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tme georgetown herald ten pages georgetown ont wednesday february lfith 1953 ten pages juveniles go on in championship race funeral service for accident victim georgetownfs legionsponsored juvenile 120 club advanced ano- k ther step in their quest for the on- m tario title again when they defea- k ted fergus in two straight games m last saturday night the locals went ui to fergus and in a fast bruising ir game wonhandily over the this tles 50 v on monday night the boys played in the arena and woo- 14 this was an excellent game too with fergus making a great comeback in the final period but just not able to win from the local boys georgetown next meets oakville lions in a game here next tues day from now on the 120s are making their road trips by bus and will be able to take a number of their fans along as well the lads are a great team and are bound that they will bring home another championship this year however the support they are receiving from the fans is non- existant and certainly the odd few t would- help their morale immensely l the weather mr editor w well here we ate past the mid dle of february and this week s summary still shows temperatures many degrees above normal aver age for february ihe maximum being 9 degrees up and the mini mum 1 1 degrees up em batkin date max min snow feb 9 33 24 feb 10 37 15 feb 11 34 18 2 feb 12 31 26 flurries feb 13 34 24 feb 14 43 22 flurries feb 15 33 24 flurries average 35 22 mulder family thought drowned in flood i lady curlers at brampton spiel a rink from georgetown ladies curling club competed m a bon- i spiel at brampton on thursday and though not finishing in the prize money they won one of their games and lost the other two by close scores mrs sam mackenzie mrs jack mcgibbon mrs ernie curry and j mrs wray bessey were members of lihe local team they played st tcatharines in the morning bramp kton in the afternoon and toronto t granite club at night two bramp- ton rinks took top prizes the first 1 skipped by mrs j mcarter had i mrs c marshall mrs dr heggie land mrs dr armitage on the team won the harold wilson tro- i phy second prize went to mrs i magwood 5 rink members of which ifwere mrs c royce mrs j mc arthur and mrs bruce mcclure kitchener rink won consolation sixteen rinks competed from ibrampton st catharines george- ltown kitchener woodstock wei lland owen sound lakefield un- lionville brantford toronto and i hamilton former georgetowners mr and mrs ouke mulder and their young daughter frances were drowned in she english flood according to word which reached town this week word of the tragedy came in a letter which graham porter rtcei v ed from relatives in new found land an english news broadcast had been heard there and the lis tener had not caught the name but said that it was a dutch name and that the broadcast had said the fa- family formerly lived on kennedy street georgetov n and had mov ed to england last august the mulders- were living at 12 seville street walton on ouse which is in the flooded area well known in town and district they lived at limehousc before moving to town mr mulder was employed at the smith and stone plant and his wife worked at the bell tele phone- office mrs mulder was an english girl and has no known relatives in this country mr mulder of dutch birth has a sister mrs roejeof mul der who lives in guelph in lew proprietor t fairview inn jeairview inn on no 7 highway a new proprietor i george kent of port credit ought the business this week from ob caldwell v ho established it a couple of years ago and will en the restaurant on friday mr kent is an experienced res ent man he served for six t during the war with the roy- canadian artillery in canada and his wife and six chil presently irving in port dh and the family will be mov to georgetown as soon as they locate a house trust company official speaks to insurance men an address by fletcher l piper of the toronto general trusts cor poration featured the luncheon meeting of the brampton i ife un der writers association held it the queens hotel iebruiry 1 1th mr piper stressed that life in surance is frequently needed to pay the debts or tnc succession duties of an estate the many aspects of i trust will and a v ill by outright distribution were discussed in dc tail the guest speaker was intro ducted by j r racine clu mut ual life brampton and thanked by colin anderson london life oakville two of the newer members jack gudgeon aria fred lawrence of the prudential life in georgetown were officially received by the local as sociation han street numbering lis year in georgetown liste growing town etown will have house num- j this year ra plan suggested by mayor arm- ic will see a number assigned the proper sequence to every borgetown residence assessment commissioner joseph is in charge of numbering nes and during the next few will be mailing cards to i bouse owner telling them their gr number the plan will take tine for care must be taken i allow numbers also for vacant ross peters rev alfred barker conducted the funeral service yesterday at the msqure- funeral home f peters 11 who was tragically kil led in a traffic accident saturday night ross was the youngest son of mr and mrs ed peters mill road and was a grade 5 student in mr v stein s class at chapd street school members of his class went to the funeral home in a group on tuesday morning to pay their re spects to the popular young lad he is survived by his parents three brothers ernest of vancou ver b c robert and donald and one sister marilyn at home pallbearers were john whitney ted middleton richard bradley and jack handy during the ser vice raymond and sydney fletcher sang the lord s prayer officers installed for true blue lodge new officers of halton s pride 393 loyal true blue lodge were installed at a recent meeting with supreme grand mistress falrfaul in charge of the ceremony sister nellie perkins toronto presided at the evening in the oddfellows hall mrs fred mccartney was pres ented with her past mistress jewel at the meeting social a personal ian emails joe chapman john cornelius and norrrt devereeux competed in a curling bonspiel at bradford this week mrs kyle bingham is spending a couple of weeks in hamilton visiting with her sister mrs alex mcgee and mr mcgee mr dick crichton an engineer with the balkcallender company in toronto flew to washington this week on a business trip lt col and mrs gordon cous- ens attended a dinner and dance of the imperial officers association on friday at maloneys galleries toronto a former local man ma jor roger guyot was also a guest mrs fred laws was pleasantly surprised sunday on the occasion of her birthday when members of her family gathered at the home of her son and daughterin law mr and mrs charles laws mr and mrs don barrager spent the latter part of the week in cleveland where they attended the convention of the national institute of cleani dyeing they trav- elled both ways by plane a visitor in town with mr and mrs harry adams is norman seg- gar of edinburgh scotland mr seggar intends to make canada his heme and js looking around for suitable mployment then hopes to bring his wife and family to can ada off for a vacation m florida are mr and mrs syd orr mr leroy dale qc and mr tom hewson they flew south last weekend mr and mrs orr plan to stay a month at clearwater and mr dale and mr hewson will be vacation ing at st petersburgh cst george gousens rcmp has returned to edmunston n b after spending two weeks with his par ents lt col and mrs gordon cousens while here they visited in temagami with his brother colin w ho is stationed there with the provincial police will be assigned in ae on each street with every on one side and odd on j ottoer for apartment and two- r dwellings which contain two selfcontained apartments generate entrances an a b erin girl dies in 25th year ann rira magill 24 youngest daughter of mr and mrs w g magill erin died on monday feb ruary 9th following an illness of several months born in erin on october 31st 1928 she received her education in erin public and continuation school except for three and a half years with the t eaton co in tor onto she spent her life in erin she is survived by her parents three brothers william j erin j pear son brampton bonar p erin and a sister valentine mrs j j tocher erin the funeral took place from the waddell funeral home to erin uni- britainholland flood relief fund acknowledged 140 00 mrs williim cooke 2 00 mr ind mrs j d krltj 10 00 mr ind mrs herb hughes 10 00 georgetown br inch cm red cross 100 00 mr ind mrs charles chipman r 00 chirles atwoori 2 00 mrs h hay ward 5 00 miss hazel harrison 10 00 wilter brandford 5 00 mr s a scott 5 00 mr b s case 10 00 mr a h noble 5 00 anonymous 50 00 mrs w j roe 5 00 silverwood w i 25 00 miss minnie young 500 golden gate cafe 10 00 mr and mrs w g bell 10 00 a friend 1 00 gordon hutt 300 john hepburn 5 00 james linton 500 a friend 500 mcgowan specialty shop 25 00 miss beatrice hume 500 alex hume 500 g l mcgilvray 200 leslie clark 500 52100 ross peters killed in weekend accident toll mrs james hill dies in guelph hospital a native of england and resi dent of glen williams since 1916t mrs james hill 70 died in st joseph s hospital guelph on fri day she had been seriously ill since last summer and had spent several months in toronto and gucl h hospit ils mrs hill the former clin flood w is born at crc wc chester and w is the dturhter of john flood ind hinn in leech she came to c inani in lmo worked in acton ind inter in georgetown the in ji i of the lite john r birbtr ird litir it ihe fxch inge hotel until hir miiriagein 1916 c by her husband she was picdire iscd by four sisters and four brothers archdeacon w g o thompson i onduetcd the funeral service on monday it the mcclure funeral home ind interment followed in glen williams cemotery pallbear ers were six nephews albert ken dour and charles hill harvey and lome garvin port arthur move for david crichton a former georgetown man da vid crichton jr has received o move with his firm from owen sound to port arthur a mj crichton who has been em ployed with the staff of kennedy son in owen sound left recently for his new position his wife and three sons david bruce and ian are still living in owen sound and will be joining him at the lakehead when they can find living accom modation britain holland flood relief fund a gift from the people of council of women 10 to flood relief a ten dollar donation to the bri tainholland flood relief fund was made at fridays meeting of the local council of women at the home of miss hettle lawson there was a gootl attendance and mrs j w kerr presided the monthly news letter from national council urged the practical appli cation of the council motto which is the golden rule the national president maintains that more canadian women should run for public office to supply the need for the feminine point of view at government level the past president of n cjw ad dressing a meeting in montreal on the subject united nations the town meeting of the world view ed the un as a pat instrument for doihg gods work in a practi cal way feeding the hungry caring for the needy concerning itself with human progress and breaking down barriers of race colour and creed briefs were given on the activi ties of many council groups across canada dealrng with subjects like mental health civil defence plans low rental housing stiff er penalties for drunken drivers jury duty for women and natural resources members were advised to see the film mandy when it comes to the local theatre mrs kerr gave an interesting paper on her observa tions at the toronto hobby show refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by mrs nod well at the tea table mist staunton and mrs baxter trie march meeting will be at the home of mrs j b mackenzie visitor here was tv talent winner a toronto girl who was a guest of brenda henderson last weekend at the home of mr and mrs char les henderson is making fine pro gress in music and has already ap peared on television elevenyearold betty morrison appeared recently on a cblt talent contest and won first prize of 50 for her accordion playing ross dillon wins television set htss dillon won a television set lutky door prize at avro hockey night in mnple leaf gardens rec cntlv fuh avro cnploce wis allowed to ikt i guest ind ross iccompan jed ken mcndlnm for his lucky evening mrs fawcett hospitalized car crash this morning it was a black weekend in geor getown with four accidents invol ving local people occuring on sat urday and sunday and another this morning a georgetown man is charged with manslaughter following the death of ross peters 11 who was found dead at ihe side of the 9th line by his mother about 0 30 saturtday night ihe young lad bad attended the show in the afternoon and later was playing with his chum leonard tucker at the tucker home his parents became worried when he failed u come home and mrs pet ers left their house at the mill road 9th line corner to look for him she first noticed his cap and 1 toy pistol lying on the road then discovered the body some feet ayhy later in the evening cpl joseph imcbain who was called to inves tigate made the arrest bob hepburn driving a glen taxi cas escaped uninjured when the car went out of control on no 7 highway near penson s service station rolled over a cement cui vert and bounced off a tree he was returning from an early morning trip to acton about 7 am and was alone in the car the cab was completely wrecked sunday morning ross norton driving his fathers station wagon towards brampton on no 7 went into a skid hit a tree and telephone pole which completely demolished the car the accident happened across from rosafe farm he was treated in peel memorial hospital for chest injuries and shock and returned home today a student at domin ion business college toronto ross had been home for a week helping out while his rather ai norton was in hospital for an operation sunday afternoon pauline smith received knee injuries when a car driven by william hayes ingle- wood skidded and rolled over on the 9th line the driver and mary jane arnold also a passenger were not injured mrs george fawcett was taken to brampton hospital after a two- car collision on the 9th line this morning at 10 o clock the injured woman had broken ribs and facial cuts mr and mrs fawcett were driv ing towards town on the 9th lane and their car was m collision with a car driven by douglas mcclure brampton which had been travel ling west on mill road his daugh ter ruth mcclure 4 was treated at the scene by dr a mcallister for n cut on the forehead tell the herald about your vis its and visitors that s news fred switzer joy bianchi wed at st stephens church leos electric service is new business here a new georgetown businessman is leo riemer who has established leos electric service on mh1 st this enterprising young man has been in canada for a year and a half and learned his trade in his native holland he comes from amersfoort near spakenburg where he attended electrical school for three years then worked on ra dar and- servicing electric motors when he first came to canada he worked for a short time at a stone quarry at terra cotta then took up his trade again with fred s elec tric in erin and for a year worked in brampton at chappies appliance store a short time ago he went into business for himself establish ing at ballinafad and now is mov ing to georgetown where he feels there is more opportunity in his line of business mr riemer has rented the house on mill street owned by jack mc- gibbon which has been empty since the reid and ma f moved from town he will r all the building for his shop except the part in front where j v barker has his real este office at present he is boarding at vic toria but expects to be moving soon to town an accomplished organist he formerly played the organ in hillsburgh baptist church and at present is organist in orangeville presbyterian church c flood relief money is badly needed in britain and holland will you helpt red tulips daffodils snapdragons and lilies formed the setting in st stephen s church hornby for the wedding of joy violet bianchi daughter of mrs bianchi and the late joseph bianchi norval and frederick richard switzer son 6f mr and mrs j c switzer nor val rev j e maxwell officiated and mrs price played the wedding m- sic the bride was given in mar riage by her brother walter buin- chi end was gowned in slipper sa tin and charrtilly lace with lofig tfltted sleeves he fingertip veil of nylon net was caught to a dia mond and bead studded headdress rshe carried a colonial bouquet red roses mary bianchi maid of honour was gowned in pink net mrs d foreman was bridesmaid gowned in nile green satin and grace bianchi junior bridesmaid wore a gownof yellow satin all wore floral halos to match their gowns and carried bouquets of yellow and pink cat- nations the three attendants are sisters of the bride arnold switzer was best man fr his brother and ushers were an for lerio wn it will be used main street the four corners jmh1 and main will- be used for uth break and numbers run la sequence in either dir- ftjnra docs not intend to the ttp of providing the for houses which thousand dol- i use t money in- each householder may pur- a number aimself it is bo- fbat the majority will do so success of the plan depends booses beinft clearly nutn- ted church on thursday afternoon february lth when her pastor rev a r mulr conducted the ser vice in the presence of a very large congregation interment at erin cemetery the pallbearers were stanley chambers oscar j hurren leo lyons r a moodre r j mc- enery dr b j wlngrove the flower bearers were don bil- ungsley colleen barry shirley hbrton joan lyons mary maxwell mabel peavoy millie robinson aggie scott doris steen joan smith linda thorosen marlon teeter- georgetown make your contribution at municipal office your bank herald office be generous your help is needed johnd kelly treasurer gatto of guelph and ted brown f hmehouse- j the reception was held in qt stephens parish hall the brides mother received wearing a mauve crepe dress with black accessories and a corsage of yellow carnation the groom s mother assisted wear ing sheer blue with a corsage of pink carnations for going away the bride wore a navy blue suit wkh navy and red accessories her corsage was pink roses and forgetmenots mr and mrs switzer left for a a trip to new york they will live in horn by on their- return