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georgetown herald georgetown out wednesday feb 25th 1953 twelve pages costum lions nd lucky draws wee a good show a crowd of over five hundred turned out for the lions jamboree saturday night in the arena when 4he lineup of entertainment in cluded an eringeorgetown cjub hockey game races costume prizes and skating to the lome scots band an added feature was a figure skating exhibition by high school student betty greig who has been studying for several years at dixie it was the first skating carnival in town for some years and its sue cess should mean the continuance of this feature by the lions club in future years only disappoint ment was that more grown ups were not in costume but the young peo pie made up for this and there was a good variety of colourful cos tumes especially among the girls skating races occupied the first part of the e merchants tad donated a number of attractive prizes for the 7 and under group each received a balloon and a small gift presented by the georgetown 5c to 1 00 store first and second prizewinners m other races were boys 10 and under brian lewis hockey sweater richardson s hard ware ed wylie milk tickets georgetown dairy girls 10 and under lois denham watermen s pen simmons jewellers linda korzack roxy theatre tickets boys 12 and under doug richard- wort hockey sweater riehacdson s fred harrison food voucher bucks fine foods girls 12 and under karen scott waterman s ipen simmons barbara alcott milk tickets georgetown dairy boys 15 and under bruce denham wallet joes tuck shop vic mil ler voucher cleave s meat mar ket girls 15 and under pierette pruneau bed lamp mcclure s home furnishings claire bradley voucher barrager s cleaners boys 16 and over don jarvie ar row shirt silver s paul barber dash tray scott motorsw- girls 16 and over neretta zilto nylon slip mcgowan s specialty shop pierette pruneau dash tray scott motorsr a bicycle race on ice between john hulme and bruce denham was exciting in the first lag until the latter had mechanical trouble with his bike though he gamely fin ised the race john won a gallon of presume from billmarshall mo tors and bruce got a hockey swea er from richardson s costumes were judged by mayor jack armstrong and j l lambert winners and their prizes were best bey bob tracey ho key swu ter richardson s bill farmer voucher bucks fine foods best girl gail thompson waterman s pen simmons karen norton fan oy cookies budget market best couple karen scott theatre tick ets roxy theatre bob tnciy voucher barrager s cleaners best clowns gail mcgilvray mine emm er son scrap books and skip ping ropes georgetown 5c to 1 00 oldest couple on skates were wellington greensward and mrs joe mcclintock who were prcscn ted with a car mirror scott mot ors and a bottle of cologne robbs drugs a grnnp nf trr 4adi popped fritainhollaiid flood relief fund acknowledged o21 00 anonymous 50 00 imperial section can leg 25 00 george smith 5 00 silvers dept store 25 00 sam penrice 10 00 syd hunt 4 00 anonymous 5 00 anonymous 10 00 herb distance 10 00 local 78a brotherhood of electrical workers 347 35 donations will be acknowledged in next weeks issue f w shortill 2 00 anon 25 00 e l 5 00 st john s united church junior choir 5 00 mrs j r lindsay 2 00 local council of women 10 00 cgit st john s church 10 25 nifty nine euchre club 10 00 stone schoostagarm forum 30 00 budget marked 5 00 anon 2 00 verdun rebekah lodge 50 00 milton bird 5 00 a friend 5 00 anon 2 00 dr frank watson 5 00 joe prucyk 2 00 dr c v williams 10 00 mrs w d johnston 5 00 alfred h perrolt 10 00 mr and mrs k r macdonald 5 00 mr and mrs w t sinclair 5 00 mildred norton 1 00 orion oddfellows lodfic 2a 00 lnnc ritchie 2 00 brampton merchant dies during mexico vacation vacationing with his wife at- ac- anulco mexico david a mcclure 30 prominent brampton merchant suffered a fatal heart attack after returning from water skiing on thursdays mr mccluro owned mcclures furniture store and the brampton i funeral service he had been in charge of the business since his fa thers death severaj years ago his father arnott mcclure was a cousin of harold mcclure of town chairman of the retail division of brampton chamber of com merce mr mcclure was also a dir ector of brampton lions club a graduate of the tjniverslty of tor onto he was a member of the ma sonic order aod the presbyterian church surviving are his wife patricia may moore his mother mrs arnott mcclure and two sisters mrs w e be brampton and mrs phil ip harley chestnut hiu mass bell appointed ss general manager john malcolm new plant manages plant manager of smith st sione ltd for the past few years john bell has been promoted to general manager of the company john malcolm who has been as sistant plant manager assumes mr bells former position and will be manager of the three georgetown plants mr bell came to georgetown in december 1945 and before that time was in ottawa with the nai ional research council he is a 1931 graduate in electrical engin eering of the university of toronr to mr malcolm formerly with research enterprises ltd at lea side has been with the company since april 1946 board approves sketch plans school building leslie ellis joining us ceramic firm leslie ellis a ceramic engineer with smith and stone ltd will be leaving the company the middle of march for a new position in the states mr ellis will join the staff of snkm china a large firm located in salem ohtomt0wn of 12 000 in the- centre of the american cer anm industry mrs lllis and their son brian are planning to remain in georgetown for a time until they find housing at com mod at ion in tht ir new home town 1250 6 en route from edmonton where he had been taking a three week course flying officer keith scott spent three days last week with his parents mr and mrs edgar stott he has now returned to his base a greenwood n s next 120 sure winners will meet dunnville georgetown juveniles last night gave oakville lions a 10 i trimming in the second round of the omha playoffs the other tame wilf be played in oakville tonight the winner will meet dunnville reputed to be one of the toughest teams in the province in the first period of list nights game both teams displayed a fast tricky brand of hotkey oakville pressed hird all the time finally bulging the twine on an effort by bowie at i 19 cunningham who we think is georgf tow n b most im proved player came b iuc it the half way mark on a solo to lie it up j3oth teams pressed hard but gcprlotow n begin to assert their dominmci of tnc j la wl ich they kept throughout the renmi der of the period and the gime the second stinn had bircly opened when cunnmlhttm set one up or fred dickinson who made no mistake about sinking it from then on the 120s took complete con trol grashy sinking what was prob ably the nicest goal of the game on a hard shot at 7 08 followed a couple nf minntrr litrr n architects entertain public school board john b parkin associates archi tects for the howard wngglesw orth public school entertained school boird members and officials on sat urday in toronto dinner at the old mill was fol lowed by in even ng of entertain ment some of the group attending met mni 1c i c ifs hockey limc and others gun j to the operi it the hovjl alexandri social personal mrs archie ferguson of dundalk is visiting in town with her daugh ter mrs robert lane union st mr and mrs corey herrington were visitors on sunday in durham with mr and mrs mark wilson mrs e d sheley was here from birmingham michigan last week to spend i few diys with her mo ther mrs john o nciii mr frank petch visited for the week end at ville st pierre mon treal with mr and mrs ross petch attending the hvdio convention in toronto this week were members of the loc il commission e w binklev graham rarnell and mayor jack armstrong and hydro surper mtinduit g w mcealhim on valentines day mr and mrs thomis eison were hosts at a firmly dinner to celebrate the birthday of his sister mrs r h mitchell among those present were mr and mrs reuben eason june and betty of campbellford mr and mrs steve eason and br ndi faye mr bob eason mr ind mrs r h mitchell miss ruby mitchell and mr john michje a large group of georgetbwn peo pie were in buffalo last week end attending a hockey game in which htrshey bears defenccman joe srhertzl of norvil scored the win ning goal in an american league game among those who saw the u ime were mr and mrs bob lane mi md mrs niek ferri mr and mis ken nash ind mrs nashs sistt r miss dui c ei m id iison mr i 1 mis john stticrt1 mr and mrs k d iv idson ceoric smith 1 mr ai d mrs del bciumont donations still coming flood fund at 1250 a 2 00 gift to the flood relief fund brought into the ilerild office this afternoon by little lynne rit chio daughter of mr and mr b rltrhio hron the and bagged popcorn which was sold by a group of high school girls dressed in their cheerleader uni formsjack gunning was emcee for the show which concluded with a draw for lucky door prizes win ners of these were shirley muck art picnitfl ham goldham s meat market toe wilcox buftct tray barbers gift shop john s grah am r r 3 pillow slips garner s ike inglis glen williams herald subscription jim sargent fruit basket caruso s mrs j mourit zen glen williams what not far nells mrs wilbert alexander hotkey sweater richardson s two prizes are still unclaimed orange ticket no 165 what not farnells and orange ticket no 445 pyrex dish thompson hardware euchre enriches flood fund by thirty dollars thirty dollars for the britain holland flood relief fund was taken a silver collection monday at a social evening in the stone school planned by the farm forum mrs a w norton and ernie mil ler won first prizes in cards and second prizewinners were mrs h marchington and bob miller terracotta mr and mrs jerry downer of new toronto were- week end visl tors with the mcbrides and m georgetown with mr and mrs jack edge on sunday mr and mrs walter hsyward of guelph visited with the harvey puckering ohe by diggor mcclure from bud haines cunningham scored again on a beautiful solo less than a min- u c later this period saw a few penalties with haines and mcclure sitting it out in the sin bin ior roughing and tripping respectively whlc oakvilh got three for rough ong and charging on the whole the period was a clean one with referees bailey and dixon keeping it well in control bailey took a hard one on the ankle from a puck fired by grasby which may put the oakville star out of tonights line up with oakville intermediates ag- atnst milton the third period saw the locals on a scoring rampage with goals notched by sedore 2 both on as stets from haines while grasby net ted two and haines picked up the last on a beautiful rush on an as sist by mcclure the last frame saw the oakville goalie worked to death while maltby had very little to do tucker and bowles picked up penalties for roughing the fans are still conspicuous by their absence however now that the boys are in the third round of the provincial playoffs maybe a few more will turn out to see these very fine exhibitions of hockey georgetown goal maltby def ence brecn jarvle centre paul barber wings haines dickenson alternates mcclure grasby sdbt ore tucker ritchie porte cun ningham king sub goal sandy- mackenzie oakvhle llons goal brown def ence richmond allan centre p campbell wings bowles lawrence alternates hutchinson carflck wolanctyk dryden edwards banks gjvings to date to over 1250 interest in the council sponsored fund is increasing daily and as yet there is no indication where the total might reach only organised effort to date in the industrial pic ture was fl canviss of members of local 788 at smith stone which raised 350 this plus a donation of 100 from georgetown council and 100 from georgetown red cross were the three largest dona lions fraternal groups and organize tions have also swelled the total with the rebekah lodge oddfel lows legion imperials and local council of women among those do nating the cgit and junior choir of st johns church the nifty nine fuehre club and silver wood in stitutt are other names in the lish stone school firm forum raised at a social dozens of slml lir events arc in the planning stage legion w a ladies are devoting their fashion show proceeds to the fgnd tomorrow a glen williams lady mrs bragg smith is having a tea llmchousc and ballinafad w i will have euchre parties and all this in addition to money which has gone for the same pur pose without local acknowledgement for instance a special collection has been taken at scn george s church lor a central anglican fund the rcbekahs have sent another 50 to their headquarters many dutch residents of the surrounding community have contributed heavily to a fund collected by their church in brampton the lions club has collection bottles in downtown bus iness places 50th wedding marked by the laurencd burts farmers near georgetown for al most half a century mr and mrs laurence burt were fifty years wed last wednesday relatives and other friends num bering over a hundred were pres ent during the day to fecilitate the couple an anniversary cake was topped with a pair of doves which had decorated mrs burts mothers cake 83 years ago and which had also been used by mrs bu a sis- ter for her golden and diamond wedding cakes alice matilda sovereign and laur ence burt were married burling- ton on february 18th903 they farmed in erin township for two years then purchased from an un cle the 7th une farm where hey still uvc they have a family of six children george roy and el mer of georgetown mrs kenneth hamilton erin lloyd burt and mrs william johnston acton there are fourteen grandchildren mr burt was secretary of the stone school until he retired last year as a board member at the celebration on wednesday mrs burt recalled that she wore the first rose cut in the georgetown greenhouse in 1903 the business last operated by the barber floral company was established that year by mr burts uncle herb kennedy and during a visit to the greenhouse ah employee ted colman presented her with the rosebud n the weather mr editor one month more until the first day of spring or at least it will be the 21st of march after the weather we have had this winter anything may happen to our spring this year ern batkln date max min rain feb j6 25 12 flurries feb 17 26 14 flurries feb 18 27 12 si feb 19 43 6 feb 20 54 26 r 86 feb 21 40 24 feb 22 26 9 average 34 42 14 71 si r 86 kid hockey tourney slated for georgetown a kid hockey ournament with teams from a number of ontario towns is being planned in george town arena on march 14th gordon aleott former george lowncr who is active in the little nhl organization is arranging de tails of the big day and the legion hockey committee will be in ehirte with the legion supplying lunch for lhe visitott at the legion hall flic hockey will take place satur diy morninfc and rumours are that ioster 1ft witt and teeder kennedy will be among tho visiting celebn tics last weeks scores in the local letori sponsored league pee wees oilers 7 reds 0 bears 4 hornets 0 bantams hawks 5 bruins 1 rangers 2 rod wings 1 canadiens s leafs 1 tost property optioned for georgetown addition preliminary sketch plans submit ted by the barnett rieder firm of architects have been approved by nortti halton high school board for the new acton high school and additions to the georgetown and milton schools at a meeting in milton on fri day which had been preceded by visits to the school sites that after noon the board took an option on 4c acnes of land owned by jack lost located behind the present georgetown school and a 6 a acre property in acton owned by dar win cripps where the new acton school will be built price of each property is 6 000 any hope of gym auditoriums for the three schools at present was dispelled in a letter fro the deptt of education which advised that grants are now payable only on or dinary classrpoms the board in fact was one of the last to obtain grants on a home economics and a shop room the former being plan ned for georgetown and the latter for acton a new member claude cook of acton has been appointed by county council to replace c e wood who ii leaving acton and has resigned from the board mee ing nights have been set fr the fourth mon- aay in the month w ith meetings alternating between the three towns ind esqucsink community hall at stewarttown five municipal councils will have a pleasant surprise when they re- teivt the high school budget for 195 j no increase in municipal grant is being asked and north hal ton district w ill function on the same budget as last year 49 800 sister dies in brampton hospital iii with heirt trouble since an ot ration some time ago flossie vcn henry 4i dicl in peel mem ornl hospital brampton last wed nesday a daughter of bert harrison brampton she leaven one daughter gwen mrs john mccauley two sisters mrs birtlay harris orange ville ind mrs ed furnoss bramp ton ind two brothers bert harri on bnmplon ind fred harrison goijctpvvn inti n icnt wns in bnmpton cem ttcrv following the funeral service en rridiv it the mckillop funeral h mt tho bntnn homind flood re hit fund needs your help team standing unchanged ace bailey section a sorry that there was a mistake in last week s scores it was a very close race between silver s and maccormacks silvers took two games while maccormack s took one and the total sjy the result was u 43 split maple leaf dairy pro ved no match for mcclure s and lost 7 0 the team standing is now silvers 81 maccornacft s 63 maple lent dairy 57 and mcclure s 51 winning the spoon for the week- and llso high trtple was d wilson 737 226 202 309 run ners up were j brandford 717 250 248 219 t wylie 703 245 176v 282 in the singles class it was aee bailey 302 g barber 289 n shipw iy 256 b anderson 253 low scorer was h chaplin with 488 the high team score of 3090 was lolled by maccormacks sorry no icsults were received from groups b and c four straight for elmira raider social personal dr and mrs f e dodds of red deer alberta spent the week end with wr and mrs w f bradley mr and mrs john smith of col 1 ingw ood were visitors last week with mr and mrs john long mrs jessie adams was in town from sl thomas for a few days last week visiting with relatives vrsitors from ottawa last week end with mr and mrs john bell were mr and mrs c f pattenson and mr and mrs william wilson a theatre party marked the 9th birthday on saturday of doreen davidson daughter of mr and mrs jack davidson academy road with a birthday supper afterwards guests were lorraine hills karen shortill gail malcolm lots den ham dorothy and dickie page cheryl puckering karen norton susan collier billy and betty lu cas and doreen s sister wendy on sunda february 15th in st john s tlnlted church rev john m smith officiated at the bap tism of martin donald lloyd ras- borry the baby is the son of mr and mrs donald rasberry mrs charles allen and on larry and mrs david wood were present at the baptism mrs keith barber and miss mary barber attended the wedding in windsor on saturday of mrs bar bers niece miss madelyn webster the bride is the daughter of mrs frederick webster andthe late mr webster she was married to gor don a dlnsmore in st andrews presbyterian church georgtown hockey fans may still sec the aiders in action again if present oha plans work out a plan is under consideration by which clubs eliminated from their groups may be reclassified and placed in va challenge series the winner receiving a trophy and the right to challenge the ontario championship team in the group raiders for instance played in termediate a in the elmira series in a reclassification it would be possible for them to be either in termediate a or b or senior b de pending on the decision of the oha the plan will depend on whether enough defeated clubs are interest ed to make the proposition worth while georgetown has indicated a desire to join in any such plan in georgetown on monday a lack lustre series compared to last years exciting finals saw elmira admin ister the fourth straight trimming to the local th was some good r hockey on georgetown s part but never all in one game and there wcren t even any longshot bts that raiders could win the series mens club attends early communion st george s men s club over thirty strong attended the eight oclock communion service 9uqday morning and afterwards had break fast and a short business meeting in the church basement a number of men promised to read lessons at forthcoming services and president sam penrice announ ced that events this spring will in clude a st georges day dinner a special sunday service conducted by the men and cleanup work around the church grounds