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l 1 u twelve pages georgetown ont wednesday evening qct 1951 twelve pages stan hail will carry county conservative banner again t halton member seeks 4th term of office at an enthusiastic meeting on monday that jfimmed milton town hall to the doors stan hall mpp was unanimously chosen to carry the conservative banner in halton county this will behe fourth aimethat he has run as conserva- tve standard bearer having succes- fully contested the last three prov incial elections before the convention the annual meeting was held at which all the officers were reelected for another term several amendments were made to the riding associations con stitution bruce- fitzgerald secre tary read the minutes and the treasurer mr greer gave the fin ancial report mr s a b mccleary then spoke briefly saying that the main busi ness the important business was to take place that of choosing the candidate f6r the provincial clecr tion before asking for nominations he asked miss sybil bennett kc to say a few words miss bennett in her usual fine speaking form paid tribute to the premier the hon leslie m frost she said here was a man of great ability yet of kindly homespun character whose accomplishments and those of the government he headed were so many and so great she enumerated the various social reforms the new labour code minimum wage act increased mothers allowance etc that the conservative government had brought about in their eight years of government she spoke of the tremendous development of our greatest of all the provinces of this great dominion and the modest unassumipg way in which mr frost had brought many of these about miss bennett closed on a note of optimism as to the outcome of the election tempered with a cautioning word to all those who wanted to see this government maintained to get out and vote she said apathy was the only thing that could possibly defeat the party nominations were then called for and two names were handed in those of stan hall and also of george elliott mr elliott spoke regretting that he could not stand and pledging his support in every way to the halton conservative as sociation and its member stan hall he said he had done considerable travelling about talking to the av- stan hall mpp who is running as progressive- conservative candidate in hal ton in the provincial election glen wiluams fly to detroit for honeymoon given in marriage by her father rose marie robinson daughter of mr and mrs leslie h robinson became the bride of archie neil campbell son of mr neil campbell and the late mr campbell rev alex cowan officiated at the after noon ceremony in glen united church on saturday october 13th the bride vfprc a strapless gown of white lace with matching lace jacket with long pointed sleeves over the full skirt she wore a net overskirt a cap of white lace held her fingertip veil and she carried a semicascade of white baby mums centred by a mauve orchid mrs gene logan was maid of honour for her sister miss audrey robinson youngest sister of the bride and miss nancy larsen niece of the groom were brdesroaids they wore faille taffeta gowns styled similar to the brides in fall shades of golden wheat cinnamon brown and autumn green respectively each wore a beige lace jakcl and lace cap to match they carried semicascades of brone yellow and mauve mums respectively little elaine itobinson owen sound funeral for twowar veteran herbert mervyn kennedy mem ber of an old georgetown family succumbecrto a sudden heart attack at his home lr owen sound on thanksgiving evening mr kennedy who celebrated his 57th birthday the previous day was the son of mrs john w kennedy sf town and the late mr kennedy he was a veteran of both wars and- was wounded overseas in world war 1 in the last war he was a major with the veteran guards with his father he operated a local hardware store several years ago in a building later destroyed by fire on the site of the present hydro office they later had a hardware store in acton then returned to georgetown and operated a hard ware where richardsons hardware is now located mr kennedy moved to owen sound 25 years ago where for sev eral years he operated a restaurant and billiard hall at the time of his death he was foreman of an owen sound radio company he was an elder in knox united church he was twice married his first wife being the late kathleen merry- lees of munitoulln island he is survived by their two children dor- raine mrs j h beatty toronto and audrey mrs a d bell owen sound his wife the former vera burke uf owen sound their daugh ter fayc and his mother in uv ii also surviving arc four grandchil dren and a nephew david stephens toronto mr kennedy was predeceased by two sisters mildred mrs hillary stephen and miss lila kennedy the funeral service conducted by the knox church minister was held on thursday at the breckenridge asheroft funeral home and inter ment was made in greenwood cem- etery owen sound many friends attended from georgetown london port elgin toronto buffalo and manitoulin members of the owen sound legion formed a guard of honour and held their service at the graveside stan allen heads county ccf group stan allen georgetown was cho sen president of halton riding ccf association at ameeting in the far jmers hall milton last thursday plans were made to choose a cart- didate who will contest the halton seat at the november provincial election the candidate will be cho sen at a meeting in milton next monday at which a prominent pro vincial member of parliament charles h millard- director of the steel workers of america will be guest speaker serving on the executive with mr allen are thomas cooke milton vice president mrs j mcintosh pprt nelson secretary a langille oakville organizer council mem bers frank parmeter georgetown g holmes acton e adamson oak ville mrs m pinney burlington a service milton w irvine kil bride d macdonald bronte j thili nelson and mr kvans tra falgar rtegiment will parade here to knox church first postwar church parade of the lome scots peel dulfrrin md halton regiment i will be held this coining sunday october 21 at the georgetown presbyterian church both the regimental pipe band and brass band will parade the members now serving in the unit and those who formerly served with the regiment who may wish to join their comrades on this occasion the parade will form up at georgetown armouries at three oclock sunday afternoon and proceed to the ceno taph where lt col john k barber officei commanding will place a vvieatb during a short ceremony following ihe service at the war memorial rev alex alder regi mental chaplain will conduct the service in the presbyterian church united sunday schools rally at milton sunday the thirtyone sunday schools of the united church of canada in halton county are planning to meet together in st pauls united church milton on sunday octohci erage person and getting their poi- itical reactions and he said he was convinced that no one in the prov ince of ontario had any doubt but that leslie frost and his government would be maintained in power he quipped the only possible one who from some of his statements might doubt was walter thompson and that even he didnt seem so cure any more mr elliott then added a word of warning for all of the conservatives to get out and work not to let overconfidence rob them of victory and predicted that if they would all get behind stan hall they would win handily amid an ovation from the enthus iastic crowd stan hall then took the floor after the cheering had subsided he spoke thanking those who had nominated him as well as the entire convention for making it so wholeheartedly unanimous he said that he was was not afraid to stand before the people of halton county on the record of the last eight years of conservative govern ment he predicted a tremendous conservative sweep this time said he expected that they would even add to their alreadylarge majority he said how honoured he was to be once more carrying the ban ner for this great old party that party that is at present the only conservative government in the british empire mr hall said that he has tried to represent all the people of halton county and if el ected again would continue to do so he urged everyone to get out and work and they would be success ful on a closing note of sober warn ing he reflected how lucky we were in canada to be able still to vote ind think and worship as we saw fit to but just how easily that privilege could slip away he men tioned the communist menace and bow it had become so deeply rooted lh some places he then spoke feel- j ilngly of the honour that had been done hiih when last saturday ven- i- lag representing the county of hdl- ton he had attended the statij dln- ner for princess elizabeth and her gg prince philip held by his kxcelleri- jcy the lieutenant governor ray lawson mtt hall then said that if anyonewished to ask any questions l abouttne election that the man ifith the answers bui mcdowell niece of the bride was f rocked m cerise faille taifeta and carried a basket of vvhic pimiochios and icd roses mr douglas campbell of kranp- ton was groomsman for his brother herbert itobinson and albert ten- nam ushered mr macl wilson of port credit cousin of the groom played the wedding music the brides mother welcomed the guests al her home wearing a dress of plum with black velvet accessor ies anf a corsage of yellow roses she was assisted by the grooms sister mrs paul larsen in green with black accessories and a cor sage of yellow roses for travelling the bride chose a tan suit with green suede accessor ies and orchid corsage the happy couple were accompanied to malton airport by several of the wedding guests where they flew to detroit for their honeymoon the bride is an employee of the local bell telephone office and the groom is employed at the provincial paper mill they will reside in georgetown iij u u oclock tv- ka diiy service of piaise and thanksgiving the hallon ii eby tery banner is to be presented to the sunday school having the highest percentage of enrolled members at the rally the banner will be held by that school mrtil next years rally is held hev douglas smith ha hd of st giles united church hamil ton who is noted for his addresses for children is to be the guest spea ker and hev r a steed ha hi of zion united church hamilton who has attained great popularity as a singer as well as a minister is to be the guest soloist harry marcus buys p f blackburn store a new merchant in georgetown is harry marcus who has bought the mens clothing store of p f blackburn on main street mr marcus comes here from tor onto where he moved a year ago after spending most of his jofe in whitby for fifteen years he opera- ated a mens clothing store in that eastern ontario town his in terest in boys work made him an active member of the klnsmervs club in whitby mrs marcus and their sons larry a high school student and malcolm are hviiur in the city and plan to move here when they locate living quarters mr marcus has been looking for some time for a small town location preferring small town life to the city georgetown was there and that georgetown he would be happy jo answer them after three hearty cheers for mr hall arid a few words from the president mr jfccleary the meet- lng ended with god sav the kt- a large number of delegates and those interested were present frfcnt baptist minister speaks to st johns ladies wms the october t ha njkoffering meeting of the womans missionary society of st johns united church was held in the ladies parlour on tues day october 9th a number of the baptist vms were present mrs john smith presided and welcomed the visitors mrs gordon kidney was in charge of the devotional her theme was he will perfect that which con- cerneth us she read a very help ful article on this subject which was based on verse 8 from psalm 138 after the dedication of the offer ing msr e g bishop sang a lovely solo who will open mercys door accompanied by mrs charles -will- son mrs a r vannatter introduced the speaker the rev alfred j bar ker of the baptist church mr bar ker spoke of his pleasure in speak ing in st johns for the first time at the wms thankoffering meeting he spoke on a sentence in the lords prayer thy kingdom come which in its yory essence is a mis sionary prayer the bringing in of the kingdom is god working through us there will always be difficulties in this work as long as we live in an imperfect world we must say to ourselves 1 have a re sponsibility to help the kingdom comer i must not say thy king dom come and leave it all to ood whatmust i do to bring it about i have a task to da is the kingdom or ruleofood to iffk life our deep and abiding prayer suduld be for an adjusting to gods will the prayer rev douglas smith thy kingdom come asserts our hope and pledges our effort to work for the kingdom the rule of god kingdoniwlthinus has come to those who have submitted their wills to god thus they may nope for the ultimate consummation of oods will in their lives how can we not believe in missions and still pray thy kingdom come miss h a staunton expressed the thanks of the meeting to mr barker and to the others who fiad taken part in the prugidin there was a closing hymn rev john nj smih pronounced a benediction and invited everyone to stay for a cup of tea and to meet mr barker bank accountant here dies in thrown through window in car cycle crash gerald cropp 21 was thrown head first through the read window o a car driven by earl clarridge mill street brampton after his motorcycle collided with the rear of the car on the huttonyille road on sunday cropp suffered critical head in juries and was rushed to peel mem orial hospital police said the eye list was blinded by the setalhg sun and apparently didnt see the cjar- rldge car before the impact he is employed on the william robinson farm near hornby the weather mr editor the weather almost every day of the past veek could be really des cribed by that song gonna be fair and warm ern batkin date max min rain october 8 47 40 trace october 9 50 34 october 11 55 28 october 11 54 ho october 12 58 8 october it 58 21 october 14 5528 21 ij average trace curlers will use artificial ice georgetown curling cluo is get ting away to a good start this year arrangements are being made with the areni board for the club to hove the artificial ice on wed nesday and th-trrsdrry- nights and it is hoped that curling will start early in november sufficient stones are on hand for four rinks only and as the ice will provide for five it will be necessary to buy stones mem bers are being asked to ferret out stones which may be lying in attics local ladles may be taking up the game this year too the ladles club plans to curl thursday after noons and ladies wishing to join should get in touch with mrs har old hutchinson in order to have an active club it is hoped that many new mem bers will join this year and every assistance will he given to newcom ers who want to learn the game stan ott on manager of the oak ville branch of the banjcof montreal and accountant here ten years ago whqn the bank had a branch in town was instantly killed early this morning in a motor accident mr otton was driving onto the queen elizabeth way from the 8th line in a heavy fog his car was in collision with one driven by john d hunter hamilton mr hunters wife seriously injured was taken to oakville hospital mr otton went from here to the bank branch at exeter and later re ceived the oakville appointment he was an active worker for the lions club there and had been in strumental in forming a county tuberculosis association of which he was treasurer at the time of hie death he is survived by his wife arid three chidren judith janice and tommy district gov visits local lions club georgetown lions club welcomed their district governor colin brown of kort erie to their dinner meeting last night at the mcgibbon house mr brown introduced by harold mcclure gave a short address on the meaning of lionism and was th byj awmrtrtmgr presi dent hay whitmee was in the chair a donation of 5 was voted to the st john ambulance association jack cunning icported on arrange ments for the annual halloween dance next week a suggestion was made that the club hold an annual carnival and also that n farmers night be held this winter anglican laymen wives hear bishop bagnall members of the anglican lay mens association entertained their wives at a ladies night last friday in st lukes parish hall burlington it was the annual meeting of the organization and new officers were chosen frank thompson milton succeeding a e dawson george town as president stanley jay low- ville becoming the new vice presi dent and philip hgyvard milton replacing jack armstrong george town as secretarytreasurer rural dean heathcote welcomed the guests and their ladles to din ner and the guest speaker was bi- hop bagnall who interspersed his remarks about the opportunities av ailable for laymen to boost their church with a number of humorous stories george atkins led a sing song the association is considering sponsoring a choir festival and bruceo harding georgetown and mr atkios were delegated to look into this matter erin car raffle nets lions 3000 at georgetown fair there were many who bought dr t o a dodge car being raffled by erin i ions club they will be interested to know that the winner named at erin fair was r trainor of bplton who held the ticket number 7607 the erin club had wonderful success with their ticket sales and netted over 1000 for their welfare work bode continues good work overseas and at home silverwood institute plans donation to new home for the aged the october meeting of the sil verwood wi was held on thurs day afternoon at the home of mrs clarence varey highway no 7 current events were given by mrs horace bell reports were given on the fall fair displays it was decided to sell christmas cards to increase funds in the treasury it was the wish of the group to make a donation toward the home for the aged being erected in mil ton the motto was read by mrs h e batkin guest speaker for the meeting was mrs milton brown county president refreshments were served at the close mr lynn of pittsford ny is spending a few days with mr and mrs horace bell lynnayr farm mrs k c lindsay is visiting rel atives near woodstock this week mrs e l mller and mrs h e- batkin attended the mimosa wom ens institute meeting last week on wednesday mr and mrs e l miller attended the ploughing match at woodstock mrs poster and tush of toronto visited mr and mrs george burt on monday and attended the funeral of mrs fosters nephew mr wil liam kirby mrs roe mr wm lane mr and mrs e l miller visited friends at glen huron on sunday mr and mrs horace bell atten ded the ploughing match at wood stock one day last week countess of strathmore chapter iode held the october meeting at the home of mrs t hewson main street south with a good attendance mrs wallace thompson regent presided a report was read on the tag day for the blind which netted 203 also the sale of aprons at the booth at the local fair was quite successful mrs h rugg wool convener re quested that articles for layettes be made for overseas shipments as the need is great a parcel of food is being sent each month to two nee dy families in great britain the november parcels to contain a christmas treat miss ruth evans ur in charge of packing and mailing the winter bale of used clothing will be packed next month for the chapters adopted northern school childrens clothing is especially in demand each member was asked to donate 50c toward christmas gifts which will be sent to each school pupil twenty five in all mrs har old hancock was appointed conven er the empire study convener was- instructed to purchase books jfor the library of the northern school five dollars was donated to the overseas cigarette fund and final plans for the fashion show which takes place this week were made after singing the national anthem lunch was served by the hostess mrs hewson assisted by lfrs james evans mr j d kelly mrs h rugg mrs fred chapman and miss ruth evans a mrs wilfred ford lnvlte4 j chapter to her hommtor ember meeting mrih j newman aaevi jetosemsjryi jordan were is new members r j h 1 f rtv l