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the georgetown heralfi jf1irst section georgetown ontario wednesday october 28th 1953 fourteen pages high school teachers seek salary increase decision on a request for salary adjustment and a revision of the salary schedule for high school teachers in georgetown acton and milton was deferred for a full board meeting when the matter was discussed at a meeting of north halton high school board on monday in acton the repuest by teachers was re ceived by the board last summer and was turned oven to the manage ment committee of the school board this committee at mondays meeting reported that they had been unable to come to a decision and turned the matter back to the board ea a whole the teachers request was made after the hiring of a teacher at ac ton this year al a salary which is 300 above what he would receive under the existing schedule mem bers of the board while not unsym- ipathetic to some salary revision claim that the schedule was not violated as a clause allows the board to pay a higher salary in exceptional cuvuumstanccs which in this case was a lack of applic ants who would accept the position at less money the present salary schedule es tablishes a maximum of 5000 an extra 100 for use of a specialist certificate and a yearly increment of 200 the original minimum sal ary was dropped from the schedule in a motion passed at a meeting in june when hiring a new teacher the board is allowed to pay 100 a year up to 5 years experience which based on the teachers fed eration biiygested minimum of 3000 limits the hiring of experienced teachers it is the teachers sug gestion that this clause be revised to allow the ooard to hire exper ienced teachers and pay them a rate similar to that which present ly employed teachers receive based on their years ot service night school agin this year the school board will once again sponsor weekly night classes for new canadians if there is sufficient demand in the three towns miss florence luke with the assistance of principal j l lambert will continue to teach the georgetown class and registration date here has been called for next tuesday hall of fame adopting an idea which has been in force at malvern collegiate in the city the board allocated funds to the three schools to provide fra med pictures of graduates who had won scholarships which will be hung in a suitable place in each school no salesmen a request from acton students council that they be allowed to sell magazines as a fund raising activ ity led to the board deciding that salesmen and agents be forbidden to discuss their products with stud ents during school hours- or on school property while sympathetic to any endea vor to raise money the board felt that this can be oerdone and that it is not proper for a school to have students acting as commercial ag ents or to associate themselves with private business accident victim dies from injuries injured w hen he was struck by a car in nor al two weeks ag9 herbert caselo 69 died in toron to genera hospital on sunda at first thought to hac suffered only a broken ice mr cascle was later found to hae internal xgjur- aes he was ki fron bramton hospital last wek for treatment m toronto and dim a fev das after undergoing an operation mr caselej was employed a the old provincial paper lower mill for many years until the mill was closed down recently he was a member of the quarter century club of the company born in england in 1384 be was the son of rotted caseley and mary jane whittan and came to canaaa as a youth of seventeen in 1906 he married viejet hillis in toronto he was a mejobex of the anglican church and of the canadian order uf chosen friends surviving aife his wife four children gordon john and millie mr john mariall of norval and addie mrs william shields vic toria and pevi grandchildren he was predeceased by a daughter bdnh mrs john marshall in 1932 and a brother gordon of toronto rev junes e maxwell conduc ted the funeral scrvfee at xhe mc- qure funeral home in george town this afternoon with interment following in hiucresl cemetery moral psjibearen were walter laofii and robert lane union st georgetown sam white george c ntowa- murray laird and bob not vax the weather the good weather still hangs on and the rain holds off up to date the rainfall for the month of october is over 2mches below normal era batkin date max min rain october 19 80 44 trace october 20 74 42 october 21 60 38 october 22 70 35 october 23 72 30 october 24 60 34 04 october 25 62 34 average 37 04 fairview farm scene dickcurrie marriage in an afternoon ceremony on sat urday october 17th at fairview farm home of the brides parents margaret isobel currie and clay ton home dick were united in mar riage rev j n mcfaul officiated tne bride is the daughter of mr and mrs george currie and the groom is the son of mr and mrs clayton dick they will live on the grooms farm near georgetown the bride wore a floor length gown of net and lace over satin her fingertip veil of embroidered net was held in place by a halo of orange blossoms she carried a cascade bouquet of red roses and stephanotis hei sister m s john brownridge waj matron of honour wearing a sow of flamingo nci oer uittet w h matching lace bolero and headdress her cascade bouquet was composed of white carnations and pale blue mums mr currie gave his daughter in marriage mr herb wilson was grooms man miss verna price was pian ist and the soloist mrs douglas currie sang i love you truly be fore the ceremony and ill walk beside you during the signing of the register recei ing afterwards at haw thorne lodge milton the brides motre wore nay blue crepe and lace with matching accessories and corsage of red roses the erooms mother wore a taupe crepe dress with matching accessories and a corsage of johanna hill roses for a honeymoon trip in the states the bride wore a navy blue suit hat and gloves with red shoes and purse and a corsage of red roses and forgetmenots tells council ladies about coronation trip jean mackenzie gave an enter taining account of her trip abroad for the coronation when she spoke to members of the local council of women at their meeting on fri day her talk was interspersed with many amusing references to condi tions and people one meets at such a- time pictures maps and post cards added to the pleasure of her talk mrs j w kerr presided at the afternoon meeting at the home of mrs j b mackenzie a 5 dona tion was made to the poppy fund correspondence from national of fice included a comprehensive pro gress report of the artsand letters committee from a survey of six teen cities from halifax to van couver reference wis made to bonny fechter lady aberdeens story as told by her daughter lady port land this book tells of the founder of the international council of women one of the very greatest women of the past century whose lifelong activities helped to change the thinking of the civilized world by encouraging international unity and outlook mrs w e nodwell and mrs f w johnson were appointed a nomin ating committee to report to the november meeting refreshments were served by miss h a staun ton and mrs d w baxter miss staunton will be hostess in no ember colin cousens weds here on honeymoon on a honeymoon trip following their marriage lost saturday pro vincial constable and mrs colin cousens of virginiatown are visit ing with his parents ltcol and mrs gordon cousens mrs cousens is the former em- el ia burnedette nault daughter of mr and mrs joseph a nault of holtyre ontario her husband is stationed at virginiatown with the provincial police detachment biktiis tennant mr and mrs albert tcnnant are happy to announce the birth of their daughter hea ther anne at guclph general hospital on monduy october 26 1053 leslie clark again heads local pcs the progressneconservative as sociation of georgetown held their annual meeting and election of of ficers last nigh in the legion hall mill slree the president les clark was in the chair and after opening the meeting thanked all those who had helped so w on iei fully well in the recent federal election he felt that he had been ver luck in the ac me support he and the ward chair men hid teceietl at election time not oni in the iecet one but in the provincial enaction in 1951 miss benneit sent her regrets that she could no get back m time ftr the rteetirl but that she was u oioabh ri lined in turono on bus-f- h wecr sne hoped to mv hft si he oouity meet ing on fn v r mlo town the reic jrr tic- red all uccs x nti i ass tcrc ceave to coim the elector whi- resited 3- loliv presnen los cuk secretary treasurer jrrt debbie lady fre president mrs j r guniuns ward charmen herb arnold norm mcdonald assislarts p w cleave and sam tcnnant on hi reelecion tke president thanked the grop but said that he hoped in the next year or so that some one else would take over he had been president of the organi zation since 19s and felt that it was time someone else took over it was decided to send as large group as possible to milton on thursday night and all interested conservatives are urged to attend refreshments were served at the close of the meeting funeral tomorrow for bfjiinafad hlaiiiinilli a lifelong resident of ballinafad where with his brother he opera ted a blacksmith shop duncan ferguson will be buried in erin ceme tomorrow following a ser vice in ballinafad united church- mr ferg tied at his borne on monday after a snort illness be is survived by his wife ethel near one aon fred his bro peter and ro sisters mrs frank bamfte l of lindsay and mn j mays increase seating in restaurant remodelling completely n designed and re furnished the corner cupboard restaurant will reopen on friday after being closed since monday while extensi c alterations were made mr and mrs stan wade who purchased the ousiness earlier this year hae givei the restaurant a new colour scheme i n gray and chartreuse provmed a new wait ing area for gry coach passengers as well as changing the style of the counter and creating two rest rooms seating accommodation has been increased from 41 to 72 with hand some upholstered seats replacing the forner wooden ones recently jack fullerton who comes from st stephens n b where he op erated his own lestaurant has joi ned the staff as cook coady woodworking company of guelph were contractors for the alterations with plumbing and heating work done by don hous ton of georgetown wa euchre party at harding home mrs r l davidson and mrs f smith held hiehsst scores at euchre sponsored by the w a at the home of mr and mrs w harding on saturday evening seconds were won by mrs w sinclair and mr r l davidson and a d mcenery and glendon scott received conso lations mrs j oh r mclaughlin won the door prize ten tables were played tne kirns i ifited relatives a london over the weekend june brings celebrated her tenth birbda with a party for fourteen pjests at her bene on saturday trey tncijded gloria latimer joy ricrmi liia hd hoather t im turrjsiu suir dixie and cur jatts eleanor karn cher- jl- lvv tr-iu- scyj dorothy rrru d 7d wards ad mfct and arother ann and a jrc mrs f j brown and mr u- ms cuny ht rrirron s- ed el colbome or sunday mr and mrs a difty and rhil- ri a mr id- and children spent the weekend in toronto recent isitors mr and mrs a e paul and mr george douthwright with mrs srrethurst for a few days also mrs j a smethurst and john of is lington on frida mr and mrs william camming of point pleasant ny with the james nobles mr and mrs wm mcdowell of toronto with the w t mills mr and mrs ernie gueran fr toronto spent sunday with mrs r lane and the h norton the elliott pattersons and the wltur pattersons with mrs r patterson and the a c pattersons on sunday mrs damude and family of dunn- ville wtth the earl scotts father was early toronto businessman a resident of toronto until she came to georgetown to make her home with her son mrs william henry batkin 89 died on thursday at the home of mrs albert smith at silvercreeka she had been in failing health fo some time mrs batkin the last of a family of thirteen was the former eliza burness and was born in montrose scotland she was a child of two when her parents decided to emi grate to canada and the family which at that time numbered ele ven made the moe to toronto her lather operated n bakeshop where toronto cit hell now stands and when it was burned down he mov ed to a similar establishment in an other part of the city in october 1887 she married william henry batkin who was a member of the toronto fire de partment until hi retirement he neu in 1h6 itie was a member of the presbyterian church she is surviel by two sons h rubt of georgetown and percy of toionto and or- granddaughter the funeral ser ice on friday at the mcdougall ind brown chapel toronto was conducted jy rev mr gjeenlees pallbearers were w f choat william adjey and four nephews r m cherry b w cherry i a wilson and f batkin interment was n st johns nor way cemetery stewarttowx three in hospital hope thats all ruby tennant has been in the general hospital guelph for an operation on hr knee we are hoping she will be home in a few- days joann hodg had three days in the guelph general too she broke her wrist when a log fell on it in the school yard at norval mr isoeslag who moved into stewarttown a fev weeks ago also went to guelpn general hospital after retting his fingers in a mach ine thats thiee heres hoping it s three times and out happy birthd to faythe mc- ewen who will be 1 1 years old next saturday octooer 30th junior wa meeting was held last week at mrs bailys home mary lawson chose holy holy holy for the opening hymn and conducted the worship service our thursday pledges w ere remem bered the school at village is land bc and all saints hospital afjavik judy walker read the mi jtes of the previous meeting iavwrf was douo on the outfits mr and mrs will lawson daugh ter beth and a nttle niece were vis itors with mrs lawson sunday af ternoon mss annie brown of toronto was a ifitor n er the weekend wih mr and mr w humphreys ruzevnxxeks at oddfellows ecchke door prize winner at fridays marathon euchre in the oddfel lows hall u john campbell mrs tbonas and mrs gladys incus held high scores fnr the ngfat and lin b brydeo and water shutoff stxdat notembek is at 8 ajn on the following streets uver drive bod toad aad laliihw kd mk uae marriages cousens nault at virgin iatown ont on saturday october 24th 1953 emelia burnedette nault daughter of mr amd mrs joseph a nault of holtyre ont to pc colin cousens son of lt- j and mrs gordon cousens of georgetown ok ati is batkin eliza l burness in georgetown on thursday octo ber 22nd 1953 eliza l burness wife of the late william henry batkin and mother of h ernest of georgetown and percival j toronto in her 90th year the funeral service was held in toronto on friday at the chapel of mcdougall si brown interment in st johns norway cemetery caseley herbert charles in toronto general hospital on sunday october 25th 1953 her bert charles caseley of norval belocd husband of violet hillis in his 70th year the funeral service was held this atfernoon at the mcciure funeral home georgetown interment m hilkrest cemetery norval dolson alma mcciure on tuesday october 27th 1953 at wellesley hospital toronto alma mcci ure beloved wife of tho- mab o dolson and dear mother of frank resting at he home lot 18 icd lme west chinguacousy un til 1tiday morning thence to un ion presbyterian church lot 22 ith line west chinguacousy where the casket w ill remain open until service time at 2 oclock inter ment in bramplun cemetery ferguson duncan at ballin afad on monday october 26th 1 953 duncan ferguson beloved husband of ethel near father of fred and brother of johanna mrs f binmc peter and ade line mrs j mays resting at his residence at balli nafad until thursday noon octo ber 29th thence to ballinafad uni ted church where casket will be open until 245 pjn for service at 3 00 p m interment in erin ceme tery vout florence dundas at her residence lot 12 con 9 esques- ing township on tuesday oct 27th 1953 florence dundas belo ved wife of ernest vout and mo ther of reta mrs j andrewsj aged 64 years resting at the mcciure funeral home georgetown until friday october 30th when service will be held at 3 oclock interment in hill- crest cemetery norval serve three hundred knox turkey dinner supper was served to over three hv rea people t the annirersary tc kiox iresoyterian church c thursday wer ei2heen huge were prepared for the feast w k h a a a par of the chjrch hnniersary the ser ulipc two srxciai suida servie- which marked the 93rd year of the establishment of the church m town rev piniay g sewart of st andrews prejy- teriati church kitchener was the forcelal speaker it both of these serv ices w rule the choir was as sisted in the rr isical part of the services by a maie quartette from brampton bishop explains wardens duties on thursday of last week ed win wilson rectors warden at st georges and cecil davidson atten ded a meeting ot the wardens of the anglican churches in the arch- deaconry af wellington and hal- ton held in rckwood with bishop bagnall and canon rigby as spe cial speakers bishop bagnall gave a stirring and informative talk on the duties and obligations ol a church war den stressing the need of consi dering the church deanery axch- deaconery and diocese as a com plete family where any stranger coming into a parish would be trea ted as a member of the christian family group and be welcomed at once he pointed out the need for faith and vision on the part of church wardens in doing the work required of them and gave several concrete examples of how to apply these principles canon rigby as treasurer of the diocese of niagara gave an ex ceedingly clear picture of how and where the money received through the church apportionment is used to do the work of the church with in and beyond the diocese reverend jackson of oak ville the rural dean was chairman of the meeting lunch was served by the rock- wood wa at the close of the meet ing memoriams armstrong in loving memory of a dear daughter margaret jean who passed away august 26th 1948 j there the buds from earth transplanted four our coming watch and wait in the upper gaiden growing just within the pearly gate tho our hearts may break with sorrow by the grief so hard to bear we shall meet her some bright morning in h- upper garden there saah missed by mother did jock a i id dorf- bill and marion newton j lo ing memory of ju r n nestor who passed aw fxoxr lsi 1947 iordj remembered by wife arj smethlrftt in loving mem- or of a ik joseph smtthitst wbf assed aty at christie st hoipif on thursday octooer 2lth 1942 wife and- fiiily cards of thanks beam mrs stanley beam wish es to thank her many friends in georceown aid glen williams for all the kipnesses showti her while she w i a patent in tor onto western hospital lane mrs gordon lane thankt neighbours and other friends for kindness and sympathy at the time of the sudden death of her father robert gordon whaley seddon mrs james seddon thanks friends and neighbours who remembered her with cards and flowers while she was in guelph general hospital and a special thanks to smith stone employees for the lovely gift when she returned home norval many prizewinners at style show an interesting home decoration and style show- was presented rec ently in st pauls parish hall norval through cooperation af the sherwinwilliams company and their local dealer c a grant of stewart town bet t y bl igh t was in charge of the interior decorating demonstra tion and answeica questions during a question period which followed her talk adding to the interest w ere several lucky ticket prizes bob harris mrs arthur burton of huttonvijle and mrs barker hut- ton v il le won room lots of wall paper while mr a barnett hut- tonvilie and mrs c grimwood of brampton received quarts of paint among winners of wallpaper kits was mrs lome cleave mr grant introduced the show and mr foster irom toronto com pany headquarters acted as master of ceremonies the evening was jointly sponsored by members of st pauls guild norval and st johns guild stewarttown refreshments nd a social hour followed the programme chickens turkeys shooting match prizes with several turkeys and chick ens as prizes there was much in terest in a shooting match staged by georgetown anglers and hun ters association on saturday at the clubhouse propeity near hickory falls some 35 marksmen competed and there were three rounds of rifle and nine of shotguns george muck- art and h harris won turkeys and those who won rhickens included jack crichton gordon graham ted bludd a hlnes g clow j palmer keith dowlmg and s jep- son the club is planning another shoot ng match sometime in nov ember anothfr winter activity wiii ire itooor snoot ir g n the ar mour which last year proved a pop lor feature for members about 130 attended the annual turkey dinner held in the parish bail of holy cross churchy last evening ne diirfrr given by the catholic womeni league wifiijfr jwaatm yates ha dsfetge of social personal sunday isicrs with mrs m rooinson edith street were mr and mrs ed hoare mrs harvey lir d mrs eileen parkinson and paj of shaw mr ad mrs maurice hillock m155 dianne hiliock and mr james ford attended thr wedding of miss fern locktiart of collmgwood and mr calvin purdy of toronto last saturday the wedding took place in collmgwood anglican church mr and mrs c j russell and son angus of gormley were guests of mr and mrs j d godfrey while they were in town on sun day to attend st john s anniver- sayr services mr and mrs rus sell who lived in town several years ago were active workers in the church at that time mr and mrs h 3 newman and miss rosemary jordan attended the opening of the a y jackson ex hibition and the i1vn handi craft show at the toronto art gal lery on thursday evening at which governorgeneral vincent ifaaey officiated mrs jama boyle mrs jred tucker mrs john koloski fun walter mozq and mrs james yates rtenrtm flks snadar seamep of she national gobmtfcsi of the cmho- uc womens league m kltiw