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e0rgetown herald tenfages georgetown ontario wednesday january 28th 1953 ten pages esquesing reeve george leslie town insurance men victor carter new haltons new warden for 1953 on club executive president of band r c adams former merchant dies after toronto operation warden of halton county for 1953 is reeve george leslie of esques ing township mr leslie is one of a large fam ily connection whose name has been prominent in the township since the first leslie emigrated from ire land in 1619 the youngest son of the late mr and mrs john l leslie he farms on the check line next to the family farm where he twos born and which is now owned by his brother desh he first entered municipal poll tics seven years ago when he was elected anleaquesing councillor and after two terms he served a three- year term as deputy reeve he is serving his second term as reeve of the township mr leslie was chairman of the important road committee of the county last year and during his term as a county council member he has been a member of almost every committee he is esquesings member of jhe grand river con servation authority and holfi i important post of zone 3 director of the ontario agncutural council this covers the counties of welling aon grey bruce dufferin sim coe peel and halton in the mid thirties he served a twoyear term as president of esquesing agricultural society he is married to the former agnes moore and they have three chil dren mrs russell thompson mrs ernie curry and edwin ted and two grandchildren blake leslie end mrs k c lindsay of town are the new warden s brother and sis ter george leslie norval union churches oversubscribe two georgetown insurance sales men are on the board of directors of brampton life underwriters as sociation which held its annual meeting last wednesday in the queens hotel brampton jack armstrong mutual life is vice president and jack runham mctropolltin life a member of the board of directors mort levy clu million dollar producer with the imperial life in toronto gave an informal talk at the meeting giving some of his ex pericnces as a salesman oil dickout brampton first president of the group which was formed last year installed the new executive the officers are president pete ella metropol i tan life brampton vice pres jack armstrong mutual life of can ada georgetown 2nd vice pres cec williamson metropolitan life brampton secretary jim hender son london life brampton treas urere dave mifllan prudent life board of metropoll tan life georgetown colin andcr son london life oakville carl ingebertson mutual life of can ada brampton jack a us ting pru dent ml life of canada brampton joe racine clu mutual litc of canada brampton norm green sides mutual life of canada ket tleby lived in limekouse for half a century a resident of limehouse for 45 years until she moved to toronto in 1914 mrs james sharp 96 died in women s college hospital tor onto on january 17th mrs sharp the former margaret ross campbell was a daughter of duncan fraser campbell and cath rine ross mcintosh and was born in bentick township the family moved to limehouse when she was a girl and in 1876 she was married in acton to mr sharp rev d b cameron was the officiating min ister her husband died in 1985 a member of the presbyterian church she attended dornoch church as a young girl limehouse church during her residence in ibis district and st john s and grehview since moving to the city mrs sharp had been very act i v e until an operation five years ago letf her an invalid since that time she had hati to use a wheel chair surviving are four children mrs arthur ivens duncan c sharp miss colena sharp and william j sharp all of toronto a daughter mary eadie sharp died in 1943 there are three grandchildren mrs em est russell and thomas ivens of toronto and mrs j lowden wind sor and seven great grandchildren mrs sharp was- the eldest of a family of eleven surviving are two sisters and a brother mrs rob ert nickell si of rockwood mrs john pollock 86 of toronto and william campbell 82 duluth min nesota members of the family whopre- deceased her were john and dun can campbell cloquett minn peter campbell spokane washington james campbelf and mrs thomas jones idaho thomas campbell uoydminster sask and colina campbell rockwood dr kenneth glazier of gtenvlew church conducted the funeral ser vice at trulls chapel toronto and there was a service at the graver side in limehouse cemetery con ducted by rev alex calder pall bearers were ernest russell 9ha thomas ivens toronto william mcdowell harry brown and jack xawbon limehouse and jack mc gregor guelph christianou fund of brmwp i directors jack runham cer 1200 was contributed by members of norval and union pres byterian churches last year for the christian outreach both churches oversubscribing their allocation for this missionary branch of the church s activities annual statements were reviewed last week at annual meetings of the churches each of which took the fprm of a noon dinner with the meeting following in the afternoon rev g lockhart royal was chair man at both meetings the two churches shared the cost of a new furnace in the manse theje was a discussion at the nor al meeting about reroofing the church highlights of the church year in eluded a christmas day service at union and a carol service at nor val a men s club comprising come seventy members was formed for the two churches seven new farmed in esqliasing for over thirty years a fanner on the first line es quesing since 1920 john brims 67 succumbed to a heart attack at his home on january 19th mr brims was born at wick caithness scotland and was a son of john brim and ann douglas he worked for the smith and mur ray firm in wick and later trans ferred to springfield mass after members joined the norval church- coming to canada he was employed two by profession of faith and five with the canadian national rail by certificate union church mem bership increased by eleven five of these joining- by certificate at norval new members of the board of management arc oliver hunter donald clark nelson rob inson and w t craig reid also on the board ary andrew mcclure c early p leslie j davis s mcclure thomas mcgee h mc clurc h craig reid and frank ftndley secret ry treasurer the church session includes the mu ister and r reid l brown c mcclure m mcnibb w j mi clure thomas mcgee a mcclure and a hunter new members of the union board of management are w f hunter f h lons and eric les lie who will be secretary contin uing members are chairman owens macdonald a h mckane lloyd cnchton gordon stringer fraser macdonald herbert dolson and nor man icam treasurer two new members will be clec ted to the session the end of feb ruary present session members are mr royal j a mckane wil frid leslie george h leslie- clar ence anderson and f l thomp son frank black teaches oil painting classes evening art classes in oil paint ing are being conducted for the next ten weeks at the howard wriggles worth school the project has been arranged by principal william kinrade and a number of students teachers and others have enrolled in the course which is being taught by prank c black a guelph street resident who j a professional artist and has taught in toronto technical schools a monday night class is for stud ents and on tuesday night the adult roup meets it is hoped to have some paintings on exhibit at the fio fair this year public school board chairman 4th term chairman for a fourth term of georgetown pubuc school board is w edwin wilson of the smith and stone engineering department mr wilson was re elected to the pos ition at last weeks inaugural meeting of the new board the board is com posed of the same members as last year stan finlay cecil mcnamara harry shortlll ross duncan ray salter and mr wilson james f evans is secretary p b harrison treasure and m h moyer attend ance officer mrs nellie gardiner was re ap pointed as representative on the public library board regular meet ings of the hoard this year will be held on the second wednesday each month ways and the forestry reserve in alberta then worked at the limt kilns in limehstfjse finally settling south of acton where he farmed until his death he had crossed the ocean seven times in 1920 he was married at wick to margaret sutherland who predeceased him in 1929 he was a member of thi sctforth highlan dors for three eir in the first world vvjr belonged to the grand lodge of scotlaid and the caith i ess sot cty in t ronto he iuci ded knox prcsbvuri n chuich at ton survivng ire two diughteri mrs cyril fmjiby isold of george town and mrs gerald milcod jessie at home ind four grand children jean bill shirley aid dir ny englcby six sisters live in scotland mrs etti rync mrs- nellie ifarrold mrs kate mleod mrs miggie gunn and misses bella and lizzie brims he was predeceased by a daughter margaret ann who died in 1922 two sisters jessie brims in scotland and ann brims acton and three brothers george and alex scotland and donald brims montreal rev robert armstrong conduc ted the funeral service on thurs day at the rumlcy funeral home acton and interment was in fair view cemetery acton pallbearers were david joe milton and earl sprowl alfan mclsaac waller fry cr gordon johnson and william forest acton flower bearers were ivan armstrong and bill woods of milton douglas frank mervln mac leod and henry macleod acton silver wood stqne school forum has euchre social the stone school farm forum held their meeting in the school monday evening a social evening was spent playing euchre the prl zes went to mrs k c lindsay and robert miller and low scores to mr and mrs d williamson ev eryone enjoyed lunch after the euchre commuters wm still share lead with bilts brace gammer georgetown commuters defeated the rockets 2 0 on sunday in the last game of a triple header brarnpton memorial arena con muters and biltmores are still tied for first place biltmores winning their sunday game 7 1 the game with the rockets was a close checking affair played on a cut up ice surface end the fast skating commuters couldn t seem to get untracked b zc mccandless opened the scoring in the first period scor ing unasstrfed jack hamilton scor ed the second and last goal during the third period on a- pass from cliff norton late in the third period jftie rocket goal keeper ws injured when jilt on the side of his head with a flying puck and was taken to peel memorial hospital for treatment next sunday commuters play ag ainst the rovers tn the second game of the triple header at the annual meeting of the lome scots brass band held in the band room last night the following officers were elected hon presidents arthur beau mont w f bradley lt col gor don cousens ross duncan jack malcolm harold mcclure dr cliff ord reid william schcnk sid sil ver ray thompson president victor carter brampton vice president fred armstrong georgetown secretary jim golden george town treasurer ernest forgrave georgetow n special committee fred carter brampton ken allen acton emery thompson georgetown social committee nino braida acton emery thompson fred armstrong georgetown librarian thomas herbert georgetown bandmaster w o u alt permit hockey star mp will speak here georgetown- thc retiring presjdewt sgt ar thur herbert thanked the band for the support given him during the past year and urged each bands man to give their full support to the new president bandmaster perrott gave one of his inspiring talks to the band in his own humorous and yet effective manner the respect and sincere admiration for their famous band master was clearly indicated in the applause from the band at the con elusion of his talk as their last act of the year the social committee were quite sue cossful in providing suitable refresh ments and entertainment to bring the meeting to a happy conclusion howie meek the weather mr editor there has been all kinds of wea ther during the past week wind fog rain snow flurries and the odd bit of sunshine but the tempera tures look as though we are still as gordon sinclair says in the banana flrtfc em batkln toronto maple leafs popular hotkey player howie meeker mp will be in georgetown on thursday evening february 12th it was an nounced today by the local progres sive conservative executive the popular young hockey star politician has become quite m de mind as a speaker and the george tow n group are fortunate in sec uring his servues mr meeker as well as speaking to members of the association and the general public has expressed a desire to meet any of georgetown s budding young ho ckey players and will be at the local public library at 7 30 pm to meet and chat with any of the young players or olders ones who care to be on hand to ask him any sporting questions or to hear of his various experiences in the nhl circuit the general meeting will be held following this lunch will be served full details will be made known next week intimately associated with georx getown affairs since he came here as a young man in 1891 talph crpwford adams died after an op eration in toronto general hospi aal on thursday mr adams was the last of a fa mily of nine children born to tho mas adams and susan crawford of brampton he started his business career as a bookkeeper and sales man in a large department store operated by his brother inlaw a d thompson in what is now the brill store later the business was operated as thomson and jdams and after mr thomsons deathmr adams continued it as adams and co for several years he was later a traveller for the canadian carpet company at the time of his retirement a few years ago he was bookkeeper at ken mc millan s implement agency a member of the presbyterian chu later of st johns uni- jcdeh mt had been a member of the board of stewards and will be- fondly remembered by many of the young men in town as a sunday school teacher his boys class at st john s the bcuc was banner class of the sunday school for years as a member of credit lodge afam he held the high office of master in 1906 he leaves his wife maude mac- donald and several nieces and nephews including mrs f e rus sell sarnia mrs roy king onto miss jean adams and charles junkin buffalo n y arthur page bronte fred c gro- gan brampton and kenneth c grogan yellow knife nwt rev john m smith was assisted by his nephew rev arthur page in conducting the funeral service on saturday at the mcclure fun eral home palttearers were john bingham j d godfrey william deans graham farnell walter richardson and arol oneill tor onto interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown tor- mrs mrs date january 19 january 20 januray 21 januiry 22 january 2t january 24 j inuary 25 avenge max min rath 26 flurries heart attack fatal to arthur matthew r ther of willnm matthew col 1 lor of cust ms at georgetown arth r dunn matthew died sudden 1 in toronto on january 18th strkken with i henrt attack mr m ttl cw died in an nmbutince en route to wellesley hospital ho was m 1 1 v c of forf a r scotland and hid been employed for many years i machinist with the richmond fleclncal company he is survived by his wife jane steuart two children mrs w e briggs thornhitl and william stew ft matthew georgetown a brother edward in rothesay scotland and onto interment wis in pine hills cem etery following the funeral ser vice at the trull funeral home on wednesday social personal mrs jean adams buffalo n y spent the week end in town with mrs r c adams miss elizabeth cleland rn of london was a guest of mr and mrs harry adams for a few days last week mr and mrs w g marshall were week end visitors at otterville with mr and mrs william e mar sha rushed to guelph generattlos pifial on friday morning mrs charles dickeson is convalescing after an ulcer operation which she nderwent that afterpoon rs matt lawr underwent an eye operation last week in toronto gen eral hospital and is now up and around again after a week s conva lescencc at home on saturday evening a number of friends gathered at the home of mrs w a mcclure for a farewell party in honour of mr and mrs spence mckinnon who are moving to dresden during the evening they were presented wtth a silver cream and sugar set- mr and mrs frank murfin for mer georgetowners who now live in toronto are leaving this week on a month s motor trip to florida and texas they intend to visit in austin texas wite mr and mrs fre schulu who moved there from georgetown last year leslie clark again legion branch head at the annual meeting of branch 1z0 canadian legion hall held on sunday members chose their exec utive for 1953 some 14 new members were on hand to be welcomed into the bnnch the president after opening the meeting relinquished the chair to hiuh lamb zone commander who hid come over to conduct the elec lion off crs elected for lgw were hoi presidents lc roy dale qc ind l e fleck president leslie clark 1st vite pres james bell 2nd vice pres harvey garvin secretary wallace thompson treasurer bill roney chaplain archdeacon w g o thompson executive members charles day marshall timbers james murphy henry shepherd sick convener mrs t f grieve entertainment sam tennant bingo chirlcs parton propertyjames blair sports gord king and herb jnold resolutions j g b cousens the president was installed by zone commander lamb and he asked for the cooperation ol all -la- make this year a banner one as it is the 25th anniversary of branch 120 he said he hoped to see the branch have a dinner later in the year for charter and original mem bers as well as put out a booklet with pictures and history of the le gion over the past twenty five years in closing he said he had stood for president of branch 120 for a third consecutive and his lest year he would not run again because he believed that longer than two or at mnmt thr y jn artney fair board planning annual meet friday the annual meeting of the es quesing agricultural society will be held on friday evening janu ary 30 in esquesing township hall reports on the 1952 fair and activ ities during the year will be given as well as the financial statement the election of the 1953 officers will be held at the close of the meeting lunch will be served by the lady directors and anyone m crested in the fall fair is invited to attend lost friday mght a record croiwl for esquesing township hall gath ered for another fair board euchre and dance while the board was not able to accommodate all at the euchre tables most of the overflow crowd stayed for the lunch and dance and had a very enjoyable evening two more of these pleas ant evenings have been scheduled for the middle of february and march winners in the euchre fri day night were catties mrs bob alexander and mrs j van fleet acton gents w robinson acton and walter linham doris jfulls orchestra pie and bill anderson was caller office was neither good for the or ganization or individual he felt there was plenty of material in the branch for office as evidenced by the number of candidates 14 who ran for the executive offices glen williams glen beats woodbridge thrillpacked game in a game packed with thrills and excitement glen williams de feated woodbrtdge 86 on friday in georgetown arena the game opened at a rapid pace with the glen getting the first goal shortly after the whistle blew tfujchrspnrred both i saturday morning hockey schedule pee wees oilers vs reds hornets vs bears bantam bruins vs rangers leafs vs black hawks canadiens vs red- wings midget there win be no midget hockey saturday morning lack of coop eration in cleaning the ice is the reason for this vic cartev brampton was a week end guest with 1kis brother inlaw and sister mr and mrs william reeve ter clip both goalies played well blocking many shots that seemed destined for goals wooobridge evened the scoring at 3 all with 7 minutes to go in che first period and therest of the period had the fans on their feet midway through the 2nd wood- bridge scored twice then tfie glen came back to tie the score again the glen went ahead with two more early in the 3rd which gave them the win each team scored once again woodbridge made a determined bid but when they beat the d goalie jones held them off scoring for the glen were blake inglis junior beaumont and carl schenk 2 each gerry inglis and don curry peters got two for the visitors and other goals were scor ed by miller briton houfaigshead- and lew this friday zimmerman will b the visiting team