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u eight pages georgetown out wednesday january 9tn 1952 eigrvr paces canadian plowmen abroa0 iy j a outtou omvaiho ftowm asfoofyiomj the weather mr editor new years eve was true to form again with nasty weather ehhoiign t have hd quite normal winter weather since thta we lytll no doulrt lone remember tke month at view where jie had been vlsltlrir december ull and fotloodng is r la h flrat of a series of kwaatty atorlea which j a carroll aaeutaat deputy minister of egrtoul- i air ontario and formerly aac- eyetaltyemnacer of the ontario plow- i nans aamoelatlon will writ about i vtak of canadas champion plow- to the british lalee germany and sweden forooto in a tew hours the last e oodbyee will have been said and we will be winging over the whlte- atanued oountrysideto new york tber we will board the queen mary anil begin trip that will gg jasji and take us into sev- atavabaan eountriaa it ttiiilfl take a wise man to say iiwbo to the most excited of tnafhree us- 94r me it will be a return to that wart last viewed thro i miaul of war for my two young h wul be their first slumpee of the old world but before i go any further i had better make some introductions i am john a carroll asslstant- daputy minister of agriculture for ontario my two companions are canadas 1081 champion plowmen land i might add the youngest plow- 1 lug team this country has produced younger or this pair of xhamplons and incidentally the youngest man ever to win the horse section 0 the esso transatlantic class at the international plowing match is k eugene timbers an 18-yeer- ld stalwart from milukrn ont winner of the tractor section of the isso tranaatuntic class is 24-yeor- old norman s tyndall ot richmond hui jttst north of toronto during this trip to great britain and the continent i shall bo acting 1 their team manager and reporter historian of the events that befall us trip are betas c by lniperul ou limited as have the expenses of the live p rev tout haronlon teams that have made the transatlantic crow- to our trip will take us to england wales scotland and northern ire land and to wet germany denmark and sweden gene and norman will intake part irrtwo plowing events in the united klnfdom v international plowing matches truly international matches with contestants from all parts of the world will be well to the fore of mind during this trip a meet ing is being held in london to dls- cuss the possibilities of creating a i world competition and i anticipate 1 bains present i have been author it by the ontario plowmens as- aoclatlon to speak as its representa tive if the meeting gets down o talking turkey- some eight european nstions and ourselves have indicated interest in neeting and we will have plen ty of problems to iron out a stan- dard plow for competition a unlver- f jaal set of rules and a plan for re flation of plowing site and others but i will tell you more about tht in later letters when we have ibiid a jhance to meet tome of the officials and gained their opinions i also hope to be able to tcport on same of the agricultural developments we see on our trip right now id- like to tell you ftnore about my travelling compan- ions their farm lot 18 concession 5 st mlulken in scarboro township aly second gold medallist com- fwnloika- lvorman tyndall is hwp- ing to renew some scottish frlrndslups dur ing our tour nunn has been very active in junior psrmers club for many yean and is pre sently president o york counly last year he acted days lo two of the korssaattyagual junior farmers as ho for t usury stockferd dies wasmatattlsr in failing aealth for the past few yim mr henry ilarry stock ford died on saturday at downs- tlth ms daughter mrs thdmaa watts born in guelph 74 years ago he was a ton of the late charles stock- ford and sentri wood he attended ouelph central school and as a young man lived in toronto beiose coming to georgetown in 1006 a muster tailor he was employed in town with the millar clothing store which was located in the present dominion store building and in 1013 went into the tailoring business for himself he was a member of the old congregational church and later joined the united church surviving are his wife viletta vllloughby whom he married on december 23th 10041 and four chil dren evelyn mrs thomas watts of downs view charles of downs view marlon mrs jack rush of toronto and elmer- of toronto three sisters misses louise nell the comparison with the normal av erage tke toul snowfall of 34 v inches was slmost three times normal the average minimum temperature of 111 was exactly normal and the aver age maximum of 33 was 3 degrees above normal the highest tern pee- sture during the month was 61 on december 7th and 12 days later with a drop of 82 degrees we had the months lowest of 21 below xero wljirid bird a member of quealng council for five years was elected deputy reeve in mondays elections mr bird received 664 vote his opponent ii craig held ulsu b member of council for five years received 438 votes with four mtn seeking the three couisrtl seals electors chose george cufri- wliu mired as roevc this year william bchenk a newcomer und wulter llnham a council mem ber- k- brownv s forms clllor was the unsuceosaful candi date the election first in five ymv for the towpulip drew slights ov fifty pfr rent of the voters- mr schenk flrat glen wul urns man t serve oo council in many years re ceived a solid vote there of 3it wluch boosted him to second plaos in the standing four scottish junior farmers who- mayine stock ford and a brother visited canada his house guests were both young men and though he says it is them he wants to sec gain both gene and i strongly suspect he is just as eager to check on the two youdg scots lassies who also made the trip norman who startnd nt owing with horses at the age of nine and then switched to tractors ihreettears ago also comes by his skill through the family his father stanley tyrtdall until few years ago was an in ternational judge for the ontario plowmens association and for many years wan himself a plowmuti of note j norm wss borrton his fathers luuacre farm at richmond hill ami now in addition to helping hut tather work the family acres works another 130 acjes which hd himsc rents for mixed farming holsteln jmd yorkshire hbgs it is customary for the team ihan- oger to say something ebout himself in this first letter so here goes all the five boys in our family entered agriculture in soma branch wahtliry- my brothers are still farming my son and daugh ter and my sod in law are at on tario agricultural college graduates and in the farming industry they followed in my footsteps for it was in 1014 that 1 graduated from oac i was born on a farm near dut- ton ont and have been connected with agriculture all my life the one brief break was during world war 1 when i served overseas as an officer in the royalhprse ar tillery i was recently appointed assist ant deputy minister of agriculture for ontario and during my service with the deportment i was for sev eral years superintendent of agri cultural and horticultural societies in ontario for 16 years 1 was sec retarymanager of the ontario plow mens association so now you know the three of us through this weekly letter of our travels we hope youll get to know us better and gain something from our impressions of british and european farmers and their meth ods arthur lives in guelph and another brother jack in vawn saskatche wan a brother charles of at wood predeceased him there are three grandchildren marilyn and gary hush and wayne watts itcv john m smith of st johns united church conducted the funer al service yesterday at the mcclurc funeral home mid interment was made in greenwood cemetery geor- 11410 wn iil ibcurerj wvru ceoritu alcotl arthur reeve fred sin clair william p thompson w c marshall and garfield mccllvray has facial injuries in toboggan accident little lioiinh norton v- iti old ilaugklrr of mi and mrs pan norton wa imfully ipjurrd in 1 tonokinnlrik iucitrni lui wrdn lay i unit tmmi hi nest i11t hontf with hn two alitrrs bculml her on the toboggan they struck a barbed wire fence and bonnie re ceived facial injuries she is bein treated tn st josefs hospital guelph em batkln dkity- itrtve council dull mas mill ilsin waltd lllrd itrhl curnr schenk llnham broana or snow 1 milton llrlithti 28 7 27 3 18 dii 31 4h 16 14 n 2 quatrv uruaj s5 10 63 2 37 jl jan 1 40 u i hornby 5 28 75 18 s m jun 2 2d 23 3s 4 norval 32 s3 78 80 73 37 jan 3 20 16 klurrlea rt stewarttown 128 61 hi t3 120 1 jun 4 31 18 3 8 a dublin 75 24 55 13 74 7 jan a 32 7 ilmehouse 50 is 37 4s 81 is jan t 31 m d sllvercreek 41 76 14 83 11 33 327 si 38 88 h gfn wllllarnll m as avvru 33 bs 21 h it 14 s 6- totals 884 438 833 385 383 380 vllooamh oikn i social personal iioknhv often visited here normanglynn dies often a visitor at llmehouse with his son norman james glynn died at sarnla on december 30th mr glynn was born in samta 60 years ago and retired a tew years igo trom his position with the un ion gas company of canada ltd where he had worked for 42 years he wui a member of the united church masonic and oddfellows lodges and the cof surviving are his wife florence nnd two chil dren mory mrs r r lambert ox ancosler ahd john r of llmehouie of the local smith stone staff rcvc h senrle of central unl- jcd church conducted the funeral service in sarnla on wednesday with rey j y anderson assisting interment was in lakevlcw ceme tery sarnla glen has representative on new eaquesing council township elections monday the list in five yean saw a glen wil liams resident william schenk suc cessfully seeking a council seat mr schenk drew almost a hundred ht cent vole in the glen with the rest of the towmhlp giving him good support loo mrs j cra sr was one of the winner of souvenir prizes in the sportsmen n corner camaign foi the toronto star sunlu ctaui fund the whining coupons were irtmii by mayor alan iamport nnd included many rtifterenl prizes mrs crawfordi telng a miniature bike winners are to pick up their prizes it the stur hrli department mrs itobcit mcmastcr is home ft pui guelph general hospital af ter a topsll operation last weekend mr w e verso n sr spent last week in toronto with his son dill nnd mrs everson all coming to glen williams for the weekend little peter hayes has been quite sick for a week or more with pois oning from his tonsils weekend visitors with mr and mrs j crawford jr were her sis ter mrs dick fok mr fox and children linda and dennis of wel- land and her uncle and her aunt mr and mrs charles anderson niagara falls mrs cook of barrle has been vis itlng with her lonlnlaw and her daughter mr and mrs harry compton for a few weeks mr and mrs sam gordon and daughter audrey of hamilton spent the weekend with her sister mrs wes fendley and mr fendtey mr and mrs william korxark nnd children were visitors in lea- side on saturday with mr and mrs charles smith miss lorraine hunter of toronto spent last week in town with miss dorothy brsndford mrs robert roscoc of st cath arines wai a visitor with mrs ft waldle over the weekend miss helen devercous has return ed to her teaching position at mac- donald college ste anne de dellc- vue quebec after spending the hol idays with her parents mr and mrs harry devereoux miss addle coventry who had imen hospitalized for several weeks in peel memorial uoipltal bramp ton has been able to return home llei sister mrs john oneill who hmt been ill at honie is also much unproved in health many georgetown residents and former residents of town were guesls iit the wedding on junuqry 2nd of linda glnsburg to thomas murray suit of fort william the bride who attended school here for sev eral years is the daughter of lar and mrs samuel glnsburg her mo ther being the former pearl saxe of town attending the wedding and reception at the king edward hotel were her grandfather mr morris saxc miss ethel bridger mrs david saxe and mrs florence curtis mr l e fleck of kitchener wn alio guest as were mr and mrs david brill of toronto iimkiiousb starts new sermon series at st johns family party here marks mrs fergusons birthday eujreoe timbers is oneof half a dozen illustrious plowmen in on carlo bearing that name geneeoach and teacher uti his father ed tlra- oera the winner of i the tint trans- atlantlc award in 1939 ittabma hi trip aioss to britain was elled because of the war two inji cousins haye won the iloce the war fred timbers ri046 ind robert tlmberstn 1s4b and then as if to keeplt in the ft ofas way- or another a happy time was enjoyed on sun day at the home of mr and mrs robert lane union street when a family dinner was held for mrs lanes mother mrs archie fergu son whb on monday january 7th -reached- her doth milestone eight of her nine children were present with their husbands and wlvesnthe only one not able to at tend being mrs wlllchrlstle who lives in alberta -there- wore many callers during the day including some of the grandchildren whollve in georgetown and mrs ferguson receive a number of gifts telegrams and letters attendfngthel dinner were mrs entnbeth haw and mr itusiell haw brampton mr and mrs john par- slow st catharines mr and mrs hubert duncan and mr and mrs gordon moleod toronto mrs james slurroci wesherton mr and ticjciilnr morning worship was conducted in st johns on sunday by the minister who read the les son from st johns gospel cjapter i verses ij4 the sermon subject was we are convinced thcrcore and was the first of a series of sermons on the general theme of christian witness the choir sang the anthem lift up your heads o ye gates and s t faram sang the solo make me a captive lord the evening meditaton was en- tltlcdin the year of our lord 1952 and was based on a new years resolution in the year of our l6rd 1952 i resolve to deepen iny christian experience through hhe act of worship a tost sang the solo be thou n71gh arid a maclarcn accompanied the ctfngre notional singing at the piano t itwns announced that the men of st johns ore to hold udfrther-meet- ing on mondoy jttnualy 4th at 7 pirn mv mil jock carson washago mr and ici7hrh rtiwsiftimr- oordoifruonmountfor fe if o- mrsarohle fergnspn a few items hod to be hold over tilt next issue including bowling newsarid tevra cotto form meeting f5-j- jl includehid children all living 24- he njoy etwhrtlrym ffntlhie brnnd iintf i 33 jrft- grand- children the family comprising fire destroys mcalpine home at limehouse the community sympathizes with mr thomas mcalpine who lost his home by fire last thursday fortu nately he was uninjured and in stay ing with the a w ncntons a pre sent mr and mrs w t mills atten ded the funernl of the late mrs walter dlckje at islington on tues day the hall board sjxm sored a dance with ifulls orchestra on friday evening mr r lj davidson was floor inanoser mr nnd mrs john foster won the spot dancennd miss kathleen klrkpatrlck and mr h spiuer the birthday elimination the wa met at the home of miss inez scott on tuesday evening when plans were discussed for plays to bo presented in the immediate future andnild fovt tfie aged gentle- man who lost his home by fire rec ently heccnt visitors include mr and mrs george buckland and family of hamilton with the jack nobles v mr and mrs neil mccallum of milton and mr jerry bradbupf of georgetown with mr and mrs max bradbury mrs jack keegan and marlene al hamilton with mrs s lawr mr and mrs ej knrn nnd eleo- noro and mh harold karh visited brothers in london the end of the week mr and mrs giiby vlsjtod- the 7ngua mcdonalds georgetown on sunday z mr wmi gordon haa returned home afier several weeks with hls ulster at tees wo ter quilt elect officers annual wa meeting the snnusl mcrting of st steph ens wa hornby ws held on monday at the home of mrs frank wellcr when the ladles wor ked to complete several quilts the election of officers was conducted by rev j k maxwell the full slate of officers wre returned unanlmpua- ly thene being president mrs frank weller vice presidents mrs mark uusaell mrs hobcrt orr sec trees mrs wlitrd thompfton dorcas secty mrs howard bradley literature sec ty mrs ken ella living mee- mikc mr arthur brain little ifel- lers mrs john boyce delegates to annual meeting mrs carl saunders mrs ernie price auditors mrs robert orr mrs carl sa under publlcisecjtx mra ftoater brain sunshine convener mra mark bua- sell in his remarks following the el ection or officers mk maxwell con gratulated the group on their past teari worfc particularly tn respect to the time and money they spent in providing the veetments for the choir the treasurers report ahowaf that considerable work had been done for the western missions and that a substantial amount had feasts sent to the wa headquarters and that notwithstanding these expenses i satisfactory balance remained the january meeting of the wa will be held at the home of mra arthur brain next tuesday the congregational supper and christmas concert of bi stephens church hornby was held jast week in the orange hall approximately a hundred members of thecongre- gatlon incluhlhg the children eat down to a wonderful supper provi ded and prepared by the ladles of the church a short concert folf lowed tho supper and the organist mrs ernie price play edl for a num ber of christmas carols the even- inn concluded with the distribution of gifts by two of santa clausdep utlcs mrs wilfred thompson and mr carl saunders a vote omhanks for tho pleaaant evening and good supper was extended by mr how- ard bradley to the ladle toronto transport maji i buys the ssff house the smith it sone staff bouse on maple avenue has been sold to mr c henderson owner of a tor- onto transport business who expects to move out to georgetown this spring one of georgetowns flnut homes it will be kept by the new owner as n yearround residence it be came vacont la wken brie dler and mrs f c- wallace moved to the city beautifully landscaped it la one of georgetowns bestiocs tod homes commanding a view of tho valley which runs between it and the j a wluoughby property which u used by mr willoughby as a iummer residence the house hid been plowing since he 4 v 2j3j daughter and onen jh3rs 6t h mm j vtlve niuweai ot dunowshb jissljsss cthrin mr huw dunclint the kennetlys at huttonvllle vv 1 m ss tlve muoweat ot dundalk she v oh concemliilv irtlihtr and her huband torovito mrs james bturrocli ot pjehronfsiaalc carson wash- wbjamre1rhbytiincaureh ondlm it oti fwmlarljjarthe- oorddh srgusnn mount forest and hibafr vmykxbdrdi mem toronto rneiriietowil baptist church rovsn ff ftarkebfetibj january jlo r 1000 ahy sunda school 1j00 tntrinew7cavtnr before it wo sold tothe smith and stbne jlrm some olght year ago the firm hasrotalned ownership of the cholee building lot between olophurst as mr henderson new home haa been called iid llammedowfllvhome to tha srett the transaction- was handled by mr william cramartie local rap- mw vtnipt0biw-ti- sty