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the georgetown herald f ten pages georgetown ontario wednesday june 3rd 1953 ten pages trousseau tea many parties saturday brideelect ota saturday mrs bert palmer r a trousseau tea in honour of her daughter lena whose marriage ito emery thompson takes place saturday in the presbyterian church norvaj mrs e s thompson assisted the hostess and lena in receiving the guests mrs win p thompson and mrs percy leslie georgetown mrs chris grimwood milton and mrs i wm t graham norval presided at the tea table also assisting were mrs harold henry mrs william bonathan misses pauline herring- ton margaret sargent marilyn i cunningham thelma hunter fran ces pries muriel nodwell dorothy olney ellen palmer and norma thompson miss pauline herrington and mrs william bonathan were joint hos- jesses at the latters home on may 19th at a pantry shelf shower the f room was tastefully decorated in rplnk and white and bouquets of spring flowers the bride was sea- ited beneath a decorated umbrella ito open many lovely gifts which u included a brides book made by i some of her friends on thursday evening the same week mrs leslie deforest enter tained the office staff of smith and stone ltd where miss palmer is employed at a miscellaneous show- sr mrs g lockhart royal norval honoured miss palmer with a lun- cheon at the manse on saturday jmay 23rd a copper relish plate was presented to the future bride on hefialfof the choir i of- norval presbyterian church relatives from hamilton bur- it lington oakville milton norval and georgetown gathered at nelson hall freeman on tuesday evening may 26th to honour the young couple the evening was spent in playing court whist and singing old familiar songs a miscellaneous i shower brought the happy occasion to a climax the ladies of the presbyterian church norval were hostesses at a shower on may 27th in the church fcr schoolroom mrs percy leslie ac- v ted as chairman for a varied pro- am of readings vocal 6olos games and a mock wedding the bride was presented with a huge cake which held numeorus useful gifts the ladies served a delicious lunch andrew molozzl a georgetown high school gra duate andrew molozzi jr will leave for englandin august for a post graduate course at imperial college london he received hon ours in his final year of the engin eering physics course at the uni versity of toronto and has been awarded an athlone fellowship to continue his studies u balajnafad ypu bids farewell to pastor wife library recital for newman piano pupils marjorie newman atcm pres ented her pupils in a piano recital on thursday in the public library auditorium the platform decora ted with baskets of lilacs and tulips provided an attractive setting for the performance a large audience of parents and friends attended mrs newman was presented with a beautirul bouquet of white carnations and red roses by little janet chamberlain on be half of the pupils taking part in the recital were cathie patricia and barbara buch anan who lert the next day for their new home in england mari anne mceachern janet chamber lain betty bonficld wesley darou sandra marchment john scott mar ilyn palton bob kerr ricky chap man heather marchment neil tost karen scott donna shank- land ronnie kindrce marie laird brenda bell bill wilson evelyn saunders john cummins raymond whitham joan cummins gary teeter sue crabtree aan teeter marie kerr roger kindree leanne darou pat willson sandra scott anne leitch janice baker and lil lian shortill mothers banquet guests cgit explorers party mothers of members of the cgit and the explorers groups at st johns church were guests at a mother and daughter banquet on may 27th in the memorial hall ladies of the church wa served dinner to 130 people mrs j watson was loastmas- ashgrove institute ladies visit i dale estate bennett farm on thursday afternoon may 28th j four cars taking twenty one insti- tute ladies left ashgrove corner for i sight seeing trip they first went to mr s g bennetts farm at bal- j linafad and saw his lovely house and grounds through the stables and also to the fields where the scottish shorthorns were pasturing rrom there the ladles travelled to brampton to go through the green- houses at dales where a guide con- ij ducted them and explained the dif ferent flowers they saw beautiful roses carnations snapdragons stocks palms ferns violets and all kinds of cactus they were told i- that the dale estate has the largest v greenhouses in the world they have thirty five acres under glass nine miles of greenhouses with a tseven thousand hp central heating plant and they employ four hun- dred it was all very interesting as 1 who doesnt love flowers and as k each lady was leaving they were gi ft ven a beautiful red rose six oclock iidinner was eaten at springbrook villa followed by a show in bramp- j j- ton and then home before ten oclock at dinner the retiring president mrs leslie giffen was presented with a gift by the -mem- ia j mr and mrs robert cunning- fham mr and mrs ernie tindale ir and mrs c b dick their laughter mrs j h hunter and prank wilson attended the or- latlon service of our minister mr in trinity united church tnto last thursday evening mr and mrs frank barnes and jfanrily motored to shelburne on sunday and visited their daughter id soninlaw mr and mrs ivan albert mr and mrs frank buddell and lisobby visited on sunday in hamil- wtth mr and mrs sherwood me and mr and mrs harry and family g on- tuesday june 2nd our queen i crowned in westminster abbey of heart keen of mind her devotion to god and to t her grace and her beauty en- her to friend and foe alike i compel us to pray earnestly for i of her reign let us all r that god may indeed give her and strength to carry out gaolemn promises she made god save the queen on friday night mr and mrs gibb entertained the young peoples union at the manse after the usual devotional business period and games mr and mrs gibb were presented with suitable farewell gifts in appreciation of their en couragement and assistance mr gibb thanked the group and poin ted out the values he had received from meeting with them lunch was served and a social lime en joyed together the may meeting or the wms was held at the home of miss b hilts mrs f shortill led in the worship service with scripture read ing in 1 cor 12 and verses 413 and stressed the thought of chris tian brotherhood the roll was an swered with verses from the book of ruth the topic united nations and christian missions was in dia logue form and was in charge of mrs gibb assisted by several other members the united nations can only succeed in their mission if the people at home support it just because peace comes more slowly than people hoped for there is a tendency to brand the un as a failure mrs warne spoke on chris tian stewardshid this was followed by a season of prayer lunch was served by the hostess to close the meeting the june meeting will be- in charge of the associate members the play under the auspices of the wms mary made some mar malade from guelph was well re ceived wednesdnv night the atten dance was not too large but all re port a very enjoyable evening the cast and friends were entertained afterwards at the manse mrs e w brcarly of apdby spent a few- day with her daugh ter mrs gibb at the manse last week- several ladies of this community attended a coronatoin tea in erin united church on thursday after noon ter the toast list included a toast to the explorers and cgit pro posed to mrs dorothy denham to which mrs c j buck replied bar bara alcott proposed a toast to the mothers and her mother mrs er nie alcott responded main speaker of the evening was mrs l l skuce milton whose talk on the late queen mary included a biography as well as observations on how a queen carries out her du ties which can be applied to every ones daily life she was introduced by mrs h c wrigglesworth arlen reevo played the piano as cgit members recited the purpose and sang their chorus under the direction of mr ernest forgrave and mrs john m smith mrs frank whitmee and mrs jack wat son directed a similar performance for the explorers mrs whitmee led a singsong for which mrs j l barber played more district visitors see coronation parade visitors at the coronation include miss gwynneth mcgowan of mon treal daughter of mr and mrs w a mccowan of town and mrs har old couse wife of the owner of the famous 9treetsville seed firm and her daughter miss jeancltc couse reg n miss mcgiwn a trans canada airways employee at montreal left montreal on sunday via tca mrs couse and her daughlci who is n nursing instructor in woodstock ilosiiuil plan later to isit den mark france and switciland dur ing their two minths abroad mr e w binkleys brother a resident of toronto planned a bus iness trip abroad to coincide with the coronation stewarttown attends toronto funeral of sisterinlaw mrs h p lawson last week at tended the funeral in toronto of her brothers wife mrs albert mc dowell who passed away after a short illness gary smith entertained all his boy friends at his birthday party last tuesday gary was eight years old junior wa meeting was held last week with lillian lawson choos ing the opening hymn jesus loves me and conducting the worship service wa meeting was held at mrs cecil smiths home mr p r baily and dawn of is- lington were visitors with mrs bally saturday esquesing wi june meeting will be held at mrs j h retds home wednesday evening june 10 the topic will be agriculture and cana dian industries roll call name a farm magazine the pupils from here who went on the trip to niagara falls last friday all report an interesting and enjoyable day next sunday being the first sun day in the month church will be held at 730 pm biggest parade in history georgetowns royal tribute robert adpy graduate in civil engin- the weather mr editor- maybe june will settle the rainy weather during the month of may it rained on 17 days for a total of 817 inches almost three times the normal for may of 287 inches which is sure proof that it was a rather damp month ern batkin date max min rain may 25 f 46 129 may 26 g4 49 44 may 27 63 46 may 28 63 36 may 29 58 36 100 may 30 55 41 66 may 31 60 43 02 highlight of georgetowns day long coronation celebration was a huge parade in which schoolchil dren from town and district sol diers and cadets scouts cgit le gion councillors and band marched followed by a group of impressive floats depict mg patriotic themes the celebration included a mor ning community church service sports in the park following the parade and an evening garden par ty which concluded with fireworks citizens spent the inbetween hours watching television and listening to the radio accounts of the ceremony in westminster abbey and the par ade in england honour eering at the university of toronto is robert addy son of mr- and mrs jack addy glen williams a geor getown high school graduate he is just home aftci completing a naval training course on the cast coast arthur drummond dies at largo florida a former georgetown man ar thur drummond died at his home at largo florida last tuesday a few months after another brother james drummond whose death oc curred at barrie mr drummond is survived by his wife eva marchment who also is a native of this district 61 42 341 georgetown stores closed for the coronation day holiday entertains uons at turkey dinner a turkey won by ernie curry in a raffle at a lions club meeting earlier this year was given back to the club in the form pf dinner last night mr and mrs curry invited club members tothtr farm home near town where mrs curry served din- geor wi average social personal mrs alice collier has returned from a two week visit in kitchener with mr and mrs mark collier mr and mrs harry wright and daughter sharon of toronto were weekend guests with mr and mrs jim mulholland mrs robert wyatt and children lynne maureen and bobby have returned to trenton after a visit in town with her parents mr and mrs jim mulholland and mr and mrs jesse wyatt guests of virginia chapman at graduating ceremonies of st jos ephs hospital school of nursing which were held on may 25th in eaton auditorium included miss opener with qhsweken with len caruso notching 7 of- their 16 goals georgetown n gs won their opening lacrosse game at caledonia winning over ohsweken iroquois who had 9 goals when the game ended bob mccandless scored 4 junior beaumont 3 johnny haines and doug towsend one each other team members arc fred cuthbert and j martin goal joe louth don rose and bill louth defence jim cleave george grasby russ fend- ley john dutch stan archdekin anne hazell and john gardhousc forwards loses teeth injured when struck by swing a normandy boulevard boy was painfully injured yesterday when he vas struck by a swing in the school yard at wrigglesworth school david presswood 5yearold son of mr and mrs jim presswood was playing with a group of chil dren on the new swings just erec ted by the lions club hit in the face and chest by a swing he lost two teeth had facial injuries and it is feared his spleen was injured after being attended by dr c v williams he was taken to sick childrens hospital in toronto for further treatment joan bishop and mrs e g bishop of town and mr and mrs russell kirby of brampton former geor- getowners sunday visitors with mrs a s wilson queen street were mr and mrs norman wilson joy and glo ria of toronto and mr and mrs bert syer duncan and rodney of bowmanvillc mr syer worked as barber with roy magloughlen be fore leaving georgetown about fif teen years ago celebrating his twelfth birthday on saturday tommy forgrave en tertained a group of friends at a theatre party and a birthday sup per at his home on union street guests of tommy who is the son of mr and mrs ernest forgrave were barbara kinrade margaret eason carolyn biehn jill kenlner mary harlow jimmy lindsay wayne preston grenville tost jac queline and gordon harlow billy fire call cancelled before brigade starts a fire call placed early saturday afternoon was cancelled before the brigade left the fire hall the call was put in when rubbish was being burned behind the georgetown dairy on main street and marty wheeler and tommys brother peter mrs gordon sutherland of lon don spent a few days last week in town where she visited with mrs j arnott early and other friends mr w a hardy attended the graduation exercises of guelph gen eral hospital nursing school at the oac guelph on friday night sun day visitors with mr hardy and mr and mrs mac alexander were m stephens-ilr3t-gopley- and her intermediate ball schedule wed wed saj wed wed niece is nursing graduate at tgh niece of mrs a h feller of town kathleen lake is a member of the graduating class of the nurs ing schoolof toronto general hos pital miss lake is the twin daughter of mr and mrs george lake of langstaff latimer- watson wedding in knox church here on saturday may 23rd at 730 pm in knox presbyterian church rev alex j calder officiated at the marriage of mary watson of glen williams and donald latimer geor getown the bride was attended by her cousin mrs sally jolley of north bay and the groom by- his son ron latimer of limehouse also attending the wedding were joan ruth and gloria latimer after a motor trip they have taken up residence- on john street george town at home may 20 milton june 3- walerriown june 5- campncllvillc june 13 port credit june 24 port credit june 26 oakville july 1 walerdown frl july 8 campbellville sat juy 18- oakville date not set milon away sat may 16 port credit fri may 22 oakville wed june 0- campbellville wed june 7 campbellville sat june 20 port credit sat july 4 oakville fh july 10 waterdown wed july 15 milton date not set milton date not set waterdown inaugural meeting georgetown soccer club at a very well attended meeting it was decided to press ahead with the formation of a soccer team which will be called the georgetown wolves the team at the outset will play a number of friendly mat ches in the park the first to be on sunday june 14th against bramp ton jack wareing who waselected president said that the enthusiasm and support in georgetown for a soccer team was very encouraging and he looked forward to the time when the newly formed georgetown socetfr club would be able to run junior teams as well and so con tribute tp the sporting instincts of youth noticeable among the sup port was the number of middle aged and elderly people who were coming forward with offers to help anyway sunday june 14th sees the first match and from that match the wolves are confident their complete success will begin mother mrs richardson of toron to mrs richardson who will cel ebrate her 100th birthday in janu ary is an active traveller she spends each winter in florida and a few years ago took a trip to england mrs harry matson palgrave spent the weekend with mrs rob ert waldie mr and mrs r b matson and michael of brampton were sunday visitors celebrating his 7th birthday on thursday bobby son of mr and mrs vern mccumber had a party at his home on chapel street guests were michael and billy dwyer mi chael cummins billy cunningham gary herbert john wardlaw gary armstrong steven hoare bobby bonfield christopher frost david armstrong robert wrigglesworth billy anderson doug gribbons wesley darou jimmy bowman donald calder and bobbys cousin lynn wyatt of trenton ross turner charlene day are school field day champs a lengthy program of track and field events was not completed on the regular chapel street schapl field day a week ago friday and some of the events were held at the park last week ross turner bob mcguigan charlene day and pierrette prun eau were senior champions charles davies and jean englby headed the intermediates with bob kidd and beerley emmerson in second place srnior boys 100 yd hoss turner bob- mc guigan danny martin 220 yd ross turner bob mrguigan keith tra- cey 3legged race ross turner and bob mcguigan barry jeitcry and doug richardson keith tracey and ted hewitt broad jump hoss tur ner 14 11 bob mcguigan dan ny martin shot putt bill darby hoss turner jim potts high jump bill oatcs 4 1 bob mcguigan danny martin senior girls 100 yd charlene day barbara bowman joan chartier 1 10 yd jean engleby joan cummins myra breen broad jump pierrette pru- ncau charlene day jill chapman high jump charlene day pierrette pruneau beverley davies relay race 1 charlene day joan char- tier joan cummins gail son 2 hrtarilyn sorenson jean engleby pcfcjy ann mcniven lor- na klingbeil 3 dorothy scott ar- lene hill myra breen jill chap man intermediate boys 75 yd paul ward charles dav ies bob kidd 220 yd charles da vies errol stapleton bob kidd wheelbarrow race bob carey and grant emmerson keith tracey antl raymond lenz max harris and er rol stapleton high jump tom bar ber 311 philip wade bob kidd broad jump philip wade 132 charles davies bob kidd relay race 1 ross turner john hulme barry jeffery peter bouwman- 2 bob mcguigan clarence gpence philip wade wayne armann 3 jack hamilton bill oates boh- ca rey ross huller s intermediate girt 75 yd je en myra breen beverley emmerson 220 ydl mari- john boyd mr john boyd of durham has been engaged as a subscription salesman for the georgetown her ald and will be calling at homes in town and district during the next few weeks this is a new venture for the herald and it is hoped that the al ready wide circle of readers this enjoys will be increased with the addition of a number of new subscribers mr boyd will also be pleased to take renewal subscrip tions lyn sorenson charlene day bar bara bowman 3legged race june allen and barbara june allen judy mccumber and gail mcgilvray barbara lusty and ruth hancox wheelbarrow race helen muckart lynda whitmee martha kornetz and dorothy scott beverley em merson and marion stoddart high jump patsy pnineau marion maj- uery ruth hancox broad jump patsy pruneau beverley emmer son marie sorenson bicycle raees boys peter bouwman keith tra cey norman lockhurst girls pier rette pruneau june lyon linda mi raclngblkes jthn hurren bob mcguigant