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tfrr j itto4 twelve pages georgetown ont wednesday sept 19th 1951 twelve pages set by mark diamomd wedding date k- vine tjay brings large cxwd for annual show horse show is top feature hah exhibits best yjet in domestic science hereford calf bermuda trip winners chosen f f f one of the most successful fairs in a century was the consensus of opinion about georgetowns annual show on saturday when weather exhibitors and crowd combined for a perfect day paid admissions totalled 2985 sec ond only to the 1946 centennial year horses took the spotlight as usual in front of the grandstand where mel barden hillsburgh won the gentlemens road race with entries owned by a b weber plac ing second and third and john ham- iton fergus fourth mrs ken mc millan was top lady driver pony races snared the spotlight with bro thers howard and russell duncan dundalk and raymond st jean brampton in the prize money mcgowans pet and novelty show did pat draw the anticipated num ber of entries but the crowd enjoy ed seeing those who did prize-win- ners here included ann tucker best dressed dog lynda cuth- bert doll gail mcguvray decor ated bicycle joan bundle doll carriage terrence hancock comic exhibit the girs pipe band played dur ing the afternoon and also held their draw for a trip to bermuda the winner was a former resident mrs george ferry who now lives in toronto many farm machinery dealers had displays and the live stock show drew more people than ever before to look at the prize an imals on friday 450 attended the dance in the rose room with music by the cknx ranch boys wing- hams tory gregg was again emcee for the fair eleven institutes had displays these including hornby esquesing limehouse ashgrove norval acton bannockbum dub lin georgetown silverwood and limehouse junior fifty cakes and thirty pies give some idea of the magnitude of the domestic science entries mrs frank smith ballinafad won the silver tray offered as prize for the exhib itor having most points in the hall she had 66 vi mrs nelsjon robln- sonw norval had 33 points to win a silver cream and sugar for most points in ladies work mrs wel lington wilson won the brill spec ial for most joints in flowers rural schools like ashgrove blue mountain ss no 15 limehouse and glen williams joined the local public school in that section of the hall display oldest person pres- ent at the fair was w o onilon mr andtmrs george dennis long residents of glen wil liams marked their diamond weddlngannlversary on august 31st at wellandport story on page 9 the weather mr editor some of the mornings lately feel like fall even thought the official starting day has not arrived yet but the weatherman must have been popular last saturday it was a perfect georgetown fair day em batkin date max mln rain sept 10 81 43 32 sept 11 81 48 sept 12 84 57 sept 13 82 55 70 sept 14 74 50 sept 15 70 49 08 sept 16 60 44 what coun i did on monday september 17th fire chief harry savings addres sed council in regard to the reglon- alfire scffeol being held at oak villehe had sent the deputy fire chief wm hyde and truck driver erwin lewis to take the course and asked council to pass expenditures of 1000 per day each the school is for four days they will study the standardization of equipment and new fire fighting technique in con nection with civil defense the fire chief expected the change over of equipment to take place here next spring and said the cost would be borne 25 per cent by the federal government and 75 per cent by the provincial government ten- ders for the new standard equip ment were called for this week in the daily papers a letter from the secretary of the library board mr k m langdon asked council if they were assum ing the responsibility for property repairs or if they expected the boards property committee to still function while council had consid ered the painting of the inside of the building the board was noti fied that they were still responsible and the painting tender was turned over to them for a decision the grade on the road in front of the baptist church will be look ed over in regards to making park ing more adequate also the dept of highways will be asked to con sider repairs on both hills inside the corporation on guelph street the mayor deputyreeve and the clerk had attended the massed bands concert at the exhibition grounds sunday and reported georgetowns lome scots band played their part well band master a h perrott had the honour of leading the first two numbers played by the massed bands it was also rejorted that the only two outside bands to take part in the toronto reception for the royal couple will be the lome scots brass and lome scots pije band member of old family latimer bingham dies latimer mclean bingham a man whose family was ultimately con- necujfj with the early history of georgetown was buried in green wood cemetery here last friday af ter a funeral service at the mcclure funeral home mr bingham died in- notre dame hospital north bat- tleford sauk on september 8th he was born near georgetown 74 years ago a son of the late william p bingham and elizabeth mccui- lough he attended blue mountain school and after his schooling he worked with his father in the stone quarries like many other young ontario men the west called and in 1909 he settled at cut knife sask where he operated a farm on april 3rd 1922 he married min erva allen in winnipeg mr bingham took an active part in community affairs and served on the cut knife municipal council and as a trustee on the wardenvllle school board of late years his eye sight has failed he had a great in terest in his home town and a few months ago composed a letter tell ing something of the early days which it was the heralds privilege to reproduce he is survived by his wife anj one son w l bingham of cut knife one granddaughter beryl marie bingham and three sisters mrs k e woodward cut knife mrs j r rogers barrie and mrs mclaughlin toronto he was pre deceased by a brother and sister milton bingham cut knife and mrs a e brebner carruthers sask the reverend carroll conducted a funeral service in north battle- ford on september 11th at which pallbearers were a e brebner f n bingham g c carr a k breb ner e b woodward and t hamp- son at the service here on friday rev john m smith officiated and pallbearers were j r rogers j p b mclaughlin peter ferguson harding price howard kentner and john h bingham 0pp corporal shot daughter is charged former head of theontario pro vincial police detachment in geor getown corporal jack sheffield is in oakvllletrafalgar hospital re cuperating from a bullet wound in flicted by his own service revolver cpl sheffield was shot thursday evening after a supper table argu- ment with his daughter doreen 16 28 babies enter fall fair show with 28 babies entered the baby show at georgetown fair was again one of the interesting attractions robinsons dept store hamilton sponsored the show with nat guth rie of toronto again donating sil ver dollars to the prizewinning ba- bics also judges were mrs irwin noble georgetown mrs jack 91 nvrval who won the yearly herald subscription offered for this in a guessing contest operated by kings cleaners for guessing the correct number of paid admissions w o brownridge won a radio with his guess of 2976 and mrs dick packer won 15 for guessing 2973 the fair board also ran a lucky draw on a hereford calf and mrs tom ledwidges father william wade toronto was the winner lawyers parents move to town from brighton mr and mrs kenneth langdon of brighton have come to george town to make their home with their son magistrate kenneth m langdon mr langdon sr is also a law yer and will be associated in the law firm of langdon aylsworth mrs langdon is convalescing from a stroke which she suffered earlier this year abolit her position as a telephone switchboard operator it is believed cpl sheffield was opposed to his daughter keeping on with her sum mer job and dropping out of high school cpl sheffield was shot in the back the bullet penetrating the right lung causing it to collapse the officer was taken to hospital and a cib inspector from toronto headquarters and dundas provin cial police were called doreen was later arrested and charged with wounding causing grievous bodily harm bail of 1500 was reduced to 200 on compas sionate grounds to allow the daugh ter to visit her father in hospital she will appear in magistrates court tomorrow cpl sheffield was succeeded here by cpl joe mcbain when he was transferred to brantford a year ago and had just recently been trans ferred to oakville read about georgetown in the telegram on saturday ruub llmunoustf arid mrs k hassall glen williams linda gordon daughter of mr and mrs wallace gordon acton and glenn wright son of mr and mrs stanley wright ewing street placed first in their classes for bab ies under 3 months second prizes went to eleanor daughter of mr and mrs perc chaplin and brent son of mr and mrs r j hume chur chill crescent i in the three to six months class prizewinners were margaret daugh ter of mr and mrs thomas given ballinafad and bruce son of mr and mrs erwin lewis second pri zes were won by patricia gribbons daughter of mr and mrs pat gribbons and reginald son of mr and mrs charles laws the class for babies up to one year old was heeded by bonnie lynn inglls daughter of mr and mrs john inglis and albert cecil huffman son of mr and mrs wil liam huffman slewarttown in these classes suzanne lee daughter of mr and mrs bert raymond and john ernest son of mr and mrs john evans jr placed second childrens aid directors discusses eviction action the fall meeting of the board of directors of rfalton childrens aid society was held in the society office milton on the evening of september i lth with seven members in attendance mr k i mahon pre sided the accounts for the month of august were passed for payment amounting to 152654 included in this amount was 89080 for board- in care and 17315 clothing and supplies for children the matter of eviction of families throughout the county and what action if any should be taken by the society was fully discussed it was decided to invite miss veronica franck prov incial siipervisoi to attend the oc tober meeting the superintendent was authorized to get prices on the redecorating of the society office the fomowing statistics were sub mitted as of august list child protection cases open 53 visits and office interviews 87 children in care 134 child care visits and interviews 53 legal adoptions completed in month 3 a fair day visitor with mr and mrs fred wrigglesworth was mr- ernest cantelon of swcoe v lion president ray whitmeeanh past president dick licata attended a lions club forum at mcmaster university last friday mr john lenz projectionist at the roxy theatre was on vacation last week and visited new york city for part of the week mr and mrs g e haygarth of dundas were weekend guests at st georges rectory with archdea con w g o and mrs thompson mr and mrs wm taylor of hal kirk alberta spent last week with the latters sister mrs william frank and mr and mrs james f evans visitors on wednesday with mr and mrs perc coffin were mrs j a willoughby and mrs george begg toronto mrs g c mckay and mrs vernoni smith port nel son mr and mrs m h mccallum of fenelon falls are spending this week in town where they are vis iting with their son hydro superin tendent g w mccallum and his wife for her ninth birthday last thurs day brenda daughter of mr and mrs richard hawes entertained linda packer margaret eason and linda korzack at a birthday dinner at her home in st georges church on sunday afternoon archdeacon w o o thompson officiated at a baptism service for douglas edward penrice baby son of mr and mrs sam pen- rice mr and mrs harold hancox were godparents sunday visitors with mrs george henderson sr and mr and mrs george henderson jr at their farm home no no 7 were mrs john hen derson newtonbrook mr and mrs t w henderson and mr lloyd henderson toronto mr and mrs frank chapman and children leonard robert and phil ip of colborne were weekend vis itors with mr and mrs george her- rington mrs chapman who be fore her marriage was dora her- rington once was a provincial pa per employee here and enjoyed a visit to ihc fair where she saw many old friends mrs david jackson of toronto was also a visitor with the herringtons that day annual alumni meeiings are being held this week in toronto for grad uates of trinity wycliffe and em manuel colleges archdeacon w g o thompson and rev j e max well are attending some of the trin- i ses a wov j m sm barbara alcott celebrated her eleventh birthday last friday with a party at her home on albert st her guests were gail mcguvray gillian chapman gloria bain vir ginia barber agnes nelson doro thy scott jean penrice arlene hill and brenda hawes mr and mrs e v maccormack spent a few- days in kingston over the weekend driving down with their son bui who is entering uni- versity there mr maccormack is still convalescing from a heart at tack suffered in july he is not able to be back at his drug store yet but is making steady improvement and is able to get downtown every day or two two local travel agents were guests of the cunard steamship lines this week when they travel led by special coach to quebec tltf for a tour of rjhs samaria james f evans and john r barber were included in the party the trip was similar to one last year designed to acquaint travel agents with the ac commodation available for europ ean travel water shutoff sunday september 23 at 700 am this will affect the whole town et hyde town foreman midgets beat stayner advance to semifinals georgetowns baseball midgets are in the running for a champion ship yesterday they ousted stayner from the semifinals when they took the second game 85 in stay ner they had won previously 1312 yesterdays game was postponed from last thursday when the game was rained oat the midgets have not been pair ed with another team yet end await word of further competition thanks are extended to alf sykes j g col lier ivan crabtree marshall tim- bers and jim dobbie for providing transportation to the game atostay- ner is meeting with his former emman uel classmates judy daughter of mr and mrs william bonathan had a party at her home on charles street last thursday to celebrate her ninth birthday her guests were carolyn biehn jill kentner june lyon paulene watson brenda and ellen bell barbara finlay lynn trelea- ven marilyn patton sharin harley and karen shortill several guests from georgetown attended the wedding of jack van- atter and ina york in fenelon falls last wednesday the groom is the son of mr and mrs earl vanatter former geogetown residents mrs donald hutchinson and miss marie kerr were bridesmaids at the wed ding and mr jim buck was an ush er others who attended included mrs c j buck mr and mrs isaac bennett mr and mrs ernest for- grave miss minnie bennett mr and mrs archie kerr betty anne and bobby and miss janet mcdon ald acton miss conover and mr b conover cooksvllle mr and mrs art scott flew for a vacation trip last week they flew to vancouver then took the boat to vancouver island where they visited at nanaimo with mr and mrs alan law then to vic toria where they stayed at the nv press hotel while stopping at the hotel vancouver they ware fortu nate in having a good look at ano ther guest bing crosby en route back to hollywood after a fishing trip they returned home via banff where they stayed for three days attending the convention of the federation of automobile dealers of canpda as usual many outoftownert were here on fair day to attend the big show among those noticed ia the crowd were vic ellis manager of collingwood exhibition and dis trict 5 fair director doug mcarthur collingwood miss mary sweeney caledon lady director of district 5 mr and mrs norman duncan malton mr duncan being pest dut trict director w p watson onta rio livestock commissioner who officially opened the fair stan hall m pp mrs hall and mr and mrs frank hall streetsvllle frank dewhurst milton mrs w c bes- sey kitchener mr and mrs har old white guelph mr and mrs j a willoughby mr nat guthrie mr and mrs roy king toronto mr john hall cecil miuiere bui noon hamilton mr and mrs wil liam miuiere waterloo mr and mrs w angst toronto with the frank petchs mrs r 1 nrfyf and peter brampton robbery at fairview steal cash and cigarettes goods and money totalling 300 were stolen from fairview inn earhr saturday morning the breakin occurred between 430 am and 645 am the restaur ant had done a particularly beany business on friday night and it was 430 in the morning before the proprietor bob caldwell and walter gray locked the doors to go home when fred maveal who oper ates the adjoining garage came to work at 645 he discovered the rob bery the thieves had gained en trance through a cellar window end had stolen a large quantity of cig arettes tobacco and chocolate bete as well as rifling the till of 40 in cash provincial police are investi gating thanksgiving this year fells on monday october 8th adam caw acclaimed in europe as the finest canadian singer to op- pear there adam gew comes to georgetown octohejr 1st for a song recital at knojc church this will be one of his few public appearances before his debut next month s wal dorf astoria hotel in new york water shutoff friday september 2k at 800 m on guelph and no 7 highway from albert street to town limits including normandy boulevard and dominion seed house kv