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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown onl wednesday may 20th 1953 twelve pages lions pledge 1000 for swimming pool a 1000 donation from george town lions club will boost george towns financial campaign for a swimming poo if the fact finding committee decides to go ahead with the project at a directors meeting of the club last week the lions decided to forego this years stay at home camp and donate the money which would be spent on the camp to a swimming pool the club has also offered a building lot on water street beside the post office as a site for the pool some weeks ago mayor arm strong appointed a committee rep resentative of most local organiza tions to investigate the possibility of building a pool and there seems every likelihood that the project may be started this year the lions club will in place of sponsoring the two week camp have an annual picnic for district children similar to the one which has been a stay at home camp feature each year another current project is the erection of swings in the wriggles worth school playground which was the club s gift to the new school whenit was opened last fall employed 33 years at old papermill employed at the old provincial paper lower mill for 33 years prior to his retirement when the plant closed in 1948 joseph henry hitts robert williams mother buried here monday mrs harry wiriams 62 was bur led in greenwood cemetery on monday following the funeral ser tyice at the mcclure funeral home mrs wuliamsr whose only son robert lives in town died in st josephs hospital toronto on fri day where she had been a patient since march she was born in thurso quebec and was the former harriett arnold her husband a railwayman was killed in a train accident 37 years ago she alao leaves a brother james arnold of vancouver b c rev alex j calder conducted the funeral service on monday pallbearers were richard packer william ritchie bill hanson jack davidson andy ritchie and lome cross two students pass citizenship exams two students who attended the advanced classes in english and cit lzenship this year at the high school have successfully passed their ex ams the men both german are irwin asbeck and gerhard klatt miss florence luke romance language teacher at the school conducted the course which was held each tries day evening during the fall and winter months with an average attendance of twelve each evening ghs news track and fielders star at guelph meet leona conn an outstanding record was chal ked up by the high school track team at guelph on saturday when a group competed in the annual play day dianne hamson was intermediate girls champion and neretta zilio senior champ for girls the team amassed 42 points altogether di anne placed first in running broad jump and second in the 75 yard dash neretta had firsts in these for seniors and ilso third place in the softball throw the senior girls relay team won the cup team mem bers being dianne harrison eileen oales neretta zilio and leanne darou paul barber was a star for the senior boys winning the halfmilc and placing third in the quarter mile terry noron was second in senior boys high lump leanne da rou first in the intermediate 75 yd and betty ann henderson second in intermediate high jump fran cis hulme placed well in two inter mediate events second in broad jump and third in 100 yard dash eileen oates was second in the intermediate rurning broad jump the weather mr editor this week i will just give you the summary of the temperatures and note that it rained 5 days out of the 7 1 11 just let you form your own comments on the holiday weekend ern batkin date mx min rain may 11 82 48 02 may 12 77 46 16 may u 00 50 may 14 sj 35 18 may 15 67 40 may 16 69 41 02 may 17 6s 48 50 average 68 44 78 two graduate in u of t engineering two graduates of georgetown high school will receive their en gincering degrees at the univer sity of toronto convocation next results of exams were released today bob addy glen williams is an honour graduate in civil eng sneering and ndy molozzi who lived here with his sister mrs john cummins while attending high school received honours in engineering phys cs mr addy at present taking naval training on the east coast will be starting a business career mr mol ozzi intends to take postgraduate work in england and has been awarded an athlone fellowship he will commence a two year course at imperial college london england in september and mean while is working in ottawa with national research council for the summer engagements mr and mrs james dobbie an nounce the engagement of their daughter shirley ann conroy to matthew henry beaumont son of mrs matthew beaumont and the late mr beaumont the marriage will take place saturday june 6th at four o clock in 9t john s united church georgetown mr and mrs s thomas faram georgetown announce the engage ment of their daughter barbara jean to james william mcclelland wn of mr and mrs james william mcclelland of toronto the mar tiage will take place on june the thirteenth at seven o clock in 3t george s united church toronto mrs george wingtield announces the engagement of her daughter may beatrice to donald peter mil ton son of mr and mrs william milton the marriage will take place on saturday june the lhir teenth at ten thirty am in holy cross church georgetown summer job with hydro walter sargent who has comple ted his first year in a journalism course at ryerson institute is work ing with the hydro for the sum mer he is staying in windsor at present with his sister mrs w dilchfreld honour fred armstrong orangeman fifty years honouring a member of the or ange lodge for fifty years service georgetown lodge presented fred armstrong with a veteran s jewel five motor accidents on holiday weekend 67 died in guelph general hos and a framed certificate at a spec pital on thursday born at balllnafad he was the son of ephraim hilts and jemima roszel and had lived in george town since 1918 he was a member of the united church and a life time member of georgetown fire brigade he was a member of the provincial qurater centuiy club he was mai ried to ejssfe mtmaslor in woodstock in 1907 surviving ar hi wife and a fam ily of nine children roy hilts mrs roy norton helen floyd hilts gordon hills mrs george john son jessie m rs jack norton gertrude and paul hilts glen williams mrs charles davies mar jorie and mrs lloyd keir beat rice of george own a son wil liam died in 1911 and another son ervin was killed serving with the canadian army overseas in 194 mr hilts was predecased by three brothers and three sisters his only surviving brother is dolph hills of georgetown he leaves also 31 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren rev john m smith conducted the funeral service on saturday at the mcclure funerl home and inter inehl was made in hitlcrest ceme tery norval pallbearers were eftan lyon jack davidson harry savings and henrv shepherd geor getown clifford stover and frank jones milton ial meeting las week members of the true blues were guests at the evening which was held in the oddfellows hall and arran ged by david bowman lodge mas tor ennie raw son presented uje cartifieate to mr armstrong and rred mcnally a past master made the presentation of the jewel mr armstrong is believed to be the only orangeman in the county to hold this high ionour cards and d incint were enjoyed during the social evening which followed the presentation men serve dinner at baptist church annual the annual meeting of the bap tist church was held on thursday evening may 14th a goodly num ber of members and adherents gath ered at 6 30 o clock to enjoy the well laden tables of delicious food prepaicd and served by the men of the congregation immediately following the dinner the pastor rev alfred j barker led the church family in family devotions the re ports from the leaders of the var ious organizations revealed a mark ed progress and the financial state ments proved to be the highest in several years terra cotta visitors from toronto here for holidays mr and mrs bruce petch beth barbara and douglas mrs ken lytic and miss julia petch of tor onto were holiday visitors with mrs annie petrh mr and mrs bailey and child ren of toronto soent the week end with the jim emmersons mr taylor and mrs wilson have returned home after a week s holi day in the states mrs stanley miller has returned home to toronto after visiting with htr mother mrs schleicher for a week we arc pleased to know that mrs hodson is up ard around again and much improved n health social and personal week end victors with mr and mrs val stein were mr and mrs a eeker of campden dr and mrs j h chamberlain spent last week vacationing in new york city holiday guests with mr and mrs garfield mcgilvray were mr and mrs cilvin clark beverley and donald of wanstead mr and mrs elmer dron mr and mrs e l vrnold and miss mary jane arnold spent the holi day week end with mr and mrs edgar byres in buffalo n y attending a biptist conference in montreal the litter i art of the wctk were douglas cole gerald scott barbara thompson and mar ilyn carter mr and mrs waller bihn spent a few days last week visiting in sarnia with dr and mrs telford biehn and in windsor with mrs j e start mr and mrs george alcott and mr and mrs gordon alcott of weston spent the week end in lon don where they visited with mrs gordon alcott s parents joanne dune in daughter of mr and mrs ross duncan celebrated her ninth birth liy on wednesday with a party at her home her guests included gail mcniven myrna cook judy richardson bar bara finlay sfharon harley karen and marsha armann paula shank land sharon sayers marion maj uery jacqueline tost carol green sward ann f ddlcr karen shor till barbara and patsy burhamn muir teasdale and her brother ross among guests at the wedding in hornby united church of wllma thompson and hugh drew brook of toronto were mr ahd mrs james lewis mr and ymrs mac murray mr and mrs rdoert dick icson and mr donald bowman mr and mrs drew brook ar iss mr and mrs reed williams mr and mrs ray stevenson mr and mr lawrence thompson mr and mrs robert williams misses ann and elizabeth drew brook tc rt mo mr and mrs frank val entint mimico mr and mrs prank undley norvil mr and mrs ri hard ct rbelt armitage mr and mis wilfred mcarthur erin mr and mrs w d sinclair hillsburgh mr and mrs hoy brdwnndgc of milton mr n i mrs c r fend lev brampton mi ind mrs thorn as l harding mr and mrs i- red huffman mr in i mrs lance dick eson miss mary watt ruth lnuru and bol driw brook mr nd mrs m uncc drew brook willi t dinicl ind paul thomp son miss mad le ne knifjht mr m irrny alcock mr and mrs ar u ir duilar mi m irg shepherd mi ohalmer wilton mr cameron wilton mrs john oneill marks 89th birthday celebrating her 89th birthday on sunday mrs john o ncill was en tert nned at a family party t the home of mr and mrs arol o nt ill in toronto her daughter mrs f d sh lev birmingham mi 1 ifim spent i few d ys with her li t week ind ac tompinied her to toronto for the party limeiiouse explains history of bible printing rev a colder was guest spea ker at the spring thank offering meeting of the wms at the home of mrs roughley on thursday ev ening he gave a historical out line of the printing of the bible and showed cooies of the book in different languages and forms of print the talk was quite inter eslint and enlightening text word was young used in a verse of scripture mrs patterson read scripture and mrs h norton the prayer the hostess served re freshments after mr calder had pronounced the benediction mr ed sanford and billie visited friends at montreal on the week end mr and mrs geary and girls were to alliston mr sheldon lawr has just retur ned from fishing at temagami recent visitors mrs d s mcdonald and family of guelph with the gisbys mr and mrs ted morrow and elane of toronto mr and mrs baden and mr and mrs cameron of afincourt witl mrs lane miss pat agn w of kingston and miss gnaflfdut of cobourg with the bournes mrs turner of tullamore with the ralph turner mr and mrs s smith of weston with the patter ns miss helen mills home from tor onto and little william thomas mills of strectsville with mr and mr mills mi sj shirley wright homo from toronto mr anl mrs flmcr boylan of weston and mr and mrs jim moyer and dennis of mt dennis with the charles jones mr leland warren of windsor mr ind mrs gerald warren of toronto and misses warren of town with the brock millers mr and mrs mitrick and mr i i mrs kinslev of toledo ohio with the a spiters mr and mr thomas hamilton mr and mrs divtd joe milton mr and mrs frank longstreet and liabv frin and mr and mrs san dtrson aid jimmv ballimfad with the walter linhams tely carriers on buffalo trip two telegram newsboys ross mcguvray and eric jamieson were with a party which were guests of the newspaper on a bus trip to niagara falls and buffalo on sun day and monday they had a full program of sight seeing including a tour through a naval air station buffalo museum of the xoo a swim at to damages totalled about 1000 in five separate motor accidents in town and district over the holiday week end only one person was injured john deacon a passenger in a car involved in an accident at stewart town who was treated at the scene by dr a mcallister the accident occurred when a car diven by car man copland travelling north through the village turned out to pass a parked car and met a south bound car driven by floyd zeigler both drivers veered their cars the bam i way and collided and the zei gler car continued on and struck a pole near the community hall mr deacon was a passenger in the zeigler car which was damaged to the extent of 300 pc howard gunn investigated the accident which occurred early monday mor- ening damages totalled 300 when cars driven by gordon lane and henry larsen met at the edith and church street corner saturday night mr lane was driving along edith st and mr larsen was driving east on church turning into his driveway on john street saturday night wil liam djoffxs car collided with one driven by robert webster with damages to the cars estimated at 100 the 9th line papermill road in tersection was the scene of another collision thursday morning when fred leeder s car travelling south on the 9th line was in collision with mol beaumont s car travelling in the opposite direction about 150 was the extent of damages monday night william cunning ham turned off no 7 highway onto the 9th line and his car collided with george preston s travelling towards the highway 100 damage was caused to the cars the four local accidents were in vestigated by the local opp detach ment under the direction of cpl joseph mcbain pte leonard tennant leaving for korea f another georgetown soldier is en route to korea pte leonard tennant who spent a leave recently in town with his parents mr and m s sam ten nant has sent word tint he will be leaving soon with the royal canadian regiment for the far east ire has been stationed at london and ipperwash camp mrs tyers entertains ladies bowling club mrs ed tyers entertained mem bers of the ladies lawn bowling club last week mrs clifford hib bert and mrs william frank won j nzes at cards the lady bowlers arc making plans for their season s opening next tuesday afternoon when mem bers will enjoy a game in the af ternoon tea is provided for those who bring their supper and the club extends a velcome to any new comes who mil t wish to join fire siren sounded practice demonstration a call was sent for the fire bri gade wednesday evening when an overheittd pice heater it the home of marshall timbers normandy uk d threitencd to c iusc a fire no dimagt resulted on sundnv morn nu the siren was sounded during a mutual aid demonstration here when fire brigides from acton and milton wire present forecast strong team for georgetown lcrose georgetown s new lacrosse team is shaping into i really strong team according o reports of those who hav e been attending practices in the arena the team opens their season in caledonia on the 29th against ohsweken and debuts here on june 5th with sarnia the opposition the first car to be toned out by fori of canada 32 acre mmbly vljjj2z vr kmbly line monday may lth large induttrial building under one root in canada the flint rt nto produrtton jonlyone ffy iter the lirtt ted wa put up the new building place forcst gm aaaambly optrattone in the tentre of the canadian market former raider with allan cup team art burst former raider player is a member of the allan cup champions this year art who is married to the former jessie murphy of town is a defence star with kitchener waterloo dutchmen who won canadian ten- ior hockey honours at penttctojv bc last week