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me georgetown herald ten pages georgetown ontario wednesday evening february 4 1953 ten pages local woman baby die rln dutch flood disaster bingham wins master breeder shield plan industrial week plant visits displays ia european floods brought tragedy tsito a georgetown family m word was received yesterday by r j john fibeft that fhja wife and eightmonthold baby sou jackie were victims of the flood in holland s mrs vanojervojort and the baby wjliad flown to holland last week for a visit with her parents they left malton ahrart tuesday morning b stopped irifcbtterdem en route with fr her husbands family and on fri day continued on to her parents home five miles away at stellen lam stellendam is on the sea coast on land reclaimed from the sea by dykes when the storm broke sud denly friday night it is believed that one of the dykes gave way and the family would have had no chance to escape the vandervoort family emigrti ted to canada three years ago and until recently had lived on main street south earlier ithis year into a house formerly owned by jack mc mr vandervoort is em pl in the special products div- l dsion at smith stone ltd five children survive catherine who is employed at henry davis 1 wood products chris employed at the alliance paper mill koos a high school student and klaartje i and arie who attend public school retires from papermill easy chair presented retiring recently from thirty years service at alliance paper mills plant here mr a s mccum- ber was presentea with an easy chair as a gift from the company and members of the alliance staff association mr mccumber was supervisor of raw stock at the dime of his retire ment a newcomer to the alliance staff is lourens wildschut of toronto who has joined the control depart ment he was formerly a lab tech nician with a toronto paper prod ucts company two promotions of interest at the mill are those of joe armstrong to r super calender foreman and del jcaumont who replaced bob jaap ipervisor of the f de partment when the latter left for a new position in the states glen williams jtaiders elmira teamed in group playoff feries it was officially announced last fat after a meeting of the group c executive that georgetown and elmira will go into group play- downs in a best 4 of 7 series last night oakville managed to v t out a in over elmira raiders played one of their better games in elmira friday losing by a close 53 before a nearcapacity rowd it was ehniras third win against georgetown this season- s last local league game is next tuesday with oakville kllppers visitors commuters toppled tby avro rovers brace gammer on sunday at brampton arena the rovers defeated commuters 42 rovers outplayed the commuters all through the game and deserved the win over the league leading bob zeke mccandlcss scored i the first commuters goal unassis- i ted rovers tied the score near the end of the first period on a i goal by greenslade andrews of rovers made it j21 in the second j cofell tied the ore early in the third assisted by ake baxter late in ithe third srovers surged ahead on goals by greenslade and newton newton greenslade and woods were rovers best mccandless and p a gbotl game for nuters next sundays game against the lc athletic is the firet of a triple hea- limehouse resident half a century w a respected resident of ltme- i for firry years margaret jane khamer 74 died in peel mem- boapatal brampton on janu- jfjss swackhamer was the daugh- of the late david and mary lamer and was born in es- j towiuhip the family mo j from the scotch block in 1903 tjnv- se attended lbhe- jjbse presbyterian church surviving are three sisters mrs a mckechnie toledo ohio cecil diefenthal new hyde ny and helen swackhame jit mt- and two broth- f o swackbamqr white rock and jf h swackbamer al- j ny funeral service a the rum- acton was conducted r bey alex j calder interment in cfaurchiu cemetery pall- t were john and philip ar- r r corbett a kerr hbuere and spence mc- beat zimmerman here glen still winning before an ever increasing num ber of fans the glen won their fourth game this season by defeat ing zimmerman 07 in georgetown arena on friday the glen is now on top of the league with three straight wins a win against woodbridge in an ex hibition game accounted for their other victory streetsville plays here tthis friday the first two periods though fast had some close checking and pro vided plenty of excitement and goals galore the first period en ded 4 4 and the second 7 7 this game provided goals of the variety that had linemates assist ing much more than in previous matches the glen were stronger finishers and in the 3rd they open ed up and produced the winning goal at the 8 minute mark zim merman played their beat hockey in this period hut near the period end an insurance goal put the glen well ahead glen scor we curry inglis and schenk 2 apiece grasby scott and bud haines- watson scored 3 for streetsville and singles were tallied by englehart galbraith bridgcman and price about seventy people attended a sacred organ recital in st alban s church on sunday evening mrs jaik addy mrs lloyd davison and mrs reg williams orgadlst of the church played a number of selections which were much apprec iated by those in attendance mr and mrs george preston cel ebrated their 25th wedding annl vesrary on sunday mr and mrs or- ville usher and ronny of wood- bridge joined a quiet family party of relatives from town and glen williams mr and mrs tom hill and elea nor mr and mrs roy norton 9r and mr and mrs charles e day georgetown attended the mcdon- aldmcmenemy wedding in merrit- ton on saturday and the reception which follow ed at the queensway hotel st catharines the united church willing hel pers met monday at the home of mrs bev moody when plans were made for a croklnole social next week mrs moody and her- cohos tess mrs little served lunch the weather mr editor we may have thought january was a mild month and figures prove we were right ihe normal aver ages tor the month are maximum 27 and minimum 13 and this jan uary was 5 degrees above normal m both cases the total of the dribs and drabs of snow all month only amounted to 514 inches which is just about one third of the norma for janu ary of 16 the low est tempera ture in january was 1 degree and the highest was 50 wonder if february is going to make up for lost time but then it is only a short month ern batkin date max min s r jan 26 27 2 jan 27 36 16 flurries jan 28 a 23 flumes jan 29 28 16 flurries njan 30 32 16 r 10 jan 31 40 22 feb 1 16 1 average jo 14 r 16 oft left over rceveral important items of news been omitted from this issue of apace limitations ac- of he council meeting st george vestry meeting bowling lifaws and the home and school bw-j-us- faceting will appear m 1 j geoeoetown midget team extend oakville juveniles in the halton county police as sociation midget playoff series held last wednesday night in milton georgetown s legion sponsored midget team played heads up hock- in the sixteam group to come out as runnerup to bud corbett oakville socalled midget team georgetown boys played well in all their games especially in the final against the oakville crew a team that has been playing juvenile hookey in the toronto hockey league all season the older lads managed to win in the final 30 over the 120 club this hockey series has been in stigated by the police association of the county and has created wide spread interest accompanying the boys were alf sykes herb arnold bud james frank connely and tom beckett with wayne pries acting as stick boy members of the team who got crest for reaching the finals were sandy mackenzie doug tucker don currieyecalvin king lyn mac- rleale dale sedore george gibbs jim sennuck jim beckett rosa turner ken richardson rosscun ningham gerald scott julian reed and don smite kyle bingham right of harold bingham and son georgetown is receiving a master breeder shield from hon fletcher thomas ontario minister of agn culture at the annual meeting of the holsteinfnesian association of canada this is the highest award a holstein breeder can win huge prize list leaves fair deficit harding price again president at the annual meeting of the esquesing agricultural society held in the community hall stewart- town last friday evening harding price was reelected for his second year as president other officers elected were 1st vice president spencer wil son 2nd vice president vern ar cher treasurer p w cleave sec retary garfield l mcgilvray auditors j h bingham and j d godfrey honorary directors mrs herb cleave frank pctch john bing ham herb cleave ken mcmillan craig reid jack williamson john mnabb t l leslie dr r t piul w g marshall w c cun ninghim directors jorn bird n a rob inson tl4 brown r go graydon chester h price oliver hunter fred chapman rrank wilson r w- darou william cromar clar ence spence baccy clark james fisher spencer wllsonvern arch er lloyd r isher murt allison lcn coxe j associate directors charlie hun ter doug curne ern batkin george bunt george wilson donald lind say trevor williams ward brown- ridge howson ruddell floyd brig- den v a stein harold henry william kinrade gerald graham robert cunningham wilfrid bird denney charles maurice baker mac alexander ken murray ken ella lady directors appointed were president mrs j fcllerby hall supt charlotte mocullough 1st vice pre mrs spencer wilson 2nd vice president mra vern archer secretary miss jean rud dell directors miss m gault mrs don lindsay mrs n a robinson mrs frank fetch mrs j william son mrs fred chapman mrs k c mcmillan mrs g l mcgilvray mrs r darou mrs s mlleham mrs w cromar mrs p w cleave mrs ward brownridge mrs t j brownridge mrs o hunter mrs v archer mrs john milton mrs james fisher mrs mnnt allison miss mae wlngfield mrs euery brownridge miss wllma sflull in his opening remarks president harding price thanked all those who had helped make georgetown fair such a success in 1952 espec ially the merchants the town and township employees and the pub lic generally while the erection of the nevi building in the park combined with anlower gate due to the heat of fair day had created a large deficit he fell some effort should be made to get the fair baek on the right side of the led ger the treasurer s report showed a deficit of 1 693 67 the largest prize list in the history of the society was paid in 1952 3 079 60 with 410 00 additional for races the new building had cost 2 875 61 exu elusive of the many hours of free labour donated by directors in put ting in the foundation etc reports were given on the var ious aspects of the fair- by the dir cctors in charge lt was announced that a much 1irgcr junior irize list had been pripired and along with an ad vance copy of the ladies prize list wpulri be oft the press shortly and distributed a committee comprised of mrs graydon chester mrs frank pctch fred chapman and frank wilson was appointed to take charge of the euchre and dance to be held the middle of february tyineteen rinks in allday bonspiel nineteen rinks competed in an allday bonspiel in georgetown arena on thursday visitors coming from midland meaibrd tara brad ford unionville hillsburgh erin elora fergus grand valley and brampton rinks skipped by al cameron meaford and john grant jr un ionville topped the two draws sec ond prizes went to a hutchinson fergus and g batcman bradford with third prizewinners rev j l self midland and perc cleave georgetown playing in mr cleaves link were bob darou ted bludd and ian emslie the georgetown club had a lucky draw during the day with first prize of a popup toaster won by wesley brennan and second prize won by mr darling bradford the catchy slogan georgetown district earns a living in every store window plus a dozen displays here and there in the downtown district will a everyone aware of industrial week the chamber of commercespon sored event all next week is plan ned to acquaint local people with the industrial capacity of the dis trict elsewhere in this issue is a listing of industries and where their displays will be located the response from merchants to a re quest for window space was most gratifying and the chambers only regret is that enough displays were not available to fill every window whtcn was offered also on the program is open house at beaumont knitting smith stone and the tvo paper mills those who wish to visit these iplants should check the tunes con tained in an advertisement in this issue all mills will have guides for the tours and for safety reas- ons children under 12 cannot be admitted on the tours third event of the week will be a chamber of commerce dinner open to everyone interested next wednesday evening in st johns- church auditorium dr h l pat- terson farm economics director of the dept of agriculture will speak those attending are asked to buy tickets in advance in order that proper accommodation can be pro vided for all who wish 1o hear dr pattersons address silver wood bannocuburn entertains stone school forum stone school farm forum spent a pleasant evening on monday when they were entertained by bannock- burn forum the topic the farmer and the public was discussed with a great deal of interest by the whole group it was thought that if rural and ur ban people would meet together occasionally in their different or ganizations there would be a bet ter understanding between them it was also thought wise for farm women to become active members of the canadian association of consumers to bring about a better understanding between producer and consumer as farm women are both bannockburn ladies served lunch and a pleasant social hour was spent together jugoslav military attache visitor with col barber interesting visitors in town last week end where they were house guests of lt col and mrs john r birbcr were lt col r e hogarui and his wife colonel hogirth was on a visit to brimpton to address members of the lome scots officers association on jugoslavia where he has spent the past three years as canadian military attache in belgrade his extensive travels in europe and his insight into the country where he made his horn made his talk a very interesting one for those priv ileged to hear him the colonel is now on the dir ectng staff jaf the army staff col lege at kingston proclamation industrial week in georgetown in cooperation with the chamber of commerce 1 hereby declare the week of february 914 industrial week citizens are urged to visit the plants which are having open house attend the special chamber of commerce dinner and view the displays in the downtown store windows jack armstrong mayor new accountant at bank of commerce new assistant accountant at the bank of commerce is robert bob burke mr burke arrived in town last week to replace spence mckuinon who on monday commenced his new position a accountant at the dresden branch mr burke is a native of atwood and started his banking career there later working at the listowel branch he comes here from un ionville he is married to the for mer isobel hutchinson of listowel and they have two children don ald 4 and patricia 8 months mrs burke and the children will be moving here later this month when they take over the apartment above the bank where the mckinnons have been living norval gordon graydon speaks to farmers chib gordon graydon peel s federal member of parliament and inter nationally known for his work with the united nations gave members of terra cotta farmers club an insight into how the un works at their meeting on friday at the home of mr and mrs fraser mac- donald mr graydon told the group that people in canada and the states have so many resources and so much wealth that it is our duty to assist other countries not so fortu nate in any way we can wilfred leslie acted aschalrman at the meeting at which donald dolson played several violin selec tions at the ladies meeting held ear lier roll call was answered by a trick that will help a nelghbour vice president mrs clarence an derson askedmrs eric leslie id gve a demonstration on cookies which was both instructive and humorous the hostess and her committee mrs clarence lyons and mrs les lie young served lunch mr and mrs clarence anderson will be hosts for the march meeting mens club formed church attendance gain a successful year with a slight gam in church attendance and for mation of a men s club which is undertaking the upkeep of the par ish hall was reported by rev j e maxwell at the annual meeting of st paul s anglican church the meeting was held at he rec tory in norval miss prairie mag- uire showed a substantial balance in her treasurers report it was suggested that the wardens investi gate the possibility of putting a basement under the church and sjso of providing a weh to serve the jparish hall church officers for 1953 are- warwick coupland rector s war den john rawlinson peoples war den prairie maguire treasuxer sidesmen a herbert a need- ham a burton w finnamore h coupland w fldler g casely v g perkins parish hall commitee ormie carter warwick couplatad e burton mrs g sherring mrs h gollop mrs e brough sunfsay school superintendent mrs g sherring auditors mrs h lol lop mrs c barker mr perkins acted as vestry clerk social personal ricky alcorn son of mr and mrs james alcorn had his tonsils removed in an operation at guelph general hospital on saturday mrs e wootton of toronto is visiting this week with her son-in- law and daughter mr and mrs haroia hancox carol rayner daughter of mr and mrs bob ravnermormandy boulevard baa a party onsatur- jday to celebrate her sixth mxth- second night of marathon euchre prlxe winners at the second in the series of marathon euchres last wednesday were mrs sbmmerville and e miller middle mrs a n stark and fred brooks low mrs mlleham and cam mcenery mr and mrs brock muler arid children visited ms parents at londesboro recently congratulations to mr and mrsc giald bowers on the arrival of a second son on january 24th mr and kn alvin karn and children of london visited his fa ther and brothers here last week end mrs frank miller has visited the brock millers recently congratulations to mr and mrs t john foster on the arrival of a iktie brother for diane this week day her guests were linda law rence andgail bayher sharon al ien jeantne and charlene laev linda lane judy nash sharon par meter jill runfaam pat sargent carol stevens and her brother charles