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hermj ten pages georgetown ont wednesday janury14th 1053 ten pages glen williams schoolhouse destroyed early morning fire a district school burned to the around early friday morning and 2fe pupils jiave been routed to 4iu- 4her school two miles away for the destroyed by fire was union school 3a esquesing and no 3 jcbinguacousy where children in the terra cotta and union districts re ceive their primary education the cause of the fire in the building winch was heated by an oil space heater has not been determined the fire was first noticed by neighbouring farmers about 5 30 in the morning among these being george harris the vera thompsons and arthur mckanes it had gained such headway that no call were sent for fire brigades only the stone walls are standing and everything was lost in the fire except the teachers waste basket which was still standing in its usual place there will be no disruption in education for pupils who with their teacher bliss jean ballantyne are being taken by bus to no 7 school two miles away this year enrol ment in that school is only 14 and there is enough room for the terra cotta pupils to continue their stud ies there for the time being mrs albert carter tnienirvmr mrs albert carter was named worshipful mistress of the george town true blue lodge halton s pride no 313 when the election of officers took place last friday at woddfellows hall mrs carter succeeds mrs fred mccartney other officers are mrs harry shortill deputy mistress mrs ernie rawson recording secretary mrs dennis wright treasurer mrs victor mcniven financial secretary mrs- harvey lusty chaplain june lusty director of ceremonies mrs jack kay conductor mrs thomas warnes inside tylcr mrs charles day outside tyler standing com mittee mrs bob harris mrs don arthur mrs john lcnz mrs v rawsoh mrs albert da the second degree was conferred at the meeting on mrs john lenz and mrs ken harris the ladies are planning to sponsor a canada packers cooking school in town the latter part of march glen nonagenarian dies suddenly cleir williams oldest resident charles henry preston 91 died sud denly at his home on wednesday commuters biltmores he game standing brace glimmer georgetown commuters of the a v roe house league played to a 33 ue with biltmores on sunday and the teams are still tied for 1st place biltmores have won five tied three while commuters have won six tied one and lost one commuters orilj loss was to this same biltmore team back in jdec ember and last sunday s gamp was a well played hard georgetown opened the scoring in the first minute of play bob mc candless scoring on a nice passing play from jim cofell and jack hamilton hamilton scored com muters second goal on a solo rush from his own blue line he scored the third and last goal on a pass from mcoandless in a close bard fought contest such as sunday s game it was dif fi cult to pick individual stars the line of cofell hamilton and mc candless figured m airhe scoring and hugh wyhe and joe louth were solid on defence steamer emmerson plied a good name in goal on suncuy to keep his goals against aerage down to a low 137 so far this season commuters line up fdtf h wyhe b baxter centre j cofell r wing j hamilton 1 wing b mccandless alternates j louth d baxter m jordan k adamson j ford b barry b muir c nor ton coach h chappel manager doug wilson plan with schools for 1953 fair 1 eachers from the georgetow n and rural schools met with a rip resentalive group from the esques ing agricultural society at a din ner meeting in the m gibbon houjc on tuesday evening the meeting was planned to dis cuss the part the local schools might take m arranging displays in the hall at georgetown s 1953 fall fair in september it was decided to continue thp non competitive displays of the past two years and to increase a competitive prize list which pupils might enter on their own initiative doing the work at home the only direction from the teacher in this connection jbcing the mention of the fact and distribution of prize lists it is hoped tcfhiave non competitive displays from each room tn the two georgetow n schools and from glen williams limchousc stewart town clay hill ashgrove s s 16 and waterloo those present at ule dinner in eluded miss jim it ud dell miss beatuce hume mrs walter s ir gent miss i ueiia campbell mrs j dwycr mrs harold henry mrs nellie gardiner miss mane llnd say mrs howard w rtgejesworth mrs james f evins mrs w beau mont mrs jack lawson mrs j presswood messrs william km rade v stein harold henry e wilson and mrs j ellerby miss charlotte mccullough and secretary garfield mogilvray from the fair boards glen williams beaumont coaches -orha-eotry-hcre- glen wtjliams has entered a team in the okha and is grouped with streetsville moffat and zim merman the glen has a considerably stronger team than last year when they were eliminated in the play off by inglewood del beaumont a georgetown star for many years is coach spike scott last year with midland and johnny haines vfha played for the raiders last season are new additions to the friday the team played flrst game at georgetown moffat the visiting team their with six lawyers in langdon family while mr andmrs kenneth m langdon jbr were visiting with their sok in georgetown at christ mas tunc they celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary the langdon family has an af finity for law mr langdon has been a practicing lawyer in brighton since 1912 and four sons and a grandson have followed him at os- goode hall william o langdon is a mag strate at sault ste marie charles v a lawyer in toronto t ruther- ford at south porcupine and ken neth m magistrate in halton coun ty william herbert son of w o langdon is assistant crdwn attorney in toronto june herbert watson local ladys father father of miss winntfre watson of georgetown james herbert watson 82 died at his home lot 15 2nd line east toronto town ship on january 6th predeceased by bis wife bertha henry he is survived by three sons and three daughters horace and al bert of brampton bertha mrs w horton of fletcher ont ida of hamiltolht winnifred of george town and herbert of inglewood a daughter lelah predeceased him the funeral service was- held on thursday at the david a mcclure f borne brampton with ih- efinetst allowing in brampton firemen attend mutual aid annual chief william hyde and secre tary clarence spence of georgetown fire brigade attended the annual meeting ot halton county mutual aid fire service association in bronte on sunday chief a clements milton was elected president and chief free man bray bronte vice president alex phillips trafalgar s secre tary mrs a pattenden spent a- few day in orangevule last week vis iting wmh her parents mr arhd mrs 3 stambletoo tb fund growing hope for 1000 there are hopes among officials of halton tb health association that donations frpm the georgetown district will exceed 1000 this year donations ate still continuing to come in to- the bank of commerce which is local headquarters for the annual christmas seal drive and today the total stands at 978 al most twice that raised last year interest in tb work has been con siderably increased by the mo bile clinic which visited town in december and provided free x rays for over 1500 residents mayors dinner follows inaugural council meet mr preston who was in excellent health until the last bad lived alone and kept house for himself he suffered a weak spell and was dead when found by relatives a few hours later born in dewsbury yorkshire england he celebrated his 91st birthday last october 1st he lived in the neighbouring village of bat ley where he was employed irr a woollen mill operated by the late e y barraclough s father and in 1909 came to glen williams as fore- man of the weaving department lejionfldires avcrf in the woollen mill which mr bar raclough operated there he retired in 1931 he is survived by one daughter and four sons mrs william lorrl man louie and george off glen williams james henry and her bert of georgetown he was pre deceased by his wife in 1931 and by three children gilbert wilfred and ethel mrs a mi no he also leaves a sister mrs rob ert addy glen williams a brother joe in brampton two brothers in western canada and two sisters and a brother in the old country he was the eldest of a family of six teen six gnndsons were pallbearers t the funeral on friday wilfred mino william preston henry lor nman herbert preston gilbert preston and arthur hilts archdej con w g o thompson conducted the service at the mcclure func il home and interment was in glen williams cemetery theveather mr editor- vfp hat pur- usual january sleet and fee stoipn although a little late for the customary nev years eve weather so now we can go on to the january thaw thaw what says you archdeacon dedicates harruton parish hall archdeacon and mrs w g o thompson were in hacriston last tuesday where the archdeacon ac ted for bishop bagnall in dedicat ing the new parish ge anglican church an unique idea is tion of parish hall and the ball being located 1 floor and an apartment above which will be occupied by the minister and bis family raiders win lose two hockey games graham porter raiders won a game and lost one in the week s hockey fixtures they registered their first win in 53 on saturday when they downed fergus thistles in a very rugged contest about 250 fans turned out for the game the weather- wasn t very good to us and we guess a lot of people stayed home to watch our counterparts on television nick ferri with two goals paced raiders to a 6 2 win thistles had only eifcht men in uniform includ inc their goalie other local goils wore by jun or he u nont kctn shcad nash ind dcfi iceman don aid junior came through with i line gimc his first since his hand was injured also in the line up were bud virev wh seems to be a rwilir now ind bill hr wilt with tern in the pivot spot this c mbin ion looked the best or the nights pliy kelly and landoni accounted for the rcrgus goals there were 18 penalties handed out10 to george town 8 to fergus nfwmarket 8 raiders 5 from the roughness of iast nights game with newmarket one would mill street fire quick action on the part of some legion members averted a major fire in the main street district sat urday night about 11 30 pm smoke seeped into the legion hail through the beavy wall which connects it with the business premises of tom hew on a number of those in the building including henry shepherd and joe emmerson rushed to the rear of the building and noted flames m a corner of mr hewson s garage and gaining entry by break ing a window went to work with two fire extinguishers until the t n c brilidc arnv ed to finish the job several hundred dollar damage was caused in the blazewhich dam aged a number of tices pluf tester ind other equipm the buildipg contained a number of cars and garage equipment and had the fire gained headway it un doubtedly would have spread to the large legion hall and the liquor store both of which are in adjoin ing parts of the building fire chief william hyde reports that the brigade has planned to vjsit the legion hall on sunday to test the extinguishers and renew the fluid and because of their use that night this was done a few hours earlier than planned em balld n date max mln snow january 5 26 16 january 6 21 10 january 7 18 1 january 8 19 5 3 january 9 24 15 1 january 10 32 22 january 11 35 28 avrage 25 14 4 keitr scott wins air force wings flying officer keith scott has returned to the greenwood ns rcaf base after spending a month s leave in town with his parents mr and mrs edgar scott o scott eniisted in the airforce last january and took his first two month s training at london com pleting his course at summerside p e i he received his wings as a navigator in december and was posted to nova scotia a short time before coming home georgetown and 4he surrounding part of esqueslng has definite need of a planning board if future indus trial anotresidential expansion la to occur in an orderly jeasbipn with most benefit for all such was the tone of a speech fay stanley nash dept of planning and development engineer who spoke at mayor armstorngs inaug ural dinner monday at the mcgib- bon house the mayor entertained council members and town officials after a brief meeting at the council cham ber when council was sworn in and a few important matters of business dealt with assessment commissioner joseph gibbons was chairman at the din ner and after mr nashs speech callecl on several of those present for a few words there is no magic in planning it is ordinary common sense said mr nash in explaining that a plan ning board as an independent body could ascertain f acts and draw them to the attention of councils who could then act on the advice as they see fit anticipating the need for plan ning mayor armstrong expanded the scope of the industrial commit tee to include this and hopes that some action may be taken this year j spar xiuipment farm news c d graham addresses soil and crop annual news in brief mrs johnston 92 on sunday one of georgetown s oldest resi dents mrs w d jorhston cele- brates her 92nd birthday on sun day mrs johnston maintains her own home and has been blessed with the good health to take a keen in- terest in town and district affairs as well as her household tasks social personal on nday pat hyde daughter of mr and mrs ern hyde had a party to celebrate her sixth birth da her pirty guests included bonny cirol and judy norton lin da hamilton dunne golden doug ind david h irlcy linda and deb b c hyde glttdvs and m irj iret smith brcnii bojle sharon king and pats brothers lnno monty and philip mr cliu k shdiiklini of din v illi pennslvum i is v isili ig in town tlis week with mr did mrs don ild shankliiul llgin street peter boutelle so i of mr and mrs cliff boutelle ins returned to ridley college for the sprint term after his holidays at home john finlay 6 edr old sonof mr and mrs stan r inlay had a birthday party at his home on dur ham street on monday his guests your organization means more to the economic welfare of ontario than aiy other single organiza tion stated c d graham deputy minister of agriculture for ontario when addressing the annual meet ing of the halton soil crop im prov cment association on friday of last week the milton town hall was well filled for trfis meeting presided ovei by c f picket president of the association ontario s deputy minister was introduced by j h willmott of milton in his address mr graham presented a clear cut rev lew of the agricultural picture both nationally and irterntionally reference was made to the 901 mil lion bushels of wheat on hand which twoformer residents includes the 213 million bushel georgetown lady dies doctok recuperates after operation dr r t paul is recuperating in st joseph s hospital guelph where he underwent an operation last week he expects to be returning home later this week but will be unable to resume his practice for a few weeks during his period of conval escence think thaitho oha knewwhot hiiey were paul and jimmy thompson jimmy and ronny richardson richard hiddleston jill runham judy nash mary mcnamara ran dy hibbert and johns sister bar bara a patient in guelph general hospital sincesearly in november mr harold bingham has been able to return to his farm home r r 4 were doing vhen they sent four referees out for the game turned out to be a training program by chief referee pat patterson newmarket tallied a grand total of 11 penalties three of these rffts conducts at one time all the spit fires crowded into the penalty box after a misconduct in spite of this they managed to win thegame 86 georgetown georgetown scorers wjre chap pel orr beaumont ferri and kemshead silver tea service eor lions secretary members of the lions club and their ladies gathered in esquesing community hall at stewarttown on thursday for a farewell iperty for mr and mrs spence mckinnon who will be moving to dresden this month both have been members of the bank of commerce staff for over six years mr mckinnon has been promoted to accountant at the dresden branch a handsome silver tea service suitably engraved was presented to mr mckfnnon in appreciation of his work as club secretary and the president don barrager spoke of the valuable service he had render brenda shankland daughter of mr and mrs donald shankland clebrated her third birthday on monday with a party to which shy invited peggy tyler hope cowie kathy buchanan david hall bon ny graham and her sisters donna and pauta glen hockey team wins overtime game zipping in four goals in overtime the glen hockey team won their opener with moffat on friday the learns played to a 5 all tie in the regulation game future games include one here on friday with zimmerman a game in wood bridge tuesday when a bus is plan ned to take players and fans there and a return match in georgetown on the following friday glen scorers on friday were d schenk c schenk scott b haines ed the club as a member who was sedorc amj alexander for mofrat always in the forefront of any pro ject ladies of the ashgmvejw a er- tll timbers j zajai scored two each and gilmour one a playing for the glen were john 1el fv t u isl hainct bud haines bob h blake inglls carl schenk don afterwards amtvng those who spoke briefly were harold mcclure ray whitmee and mayor jack arm strong your visits andttbttors are inter esting news phone them to the herald schenk harold hilts ernie thomp son and george mcclure glenn scot herb spitzer don currie and charlie jones from limehouse dale sedore walt alexander george grasby and don jarvie from nor- vat cirryovcr from a year ago in feed jrun we have 25 5 millions toi s in cin irti indications ire stated mr gnrnm thit the united states will require more of our feed grain in wil than was the case a year ago last eir we sold 70 million bushels of birlty ind an equal qu intilj of oats to the u s this year however their stocks of feed grain are down ind they have more ani mal units to feed mr graham in timated his confidence that as soon as the embargo is lifted the us will want our dairy cattle refer ence wis also made by the speaker that due- to the failure of the rice crop in the far east japan and wes tern europe would require some of our barley for human consumption figures quoted by mr graham revealed that in 1921 we had in on tario 7 7 acres for each member of our population thirty years later due to our increased population along with a decrease in acreage under cultivation we now have only 4 6 acres per citizen despite the fact that our acreage under cul- tipation shows a decrease of 7 per cent our gross production of farm products shown an increase of 26 per cent congratulations were extended by the speaker to the halton or ganization on the general excel lence of the days programme which included the following reports by local cooperators mulching vs cultivation of corn geo s atkins our exper ience with the graham pl robt hurren and fred nurse how we control our weeds j allan dixon our experience in renovating rough pastures james mckay and jack bennett what the seed drill survey reveals stanley young panel discussion various methods of handling hay and grass messrs w e breckotv m c beaty ross scgsworth fred nurse john rud dell v e mcarthur and brock harris officers and directors elected are as follows president fred nurse vice pres ross segsworth secretary treasurer j e whitelbck directors esqueslng t j brown ridge john m bird and c f pick et nbbsagsweya root hurren j h mcphafl andcceotge robertson nelson w e breckon and v e mcarthur trafalgar george s atkins m c beaty j h willmott and wm g booth erin and era- mogg gordon leslie three deaths occurred this week which brought sadness to george town homes cstcrday mrs andrew hunter 46 died in peel mernonal hospital after an illness of over a year she is survived by her husband and one daughter mrs norman fendley a man who was foreman of the creel man knitting mill and leader of the united church choir when he lived in town william b dilly of gait was also taken by death mr dilly was the father of mrs cecil mcnamara ox town this morning word was received of the death of dr r j w brooke in toronto a practicing physician in the city his widow is the former hazel watson of ttown he was a native georgetowner and attended school bere wife injured car wrecked in skid mrs earl treleaven was injured and the family car badly wrecked in a saturday accident on no 11 highway between brampton and the maltonr sideroad mr treleaven was driving toward town when bis car skidded on icy pavement left the highway and iturned over a couple of times bis wife was treated at peel memorial hospital for a broken shoulder bone and facial cuts and was able to re turn home yesterday mj treleaven adn their daugh1 ter lynn who was asleep in the back seat were uninjured church group meets the january meeting of the will ing helpers group of the glen uni ted church took place in the church basement on monday january 5th after the meeting lunch whs ved by lois eason and charlene gibbs who were cohostesses forl the meeting saturday hockey schedude pee wees 8 to 9 a to hornets vs oilers bears vs reds bantams 9 to 11 am leafs vs canadtens rangers vs bruins blaek hawks vs bed wlng midgets u to 13 noon