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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday july 8th 1953 twelve pages acclurealexander vows at knox church saturday amidst a setting of blue delphin- iums white chrysanthemums and hornby hydrangea the wedding of merger- t charlotte christena alexander to samuel fred moclure was solemn ized by rev alex j calder in knox presbyterian church on saturday july 4th at three oclock the bride jus the daughter of mrs john alexan der georgetown and the late mr alexander and the groom the son of mr and mrs john g mcclure of brampton the bride was given in marriage by her uncle mr a j craig kitchener and wore an ex clusive gown of misty nylon tulle over net and taffeta with fitted chantilly lace bodice lace peplum and a bouffant skirt falling into a slight train her fingertip veil was caught with a matching lace cap she carried a crescent bouquet of white roses gardenias and stephan otis attending the bride was her sis ter miss jessie alexander wearing sapphine blue tulle over taffeta with bouffant skirt having rows of self rucking the fitted bodice was ed ged with rows of rucking and plea ted nylon she wore matching head dress and mittens and carried a cas cade bouquet of yellow queen eliz abeth roses margaret mcclure brampton niece of the bride and janice mcclure brampton niece of the groom were flower girls gown ed alike in white nylon marquis ette over clear blue taffeta both carried cascade nosegays of yellow pinnochio roses and wore matching halos and wristlets the groom was attended by his brother jack mcclure and the ush ers were andrew mcclure cousin of the groom and dr douglas alexan der dundas brother of the bride mrs edgar gowland was organ ist and mrs harold mcclure of brampton sister of the bride sang o perfect love before the cere mony and because during the signing of the register at the reception in the church parlours the brides mother received wearing lady love purple ticotine with lace she wore white acces sories and a corsage of white carna- ations and stephanotis the grooms inotherworercebluelaeew7lh while accessories and a corsage of pink carnations and stephanotis for a honeymoon trip east the bride wore a pink nylon marquisette dress with matching hat white ac cessories and a corsage of garden ias they will reside on the grooms farm near brampton asngeove social and personal what council did bishop officates as new parish hall opens the rededicatlon of st stephens anglican church hornby and the opening of the new basement hall was held on the evening of july 1st when rt rev w e bagnall bish op of niagara officiated taking part in the service were two brothersinlaw of the rector rev j e maxwell rev charles burton chaplain to the bishop dio cese of western mew york and rev r w coupland homings mills archdeacon w g o thompson of georgetown rev canon p c jack son rural dean of halton rev wil liam mundy assistant priest at st judes oakville and mr maxwell who is rector of norval hornby and stewarttown the bishop dedicated several gifts from members of the congregation and friends of the parish these in cluded lighting fixtures given by marie lindsay and laura jamleson in memory of their parents mr and mrs- william lindsay chancel ren ovations by foster brain in mem ory of his sister emily jane brain churchyard fence and gates by john orr in memory of the orr family following the service in the church the choir clergy and con gregation walked in procession to the parish hall which was official ly opened by the bishop refresh ments were served by st stephens wa and guild- rev william mun dy acted as bishops chaplain and mrs ernest price was the organist daily religious writer church service speaker the wm9 conducted a lovely service on sunday morning pres ident mrs frank wilson opened with the hymn the lord is my shepherd ill not want mrs les lie giffen gave the prayer a duet i have a friend was sung by mrs hector bird and mrs h c wrlg- glesworth speaker was jane scott who has been a religious writer on the staffof the globe mall for 25 years her scripture reading was from john 13th chapter and she spoke on pathway to true great ness she said god wants us to be humble we can do gods will wher ever we are everyone has a desire to be great but it is the simple things that counts god wants us to be reliable and valuable and if we are faithful over small things we will soon be faithful over great things visitors were present from milton bethel and homby on tuesday afternoon june 30th a shower was held at the home of mrs wilfred bird for margaret al exander a bride of saturday a short programme consisting of com munity singing readings by mrs cromar songs by valerie nurse and a mock wedding by the girls follow ed by the opening of the beautiful gifts lunch was served by the hos tess and daughter marion mr and mrs tom hargreaves of toronto were visiting on saturday with mr and mrs leslie giffen and david we are very sorry that some of our citizens arc 111 mrs thomas giffen has been in guelph hospital bobby ruddell has a broken arm and donald tindale hurt his knee very badly there is no service in our church for the next two sundays mrs george kennedy of milton pent the weekend with mr and mrs c b dick and clayton jr mrs stanley gowland 6t george town was a weekend visitor with mr and mrs frank wilson and marilyn mrs george nurse is visiting in toronto with her sister-in-la-w- mrs thompson haying operations are underway butwesjedly need more dry weather te u in- dr hamish raffan new doctor here two months in canada from eng land dr hamish rattan who will practice medicine in georgetown will open his office in the norton building tomorrow dr raff an moved with his family into an apartment at the home of mrs j arnott early a few weeks ago ami has been awaiting the re sults of his canadian medical coun- ell exams which are necessary for him to practice in ontario native of huddersfield england he is a graduate of aberdeen uni versity and practiced in aberdeen until the war when he served with the royal navy since then he had a practice at bolton lane and was on the staff of f hospital in stoke- ontrent before emigrating to can ada mrs rattan an aberdeenshire native trained as a nurse there and in nottingham they have a daughter elspeth six months old hears of mothers death in italy word was received last week by mrs e lorusso of the death of her mother in italy mrs lucia masi who was in her eighties died in april according to a letter received from relatives in the old country mrs lorusso had not seen her mother since she came here as a young girl to george town to marry mr lorusso who had emigrated earlier mrs masi wa3 a resident of via dclfc alpi forenza potewz norval mrs fred mcnally is spending several weeks at bala mrs f binnie of lindsay was a visitor in town on monday mr and mrs bill anderson left saturday for a holiday at deer lodge haliburton mrs auce collier has returned from a visit in preston with hor daughter mrs john hodgson mis bob lane carol and terry will be away for july and august at their cottage at thunder bay mrs chris sargent is a patient in guelph general hospital where she underwent a leg operation last week miss audrey mitchell and miss ann luke left saturday morning for a three week holiday in miami beach florida miss june eason of campbell ford is holidaying this week with mr and mrs steve eason and brenda faye mrs george s fraser ham iota manitoba is visiting in town this week with her sister mrs hugh clark berwick hall mr and mrs james f evans mary and barbara spent a few days last week at ahmic harbour with mr and mrs walter evans misses grace and martha broad- foot have left to spend the summer months at their cottage at sauble beach lake huron mr and mrs thomas eason mar garet and jeffrey motored to camp bell ford last weekend to visit uith mr and mrs reuben eason mrs arthur speight is convales cing at the lockwood clinic tor onto following an operation which she underwent on monday mr and mrs thomas mcjlwain and mr and mrs wellington mcll- wain of toronto visited with mr and mrs william merritt on sun day mrs r d wiggett of kirkland lake is visiting in town with her sis ter mrs c h barber her son mr ted wiggett was here for a few days last week guests recently at valley view cabins huntsville included mr and mrs noel reynolds and daugh ter vivian miss marjorie hunter and mrs fred travis mrs walter biehn carolyn ellen and charles are spending a few weeks at inverhuron mr and mrs a h feller visited there last week with mrs c e biehn at her cottage curtis dwyer is spending this week in town with doug mcgil- gray and next week doug will be visiting at curtis home in st ca tharines mrs a c collins who has been a patient in hospital in guelph for the past few weeks is making good progress and is expected to be home soon mr and mrs joseph shields and son brydon spent the weekend in newcastle penn where they atten ded the normanconli wedding in st josephs church mr and mrs robert peterson and family from el burn illinois were visitors last week with mr and mrs albert pattenden mrs h e gates arrived by plane last week from her home in bland- ford ns to spend the next month with her soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs ron mendham mrs mendhams sister mrs c a rogers and children leon and graham from whitham mass were visitors last week with the mcndhams douglas latimer is varsity grad the weather mr editor believe it or not even though we had rain on 14 days during the month of june the total for the month was 337 inches which is only half inch more than normal in 1952 june was really dry with only one inch of rain for the whole month the average temperatures for june were close to normal overage the maximum of 76 being one degree above and minimum of 515 being only half degree below normal the highest reading for the month was 90 degrees and the lowest was 38 degrees and now we need good haying weather for a while rain a georgetown high school grad uate douglas latimer has finished his studies at the university of toronto and receive his bachelor of arts degree at thje recent convo cation he is the son of mr donald latimer john street douglas who is spending the sum mer taking naval training as he has done all through his college course intends to study law at osgoode hall and will begin his law course in the fall palermo leading in girls ballleague palermo winning their first four games is leading halton girls soft ball league closely followed by glen williams and hornby norval has been one of the hard luck teams so far and havent won a game in three starts date max min june 29 78 53 june 30 81 57 july 1 80 61 july 2 83 64 july 3 70 49 july 4 75 43 july 5 83 50 average 78 54 w l ft palermo 4 4 8 glen williams 3 2 tj hornby 3 1 u omaeh 2 2 4 haltonville 1 2 2 campbelklue 0 3 0 norval 0 3 u garagemen honour retiring member local members of halton garage operators association honoured a retiring member fred sinclair at a dinner and presentation recently in the mcgibbon house mr sinclair a garage operator here for 31 years has sold his white rose service station to fred mav- eal retiring from business because of ill health one of the towns old est businessmen in years of service he first had a garage on wesleyan street then moved to main street when the present building was con structed at the dinner presentation of a pen and pencil set was made by art scott on behalf of those present and regret was expressed at mr sin clairs departure from the business world he has been one of the key members of both the hy h esquesingtax rate drops one mill down one mill from last year esquesings tax rate for 1953 has been set at 20 mills the rate breaks down into 76 mills for township rate 5 6 mills for county expenses a general school levy of 2 6 and north halton high school district levy of 42 in addition residents of certain parts- of the township will pay for extra services at norval taxpay ers have an extra 26 mills for street lighting and in glen williams 13 fre area costs have also been ad ded in the appropriate places area no 1 around georgetown which has just purchased w fire engine is assessed 4 mills milton area will pay 1 6 and acton area 6 provincial organization and has de voted much of his time to the fur therance of the garagemans inter ests new proprietor of the garage fred maveal has lived in george town for several years and is mar ried to a local girl isobel richard son he formerly had his own bus iness in part of harrisons garage on the highway and has lately been on the staff of flowertown motors in brampton on monday july 6th were asked by a deputation from georgetown soccer club for a grant t6 help the club purchase goal posts etc jack wareing and jim pavenport represented the club as the council has had requests from both the senior and juvenile baseball clubs he matter of grants wauurncd over to the finance com mittee to bring in a recommenda tion for the next meeting mr bowers of bowers motor sales addressed council about purch asing further property at the rear of the land he already owns on the north side of gucldh street he de sires additional land from the road allowance to the creek approxim ately 100 ft in depth by 215 feet he made an offer of 100 the mat ter was turned over to the property committee to investigate mr bow sers is erecting s new service station on this side of the highway p w cleave on behalf of the esquesing agricultural society ask ed for the usual grant and as some had been allowed for in the estira- ats was given a grant of 225 a letter was read from the civil defence dept congratulating the firemen for their efforts in connec tion wih a scheme held at niagara falls recently a communication from the gen eral accident insurance co advised that they had reconsidered claims of mrs william emmerson and floyd varey and that in the em merson case they had agreed to pay half the claim even though the time on this claim had expired but in tha varey case still maintained the town had no legal liability a letter from county council ad vised town council that they would have to be more strict in accepting indigent hospital accounts and that when at all possible restitution will have to be made hospital accounts in the county have jumped to un known heights and curtailments in this denartment must be made prior last member of pioneer family last of a family of ten florence r mcpherson 83 died at her home in norval on june 27th a native of the village she was the daughter of alexander mcpher son and jane noble she taught school for many years in toronto at ogden school and after retlrlhg re turned to norval to make her home rev g l royal and rev j k maxwell conducted the funeral ser vice at her home last tuesday and interment was made in hlllorest cemetery norval diefenbaker visitor in town this week a distinguished visitor stopped briefly in georgetown on monday where he called to see sybil ben nett progressive conser vatlve can- tkm s john diefenbaker a candidate for election in the riding of prince albert saskatchewan has been speaking for the party in ontario mfcejto an ehgagpmpftt in kitchener he told miss bennett jaggj halton engagements mr and mrs s j bruce of mof fat announce the engagement of their daughter jean dorothy to william keith hunter bolton the marriage will take place on satur day august the first at twothirty oclock in st georges anglican church georgetown mr and mrs john henry crooks erin announce the engagement of their daughter gieta lorraine to alfred thomas oates son of mr and mrs william ernest oates the marriage will lake place on satur day august the first at threethirty oclock in all saints anglican church erin mrs george dobson announces the engagement of her daughter helen mary to donald royal rand son of mr and mrs charles rand of picton the marriage will take place on fiday july the twenty- fourth at seven oclock in st johns united church georgetown mr and mrs john l clayson hornby announce the engagement of their elder daughter jean noel- tuk to william floyd brtgden son of mr and mrs bruce brtgden r b- 2 georjpetownjjthe marriage wflj take place on saturday aufob flrmt a four oclock jln st ste- ljmfiiouse surprise party on seventieth birthday friends and relatives numbering over thirty surprised mr joe scott on his seventieth birthday on sun day when they gathered at his home visitors came from roches ter hamilton milton acton dolly varden glen williams georgetown and limchouse recent visitors mr and mrs wes warren of hes- peler mr and mrs doug warren and family of london mr and mrs jim dunk and family of oshawa mr and mrs wi- sanderson and jimmie of ballinafad mr and mrs frank longstrect and babe of erin mr and mrs norman longstreet and family of kitchener all with the walter linhams on sunday mr robert carlisle mr and mrs ross patterson and family mr and mrs wilbur patterson and family all of acton district mr and mrs s smith mr and mrs hutcwnson and jimmie of ewston with mrs patterson and the a c pattersons mr and mrs houch of drayton with the james kirkpatricks a week ago mrs smethurst one oay last week mrs schoalcs of toronto with mr aod mrs jack bealue of tor onto vlth the wm turners on wed nesday the w i newtons of barrie with miss ivens and mrs newton mr and mrs buck washington dc with the earl scotts mr joe stonier mr and mrs farrery toronto mr and mrs lar ry dlx bramptom awl mr ana mrs tattwi irfr barbers gift shop new telephone agents paul b barber has been appoin ted commercial agent for the bell telephone company in georgetown w o misener the companys man ager for this area announced this week the appointment is effective july 27th mr barber will handle the tele- phone companys business from his gift shop next door to the post of fice he will be available there to ac cept payment of telephone subscri bers accounts and to handle all other matters relating to telephone ser vice the appointment is part of the overall program to imgirove and ex pand telephone service in george town which will include the open ing in september of the new dial telephone exchange now being con structed here mr misener said farmers see movies brazil travelogue facts about brazil and the vast possibilities which that country has in the future were revealed in col oured movies shown at a meeting of terra cotta farmers on monday at the home of mr and mrs jack mc donald dr mcfarlanc dean of medicine at the university of toronto was the speaker and he illustrated his talk with the movies entertain ment included piano solos by dor othy thompson and a duet by mary ann and joan smith wilfrid les lie presided and clarence anderson moved a vote of thanks to dr mc- farlane mrs william hunter and mrs fred lyons arranged the evenings pro gram earlier the ladies met under me leadership of mrs clarence ander son when roll call was answered with a father of confederation mrs arthur mckane in talking points gave some timely tips for improve ment of speaking techruaue in august the club will meet at v the home of mr and mrs francis thompson to 1950 hospital accounts in the county averaged 7500 in 1950 they had gone to 18000 and already in 1953 costs are 31000 in 1050 georgetowns hospital accounts tot alled 490 in 1951 438 in 1952 2272 and so far in 1953 193110 the dept of highways have ac quired a strip of edward street on the highway for widening purposes this is part of the newly acquired road allowance into the tyers sub division council plans subdividing the old reservoir property at the foot of james street and the surveyors sketch should be ready for discus sion at the next meeting an amendment was made to the bylaw allowing the sale of retail gasoline in towh on friday nights until 10 p m as well as saturday nights this was a petition from 75 per cent of the garage operators council will take drastic action to collect water arrears and a dis continuance of service will probably result if some effort is not made to meet these arrears new sidewalk work has been sus pended for tiiis year as the budget for this work has already been ex pended council hopes that suc ceeding councils would continue this important work in future years in order that all town sidewalks might be put in proper repair 527500 has been spent on new sidewaut this year out of current account the coronation day committee reported that 8008 was the balance left for the town to make up after all accounts had been paid in con nection with the coronation day celebration the mayor congratu lated the committee and those res- iponsible for donations to make the day the grand success it was j ralston and family mail next public wjn be aoc- s1lverwood move into new silvercreek home brock miller and his family have moved into their new home at sil vercreek fred campbell and his family from toronto were recent visitors at the home of mrs a stuil mr h lynn of rochester ny has been staying at the home of mr and mrs bell mrs roe was visiting in marmosa recently and mr and mis e mil ler were at wasaga beach and orr lake for a few days mr and mrs r miller have brother harvey domm of moust forest visiting them visitors over the holiday with mr and mra srn batkin were mr and mrs bert kldnte aria their family gxroni 1