Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 9, 1953, p. 7

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fealunavad vtsttorfrom west wtth snow family rmro e calder from edmonton kalta was a visitor last week with cousin j w snow and mrs jw who also had as their guest mr snows sister mrs isabel mc- f dowell of london miss lydla snow with doris sotchell of llmehouse and mrs jtcay and daughter betty of mlml- spent several days motoring ugh the allegheny mountains and sightseeing in new york city mr and mrs elwood snow gary f diana and nancy spent last week at mrs snow s home irf glengarry bruce ooluns ill in japan hospital sgt bruce collins who has been serving in korea with the lord strathcona horse regiment has writ ten to his parents mr and mrs alf collins that he is in hospital in japan mr and mrs collins received a letter written by him in hospital at kure japan saying he was mak ing good progress and not to worry about him mr and mrs tom hancock and family of toronto visited in the glen on the weekend mrs joseph norton who is in guelph general hospital is doing nicely and expects to be home soon white sewing machines lifetime guarantee famous white rotary portable console or desk models thrilling new sewing features pnced from 8450 on display at garners main street phone 64 v ge0rgetown daily 7 and 9 pm matinee saturday 2 pm last times thursday androcles and the lion plus three musketeers friday and saturday sept 11 12 the deadliest hired gum in the west 6ougkt6g charles drake mary cash theatre mat j joj monday tuesday september 14 is fcfe 55l ekjs houtairklkis wednesday thursday september 1617 locky program 49 2240 841 1717 1254 97 cotton brothers new name for brill store the name brill has disappeared from the local main street scene after a period of 37 years established here by david brill who operated the large clothing store on the four corners for thirty years the store name has been changed to cotton brothers it had continued to operate under the brill name since mr brill sold the business seven years ago though mr brill who is a bro ther of the owner of the brill shirt company has retired from the georgetown merchandising scene two of his family are in the same line of business jack and donald both operate men s wear stores in the toronto suburbs jack cotton bought the business here in 1946 shortly after his re turn from overseas service with the ricaf he was joined three years ago by brother fred also a toronto resident associated- with the bro thers is their father harry cotton they have expanded the business considerably first opening a mens store in brampton and later a mod ern ladies ston all three will operate under the cotton brothers name present staff of the georgetown store includes mrs leigh brad bury mrs bruce ross bill doh- erty and mrs oscar mallett with marilyn warnes and verna louth working parttin e a new male member of the staff will be joining the firm within a few weeks the cotton brothers introduced fashion shows in georgetown and have staged sev tral such events under sponorship of ladies organ izations as part of their business they maintain a fur manufacturing establishment in the city selling fur coats under tho- trade name rrcdric furs mr fred cotton is an experienced ur man who for 1 years was associated with hud son fur manufacturing co in tor onto jack cotton has taken part in community life since locating in town he was active in the geor gitoun recreation commission and the rtail mcrcl ants association and played softball with the busi ressmfn s team married to an english girl they have one son da vid and a daughter sandy ived cotton is also married and father of a daughter donna asiigrove y page 7 wednesday bveg sept oth 1bss the geofcgktown herald sunday afternoon meet for bright star band the bright star mission band met on sunday afternoon at the home of margaret austin with fifteen children present and marilyn wil son presiding st ripture was read by margaret austin catherine hun ter and marilyn wilson played a du et karen brigdcn sang a solo and the story from tie study book was told by mrs fred nurse the hostess served a lunch after which ross austin treated the children to a pony ride mr and mrs c b dick and mrs george kennedy of milton spent the weekend at port elgin the entire community sympathi zes with mr anj mrs a ruddell howson and bill in the great loss of their barn by lightning on fri day night mr and mrs vern picket and family motored to minden over the weekend to visit his sister mr and mrs frank ruddell and bobby mrs george wingfield and gordon mr and mrs hector bird jean and margaret were guests at the wedding on saturday afternoon of hazel reed of milton and james reid of norval district in omagh presbyterian church spectators from ashgrove were mrs clayton wilson mrs cecil wilson and mrs john bellboddy on tuesday morning school star ted again we welcome mrs wm cromar our teacher now the holidays are over lessons have begun and schooldays take the place of playdays with work instead of fun so cheer up now dear children and do not- look too sad your school days are the good see nylon hose tested in our window we have a frazier testing machine operating to show the strength an1 wearabihty of harvey- woods nytonhose this is a standard testing machine placing the hose under great tension and stretching them repeatedly as does the knee action while moving and bending when hose are worn watch the automatic counter record the number or knee actions until the hose finally breaks down into runs r see the new fall shades of harvey- woods hose and the great values these hose are testing machine weighs 450 lbs and will be in our window for one week by court tesy of harvey- woods hosiery r 54 gauge i 5 denier 1 ca 66 gauge 15 denier jl qc main st georgetown days the best you vi ever had when these davs are over to return no more you will wish them back again of this i m almost sure miss valeric nurse was v isiting a few days last week with her friend miss kay mccaugherty of streetsville mrs stanley gov land of geor getown visited mr and mrs clay ton wilson fraiik and bernice over labour day week end weekend fire loss continued from front page fire marshal s department he is in brampton jail charged with vag rancy three barns two chicken houses a garage farm machinery and the year s crop were lost in the fire joseph mcmastt an uncle of mr laird kept 40 head of cattle from stampeding back into the burning building mr lird saved a trac tor a truck and a car before flames reached the gaoge brampton firemen fought the blaze and though georgetown was called their services were not nec essary just as well because dense traffic prevented the town truck from reaching in laneway and it was for ed to back down the hill earlier deputy chief jack harlow went to the scent and discussed whether georgetown would be nee ded with the brampton chief tech nically as the laird farm is in peel county it is out of georgetown s jurisdiction though the town is always ready to assist a neighbour making it a busy week end for mr harlow who h as in charge while fire chief wlllam hyde was out of town th truck went to lower main street eaily saturday evening and extinguished a burning tree in front of miss n learmonth s resi dence the tree flared up again af ter midnight and the ruck was cal led back again in neither case was the uren sounded sorry- but my stay in guelph general hospital has necessitated the closing of my store for the time being 1 hope to be serving you again behinct the cdunter at a later dafte mrs dorothy swmn 1 what council did continued from front page vray were of the opinion that there was too much money involved coun cillor goodlet saying that the deb enture debt would soon govern the tax rate with no guarantee when the property might be built upon councillor mcgikray felt a 4inch main from the foot of normandy blvd would quite adequately sup ply this property for some years to come he felt that there were many parts of town serviced with much smaller mains and while this was not altogether feasible he saw no need of jumping up to a 6lnch main for a small section of the ty- ers subdivision reeve macdonald said he was willing to take the en gineer s report that nothing less than 6inch mains be laid from now on the motion passed with the two councillors voting against it and the new setup will include a slx- inch main from the highway along edward street accass margaret st along pauline to tyers ave and west to maple ave a section of tyers ave may be serviced with a 2 inch main total estimated ex penditure is 9453 76 mayor armstrong reported that the textile industry wishing to loc ate in georgetown wanted a build ing erected by the town or some in terested citizens which would be paid for over a 20year period the mayor said he had not contacted enough citizens willing to do this and if the building was not forth coming the firm would have to loolrelsewhere council will give the chamber of commerce assistance in having the toilets erected in the parte in budget isaarket 69c 35c food saver wax paper 100 ft roll 29c hayhoes astor coffee i lb bag 99c fancy red sockeye salmon tin 39c stuarts marshmallow cookies i lb pkg 35c frosted cge lamps 20 40 60 watt 20c 1 00 watt 23c glide liquid laundry starch bottle 17c zinc jar rings doz 37c sealtite red rubber jar rings 2 boxes lc monarch flour 7 lb bag 52c 24 lb bag 162 canning peaches pears tomatoes cauliflower lettuce celery red and green peppers muskmelons small link or fanner style pork sausage lb 40c for a good selection of fresh and cured meats try budget market free deuvery phone 366 order that the material now on the ground may be used up it was reported that the grand stand was being painted and the park put in shape for fair day stewarttown seven start at school tuesd ay esquesing fire truck visited stew- arttown thursday evening for fire drill the fire lighters made a good job of their demonstration and there was a good crowd to watch them but we were sorry for the neces sity of their having to go out fri day night and again sunday even ing our sincere sympathy is with mr arthur ruddell and mr murray laird whose barns were burned school opened tuesday morning with our new teacher mrs murray woods of fergiis in charge new children starting are diana arm strong lynda barclay susan smith gary briggs wayne densmore jim harris and larry picket service in st john s church will be cancelled next sunday septem ber 13th for the confirmation serv ice at hornby the next sunday harvest service hvill be held in st johns at 730 rev r price of acton will be the preacher tie soccer game on labor day georgetown and guelph put on a fine display of soccer in the park here on labor day when they play ed to a 4all tie guelph has a first class aide and georgetown did well to force a draw dinner dance ends softball activities halton ladies league ended their softball season friday with a dinner and dance in stewarttown hall with dinner served by norval ladles alfred brlgden past president spoke of the successful season and presented the hayward cup to the champion palermo team received by manager ray inglehart mrs herb hancock league past presi dent presented the shield to horn by joe vella team manager re ceiving it ralph yager president of the on tario rural 9oftdall association was guest speaker for the evening and told of what is being done in rural areas he also told of how halton could by represented by a team in the ontario playdowns the sil- yertone orchestra from bolton pla yed for dancing hornby eliminated glen williams and palermo beat haltonville in the finals this year palermo won the championship when a third game was necessary this being played on neutral ground at omagh on september 3rd again the town defence showedtto perfection but the forward line was weak at umes and missed oppor tunities right in the guelph goal mouth this did not detract from brilliant teamwork the passing and combination is gettng better every game worthy of mention were pete schlpper and audy nolan on def ence egart schlpper shows signs of becoming a very good forward dave bowman ref ereed the match jrw

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