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j ten pages georgetown ontario wednesday sept 26th 1951 ten pages social and personal i mr and tyisi bert weston spept the weeklend in dundas with mr and mrs john love and family mr samuel coventry or nahaimo bc spent the last week with mis a coventry and mrs j notnedl jr and mrs garfield mcgilvray and carol spent sunday with mr and mrs gordon alcott at weston mrs bruce bundle of silvercreek 1s convalescing in milton private hospital after undergoing a minor operation earlier this week visitors last week with dr and mrs r t paul were their niece miss helen corner of newmarket and mrs william kelly ann and faddy of toronto friends from moncton nb mr and mrs reg warren were week end visitors with mr and mrs sam penrice at their home on mc- kabb street mrs c g junkln of buffalo ny is visiting this week with rel- atives in the district making her headquarters with mrs john ken nedy church street postmaster ltcol gordon cous- ens attended a conference of onta rio postmasters in toronto at the king edward hotel the first two days of last week injured sflui he fell from a scaffold while working for mcnally construction on the new house oc cupied by dr and mrs j h cham berlain bruce lindsay is home from guelpb general hospital mr and mrs r- l fleming of caledonia were sunday visitors with their son and his family mr and mrs william fleming who have recently moved to town they are living in the former frank carney home on the 9th line don barrager who has been tak ing treatment for a back ailment in sunnybrook hospital for the past five weeks was home to spend the weekend in town with his family don expects to be in hos pital for several weeks yet mr and mrs john murdock at tended a wedding in grace church of england milton on saturday when his niece dorothy murdock was married to robert gordon ed wards she is the daughter of mr and mrs andrew murdock mr alex cumpsty toronto spent a few days in town last week with his son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs william cumpsty mr and mrs lawrence edwards and daugh ter vicky of toronto were sunday visitors at the same home miss dorothy harris and her mo ther mrs w harris toronto are visiting this week at wildwood with mr and mrs ern batkin miss harris is a recent graduate of the school of nursing at the hospital for sick c in toronto mrs harvey wilson of new york city has been visiting in town with her mother mrs frank binnie mrs binnie who has been spending sev eral weeks in town expects to leave soon for lindsay where she will spend the winter with another daughter mr and mrs reg cheeseman carol and bruce and mr and mrs h halvin of toronto vfere sunday visitors wih mrand mrs ted dar lington mr and mrs j h lang mrs sadie thompson of orangeyille and mrs f j scriben toronto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs w t sinclair and attend ed the golden wedding anniversary of mr and mrs gilbert sinclair at limehouse on sunday mr and mrs fred armstrong have returned from a trip to the states they flew to baltimore maryland to visit with their daugh ter miss doris armstrong rj vis ited annapolis and washington and en route home stopped to visit with mr and mrs george kean at flush ing long island miss armstrong expects to be home on vacation in a few more weeks guests over the weekend at ter ra cotta inn included dr and mrs clifford reid mr and mrs lloyd crichton georgetown mr and mrs ray collinge anthony e e lea coland mrs f t arnold mr and mrs h a keeping toronto mr and mrs d a paterson brampton mr and mrs a j tolman cooks- ville e p knight prince edward island mr and mrs e t jacobs st andrews jamaica compliments were given mrs betty farrar who operates the inn for the general setup flowers the cooking and generosity of servings engagements mr and mrs leslie robinson an nounce the engagement of their daughter rose marie te archie neil campbell son of mr nell campbell and the late mrs campbell the marriage will take place on satur day october the thirteenth at four oclock in the united church glen williams the engagement is announced of ethel gertrude daughter of mrs william hutchinson cheltenham and the late w a hutchinson to john laughlin mcclure son of mrs william mcclure of georgetown and the late w a mcclure the wedding will take place on satur- day october the twentyfirst in home united church jack yanatter weds at fenelon falls son of a former georgetown res ident jack vanqtter was married in st james church of england fen elon falls on september i2th he is the son of mr and mrs earl van- atter and his bride ina mabel york is the daughter of mr and mrs henry york the ceremony was- performed hy rv g p m1chaethg5 a andtmary age 3 children of mr and mrs edwin hall queen street held a joint birthday party last wednesday their guests were carolyn and ellen biehn linda and jdebby hyjje car roll and david farnell linda and david kentner alan mcdonald and frances linton little barbara evans daughter of mr and mrs james evans celebra ted her 4th birthday last friday by entertaining her little friends at a birthday supper her little guests were carroll farnell frances lin ton carol mcgilvray patsy laws helen and lorna klingbcil garry i herbert and her sister mary tawnillna hnlfrht uf ml und mrs jack tost had a party at her borne on guelph street last wed- nesday to celebrate her ninth birth day her guests were ross- and joanne duncan anne and jimmy fiddler carole greensward marion majuery sharin sayers beverley davles and her little sister and brother barbara and jimmy on saturday linda kofzack en tertained her friends at her 9th thrthday party at her home in the grandview apartments linda who is the daughter of mr and mrs alex korzack invited to her if party margaret eason carolyn mehn carole greensward sharin ley linda packer brenda awes june lyon marsha and karen armann cathy barbara fan pat buchanan brenda dawson at- sargent judy richardson packer n and james tarry hawes jimmy lind- ronnie and johnny archer ipipd her brother lor and the soloist was mrs james nesbitt mrs h townley played the wedding music the bride wore a gown of white nylon net over lace and carried a cascade bouquet of red roses maid of honour was the brides sister ethel york of st josephs hospital peterborough mrs donald hut insori georgetown and marie kerr acton cousins of the groom were bridesmaids the three wore match ing gowns of mauve yellow and pale green taffeta with velvet capes and hats sandra york peterbor ough and judith york of cameron were attractive flower girls in mauve and pale green mr murray webster was grooms man and ushers were james buck georgetown and william near cou sins of the groom at a reception for fifty guests at the alpine inn two aunts of the groom mrs gordon ajnew and mrs archie kerr poured tea guests at tended the wedding from guelph cooksville ar finnr up dies suddenly after breaking hip in fall taken to guelph general hospi tal after breaking his hip in a fall at his home tuesday noon george wallace herrington died suddenly early this morning mr herrington who was to have undergone an op eration on the injured hip today was found dead on the floor be side his bed by a nurse this morn ing mr herrington wais rushed to hospital by his stepson clarence kennedy after the abcident it was the second serious accident in the family in two weeks mr herring- tons grandson 4yearold terry kennedy is being treated in sick childrens hospital for bad burns received when he touched a cable at the hydro substation in his 80th year he was born on march 4th 1872 at smithfeld near brighton ontario a fruit and apple dealer all his life he came to geor getown in 1901 he travelled ex tensively both on business and pleasure and as an apple dealer he did much business with the apple products company in glen wil liams he served two terms as a georgetown councillor several years ago he belonged to the baptist church was a liberal in politics and belonged to the macabbees predeceased in 1925 by his first wife estella baker he is survived by his second wife edith whitmee three sons and a daughter corey of stewarttown orbey and donald of georgetown and grace mrs fred brown of limehouse five children died in infancy he also leaves two stepsons bruce kennedy la rising and clarence kennedy george town 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren one of a family of fourteen two sisters and two bro thers also survive mrs fred mc nally georgetown mrs ernest bo- dell detroit michigan s p her rington belleville and clinton her rington rochester ny the funeral service will be held at the mcclure funeral home on friday and interment will be made in greenwood cemetery george town barn catches fire during threshing some damage was caused by fire early friday evening to the barn of john ismond district farmer threshing was in progress at the barn and sparks ignited a corner of the barn the fire was fought by the threshers and a call was put in to the georgetown fire brigade which responded promptly a cor ner of the barn was burned out but the main part of the building was seventy mew taxpayers as wartime houses sold saved design fundamentals told by speaker miss dorothy stone wellknown commercial artist who lives on the check line explained the seven elements of design to members of the arts crafts of georgetown at their meeting last thursday miss stone said that the seven fundamental designing elements known from primitive times are all parts or projections of a spiral once learned a designer can accomplish anything desired she illustrated her talk with examples of decorated objects of art plans were discussed for the an nual exhibit of work which will be held in the legion hall in early december mrs d r mclaughlin was hos tess for the meeting at her lovely home near town mrs wilkinson guetoh and mrs arnott early pour- tea hostesses for the day were mrsrobertstewardson mrs keith barber mrs whlliam reynolds and miss winnifred watson the weather mr editor the fall season started off with a beautiful day last friday and the average for the week was above normal we will realize next sun day that summer is over when we revert to standard time ern batkin date mai jviln rain sept 17 67 43 sept 18 67 42 sept 19 75 44 sept 20 77 4 sept 21 81 55 sept 22 73 59 79 sept 23 63 43 average 7185 4785 r- 79 three weeks old jgaby girl dies born with an incurable ailment marcia lorraine louth daughter of mr and mrs george louth jr of brampton died today in peel mem orial hospital the baby was born in brampton on september 4th and no hope had been held for her recovery her mother is the former betty cuth- bert of brampton and her father a formergeorgetown boy the son of mr and mrs george louth of town report for training hockey season near georgetowns two professional hockey players bob goldham and joe sihertzl have both reported for fall training bob a detroit red wings defence star has been with the team for sevjgaaj weeks at sault ste marie michigan joe left sunday for her- shey pennsylvania where he hopes to have his regular defence spot this season with hershey bears of the american league gorgeous george coming to brampton a stellar attraction in the wrest ling ring who has gained nation wide attention by appearances on tv gorgeous george comes to brampton next week he will be the feature performer in a wrest ling show sponsored by brampton kinsmen in the arena golden wedding for heart attack fatal for thomas allen in failing health since undergoing a serious operation this summer thomas allen succumbed to a heart attack at his home on papennlll road late friday afternoon he was in his 77th year a lifelong resident of the district he was a son of the late samuel allen and catherine campon and was born at norval on january 18 1875 the family moved to glen wil liams when he was a youngster in his early days he worked in various stone quarries in the district at the woollen mill in the glen and for a cooperage firm at huttonvtlle enlisting with the 164th battal ion in the first war he served over seas with his eldest son thomas- after the war h was employ ed at the provincial paper mill in town until his retirement he was an active legionnaire and was one of the best known members of branch 120 always taking a great interest in affairs of the branch his wife elizabeth belgrove died in maiyi 1943 and he was prede ceased by two children ann mrs don forster and eleanor who died in infancy he leaves a family of eight thomas of lakefield ben of murillo ontario mae mrs joe shevlin chatham joe of long branch and maude mrs steve nor- rie stan harvey and harry of town one of a family of seven he is also survived by a sister and two brothers mrs qeorge dennis elizabeth jane of wellandport george of preston and alf of nas- sagaucya deceased members of the family are will joe and mrs mae halliday there are 27 grand children and 7 greatgrandchildren archdeacon w g o thompson innrftftpff iha funeral s o all present tenants purchase homes at normandy churchill georgetown has 70 new taxpay ers this week m h harding administrator for central mortgage housing which has owned georgetowns seventy wartime houses since they were er ected has completed deals with alj of the seventy tenants for pur chase of their homes decision to offer the houses for sale was announced at a council meeting in august when mr hard ing discussed the matter with coun cil most tenants jumped at the chance to purchase their house at a conservative figure and already some have begun to tfurlmprowa- ments on them the houses 48 of normandy boulevard and 22 on churchill crescent lack basements and garages and several of the new owners talk of adding these others are painting and remodelling there have been a few switches one tenant trading a smaller house for a larger one in threecases hou ses sold at 3625 ana 4250 for four and five roomed houses on church ill crescent and 3525 4150 and 4475 for four five and six roomed houses on normandy the town will receive a substan tial sum of money from central mortgage when the deal is comple ted the total payment being 14000 figured on 200 a house the rental agreement with the town provided for the payment of taxes on the ba sis of a months rent for each house and up to the present this has amounted to 200202 yearly th houses are now subject q l nor mal town taxation and this will amount to somewhere in the nelgh- borhood of 5000 yearly all houses were purchased by the present occupants who paid a ten percent down payment or more i agreements can be completed at any time by a lump sum payment in fact orie householder has already paid for his whole house other agreements run as high as 25 years monthly payments equivalent t about the same sum that tenants had been paying as rent are gauged to include principal interest and taxes purchasers get one break for there are no sewerage taxes sew erage having been put into the sub divisions at town expenses three towns protect new county assessment georgetown burlington and oak- ville axe entering appeals against the new county naimimpnt the gilbert sinclair s mr and mrs gilbert sinclair of r r 1 georgetown celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their mar riage on sunday september 23rd at the home of their daughter mrs a q patterson rimnhnnsg during afternoon and evening the following jelatlves of the couple poured tea at various periods mrs j t reddy mrs annie mc kay mrs ellen wiley all of tor onto and two friends mrs annie stull and miss kate mckay of georgetown these ladies were assisted by two daughtersinlaw mrs charles sinclair of welland and mrs herbert sinclair of ham ilton also two granddaughters miss gloria sinclair of hamilton and mrs leslie hutchinson of weston many beautiful gifts and flowers were received and many friends sent cards and messages of congra tulation m erin he and his swter mrs mckay of toronto being the only survivors of a family of eleven a builder by trade he is one of the few oldtime framers left in this district the firm of eastern- steel- products- preston with whom mr sinclair has been connected for over 42 years was represented in the afternoon by mr and mrs harold king of preston mrs sinclair was jane e reddy daughter of the late mr arid mrs john reddy and was born nt lot 26 8th con esquesing all the family were present on this happy occasion except the oldest- son lawrence of geraldton who congratulated his parents by tepephone sunday evening there are nine grandchildren mr and mrs sinclair are very fortunate to be enjoying good health guests were present from wes ton toronto hamilton welland monday at the home of mrs steve norrie many friends came from chatham london niagara falls preston wellandport oshawa tor onto rochester ny and from the district to pay their respects pall bearers were henry shepherd ben mcjharg sam tennant orval ray- nel william wylic and william decision to enter an appeal was made at the last town council meeting members of the local coun cil feeling that georgetown has been unfairly assessed in comparison with other municipalities in the northern part of the county the appeal will be heard before ths county judge glbbs member of the legion acted as flqwei bearers president leslie clark officiated at a legion service at the graveside in glen williams cemetery i hencr toronto cameron peter- lorough weston ind ottawa the couple left on a wedding trip to the grand canyon arizona be fore her marriage the bride was employed as cashier at tne bank of montreal branch in fenelon falls mr a mr s wo m geo nk hill ro ried in detroit michigan on sept 23rd 1901 and have lived in their present location since that date mr sinclair was born at lot 4 10th con wod acton limehouse orlllla preston burlington hillsburgh milton brarnpton erin eden mills orangeville and balllnafad finds centuryold curio while plowing while plowing on norman dcver- eaux farm tom brockbank turn ed up an interesting curio almost a century old it was a onepenny bank token dated 1857 issued by the bank of upper canada men in uniform georgetown soldier now at camp borden bui lames stationed fir anna time with the anny kt walawright albetta has recently been transfer- red to camp bmmi daylight saving time will end in georgetown this sunday turn your clocks back an hour at 200 am sunday morning constable stan grabbs mother dies in chesley mother of a former georgetown resident mrs george w grabb wife of chesleys town clerk and treasurer died suddenly in chesley hospital on september 16th the former margaret ward of elderslie she was in her 70th year there is a family of two sons and three da john gtabb of tor- ontor stanley ttrabb who operated georgetown furniture sales here until he joined the ontario provin cial police he is now stationed at harrow in essex county miss han nah grabb gait mrs arthur schaus of chosley and mrs arthur davey port elgin driver and deputy attend fire school deputy chief william hyde and driver erwin lewis attended a fire marshals school in oakville ear lier this month along with repre sentatives of oter brigades in hal- ton peel and wentworth counties such schools are being held at various southern ontario centres and instruction ties in with a pro gram of standardization recently announced by the government th most modern fire fighting techniques arc taught and the men had good prartlnl rtarlnnnn tn f 1 verc oil and gas fires instructors at the school included captains george alexander tor onto cliff campbell lindsay fred anderson guelph ralph lennard london hugh mallory kingston and joe gratton cornwall clinton wins first of midget playoffs after eliminating stayner from the playoffs in two straight games georgetown midgets had a taste of their own medicine monday when clinton came to georgetown and administered a 133 lacing ross mcgill was starting pitcher for the locals ron ritchie replacing him in the seventh georgetown tra vels to clinton on saturday for the second of a besttwoofthree series leads massed bands at toronto concert bandmaster alfred perrott of the lome scots had the honour of lead ing the first two numbers in the massed army bands concert at the toronto jbxhlbltlon grounds recent ly the local band was one of thaw taking part so great was the in terest in the concert that4asny muslc lovers war turned away a thanksgiving day falls- this ear the gates and next yearlt is-plsa- ned to have two derforaancas the lome scots have ttmspolbk