Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 2, 1953, p. 7

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insurance travel real estate walter t evans co i 9000 loss bakery gutted at hillsburgh mill street phone 183 i georgetown ontario serving your community for over 30 yean for plain and rock face concrete blocks also chimney blocks rrs oriole concrete block co w j meoowan 9th line glen william georgetown 777 outottown callers please reverse charges consistant advertising brings results fire brigade volunteers bad to rush away from a ball game wed nesday night when lire broke out in the rear of a bake shop and for nearly two hours threatened to destroy the main business block of hillsburgh firemen from guelph alton or- angevllle and erin helped to battle the blaze which destroyed leaders bakeahop two private garages and a warehouse all frame buildings behind main street damage was estimated at 9 000 firemen believed the blaze broke niut irrthe bakeahop tjhen it spread o the warehouse behind leader s general store when the efforts of the hillsburgh brigade with two small chemical units failed to halt the flames firemen using water from hills burgh dam anfl the creek train ed hoses on the burning buildings themselves nd on adjoining build ings to prevent the fire from spread ing village people formed a buck et brigade and emptied the ware house of its contents thus prevent ing greater loss cause of the fire was undeterm ined one of the first to see the fire was alex mclachian who said it started about 9 e clock he descri bed the fire as blazing at the rear of the bakeshop then suddenly it seemed to sweep underneath all at once everything went up he said the two adjoining general stores facing main street were saved by firemen although some smoke and heat damage resulted hen fire scorehed the rear of both stores htirnian leader proprietor of lea ders s store sufteied the biggest loss whu his bakeshor warehouse and garage were completely destroyed lacey brothers general store itaelf waa not damaged though part of their adjoining warehouse was tou- ced toy fire and their garage razed to tiie ground for nearly two hours the flames posed a threat to an entire business block employees of w a mc lachlan and son a hardware store and car dealer agency evacuated several new cars when blazing tin ders began to fly down the street alex mclachlan handed out pails to the village people who formed a bucket brigade firemen formed a reservolr dig ging a hole in the creek bottom and letting water out of hillsburgh dam it was the vast water supply that saved the two stores and possibly the entire business section of the village from destruction said jim robertson acting chief from erin witnesses said they knew right away that the fire would get out of hand without outside help john root mla who lives njsar hills burgh had a call placed to the or angevllle brigade acting chief robertson said the iflre whs minutes within getting out of hand only the arrival of iiremen from outside saved the business section he said the erin brigade arrived on the scene shortly after 9 p m they found the water supply short for the creek was hflf dry and immed iately the brigade scraped a hole in the creek bottom end had the water in the dam above released forming a reservoir only the erin and ordntev ille truttts v ere operated but the other volunteers gave a hand with the hose robertson termed the fire the most dangerous in hillsburfch to his recollection church news st qesrg es ghwreh archdeacon woo thompson rector fourteenth sunday after trinity sunday school 10 ajn holy com munion 11 00 ajqo evensong 7 00 pin- the rector pressed the goodwill of himself and congregation especially sunday school and choir to margaret sar gent at evensong on sunday with commendation of faithful service st albans church glen williams fourteenth sunday alter trinity matins and litany 9 30 a m the gsokgktotfn hhuuu wednesday evening sept tad ims page 1 on speedvsle ave east at northern city limits knox and umehouse presbyterian churches rev alex j calder ba bd mrs edgar gowland at cm organist and choir leader mr joseph young carllloneur knox church church school 10 am public worship 11 am w llmehouse church school 1 30 p m public worship 2 jo p m st john s imited cburch rev john m smith norman laird director of music 10 am sunday school regular classes for all ages 11am morning worship a mans life and his work 11 am junior worship and nursery thuks- fri sept s 4 copper canyon color hedy lamarr ray milland sat mov septs lemon drop kh i bob rfope marilyn maxwell ttjes wedsept 8 9 r wildcat richardrv-lerr- arlene jud georgetown baptist church rev a j barker b a b d labour sunday 10 00 am church school 1100 am honorable work 7 00 p m workmen s compen sation thubs fri sept 10 11 ten tall men burt lancaster jody lawrence 2 shows nightly ichiurcnunjcr 12 years free after an abw ce of many years i roller coaster s back at this years canidiun natioral exhibition one of the most up to date and safest on the continent the new exhibi tion flyer will add thrills and ex citement to the cne midway norval pastoral charge united church rev c c gilbert norval 10 a m glen williams 11 15 a m home church 7 30 pm to the canadian national exhibition august 29th to september 12th except sunday direct into the grounds reduced return fare 2o includes exhibition admission zlon tabernacle rev f m fletcher services each sunday at 11 and 7j0 pm sunday school 9 45 p m we welcome you r hartt jshoc in georgetown exclusively a s i l v e r s nerval and union presbyterian churches rev g lockhart royal norval 10 00 ajn praise service union 10 00 a m sabbath school 11 15 am praise service dancing every saturday leave georgetown for children s rates see your arent leave exhibition 853 am 10 30 pm daylight time exhibition passenrer travelling on regular bases will transfer at toronto bus terminal to buses running into the grounds tickets and information at corner cupboard p 89 why only hal many property owners carelessly gamble on an amount of fire insurance which may hardly cover half the value of their property wiser persons gladly pay a few dollars more for complete insur ance isn t it worth while to know you are fully protected elmer c thompson insurance service john r bakber f kersey e c thompson mill street phone 119 norval hornby stewarttown i church of england rev j a maxwell b a l tn st paul s church norval 7 30 p m evensong except 1st sunday of the month 1100 am holy communion st- stephens church hornby 1 1 00 a jn morning service except 1st sunday of the month 3 00 pm evensong st john church stewarttown 10 00 am morning service except 1st sunday of the month 7 30 pjn evensong holy cross rc church rev fr v j morgan 1st 3rd and 5th sundays isass at 11 am 2nd and 4th sundays mass at 9 ajn travel relaxed and carefree sing song movies amateurs sunday n1tes huttonvillepark brampton s57 j is gravel top soil fill cement building blocks general trucking ernie thompson glen williams phone 799j at a corner on main street a community springs up and as it grou s a branch bank opens us doors this pattern basic in canadas development has been repealed again and again in pioneer areas villages towns and cities through local branches the chartered banks bring to small communities as well as large the same broad range of banking service to the there are now 3 800 branches of canada chartered banks bemng k- 1 vh i of canadians exhibition august 2t to shtember 13 fare nd onehalf for the round trip good going thursday augm v to sohir day soptamborl jheuml rrom wspw 1 rsteel tanks 200 500 and 1000 gallon in stock 700 opened in the paat ten tears the banks serving your community special 20 only 200 gallon space 3ur cc

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