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sefgwiw the georgeto herald first section the georgetown herald wednesday sept sbk 195e twelve pages social and personal j j mrs calvin ciark beverley and idon of wanstead visited in town last week miss barbara gfeenthal of tor- nto has been visiting in town with ilisses beryl and arietta pattenden mr nd mrs herman middleholt of london were visitors on monday with mr and mrs garfield mcgll- vray mr and mrs thomas watts- and wayne spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs harry stockford mrs edith wallace of london was a visitor on saturday with her sisterialaw mrs george wilson union street t mr and mrs ralph whitmee and sons peter and paul of coulngwood were visiting here with relatives a few days last week mr and mrs gordon garner spent a few days last week vaca- tloning at kearney in the hunts- ville district mr and mrs james richardson mr and mrs ken richardson jim- my and ronny spent the weekend at cameron lake miss frances richardson and miss ella read of st catharines are guests of bars w g o thompson at st georges rectory mr and mrs e r magloughlen re on a motor trip to the west coast and expect to return home thro the tjfi mr and mrs john inglis mam street north spent the weekenl in toronto with mr and mrs ken horton mrs john oneill and her sister miss a coventry spent last week in toronto with mr and mrs arol oneill lome mcbride who is working in belleville was a holiday guest in town with his parents mr and mrs a c mcbride mr and mrs alex fraser and brian ot niagara falls were holiday weekend visitors with her mother mrs j mcdougall mr armand swackhamer who is employed in windsor spent the holiday weekend in town with his wife and son jimmy weekend guests at the home of mr and mrs wilfred breen were mr and mrs ted ormsby doranle denis and kenny of meaford mrs fred pink of meaford has returned home after spending a week in town with her brother-in- law and sister mr and mrs wilfred breen on saturday mr and mrs art scott had as their guests mr and mrs william ray of paget ijir- muda whom they met last year while holidaying in bermuda mr and mrs herbert rbshier and son gene accompanied by mr and mrs thomas mccolgan and daugh ter diane spent their holidays on a motor trip to buffalo and tonawan- da n y mr and mrs r h jones retur ned on thursday from a months vacation to the west coast return ing by way of san francisco the grand canyon and chicago mr and mrs f shipp of wind sor were weekend guests with m rs a s wilson quein strait guests from toronto on sunday vere mr and mrs f spencer mrs jtjrwin and mr james barnes sunday visitors with mr and norman lowery were miss head from nashville tennessc mr and mrs albert lowery guelph mr and mrs george lowery and mrs jane lowery brampton friends in england several years ago mrs william b hamilton and mrs walter m bullock renewed acquaintances when dr and mrs bullock who live in detroit mich igan visited the hamlltons on the holiday weekend mr and mrs warner freure john and linda of detroit michigan re turned home sunday after a pleas ant weeks visit with his mother mrs c freure while here they all enjoyed a trip to toronto hamil- ton niagara falls guelph and era- mosa dr and mrs a mcallister helen and jean also mr and mrs arthur e mcallister attended we mca1- hj lister clan gathering on labour yj day near applegate michigan and j later visited with the doctorjs cou- g sins in detroit neighbours on union street gath ered at the home of mrs robert tiane a week ago last night when jfci lane and mrs george wilson i were hostesses at a miscellaneous jlahower for a recent bride mrs rl horn the former aatrid rlstqpgen7 cast night another bower was held for mrs hornby the home of mnj vera kirby in william mrs t r cave is quite seriously ill at her apartment in the valley- view mr richard grace jr was home from manitoulin island for a weeks vacation with hjs parents weekend visitors with mr and mrs wilf hillis were mr and mrs wilfrid armitage of simcoe mr and mrs herbert rydberg of flint michigan were weekend vis itors at the home of mr and mrs bert weston mrs ethel oakes and sons percy and douglas of batavia ny were visiting last week with her sister miss charlotte mccullough mrs george king has returned to sault ste marie after visiting last week with her daughter mrs ray bowers and mr bowers at their emery street home mrs mary amm south porcu pine mrs emma amm and miss mary amm new liskeard were guests with mr and mrs richard grace for the weekend mr a c mcbride spent the holi day weekend in valleyfield where he visited his fatherinlaw mr d mcmeekin and his sisters miss ethel mcbride and mrs william hannah betty ann henderson has retur ned from a visit in brockvllle with miss audrey carpenter jamie hen derson is also home after visiting for six weeks with relatives in toronto mrs leonard bell and children dennis brenda and ellen returned last week to their home on charles street after spending the summer at their cottage at eight mile point lake simcoe dorothy scott daughter of mr and mrs edgar scott guelph st had five of her chums ather thir teenth birthday party on monday they were gloria bain jill chap man jean penrice virginia barber and barbara alcott barbara hutchinson is leaving to morrow for st albans long island ny to rejoin her unit of the wo mens division of the us navy she has been visiting with her par- ents mr and mrs emer hutchin son proprietors of the empne lunch weekend visitors with mr and mrs john kennedy wesleyan st included mr and mrs jerry cun ningham and allan mr fred la rig ley and mrs coopei toronto mr and mrs john g wrightson and mr and mrs william keyes of glammls after visiting for a week with his mother and aunts the misses moore mr and mrs jim ruddell have left for home mr ruddell is a government engineer attached to the air force and they are now liv- tng- at khtgstorr nova scotta while he is working at greenwood airport nearby mr and mrs leigh biadbury weie visiting latt week at sombn with his sister mrs if holm and also spent a tew days in detioit thel- daughter sherron ihas re turned from a summer visit with his brother at homepayne spending the holiday weekend with mr and m art scott at then- cottage at barrillia park were mr and mrs j g collier of town mr and mrs william robinson sr id mrs john robinson wayne athleen of guelph ests at valleyview cabins at huntsville during the past week in cluded mr and mrs irwin mcpher- son and mr and mrs robert mc- pherson and mr and mrs garfield mcgilvray and family mi and mrs william coleman of toronto were also visitors there with their daugh ter mrs wilfred hunter guests at a family reunion at the home of mr and mrs a patten den on sunday were mr and mrs c e warnock mr and mrs a e greenthal barbara and nancy of toronto mr and mrs j a ham- bleton and son rowe of orange- vllle mr j k warnock waldemar and mr george beeney lime- house mr and mrs vance kentner ar rived home saturday after a visit at claybank saskatchewan with their soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs r l welch and family coming back to georgetown with them was their granddaughter bar bara welch who will attend school here this year as a member of the public school grade 8 weekend guests with mr and mrs sam walker were mrs vera schoonmaker mrs edward frees and mr andy uric of owoeso bflch igan mrs j dodsley who had been visiting with them also returned to georgetown a niece of mr wal ker she satis for her home in eng land next tuesday on the ss am smith stone employee mrs yates died monday suffering a stroke during thee night mrs frederick yates died at her home on victoria street on monday she was found by her son james who became alarmed whan he telephoned his mother in the- early afternoon and hurried to- the- house to find that she had died in her sleep about an hour earlier mrs yates was the former bllert seddon and was born in leigh lancashire england- 59 years age she was a daughter of the late mr and mrs james seddon with her husband she came to canada in june 1927 and had lived m geor getown ever since she had been an employee of the pottery department of smith and stone ltd since coming to george town a member of th holy cross roman catholic church she was also a member of th legion wa predeceased by her husband in july 1945 she is survived by an only son james normandy boule- 1 vard a brother joseph and sister mrs margaret jones both of leigh lancashire there- are tvo grand children requiem mass was celebrated by rev fr v j morgan this morulas in holy cross church with inter ment following in greenwood cem etery here pallbearers were alex taylor james murphy alt collins syd hulme james smith of guelph and james roberts of acton mem bers of the legion w a conducted a service at the gra home wedding for miss nora lyons the home of mr and mrs fred erick h lyons at terra cotta was the setting for the marriage of their daughter nora beverley on satur day september 1st to leslie john winterflood son of mr and mrs george winterflood toronto a for mer norval minister rev arthur leggett of arthui officiated mr lyons gave his daughter in marriage she wore a ballerina length dress of white organdy over satin with shoulder veil her flow- cis were white chyrsantheinums with accents of blue her only at tendant was mrs alex watson ueaiing navy nylon net over taffeta with small navy hat and carrying waned shades of blue flowers mr maurice winterflood was giooms- nan a reception followed the cer emony wiffram mcbbnald lr marries moria- ecker the wedding took piece fridajr evening at 7 oclock of laona bea trice daughter of mr and mrs stanley m eciper hampton audi william a mcdonald joaoj r- and mrs wifljam j mcdonald of georgetown tjie rev tr n d tvfss- donald conducted the doublering ceremony in st john presbyteiin church harjuton given aw y by he father the bride wore a full skird gown liv ing a trail j of white chant ill lace- and net cref satin tjhe petes paa collar wa3 trimmed vith seea qearls and crystal which jaso adorattd her juliet jap headdress holdulig in place fingertiplength vl she carried red roses her out atten dant miss lena lawson ot acton wore a pale bht organdw jacketed dreg 3 her headdress was a band of tae blue noses white her bou quet was of pink roses best man ws mr clare burns georgetown mr russell bcker beoher of the oride and mr norrwtb mcdonald georgetown the grcmyavs uncle were ushers the wedding muafc was played y mr jck hodd who accompanied mr vcwredj rew the soloist church decorations wrere red and white gladioli the reception afterwards at the fountain was attended by 45 guests a golden bronze taffeta frock with yellow rose corsage was worn by the brides mother while the grooms mother was in navy blue sheer with red roses going away the bride was at tired in a white and black printed dress over which she wore a black cape and her white bonnet hat was trimmed with black velvet and her accessories were black she wore a corsage of red roses and white gar denias after their wedding trip to muskoka the couple will live on maple avenue georgetown three in a row band wins at ex trtetweatber mr editor august certainly finished up wjti a real scorching and gave us- the first and only 90 degree mark this summer the month of august waa very dry wi only 107 inches ofirain compaied with the normal average of- 27 the months average- maxi mum temperature was 75 degrees same as august last year this is 2 djrees below the noatnal aver age the average minirnjtm was 53 beuig 2 degrees below normal and 1 degree below augusa last year when you compare tllthis with vxe snow u alberta the dry spell in british columbia aad the typhoon in the safh mayh we can say we are not too badly off after all ern batkln date max min rain august 27 to 57 augve 28 80 56 august 29 87 61 august 30 90 59 03 august 31 86 64 34 setpt t 65 50 sept 2 69 56 the lorne scots band has done it again forthe third year in a row they took top honours in the ee- tion 2 competitions at the cne on music day and will keep the cup permanently t the band was awarded 265 w points in the competition newmarket was second with 253 h norwich scored 235 and woodstock 222 the lorne scots have won soma ten first prizes during their twenty years of competition at the ex as a recognition of their win a civic banquet is being planned by tbm town council next month band members who played on thursday under the leadership bandmaster alf perrott included sgts arthur herbert and bnioa mcker and ptes ray agnew k allen frank carter fred carter vic carter m cook h cuthbert william emslie ernie forgravev n braida jim golden harvey king roy kinfc c kingsmul qi lawson f leece a machin k peters emery thompson w wsu- ker jack armstrong charles will- son joe wilcox f braida a cuthbert dick rlddall norman herbert and george elliott average 78 14 57 57 37 bell telephone seeks further rate increase in rttiscs of 25 iint pel month fm two iwiity i idini i- telephone 1 ali vlcli m rinriflnmn and of 50 cnts fur iisidcnc individual lines up nopnrd in hell telephone s applii ation fin hviiii imtis filed in ottiwi with the mond of tran sport comnussioikms fm cinaila according to w misfiiei llic companys manager here the proposed increase for indivi dual line business service is 101 monthly and for twoparly business mm vice it is 75 cents monthly no change is proposed in long dis tance rates a comparison of present rates for typical classes of service with pro posed r cttes in georgetown follows residence pies prop inc individual line 3 05 3 55 50 twoparty line 2 65 2 90 25 rural 2 45 280 35 extension i 00 1 00 nil business individual line 500 6 00 1 00 twoparty line 4 25 5 00 75 hural 3 25 4 00 75 ihx trunk 7 50 9 00 150 extension i 25 i 25 nil bund exhibit at fleoroetown fair articles made by blind people will be exhibited at georgetown fair the institute for the blind has ar ranged a booth and a home teacher will be present to explain bow braille is taught and to show ap pliances specially produced for blind leope such as watches playing cards and cribbage boards rockwood woman dies in highway crash a headon allision between a light english cir and a heavy amer ican model on a cui ve a mile east of knckuocid saturday night killed one woman and injured her hus band and three children three of the family of four in the other car were hurt hiding in the light cai as it roun ded a 90 degree curve on no 7 highway vveie mrs barbara ware it k 5 koikvioori who was in- sranlly killed her husband harry si nip and fae cuts two sons ceoign 0 biokiii inii and face uts and i lines l fice cuts and i dmghtei harhaii l fiactuied skull the wire cat vvav eastbound 1 w4umlt u ooourrod 1tis westbound car a 1951 liiiuk was driven b janes mckiiiiion 46 an eniplnvie of a guelih garage he iereivil liioken iibs ills wife was iinhiiit as was a son james henry but two other children anne and donald suffered bioken collar hones the accident victim was a sister of miss ksthci tayloi who headed the polls in the acton municipal elections this year complete plans for two district fairs two fall fairs are in the public eye this week on saturday the ladies of st albans guild in glen williams present their fifth annual fair a small scale model of the older es- tablishcd georgetown fair the glen fair concentrates on hall ex hibits ladies work school ex hibits fruit and flowers home bak ing hobbies each year it has grown a little and aroused more interest among district people it gets un derway when a parade marches from prestons store at 1 30 to the lacrosse grounds decorated dolls carriages bicycles and tricycles children uycostume the girls pipe hand are features of the parade on the afternoon program are a baby show- old time fiddling contest ball game friday night a western show brings the kansas farmer and his entertainers to the lacrosse grounds plans hae been finalized for cjfoi getown fair the next saturday when c d graham deputy minister of agriculture comes to town to open the show tlieic has been particular progress made this year in adding to the la- stewaltttown church decorated for harvest festival the harvest thanksgiving service was held in st johns church last sunday evening the church was beautifully decorated with grain corn vegetables fruit and flowera rev j e maxwell acknowledged a gift from st johns guild of 20 nerw combined prayer and hymn books to be used in the church and thank ed the members who had donated the decorations and those who had decorated visiting with mrs h p lawson and mr and mrs douglas lawsoa recently were mr harold wilson his son cecil and his two brothers clifford and jack all of toronto happy birthday to little donna stewart who will be one year old next monday september 10th church service next sunday will be at 10 am and sunday school at 2pm esiuesmg wi meeting will b held tuesday evening september 11 at mrs w humphreys home mem- lers arc requested to bring or send their donations for the entry for georgetown fair visitors with mr and mrs c k smith over the weekend were mr and mrs roy smith and family ot allandale mother of ballinafad lady dies age 88 mother of mrs meivin hilliard ballinafad bessie mckinnon reld died at her home 173 london street south hamilton on august 28th the widow of robert h reld she was in her 88th year she is survived by her children hugh of erin township joseph of hamilton mrs harold griffin jes sie erin township mrs mervin hilliard wlnnifrerl ballinafad miss laura reid hamilton and mrs charles landsborough mar- jorie acton p li u m f w many new specials as well as several new classes foi entrants ah the regular features will be there the horse show inc of ontarios best live stock a pet and novelty contest for boys and girls poultry show grain fruit and flowers robinson s baby show will be back again there will be a midway and pony rides horse races and livestock parade in front of the grandstand tory gregg of wingham is com ing back again as mdslcr-of-cere- monles and the girls pipe band will play during the afternoon a lucky diaw for a purebred here ford calf is also a highlight of the day the exhibit hall will again be open on friday evening for a pre view by fairgoers the same night the cknx ranch boys from wing- ham will play foi a dance in the rose room v on s with mt8t baily were mr and mrs edward baily john and paul toronto mr and mrs p r baily dawn and ste phen islington our rdscf is improved with a top- ping of crushed stone and rolled in which should help for safer driving if everyone would observe the speed limit the aypa will hold their open ing meeting in the school this fri day evening september 7th at 83d p m i silverwood filen williams 1 lykle devrles who is taking the cotc course at plcton this summer brought home as a week- end guest a fellow cadet stmon fttr- tler of quebec city lykle is a stu dent at the oac gtielph aa is dick van vliet who weekended with his parents mr and mrs bert van vllet at their farni home near nor val miss joan devrida on holidays from her position with the isling ton branch of the royal bank visiting this week with her parents mrraiidmra surprise party for mr mrs bert scott a surprise party wvas held for mr and mrs bert scott saturday even ing at the home of mr and mrs bernard poole at bronte her daugh ter mrs herb hancock presented the couple with a table lamp and a purse of money from the relatives and friends present bernard prop osed a oast to the couple wishing them much happiness and mr scott replied thanking them for the gifts a corn and welner roast and a foot back injuries in fall from scaffold bruce lindsay is in guelph gen eral hospitat where he is taking treatment for injuries received in a nasty fall last tuesday mr lindsay an employee of mc- nally construction fell several feet from a scaffold while working on a new house on edith street which is occupied by dr and mrs j h chamberlain he cracked three bones in his ankle and injured two vertebrae in his back and is at present l a cast he will be in hos pital for another week or two at least studies hairdressing at toronto school miss bonnie carlisle has enrolled in a course with marvel school of hairdressing in toronto mr and mrs kenneth lei ten and son creighton of orton were recent visitors with mr and mrs e l miller miss geraldlne domm od mount forest was also a guest la the same home for the past week miss joan jolley and mr henry jolley of montreal visited recently with mr and mrs horace bell misses marie barbour and bonnie carlisle also mr and mrs peter miller spent a week vacationing at cameron lake near fenelon falak miss grace gray of geelph was a weekend guest at elmarch farha with misses rowena and wumat stull legion wwsubst of finals from glen team on tuesday night scotty patter- singsong brought the evening to apaona legionnaires decisively won close those present included mr the first of their series tojlecide and mrs bruce williams mr and the j9b1 champion by a score of mrs b bonfleld mr derrick and 11 idrafia mrs herb hancock mr however the score waa not alto- arid mrs tom poole were unabe to gather indicative ot the nlghta attend but jpujr rttia pien to have an off night and piled up- an impressive list of errors patter son pitched for the legion while kemshead was on the mound for glen williams and both turned la good efforts tomllnson was the biff hitter of the evening with four hit three of them triples this aeriei la bringing out a good crowd and it to expected that the next two games to be held in tlu glen thursday night and saturday afternoon at the lair will mag out a record number to see theaa t i 5ffj