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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday may 27th 1953 twelve pages huge parade on coronation day church service sports garden party fireworks will mark queen elizabeths coronation georgetowns coronation day cel ebration will start on tuesday mor ning and last well into the even ing when a big display of fireworks will end the tribute to queen eliz abeth in the park most important part of the day will be a community church serv ice which local clergymen will con duct in knox church in the morn ing at eleven the order of service includes much or the original word ing of the ceremony as it will take place in westminster abbey with a narration describing the actual coronation ceremony participants in the parade will assemble at the high school grounds at 1 oclock and the parade will move off at 130 split second tim ing will be necessary for the lome scots band who will play a morn ing engagement in orangeville then bus to town to lead the jocal par ade it will be one of the biggest parades that georgetown has seen school children from the two town public schools cedarvale beaure gard stone srhool stewarttown nerval and glen williams will all march in groups each carrying small flags marching in uniform will be the scouts and cubs from town and norval the norval guides cgit and explorers the army will be well represented with a group from the lome scots regi ment high school cadets and leg ion wa members of the town council will also march the yell- low jackets motorcycle club will provide escorts and highlighting the parade will be a number of patriotic floats to date floats have been promised from the womens institute the iode alliance paper mills home and school association legion wa presbyterian church couples club and from a group of new canadians trucks are still avail able for any other groups who wish to participate by contacting general chairman dick licata the parade w ill proceed up the highway to the momanent down main street up church to charles and thence to the park to give children a chance to see the floats they will line up at the grandstand and the rest of the parade will cir cle the track before it is dismissed with three rousing cheers for the queen the st john ambulance association has volunteered to be present for the afternoon to render first aid if necessary parents are reminded that once the parade is dismissed they are responsible for their children various refreshment booths will be operated by such groups as the wi firemen legion and scout auxiliaries and the presbyterian church the rebekahs have taken en the job of catering tor the army each child will receive tickets en titling him to free pop and ice cream the balance of the afternoon ill be a sports day with a program of races arranged by the lions club attractive crests locally made by barber industries will be given as prizes lo those amassing a certain number of points wth ribbons to the three winners in each class another gift to the children are handsome coronation mugs also locally produced by mr and mrs jesse wyatt festivities will continue in the evening when the legion has ar ranged a garden party followed by a fireworks display and a boy scout beacon lighting ceremony umehouse congratulation r to the russell mcdonalds on the arrival of a lit tle son a week ego at guelph gen eral hospital we regret that george leslie our township reeve and haltons warden broke an arm in a fall on friday evening recent visitors mr and mrs stuart lawson mr alex wright miss patricia spicor and miss shirley wright with the s wrights- mrs ereeman of dwight return ed with the suuons after they had spent the weekend with her miss dawkins miss rowen and miss chambers of toronto with miss jvens mr and mrs ken goldthorpe of toronto and mr and mrs john lenz of georgetown with mr and mrs m crook em balkin date max min rain may 18 69 52 06 may 19 73 49 may 20 76- 88 may 21 77 46 143 may 22 63 42 trace may 23 68 39 may 24 73 38 average 71 43 149 social personal mr and mrs charles lies of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs george martin mrs leslie clark and children pamela and david are spending a few days this week in walkerton visiting relatives attending the wedding of hugh dodgson and betty doreen james in runneymede united church toronto on saturday and the re ception which followed at- the boul evard club were mr and mrs sid hume mr and mrs ernie alcott and mr and mrs sam walker engagements the engagement is announced of marjorio robertson gault daugh ter of the late mr and mrs robert hamilton gault to albert william gilmer son of the late mr and mrs samuel gilmer the marriage will take place quietly on june the sixth mr george hoare announces the engagement of his daughter hazel mae to robert edwin hall son of mr and mrs wallace hall of guelph the marriage will take place on friday june the twcltfh mr and mrs alfred w allen of brook villo announce the engaro- ment of their only daughter eil een mary lo john nelson bous- fietd eldest son of mr and mrs nelson bousfield of campbellville the marriage will take place on saturday june the twentieth at three oclock in ebenezer united church brookville mr and mrs john oliver an nounce the engagement of their daughter margnret louise to rob ert bruce mossop sbn of mr and mrs dan mossop the marriage will take place saturday june the twen tieth in knox presbyterian church georgetown at two thirty oclock engagement announced of former georgetowper a rormergeorgetown girl joyce bedell who now lives in fan diego california will be- married this fall announcement of her engage ment to robert e allen son of mr and mrs paul b allen was made this week by her mother mrs mary bedell her fiancee a gradu ate of san diego high school and an army veteran is a member of the san diego county sheriffs de partment miss bedell worked in the smith stone office and later at lillicos beauty salon before the family moved to the slates two years ago qeorgetoivn angler wins examiner cup the weather mr editor- what a beautiful day we had on sunday a perfect 24th of may plenty rain this month so far the total of 4 l inches is 70 per cent more than normal for the month of may the barbie examiner trophy awarded to the angler competing in the chamber of commerce fish derby who landed the largest aggregate catch went this year to wellington duke wilson georgetown mr wilson who went to barrie to spend the holiday examiner photo weekend with his soninlaw elwood webb stroud also a prize winner landed three lake trout weighing a total of 18 lbs 11 ozs he is seen here being presen ted with his trophy by scolty taylor examiner news editor inn reception follows inslismcnallyweddins at their home in terra cotta on friday amid a getting of pink and white snapdragons shirley isobel only daughter of mr and mrs charles mcnajiy became the bride of harold ingls son of mr and mrs william inglis of glen wil liams rev g7 lockhart royal of ficiated given in marriage by her father the bride chose a gown of white satin with sleeves and skirt panels of chantilly lare her fingertip veil or embroidered net was caught to a headdress of pleated nylon net she carried a bouquet of talisman roses and lilyofthevalley dorothy thompson as maid of honour wore a gown of pale pink net over taffeta and mary mcgil- lis as bridesmaid was in pale blue net over taffeta they wore match ing flowered headbands and carried pink roses miss anne puckering was pian ist and during the signing of the register played ill walk beside you- and always blake inglis was the groomsman for his brother and tony zilio acted as usher after a reception at terra cotta inn the couple left on a motor trip to north bay the bride wearing a beige suit with matching accessor ies and a corsage of yellow carna tions they will make their home in terra cotta sarnia relatives suffer no damage from tornado it is hard to imagine that there werent a hundred people killed a hundred miracles seems the only explanation said dr telford biehn of sarnia writing to his bro ther here about the sarnia torn ado the twister which struck the downtown section of the city late thursday afternoon caused damage which has been estimated as high as five million dollars such buil dings as the vendome hotel and the imperial theatre will have to bo torn down dozens of homes were flattened yet no one was ser iously injured phone lines from town were busy as relatives here tried to contact sarnians after hearing the news on the radio as far as can be ascer tained no relatives of local people suffered any major damage dr biehns home and office were on either side of the tornado path and escaped any damage though larke trees were blown down in the vicinity jack crosby whose wife is a daughter of mr and mrs jesse wyatt had some damage to his home and drug store where window s were smashed it was close for an other drug store which backs his place of business near the vendome hotel was completely v recked and the storm path travelled to the corner opposite his residence in front of his home a large tree was completely stripped of leaves and bark millye davidson reports no phone or hydro for cvetiil days in the district where she lives and roofs were off several houses and large maple trees blown down john glynns mother and mrs e gallaway sister of mrs charles watson of town aie close neighbors and both their houses were un- two local sailors in england for coronation two georgetown navy men have the good luck to be in england for the coronation ls bd2 raliph peck son of mr and mrs walter peck will play in the band of hmcs magnificent which will be along the parade route on tuesday ralph received his early band training with the ll uprne scots band and plays uphonium in the navy band oss daid cooper son of mr and mrs george cooper is also in england as a crew member of hmcs quebec which was one of the escot wstels for the magnifi cent show cancelled when hydro fails high winds and a driving rain which spread in the wake of a tornado- in the sarnialondon dis trict caused som minor damage in town and district thursday a few television aerials were knocked down and small limbs blown off trees hydro power was disrupted along mill street when a transformer blew and the evening show at the roxy had to be can celled attend funeral of brother at malartic mr and mrs peter pruneau at tended the funeral of her brother john houle 49 who died suddenly in malartic quebec two weeks ago mr houle a businessman in mal artic and val dor is survived by his wife and a family of four sons and one daughter mrs norman skippen local mans sister sister of john l barber norm andy boulevard mrs norman skip- pen was buried in acton cemetery last wednesday following the fun eral service at the rumley funeral home mrs skippen the former helen may barber hied in kitchener- waterloo hospital the previous sun day after a lengthy illness she is blake leslies car destroyed in blaze a late model car owned by blake leslie was completely destroyed in a fire which broke out in his garage shortly after midnight saturday the garage owned by st johns united church is on the manse property with an entrance off park avenue and has been rented by mr leslie for several years when firemen reached the scene it was a raging inferno and flames were shooting high in the air a fire man reports that the front bumpejr of the car was while hot and even the tires melted in the intense heat the frame garage building is also a complete loss and will have to be torn down trees which surroun ded the building were singed and the leaves withered survived by her husband and two children nancy gale and george barber choir fete roth birthday a f 1 rr a roten t choi r pract ice mcnilxis of st johns church choir had an informal surprise party for a member mrs a r vannatter who was cclebratiim her 80th birthday that day mrs vannatter a faith ful and valued member of the gioup was presented w ith a bouquet of spnng flowers mrl a birthday cake wis the main attraction of the re freshments v inch were served touched except for a few shingles blovwi off the roof they too were lucky for a ncitjhbouiing house was flattened a surprising sight after the stnrm for them was to sec a piano on the roof of a house across the road what council did on munday may 15th auxiliary gives 150 towards scout camp the ladies auxiliary to the boy scouts donated 150 to the scout and cub camp fund at their meet ing in st johns parlours monday evening at which the president mrs dorrie kidd presided the ladies have also provided a tent for the scout camp flashlights were given lo the boys selling the most tickets for the variety concert and included ronald hills douglas mcgilvray paul cunningham and billy sperrce this was the last auxiliary meet ing of the yea- and the auxiliary will wind up the season with a dinner meeting next month mr and mrs w a mcgowan vis ited in new hamburg on sunday wth mrs v t cavanagh who- moved there from townsjecentlyv shift to evening meetings the regular monthly meeting of esquesing cbupcil will be held in the evening at 7 30 pm next mon- day instead of in the mornbig this will inaugurate summer hours for the council meetings which are held in the evening dur ing the summer months town of georgetown coronation celebration citizens of the town of georgetown are requested to join in celebrating the coronation of her most gracious majesty queen elizabeth ii which takes place on tuesday june 2nd 1953 the day has been appointed by royal proclamation as a public holiday to be observed as a day of general thanksgiving and rejoicing throughout canada on the occasion of the coronation of her gracious majesty citizens are requested to decorate their places of business and private residences the cooperation of all citizens is urgently requested joiin t armstrong mayor god save the queen accented the tender of me- nally construction to erect a new fne hall at the corner of guelph and chajwl streets at a cost of 7t5u0 other tendefi received included one from j 11 mackenzie son for si997ll0 and from roliff grass construction toronto for 46234 specifications had pieviously been prepared by architect hall of brampton and submitted for tender for a new fne hall containing a three- biy gnra dubroom and a secondfloor apartment the buil ding will be heated by hot water with in oil furnace clearing of the properly will be done by the con tractor and work commences at once as the building must be com pleted by septfnber 1st assessment commissioner jos gibbons addressed council regard ing county equalization figures and said that the assessors of the var ious municipalities the county as sessor and their advisor mr coombe had held a number of meetings in an attempt to allocate and equalize the county budget of 31968000 final approval would now have to come from county council if the new assessment figures are adop ted and on the same budget next year georgetown stands to save 1200 on the county rate george towns county rate for this year is 66058 per cent while next year if the plan is adopted would be 6 2240 per cent council passed a resolution auth orizing its county council members to obtain the services of solicitor harry willis if they deemed it rssary nccfssa frank cowan and jack webber of the general accident insurance co which firm handles the towns liability insurance addressed coun cil and advised the members that the town could expect a 3800 re duction in premiums this year mr cowan also pointed out a couple of clauses in the insurance act that he felt the council should take ad vantage of one being the towns liability for trucks and cars driven by other than regular own em ployees who might be helping with snow removal etc for a premium of 18 95 a year it was agreed this should be added also the fire mens rate of benefit was raised from 3000 to 4000 fred chapman president of the chamber of commerce asked coun cil to provide materials for the er ection of lavatories at the park in the event that the unions were in the same frame of mind and would donate their labour for the erection of same council gave verbal agreement to go along with the project up to an estimated 500 or 600 cost declared tuesday june 2nd coronation day a civic holiday in georgetown will ask the police to be on hand at all fires and direct traffic will ask the coupty engineer to build up the pavement in front ot arthur reeves home on main st south so that the water will flow to the catchbasin on the other side of the street instead of run ning int6 mr reeves property armstrong construction of bramp ton will supply oil for the streets and they were given a further con tract to resurface john street from the ninth line to victoria street with a low- cost pavement cost approximately 600 they were also engaged to lay sidewalk in town and will start at once in the most needed locations j davenport and r lorusso ask ed council to have the grass cut at the entrance to the park so that they might have a soccer field there this will be done and the whole park put in shape fox coronation day