasta daisies rev j m n jackson officiated at the cere mony and mr james hall wingham was organist the bridal gown was of petal pink embroidered organdy over white taffeta with shoulder cape moulded bodice and full skirt falling in a short train she wore a poke bon net hat and finger tip veil of petal pink french tulle illusion caught with ostrich tips gardenias and j6- hanna hill roses formed her wed ding bouquet miss patricia cole toronto was maid of honour and bridesmaids wore misses frances klrby and hel- en jane mcdonald- toronto and miss donna henry wingham sister of the groom they were gowned alike in meadow green net overtan feta with shirred bodice bouffant style skirt elbow length cape of pleated net with peter pan collar and net mitts with flared cuffs all wore daisy covered caps with dark green velvet streamers and carried loose nosegays of shasta daisies and ruffle gladioli in mauve and yellow mr arthur hanna gave his niece in marriage c donald lloyd tor onto was groomsman and ushers were john lloyd wingham william checkly and grant rutherford of toronto before leaving on a motor trip to the east coast a reception was held at kllcooly gardens on the lake- shore road where mrs william mclean rowley mother of the bride received in dusky pink crepe with grey accessories and a corsage of johanna hill roses and bouvardia the grooms mother assisted wear ing powder blue lace over taffeta and a corsage of amazon lilies and gladioli petals mr and mrs henry will take up residence in the marshall apart ments on queen street mrs henry who has taught for three years at franklin horner school etbbicoke will also be a member of the school stiff here having taken a position asas8istant teacher fpr kindergarten- primary starting in september