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y the georgetown herald first section georgetown ontario wednesday dec 19th 1951 first section christma seal fund exceeds 500 today the christmas seal campaign un dertaken by the newlyformed hal ton tuberculosis and health assoc iation is meeting with marked suc cess in ge district some weeks ago letters contain ing a supply of christmas seals and a request to send along 200 or as much more as the kindness of your heart will allow were sent to all residents of the county the re sponse to date has been most grati fying and a total of 530 has been recorded tat the bank of commerce which acnasa receiving agent for the fund in town- it will be open dor another week or two and those who have not already sent a don ation are asked do so as soon as possible tuberculosis work in halton was first begun by oakville lions club sparked by such members as the late stan otton who was at one time bank of montreal accountant here this year a county organiza tion was formed to carry on this work an ambitious program has been planned for 1952 besides the main tenance and extension of clinics and promotion of preemployment x- rays plus rehabilitation work among patients and those discharged from sanitoriums the association is plan ning a mass xray survey in which mobile equipment will visit every corner of halton funds raised in the christmas seal campaign are the only means of financing this work and the more that is raised the more work can be done what council did met in final session for 1951 and after receiving a petition from local merchants declared wednes day december 20th a boxing day holiday in georgetown reappointed john bell to the north halton high school district board for a twoyear period his term of office expiring at the end of 1951 discussed the situation of over night parking on georgetown streets when snow removal is necessary and the parking on water st opposite the post office thereby blocking the entrance to water street a clause injected into the latest agreement in the county equaliza tion was objected to by council and council instructed their lawyer to advise those concerned flies to jamaica for barber travel representing he john r barber travel agency mrs marion barber travelled by air to jamaica the week before last for first hand informa tion about travel and hotel facili ties mrs barber flew both ways by transcanada airlines with a brief stop en route at tampa florida she visited all parts of the vacation island making her headquarters in kingston f the weather mr editor the weatherman just wishes to say merry christmas to everybody ern batkin social and personal date- max mln snow dec 10 33 27 flurries dec 11 33 25 dec 12 26 16 v4 dec 13 23 3 flurries dec 14 21 6 6 dec 15 16 8 flurries dot 16 10 9 i average 23 14 10 85 6 bad streetsville fire printer and wife die brrrr weatherman says twas 21 below the coldest night of the winter saw the thermometer drop to 21 be low zero according to a report this morning from weatherman ern bat- kin v worked many years at provincial papermill a former resident of town who was employed at provincial paper ltd from 1915 until he retired in 1947 george watt died in erin this mornng he was a member of the quarter century club of the company mr watt was in his 75th year after selling the large house on queen street now owned by mrs hazel mickus he moved to tor onto in ill health for the past two years he had been living in erin i wth his daughter jean mrs ed iljihay he is survived by his daugh- i ter and his wife margaret benson the funeral scrv ice will be held on friday afternoon at the mcclure ituneral home here with interment 1 in greenwood cemetery george- itown training with raf visits friends here georgetown people are familiar with mother palmer through a few letters which she has written to the herald mr and mrs palmer and their family were extremely kind to the members of the lome scots regi ment when they were overseas with the canadian troops in the second war and entertained dozens of lo cal solders at their home it is interesting to know that the palmers son pilot officer nigel palmer is in canada at present train ing with the royal air force at london nigel is a graduate of bristol university he spent a rec ent weekend leave in town with mr and mrs thomas warnes who were delighted to be able to repay mix ol th hos itality extended to tom when he was overseas io palmer will leave for fuither ti m ing at winnipeg when his course is completed in london bob bettkes grandmother dies suddenly at preston mrs charles sachs died suddenly in preston on sunday in her 82nd year she was the grandmother of bob bettke of town and mother of mrs arthur bettke of kitchener a former georgetown resident mrs sachs who was predeceased by her husband was the former ev- alina jfannjh cusack she leaves five children mrs w jackson brampton mrs arthur bettke kit chener mrs elmer culhan and mrs william mullan preston and robert sachs elora interment was made in hespeler cemetery following the funeral ser vice in preston this afternoon appoint nvr secretary for tb or health group at a recent meeting at hawthorne lodge milton members of halton tuberculosis and health associa tion discussed the current christ mas seal campaign and plans for next year which include a mass xray survey in the county chairman donald stevens oak ville introduced miss jean crosby who will fill the late stan ottons position of treasurer christmas gift will be sent to halton patients jn sanitoriums and it was also decided to send sub captions to their local newspapers to all patients wally jackson ot oakville was appointed auditoi tin ccretarv mrs m f luuiii wi- iiithoii7pd to spend up to s i l iti nt foi lehihtlit itio lull out authorization by the committti a tragic fire in streetsville took two lives and left eleven people homeless early sunday morning wilfred amos 30 raf veteran and his wife reta 28 died of suf focation in their apartment on the third floor of the bentley hardware htiildthg they reentered the apart ment after handing their six-year- old son peter to his grandparents mr and mrs daniel thomas who occupied an adjoining apartment nd it is thought they had gone back to save a budgie bird the fire which started in the thomas apartment was noticed by tick fvans and orval griffith who nrod into the building and aroused looping oecuoarrts among those y ho esenped in night attire were mr ind mrs irwin kerr and 3yeait old daughter donna mr kerr a native of norval who works in toronto has been living in streets v ille for the past year cooksville nnr brnmpton fire men assisted the streetsville brigade and were alsle to keep the fire from spreading to large stocks of explosive paints and am munition in the hardware store on the main floor brothers gordon ind lome bentlev had left trie store onlv a few minutes before the ore after inspecting the premises to mnke sure everything was safe mr amos a linotype operator for a vcw toronto publishing firm wav a former employee of the streotville review under the direction of rev w church a fund for the fire victims a sot up on sunday church par- ihioih rs dnnalli g 120 at the morn ing service mr w j young guelph spent a few days this week in town with his sisters miss minnie young and mrs j d torrie mr and mrs ed hollaway garth and john of islington were sunday visitors with mr and mrs alva grieve mrs arvilla wright proprietor of the exchange hotel suffered a severe stroke last week and is un der the doctors care at her home injuring her leg when she fell at her home friday evening mrs c freure was taken to peel memorial hospital for xrays and treatment on sunday mr and mrs george allen who moved from town lst year to pres ton when mr allen took a new job in hespeler have recently moved to hespeler mrs ivan hay and elizabeth left saturday on a three week visit to flske saskatchewan where she will visit with her parents mr and mrs t a tumbull mrs lewis mcklbbon returned home las thursday from hospital in toronto where she underwent a maior operation and is recuperat ing at her home on back street last wednesday irwin noble proprietor of the georgetown dairy attended the convention of the on tario milk distributors nt the royal i oi k hotel toronto mrs j n oneill whose sister miss a coventry is taking treat ment in peel memorial hospital is herself ill in bed it her home on wesleyan street mrs mary bedell who has been visiting with miss mattie tompkins at her home on maple avenue is leaving for home this week in san diego california mrs bedell was a neighbour of miss tompkins until moving to california a year ago mr and mrs tom hewson were guesis on mondav at the royal york when thev attended the an nual chrktmifs party of t a wi1- loughbv a sons mr hewson is loi il tgent for ho willoughb eal cofile firm offl- if father was early fpapermifl superintendent miss emily blanche tompkins fwho died at her maple avenue home jon december 10th was one of the idest persons in years of residence in town miss tompkins was a baby when iher father the late john tompkins smoved here from toronto 78 years fago to become superintendent of the dwer paper mill the mill owned provincial paper ltd was closed own a few years ago miss tomp- herself worked at the mill uri- about twelve years ago she and sister mattie had lived in the which mr tompkins bought ace the death of their parents and tompkins took great pride in flowers and her vegetable gar- she had been in failing health breaking her hip in a fall last phev alfred barker conducted the service on wednesday at the lure mineral home and inter- followed in greenwood cem- f pallbearers were ray thomp- jack crlchton glenn and perc elmer carter and rich- clarke y cross children by old santa claus visited the children cross church last night at in the church hall t he evening was arranged by gj john cummins and- bars clem before santa arrived to presents and candy ate yed the piano for a sing le nothing but praise in inspectors reoort control is good pupilsare cour teous and w ooehtv ed there is ev idence of i good staff relationship ind fine wot king spirit ml teach- eis aio ptittin forth their best ef forts ind results should be good surh was the substance of the r port of inspector t i skuce af ter his inspection visit to george town public scbool a few weeks go mr skuregtld the board was for- tunati in being fhle to get st johns church hall this vear for use by the klndergai tenprimary classes he complimented be board and the caretaker thomas warnes for good maintenance of the school building mr skuce s report was read at last thursdays meeting of the pub lic school board walter biehn was reappointed to the north halton high school dis trict board georgetown has this extra appointment by virtue of hav ing the largest public school enrol ment of the five municipalities which comprise the district though this was the last board meeting of the veai all present members will be on the 1952 board which meets for the first time on january th edwin wilson ross duncan and harry shortill were reelected by acclamation this year for two year terms and stan fin- lay cecil mcnamara and ray sal ter still havea vear more to serve attending the lome scots cers christmas party in bramptos armouries last friday were ltool and mrs john r barber hcapt and mrs alex j calder ix aafl mrs bob hoare and lt and aba bob marchlngton stephen saxe son of mrs davsi saxe celebrated his seventh birth day on december 11th he had party at which he entertained toaa- my barber john benfaam larry prucyk arthur patton alan mo- donald and his sister catharine a surprise party on monday nag planned by mrs john cummins for daughter joans eleventh birthady guestswho enjoyed a good games and supper were myra gair mcgllvray carolyn bie virginia barber tonl lee judy cumber loretta gilbert beverley emmerson and june allen mrs e james entertained at a birthday party last wednesday for her 4yearold grand daughter sheryl lynn puckerng daughter of mr and mrs lovell puckering the guests were wendy and do davidson donny and frances kn ew elne jaqueline louth carol seddon lois denham billy cun ningham lynda james acton and rlllv and kenny hore brampton lackie rugg son of mr and mrs henry rugg celebrated his fourth bnthday yesterday and had a blrth- dav parfv at nls home on market street at the party were ricky and doug alcorn gladys smith cathy and stephen saxe alan mc donald david mcnally jocelyn bell elaine whltworth and jackies brother andrew mong those from town and dis trict who attended the warderrs dinner tendered by warden ken neth dick in milton last week were mayor harold cleave reeve w o marshall deputy reeve kenneth macdonald k m langdon thom as l leslie jack armstrong jamas goodlet george cleave reeve george currie and deputy reeve george leslie of esqueslng a number from the local branch of the bank of commerce attended a supper dance for bank branches in the toronto district on thursday at the roval york hotel those attend ing fromtown were mr and mrs fred chapman mr and mrs jim a irorn mr and mrs spence mc- kinnon and mr ind mrs murt allison this vear barbaia finlay had to postpone her birthday party sched uled for novembet when she con tracted scarlet fever out of quar antine last week the party was held on saturday for flyearold birbara who is the daughter of mr and mrs stan finlay those attend ing were tudv richardson sharin ifailev carolyn biehn judy bona- th in and joanne duncan celebrating her sixth birthday last thursday jacqueline poulter daugh ter of mr and mrs les poulter ostiander boulevard had a party at her home her guests were wayne hiddall lynn ritchie jane brad ley jeanette davis christine les lie jeannie lee janice chaplin evelyn jimmy and paddy stamp suaron king sandra marchment lynn hyde mary evans david cox roger schofield douglas gribbons jane ann inglls and jacquelines sister stephanie anniversaries s mr and mrs wlbert ford omagh trafalgar will be at home to their friends on friday december the twentyeighth from ttiree oclock to five and seventhirty to nine- thirty on the occasion of their thir tieth wedding anniversary mr and mrs angus lawson 4th line esqueslng will be at home to urvt ufppulf aa relative and friends on sun- mext weeks herald t 23pd twothirty to fourthirty and from seven to next weekjs issue of the her ald will be published on thursday pelember 27th the office ind shop is work ing on monday and wednes day and the cooperation of ad vertisers and correspondents is particularly asked in getting their copy in early please do your best to have your ads in by the weekend in that way iwe can have the paper out early on thursday t nine on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary ko gifts please christmas cwbkttnos i would like to wish an my friends in georgetown a very mar ry christmas and a happy h j prosperous new tear ajoo to dun rebekah lodge the ladlos atri hlaey and legion nmnbantjj f