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the georgetown herald d ten pages georgetown ont wednesday march 4th 1953 ten pages mulder family safe friends receive news s thetr friends in georgetown and xamehouse are overjoyed to know lhat reports of the death in the english flood of mr and mrs ouke l mulder and young daughter fran ces proved to be erroneous a week ago the story was re ported in the herald after a local resident had a letter from relatives in newfoundland who had heard an english news broadcast in which it was reported that a family with a dutch name who lived on kennedy street georgetown and had moved to england last year were flood victims as the facts seemed to fit the mulder family and as they were known to be liv ing at walton on naze which is in the flood area the worst was fear ed after this report a limehouse friend mrs james noble wrote the town clerk in their home town in england for information and re celved back an airmail lette from he mulders reporting all safe and well details later apparently the family were forced to move upstairs in their home and were caused some inconvenience with flooded sewers etc but nothing worse befell them britainholland flood relief fund bantam table show poultry meet feature a table show of bantams judged by les ridler guelph featured the monthly meeting of georgetown and hamon poultry association in the oddfellows hall on friday norman ridler erin presided at the meeting which w as attended by fanciers from kitchener guelph brampton milton and georgetown main street fire scare on saturday a fire scare on main street sat urday noon was caused when an oil space heater in clarence bain s apartment gave trouble the fire brigade was called only minor smoke damage was repor ted acknowledged 1250 60 local 788 brotherhood of electrical workers further donations see list elsewhere 6 00 branch 120 can legion 100 00 george preston 200 lucy wagstafte 1 00 r j short 100 mrs a f bragg smith proceeds of tea 37 22 mrs barraclough 10 00 lisl 10 00 dennis brown 3 00 mr and mrs wm emslie v a stem sr 5 00 5 00 doe de dewifct 20 00 mrs f w johnson 5 00 thursday thimble club 25 00 anon 20 00 a scotch lady 25 00 robert buchanan 2 00 w e brigden 5 00 mabel chavc 10 00 mrs florence curtis 2 00 bell telephone staff 5 00 h h rugg 5 00 mrs d w stewart 3 00 anon 10 00 chapel st school 4 j 44 marie lindsay 5 00 b h hansen 5 00 mrs mccaig 3 00 j gertrude wright 10 00 herbert beers 100 00 ladies curling club 10 00 alan prouse 10 00 a crossroader 500 anon 2 00 james emmerson sr 5 00 ladles auxiliary georgetown fire dep t 15 00 mrs l w dann 5 00 maureen hepburn and l 10 marl en e kemshead olive ostrander 1 00 harry goldham 10 00 jpf esquesinj native was western pioneer vet an esqyesing native who had lived in the west since his youth dr john f fisher- 89 died at his home in brandon manitoba on thursday he would have cclcbra ted his 90th birthday on sunday dr fisher was the eldest son of william fisher and mary miller and was born on the fisher home stead established by his grandfath er and now owned by george fish er he went to manitoba as a young man of 19 and after teaching school a year returned to ontario and graduated as a veterinary returning to manitoba he eslab lishcd a practice in brandon and also entered business as an auction eer a real estate agent and a livery stable owner his son dt- rowe fisher was associated with him in his veterinary practice his w if e dora rowe whom he met and married in the west was also originally from the georgetown district she predeceased him thir ty years ago and a son robert also predeceased him he is survived by two sons dr rowe fisher in three brothers and two sisters all resident in georgetown and dis trict also survive mrs walter lav son sr mrs hume currie w w isher george a fisher and thomas j fisher two brothers are dead peter and dr robert o fisher poultry group holds saturday euchre at a social evening and euchre m stcwarttown hill on saturday sponsored by georgetown and hal ton county poultry association guests abterfjiled from many towns including owen sound toronto orangeville streetsillc acton and milton entertainment was provided at lunch time by syd morey toronto and jack mowat brampton first prizes at euchre were won by mrs b anderson acton and fred kent ner acton seconds by mrs syd robin georgetown and corey her rington and consolations went to c runge owen sound and j c stoddart giis news 120s two goals down play friday in dunnville last week was a heavy one for jthe georgetown juvenile b entry in their playoff series they play ed a return game with oakville winning handily 8 4 over the wea jeer team dickenson grasby and fonte managed to get two apiece while cunningham and sedore tal lied one the game was a good one with oakville fighting gamely all the way the game was also 8 very clean one with very few penalties georgetown only picking up one dunnville 6 120 s 4 in what was probably the best and fastest game of hockey seen in georgetown arena this year the dunnville entry picked up a commanding two goal lead in the borne and home series goals to count fourth round series of the juvenile playoff championships dunnville clearly outclassed the locals in the first period managing to bang in four goals to the 120 s one georgetown seemed unable to stay with the opposing team and only some sensational work on the part of maltby with the assistance of jarvie and barber saved the score from being higher the second period opened with a seemingly rejuvenated local club they took command of the play and forced it all through the period they managed to rap in three goals and tie the score their apparent edge on rthe play was noticeable in ithis period z the third opened with a dlsal lowed goal for georgetown when ft was batted into the not altho- rthere was a lengthy dispute the goal was disallowed dunnyille came back to rap in another one f and take command of the situation fr iwbile the locals pressed hard they did nod manage to score again while erunnviile rappecrln another to end the game 64 for the locals maltby turned in an excellent game with jarvie and u barber working their heads off and playing heads up hookey an the tray cunningham and porte also urned in nice efforts the final game wil be tn dunn trfue on friday night with the local lads confident ahey can take them a bus for passengers is leaving the arena at 5 30 tickets available from harold mcclure panel discussion at home school meet a panel discussion on education conducted by ross thompson was a feature of the opening meeting of georgetown home and school as soclation monday in chapel street public school membership in the ricw organic zation now stands at 136 and some hundred parents and teachers at tended the meeting the meeting was arranged by the executive headed by president sam penrice eleanpr schenk was accompan ied at the piano in two solos with a song in my heart and the heather on the hill by kenneth r harrison participating in the education panel were mrs charles sayers mrs jack gudgeon mrs venn mc- cumber james ritchie james al corn and william dwyer with ed ucation week being observed pro vincially the first week in march members of the teaching staff miss jean ruddell mrs j dwyer and principals harold henry and wil ham kinrade demonstrated their ability to answer the questions asked bv thepajiel refreshments were served by the lady members of the executive what council did the weather mr editor although march entered as meek as the proverbial lamb it certatinly had a chilly introduction with 3 below zero which was the second time this winter the thermometer registered below zero february was well above normal as regards temperature the maxi mum average for the month was 35 degrees being 8 degrees above normal and the minimum of 16 was 5 degrees above normal the snowfall for the month when all the little bits were added totalled 14 inches being just one inch be low the february normal so now we will just keep an eye open for march activities em batkin date max mm snow feb 23 48 12 feb 24 40 20 reb 25 44 25 reb 26 42 28 3 fh 97 3ft 25 6 on monday march 2nd reserved partial plans for a new fire hall as prepared by architect w hall of brampton the blue prinl calls for a complete new buil ding on the present site and wql consist of a 4hree bay garage club room and apartment when asked for an approximate tost of the new building mr hall said a very rough estimate at the present time would be between 22 000 and 25000 mr hall was asked to make a few alterations on the plans and prepare specifications so that ten ders might be called in order to get an accurate price the matter of wtecking the old town hall came in for considerable discussion after two tenders had been received for this work it was fekt that the tender price was ra ther high and council decided to again advertise in some of the loca metropolitan newspapers mr bob lanc addressed cpunr feb 28 march 1 33 25 10 proceeds of two events netx week 1u aid euorpeen flood relief legion wa- fashion show and ora scot band concert party raises funds for school crests leona conn lately vc have had such dnpre dictable weather some days it is just like spring and the next day it is like winter with this kind of weather you are apt to find the stud ents doing about anything on the nice days the girls get out their skipping ropes and the boys their soccer ball on the days with bad weather the school is locked up tight and the girls take pt inside but not the boys they continue ito get out their soccer ball and still have lots of fun the school has been given most of the articles that were up in the town hail among these things there is a new pingpong table for the boys also some old scenery which is helping to make some new scenery for the commence ment play a party is being planned for the high school so that the earnings will help to pay for the school hon our crests given out at commence merit it will be held on thursday march 12th at 7 30 pm in the howard wrigglesworth auditorium admission charge will be 25c per person this will be a box social and each girl will supply a box of food fpr two people the boys will hid on these boxes the bidding begins at 10c and cannot exceed seventy ave cental soft drinks will bowling news ace bailey section a new record set d wilson set a new record for the league bowling having a lot of bad luck for the first game duke managed to scrape up a 105 but really getting on the ball for the next two duke came up with a 315 and 313 for a total of 733 this sets a record of the first two 300 games rolled in one night by one man runners up in each class were d stamp 727 217 33q 180 dave wins the spoon for ihe week e wilson 708 205 221 282 b craig 683 259 197 227 a bailey 290 b anderson 284 and n shipway 275 high team score of 3108 was rolled by silvers in the battle for points silvers managed to claim 5 from mcclure s while maple leaf dairy also received 5 from mac- cormack s the team standing is now silver s 86 maccormack s 65 maple leaf dairy 62 and mcclure s 53 section b legion captures rirst lotion no 1 midc a 7 0 victory ov t r misfits to put themselves in first place by one point losing their hold on first lice wis the ldvii bowlers by receiving only 2 points from provincials the team standing is now legion no 1 74 lawn bowkrs 73 misfits 65 and provincial 54 rolling hith triple for the night was j saunders 722 24 229 244 b chaplin 702 270 205 227 f anderson 659 284 194 181 frank wins the spoon for the week rolling in the singles class it was j yates 369 n mcdomld 239 ind j chapman 222 high team score for the night was 2804 rolled by provincial section c leeion holds first legion no 2 made an overwhel ming 7 0 victory over the lome scots to keep their hold in first place in the battle between kays and imperials it was a 5 2 decision in favour of kays this kept kay s in there with still a good chance to overtake first the team standing is now legion 77 kays 71 imperials 66 and lome scots 52 winner of the spoon and also rolling high triple was j mcbain 718 275 247 196 runners up in each class was b korzack 677 232 236 207 a korzack 635 194 275 1g6 b latimer 252 r ry all 234 t hamilton 233 and a taylor 404 94 high team was legion no 2 rolling an excellent 3275 tells farm club how paper edited an outline of how a weekly newspaper is produced was given to terra cotta farmers club mon day night by herald editor walter biehn mr bichn lold what happened from the time a news antic le is phoned into the office until it with other news advertisements and pic tures becomes the finshed weekly product along ihe way he ex plained the various machines how pictures arc reproduced and said that it takes about 100 man hours for production of each issue each lady present was invited to try her hand at reading a line of copy on a linotype slug from a box which contained one for each member in the latter part of his talk he explained how commer cial printing is en integral part of the newspaper business and drew several parallels between the daily work of a farmer and a prin ter mr and mrs clarence anderson were hosts for the meeting mrs jack mcdonald presided at the ladies mettijig w hen the roll call was answered by a superstition and mr henry downey presented a paper the ireland of today at the joint meeting mrs eraser mi 1 n ild conducted in amusing contest in which each person pres cnt refilled ihcir most embirras sine experience and mrs owens micdon ild wis in clniie of i word r icssing contest tommy i eslie phjed t pifno solo wilfrid leslie presided it uie meeting and vcrn thompson thanked hose who con lnbutcd to the program mr and mrs peter dick bramp ton will be hosts it the next meet ing in april social personal mr and ms andy frank and family of nassagaweya and miss bessie simpon rn and miss ruth chum rn of guelph general hos rltal spent sunday with mr and mrs james f evans and mrs wm frank engagements the engagement is announced of lorene isabell daughter of mrs john yartes mono road and the late mr yates to mr bruce laid say ismond son of ms and mrs john ismond georgetown the mar riage will take place quietly be sold for 10 cents all the high school are asked to attend i hope o see you there escapes death in truck plunge a half hour ducking in the icy waters of the river at glen wil hams was thoharrowinr experience of william isley late yesterday af ternoon driving an empty truck on his last return trip to industrial sand and gravel for the day mr isley was thrown into the creek when the truck skidded on the icy road and jacknifed the dazed driver was pinned by the truck cab on his left arm mrs bob mcmaster saw the acci dent and her husband rushed to the scene along with another neighbor herb preston while mr preston hurried to call tow trucks and an ambulance mr mcmaster suppor ted mr isley s head trucks from scott s and bowers garages in town lifted the heavy truck and freed the driver who was taken by ambulance to guelph general hos pital early reports are that a bruised knee and bruises and abrasions on tho- jefct side with shock from his leybullr were the only injuries suf fered by mr isley x rays were be ing taken todav in hospital to det ermine the extent of the injuries oddfellows celebrate building paid off a special banquet monday in the oddfellows hall marked completion of payment for the building by the lodge honoured guests were gordon spence harold cleave harry sav ings and sam walker four of twelve members who banded together se eral years ago to underwrite the building fund the noble grand alex ritchie presented cheques to the guests others of the origin al twelve who had previously been paid were jack lucas fred mc nally william g marshall and charles e day all of whom were present joe hall sr and c e stacey who were unable to be present and the late ed mcwhirter and william long mr walker was also given a pleasant surprise when he was gi ven a personal gift in recognition ot many years of faithful service as lodge treasurer brief speeches were made by uro jack armstrong mayor of georgetown and bros spcnce lucas savings marshall mcnally day and walker before buying the present lodge building the oddfellows had met for cars in the arena in what is now the rose room a program of modernization has converted the bin id ink originally the wcsleyan methodist church into one of georgetown s best meeting places which is used extensively not only b the oddfellows and rebekahs lodges but for a wide variety of acti itics ranging from dancing schools and religious gatherings to euchre parties rummage sales and the tb clinic the building was bought by the lodfe from r l gregory of oak ville who had owned it since oper atnii the rex theatre there in the silent movie days it had been empty since the theajre w as mo ved to its present mill street loea ition guests at the dinner were fred johnson jack armstrong andy ritchie harry savings jack lucas sam walker charles e day gor don spcnce w g marshall fred mcnally william ritchie j g collier wilfrid breen orval ray ner sam tennant ted arnold w o brownridge harvey dewhurst bert marchmend norman felkcr dick packer william chaplin les dickenson tom harlow earl john son george johnson thomas parry herb hughes george louth art scott charles gtbbs robert burns william cumpsty norman mcdon aid gordon king herb arnold william gibos fred armstrong james collier harold crawford corey herrington jr ron edwards charles lambert c j day alex taylor ed martin william hun ter august spttzer herman mc lei ian jack davidson walter thompson ray pinkney george greensward william freestqpe pat vance stan allen vincent hepburn william mcdonald jack presswood and rod king flood relief tea adds 37 to fund a tea at the home of mrs a f bragg smith thursday afternoon netted 37 for the european flood relief fund mrs braggsmith a canadian resident for six months was as sisted by two other ladies of eng lish birth mrs harry farrar and mrs peter macdonald of terra cotta worthwhile effort a cake was raffled during dhe after noon mrs nellie gardiner being the winner- i in regard to his garbage contract and said he was losing money on the present rate of pay he asked for an increase of 150 per month which would bring the yearly figi- ure to 6 000 he also asked thai some consideration be given to a grant to the baseball club as prev iously asked for council left both item over for a recommendation from the finance committee l first and second readings were given to a by law changing the name of factory st to park ave the by law will now go before the county judge for approval af ter which the final reading will be given by council the property committee was asked to meet with the public li brary board this evening in re gards to further alterations at the library a committee composed of mayor armstrong councillors hale and mcgilvraywas appointed to work in conjunction with various town organizations in planning a cele- brjjon for coronation day junj fid stone school association wringing india travelogue the stone school association held its february meeting at the home of mr and mrs charles greig on wednesday february 25th the secretary reported that a donation of 25 rnd been received from the silver wood women s in stitute toward the purchase of the projector for the school mr john glynn informed the meeting that the screen had already been purchased and that the pro jector has been ordered but not yet received it was decided that ffie associa tion would sponsor the travelogue by the wilkins brothers india beyond the khyber at the legion hall next month the meeting learned that this lecture had been ivcn to capacity audiences at eat on auditorium and many other pla ces mrs john glynn was appoin ted convener of the lecture refreshments were served at the close of the meeting and a social hour enjoyed ray gerries father dies in toronto father of a former georgetown man william ray gerric died ud denly at his home 38 maequley ave toronto last wednesday he is survived by two daughters miss margaret gerrie toronto and mrs bryden roberts hamilton and one son ray gerrie alderwood a f ormeig georgetowner his wife predeceased him the funeral service was on sat urday with interment in park uwn cemetery commuters take lead in semifinal series bruce gummer georgetown commuters won the first of a two game goals to count series in the avro hockey semi finals by downing canucks 4tj sunday in brampton biltmores league winners down ed rovers in a hard fought contest in the first game sunday winning 6 5 last friday commuters combi ned with the burns transport en try in the town league and played an exhibition game with the fast- moving glen williams team of the orha the glen defeated the- combines 5 4 mel jordan scored the fhst goal sunday bil muir assisting in the second period jack hamilton and and hugh wyhe scored unassisted blake baxter made it 40 on a pass from bob mccandless wylie and steamer emmerson were commuters best b mitchell and m duggan were canucks out standing performers jepson tmgs win at oakville entering two beagle hounds in oakville dog show t3turday bob jepson had good results in a keenly contested show his male beagle was winner ot the 15 class while a female wort her 15 class and was named best of winners and best of breed