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ten pages georgetown ont wednesday september 2nd 1953 ten pages icv otarcrest farms scene of saturday bridal at starcrest farms r r 3 geor- getown on saturday frances elea- nqr stark daughter of mr and mrs a neilson stark became the bride of emerson osborne robinson son of mr and mrs gordon robinson milton rev jtf mcfaul of oak- ville officiated the double ring ceremony was rformed in a setting of standards and baskets of white and pink glad- miss mary crozier streets- ville the brides cousin was pian ist the bride wore an ankle length white faille taffeta portrait gown sty- p led with sweetheart neckline a fin gertip veil and lace and rhlnestone i- halo completed her ensemble and carried a cascade of pink de light roses miss margaret stark milton was her cousins bridesmaid wearing sky blue faille taffeta simi- mij laxly styled to the bridal gown and carrying a cascade of yellow queen v elizabeth roses mr stark gave his daughter in marriage and the grooms brother j edward robinson stoney creek was groomsman receiving after the ceremony in esquesing community hall stew- arttown the brides mother wore peacock tissue faille brown acces sories and a corsage of talisman ros- es the groom mother wore moss i green yellow accessories and a cor sage of pink delight roses a sen timental note was added at the rec eption when the cake was cut with an ivory and sterling knife which had been a wedding gift sixty years ago of the brides grandmother the late mrs james stark for the wedding ceremony the bride carried a handkerchief which her maternal grandmother mrs ward ruddell had carried on her own wedding day june 13th 1900 leaving on a honeymoon trip in southwestern ontario the bride wore turquoise silver metallic jersey a matching hat brown coat and acces sories and pink carnation corsage they will make their home at star- crest farms where the groom is employed the weather mr editor- hot and very humid well des cribes the weather of the past week it was almost a duplicate of the corresponding week last year the last week of august seems to be a favourite spot lor the thermometer to register 90 or over as the fol lowing table snows the past five years ern batkin date max min rain aug 24 83 58 aug 25 85 60 aug 26 89 62 aug 27 91 65 aug 28 01 65 aug 29 92 64 aug 30 94 67 29 average 63 year 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 ernie alcott now partner at henrys an important business change on main street this week is the an nouncement that ernie alcott has joined henry helfant as a partner in operating henrys clothing store mr helfant established the busi ness two years ago in the main st location vacated when the herald moved to its present location mr alcott a native of george town has worked on main street for sixteen years being associated for several years with brills mens department he served with the rcaf during the war and was em ployed for a short time at provin cial paper before joining the brill staff mr helfant served in the belgian underground during the war re turning to his native country after escaping from a prison camp in france he was training in england with the belgian army when the war ended he came to canada in 1946 and worked in a toronto clothing firm until establishing his own business here two years ago budget market business bought by gait man a local meat and grocery store budget market changed hands this week with the new owner joseph hohmann taking over the manage- ment yesterday it has been operated for the past three years by mr and mrs albert hills who are moving to gait to morrow though mr hills will be staying with the new owner for a dew weeks mr hills intends to enter the in surance and reil estate business in gait with a friend from his home town of highgate they are mov ing this week in order that thelr children lorraine and ronald can start school next week the family will be missed in town where they have taken an active part in church work at st johns with mr hills also a leader in boy scout work mr and mrs hohmann daugh ter barbara who will be working in the store and joseph jr a pub lic school student will live in the apartment above the store they also have a married daughter in gait and a son jack in korea with the army mr hohmann has worked for several years in gait as a weaver first at riverside silk mills and for the past year at the stauiterdobbie company silver- wood r communities join for newiywedft presentation a pleasant evening was held in xjmehouse hall tuesday septem- ber 1st when the community of limehouse and the stone school farm fbrum and the silver- wood f womens institute had a shower for margaret and dick appleyard who were married recently pat patterson was master of ceremonies k neil benton played the piano iv there were solos fey anna spltzer mrs w norton and rev alex cal- der b little mabel greig did a scottish dance ern batkin on be- half of the ss farm forum and neighbours from the 7th and 8th v lines made the presentation of an easy chair and cushion neil ben- j ton read an address from the llme- house community presenting an end table two cushions and a pit turje a social hour followed con- rvened by ladies from bothcommun- b itles j mr and mrs c varey and aileen a few days recently in har- death bereaves licata family twice in month michael licata 57 only brother of dick licata of town died sud denly in hamilton early saturday morning ailing for some time with heart trouble mr llcatas death was un expected born in sicily he had been a hamilton resident most of his life operating a grocery store there until he retired a year ago he is survived by his wife one sonjr harry jjicata of the univer sity of michigan clan at ann arbor his mother mrs mary licata ham ilton brother dick and one sister mrs a restlvo a former george town resident who now lives in hamilton requiem jpass was held in all souls church on tuesday morning it was the second time mr and mrs licata have been bereaved this summer five weeks ago mrs lic- atas father mr nick curto died sud denly of a heart attack in hamilton supermarket scouts look over georgetown long llness fatal charles erwin dies a native of georgetown who had been seriously ill for some time charles erwin 79 died at roch ester ny on saturday son of the late mr and mrs ro- rerterwin-hehad-uved-in- roches ter for many years his wife flor ence mcpherson of acton died eigh teen years ago he is survived by two brothers robert and lome erwin of town only members living of an original family of nine mr and mrs lome erwin and mr jim erwin attended the funeral service in rochester on monday whoch was followed by interment in penfield cemetery scouts for a large canadian groc ery chain have been looking over georgetown for a possible location for a supermarket two men were in town last week and it is believed that they chose a site near the highway on the eastern approach to georgetown which they will recommend as the best location the scouts did not intimate which company they were worki ng fox and dirt reveal whether options had been taken oh any land a midsummer wedding which took place in st johns united church was that of mary dobson and donald rand seen above cutting the cake at the recep tion afterwards mr rand formerly in the local bank of commerce branch here is employed in toronto with the inspection staff and mrs rand is a member of the georgetown staff they are living in georgetown social and personal rural fire demonstration slated at bessey farm demonstrations of the new rural fire truck have already been held at glen williams and norval and two more are scheduled during the next week the 19500 truck purchased by residents of the esquesing fire area around georgetown which will be housed and manned locally arrived last friday and after a practic run around town was taken to the glen for a demonstration on monday a similar expedition was made to nor val and thursday night it will be in stewarttown next thursday september 10th a purely rural demonstration will take place at wray besseys farm on the 6th line slated for 7 pm fanners who are interested in see ing what the truck can do will ga ther there at that time until the new dial telephone sys tem goes into operation later this month fire area residents who might need the trucks services need only to call the georgetown phone oper ator and the fire siren is sounded from the phone office two attend rmc berg to varsity two 1953 graduates of george town high school will attend royal military college kingston this fall george mcclure end bill hughes were notified last week that their amplications had been accepted and they will leave for kingston later this month to commence their stu dies another graduate this year fill ing berg will also attend university taking an engineering course at the university of toronto f dennis lock of toronto a cousin h of the burt family visited them il recently for a week and at present irtf joyce johnson another cousin from i acton is visiting them kg r and mrs w norton spent the 1 m tobdadr rantar and judy fall fair dates acton sept 18 19 arthur sept 29 30 bolton oct 2 3 brampton sept 17 19 caledon sept 25 26 milton sept 25 26 caledonia oct 18 erin oct- 9 10 12 fergus sept 18 ib grand valley oct 2 3 gait sept 2426 georgetown oct 2 3 london western fair sept 1419 markham oct 1 j new hamburg sept 18 19 orangeville sept 19 16 owen sound sept 2728 ottawa winter fair oct 27 31 paris oct 2 3 peterborough sept 15 19 rocktevr oct 10 12 sept 24 25 oct 9 10 j norfolk oct 510 smtthrilla 7 sept 25 26 sept w s3 dianne harrison is vacationing at clear lake huntsviue mrs arthur reeve is visiting for two weeks with relatives in the states y mrs robert roscoe st cathar ines spent the weekend in town with mrs robert waldie mrs ted arnold is vacationing with mrs r harrison at walmor lodge brechin on lake slmcoe mr and mrs don herrngton are away for a few days on a motor trip in the gananoque district mr and mrs james eastwood of toronto former residents of town are visiting here this week mr and mrs claude hunt of de troit michigan are visiting with mr and mrs william chaplin mr and mrs maurice hillock and family were vacationing last week at ervilla lodge wasaga beach mrs edith morris windsor is visiting in town this week with mrs william oatrander emery st mr james yeager and two friends from wheeling west vir ginia were visitors last week with mr and mrs william hazelwood weekend visitors with mr and mrs dean harley were their son- inlaw and daughter mr and mrs don adams and bobby and mark of welland mr and mrs mac alexander er nie and bill have returned from a motor trip to northern ontario vis iting at new llskeard and burvs falls mrs keith barber has her mother mrs h g webter of essex as her guest this week mr barber li vis- king in cornwall with or and mrs h weagant rev alfred barker is back from vacation he spent some time at chautauqua ny attending the fa mous summer series of concerts and lectures and later was at bala and hallburton mrs jack fry jr and son rob bie spent a few days last week in port coltoorne with mr and mrs larry mathews mrs mathews and son ricky returned with them to town for a few days mr and mrs jack runham and jill have returned from spending a month at springhurst beach mr and mrs james ritchie and terry spent a week of their vacation with them llcol and mrs gordon cousens pent last week at north bay arid lakrt nlpusing there they met their tone george who ts with the rcmp at fredericton n3 and cok in stationed with the ontario pro vincial police at vlrauatowo naax mr and mrs reuben squires of lambeth were visitors last week with mr snd mrs ed hall queen street miss sandra mcewin who has been living with mr and mrs j c alexander for ihe past two years has moved to prince edward island she will live wlh her father sister and grandmother there mr and mrs bert weston will be returning home on friday after vis iting in flint michigan for two weeks with mr and mrs herbert rydbcrg mr nd mrs rydbcrg are planning to come here with them for a visit guests at valley view cabins huntsviue during the past week included mr and mrs harvey king of st catharines mr and mrs gordon bouskill mr and mrs roy willis and mrs wilfrid hun ters parents mr and mrs william coleman of toronto mrs fred masterman and chil dren nancy and michael have re turned home after spending a month in quebec and the maritimes they went by plane to arvida quebec to visit with her sister mr mas terman met thm there and they drove to new brunswick to visit with her mother at caraquet last wednesday keith allen son of mr and mrs robert allen was six years old and celebrated with a birthday party at his home on king street his guests were mary and michael hall mary and peter mcnamara randy hibbert david and bobby graham jimmy rich ardson glenn broomhead neil young bnd keiths sister elizabeth back from an enjoyable motor trip to ottawa quebec and the states are mr and mrs jack bai ley in ottawa they visited with mr and mrs arthur mead and their daughter joyce who had just returned from a trip to england on the homeward trip they visited at port hope with mr baileys brother albert end mrs baileys brother a foley and their families guests at the wedding on satur day at starcrest farms of eleanor stark and emerson robinson inclu ded mr edward g robinson mrs edward robinson miss donna rob inson miss dlarmettoblnson stoney creek mr ana mrs dave old mr and mrs ross merko toronto mr donald holmes kingston mrs g d hardy guelpfa mrs george robinson miss margaret stark mrs margaret stark mr and mrs gor- don robinson mr bobby stark mr and mrs frank starkj mr joan ptsrkjmr and mrs meldrum stark mr- and itrs x neilson mra isabella stark mr and was station agent at norval and kitchener station agent for the canadian national railways at norval and later at kitchener herbert jackson 69 was buried in norval cemetery on monday air jackson died at his home 23 louisa street kitchener on friday he succeeded his father as agent at norval station first working with the company at parkdale when the station was closed there he was transferred to kitchener retiring three years ago lately he had been an insurance and real estate salesman mr jackson is survived by his wife clara currie and one sister miss florence jackon toronto in terment at norvnl followed the fun eral service in kitchener early on monday afternoon band has picnic before erin concert prior to presenting a concert at stanley park erin on sunday members of the lorne scots band and their families had an afternoon picnic swimming horseshoes and games and races preceded the picnic sup per prizewinners were girls un der 6 lynda braida acton diana armstrong georgetown mary lou ise armstrong georgetown boys race billy cuthbert brampton bob agnew acton girls race marilyn cuthbert brampton donna carter brampton balloon race charlie klngsmill acton egg and spoon race mrs charlie kingsmill acton pic plate race charlie kingsmill alma braida acton lucky spot alma braida acton children mix ed billy cuthbert marilyn cuth bert brampton kicking shoe mrs charlie kingsmill acton three legged race nina braida acton mrs fred armstrong georgetown mens race jim golden georgetown lad ies race mrs charlie kingsmill acton nail driving vic carter mrs carter brampton linen table cloth takes lit at ex mrs ern batkin prominent in craftwork and a members of the arts crafts of georgetown was a first prizewinner at the canadian national exhibition mrs batkin won first prize for her linen table set entered in the handicraft division for which a prize was donated by john leckie limited toronto next monday is labour day brooklin next if n gs win tonight a win tonight in georgetown ar ena will clinch the semi final for georgetown ngs and send them into the finals of the intermediate b lacrosse group georgetown won handily here last wednesday and on saturday took a thriller in wallaceburg to make it three in a row when wallaceburg is out of the way ngs will meet brooklin for the ontario champion ship the crowd of 600 on saturday was not as large as for the first game but they wanted their team emerson downs milton mr and mrs sherwood hume hamilton rev j n mcfaul oakviue mr and mrs stan robinson rockwood mr and mrs john brownridge of brampton mrs may crozier miss mary crozier slreetsvilie mr and mrs d downs hornby mr and mrs newton ruddell limehouse miss mary lou alexander miss jean alexander mr and mrs mac alexander norval mrs jennie rudedli mr and mrs ward rud dell mr bobby ruddell mr jim stark mr aad mrs d p milton mrs jack milton mrs mabel wingfleld mr- gordon wlngfleld mr and mrs isaac bennett kit hannah ruddell mr and mrs jack to win as was very evident when the red light went on behind the net early goals by townsend and beau mont were washed out by an 8goai splurge by wallaceburg in the first period the tables turned in the second and ngs scored 6 holding the red devils scoreless even play in the third gave both teams three mote goals and each scored goal for goal again in the fourth johnny haines tied the score at 1717 near the end of the period in overtime don ross opened the scoring wallaceburg evened it up again and scotty motidlson prov ed to be the hero when he scored the winning goal with seconds re maining it was the best game of the season a good one to win and a tough one to lose doug townsend led the local scorers- with 4 mccandless and moddison each had 3 caruso beau mont and j haines 2 each and grasby ross and bud haines sing les in the georgetown lineup were fred cuthbert goal joe louth bui louth john haines don ross gor- die wilson defence george grasby buss fendley bud haines junior beaumont bob mocahdles len caruso scotty moddison forwards cars to take tfae players on the long trip were loaned by jack gunding elmer hul suss fend baddeli mr and mr rank kud- dell mist iaobd carrie jf- y- t rfrnrtyr bob laccand- ton dick mr yra mirtitoll oeorje mat junior beaumont and will jeskmau