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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday nov 4th 1953 twelve pages 4000 robbery at beaumont mills cornerstone marks new basement hall provincial police are tracking down ell leads in a sensational robbery in glen williams last week when goods valued at over 4000 were removed from the beaumont knitting mills time of the daring theft has been established as shortly after mid night tuesday when nearby resi dents heard p truck which stopped at the mill for a short time entry was gained by forcing a window and the robbers then opened the door and loaded a large number of work socks into the waiting truck mill owner arthur beaumont says that a total of 900 dozen sox packed in 36 cartons were taken in the rob bery all of them packed ready for shipment the firm is offering 100 reward for information leading to the return of the stolen goods theft insurance was carried by mill investigation of the robbery is under the direction of provincial constable howard gunn of milton hepburnperryman wedding im acton in acton united church manse on friday october 23 rev e a currey officiated at the wedding of lillian georgina perryman daugh ter of mr and mrs e e perryman r r 1 limeiouse and robert desmond hepburn son of mr and mrs john hepburn glen williams the double ring ceremony was per formed in a setting of autumn flowers the bride wore a ballerina white net gown with bodice trimmed with drop pearls net bolero and gloves and white satin flippers and the groom s gift pearl necklace and earrings she wore a bandeau of red rosebuds and a red rose cor sage the couple were attended by mr and mrs patrick brian r r 1 acton mrs obrian wearing a bal lerina yellow net gown similarly styled to the brides with head dress of btonze rosebuds and cor sage of bronze roses a reception for the immediate families was held at the home of mrs r w cleave acton the brides mother receiving in mauve crepe with black accessories while the groom mother wore black crepe with while accessories lea- ving on a honeymoon trip to buf falo hamilton and toronto the wide wore a twotoned soft wool jacket trimmed wfth curled wool tight copied wood skirt and long red velvet coat with black acces sories a rbinestone bracelet and urlngs was the brides gift to the bridesmaid while the kroom gave attendant matched cuff links births james mr and mrs bill james arietta pattenden announce the birth of their son brian al bert on monday november 2nd 1953 at peel memorial hospital brampton baby weighs 6 lb mrs alfred watson once merchant here once a merchant in georgetown and for most of her life a resident in glen williams and in town mrs alfred watson rtied in st marys on sunday the former agnes ruddy daugh ter of mr and mrs joseph ruddy she was born in detroit michigan and her parents moved to glen williams when she was a child after her husbands death 22 years ago she operated a children cloth- ifig store in part of the gibbens block in partnership with her step daughter the late mrs annie win- field later moving to toronto to live with her daughters there she often visited in town and only this summer spent three months here at the home of mrs c e parker when her daughter mrs h w pearce moved to st marys mrs watson went to that town kith her she was a prominent member of georgetown baptist church during her residence here and always took an active part in ladies groups in the church widely read and a good conversationalist she had a wide circle of friends she is survived by two daugh ters mrs r j w brooke hazel toronto and mrs h w pearce muriel st marys 4 grandchil dren and 5 greatgrandchildren and a stepson dr frank watson of town two stepchildren fred wat son and mrs annie wlnfield pre deceased her one of a large fam ily her only surviving sisters are mrs conrad weilenbach jennie buffalo n y and mrs annie mer cer in saskatchewan rev alfred barker officiatedi at the funeral service yesterday at the mcclure funeral home here pallbearers were harold watson robert and john brooke toronto harry pearce st marys watson winfield and jack watson inter ment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown 6 oz deaths watson agnes ruddy at the home of her daughter mrs har ry w pearce st marys on sun day november 1st 153 agnes ruddy beloved wife of the late alfred watson and mother of hazel mrs r j w brooke and muriel mrs h w pearce the funeral service was held on tuesday at the mcclure funeral iome georgetown interment in freenwood cemetery georgetown memoriams campbell in loving memory of margaret campbell who pas sed away november 10th 1952 the golden gates were open a gentle voice aid come always remembered by her husband and family norton in loving memory of a dear son and brother kenneth who passed away november 5th 1951 gone dear kenneth gone forever how we miss your smiling face but you left us to remember none on earth to take your place a happy home we once enjoyed how sweet the memory still but death has left a loneliness the world can never fill but in our memory youll always stay as in the hour ken you passed away ever remembered by mom and dad mr and mrs arthur norton and brothers and sisters charlie sheppard refrigerator winner on sunday november 1st all saint day the members of st wm pauls anglican congregation w hiirj hnn th- three whinners in a lucky draw conducted by the lions club re ceived valuable prizes when their norval assembled outside of the church following the morning ser vice for the purpose of laying a cornerstone the stone marked with the date 1846 1953 commemorates tme building of st pauls church and the erection of the new basement hall completed this year it avas placed in position in the wall of the church by arthur barnett a mem ber of the congregation assisted by the two wardens john rawlingson and warwick coupland the rev j e maxwell conducted the ser vice and the reverend l f hat field field secretary of the coun cil for social service read the les son among those taking part in the service with the congregation of st paul s church were members of fie peel deanery local council ot the aypa who were holding a conference at norval over the weekend coronation medals to two lorne scots two local members of the lome scots regiment were highly hon oured after an oikville church par ade on sunday when they w ere presented with the queen s coron ation medal lt col john r eacberqmr manding officer of the regiment and sgt arthur herbert veteran bandsman were completely taken by surprise when an officer from central command made the presen tation before the assembled troops so far as is known they are the only georgetown residents to re ceive the medals which were spec ially struck for presentation to canadians who had rendered dis tinguished service to their country and community marathon continues try for jackpot eleven ladies c five gentlemen arc making a strong bid for the jackpot at the weekly scries of marathon euchres which the odd fellows are sponsoring each friday m the oddfellows hall at the halfv ay mark last fri day mrs alice collier won the 5 door prize while first prizes at cards went to mrs harold reed milton 114 and edgar lyons of streetsville 111 second prizes were won by mrs harold cleave geor- getow n 105 and f w babcock mnrorttlio plans are being made for the an niversary closing night with eleven prizes and refreshments including a birthday cake asiigrove cards of thanks caldwell i wish to thank att my neighbours and friends for their kindness while i was a pat ient in peel memorial hospital mrs bob caldwell caseley we wish to extend sincere thanks and appreciation to all the kind fuends and neigh bours for the acts of kindness messages of sympathy and beau tiful floral offerings extended to us in the loss of a beloved hus band and ather especially thanking rev j e maxwell for his consoling words mrs h caseley and family dishaw we wish to thank friends and neighbours in the den for flowers and all kind ness extended at the time of the death of our sister mrs rose dishaw a special thanks to mrs howard garvin and mrs harry presswood mrs s thompson and margaret hancock ferguson the family of the late duncan ferguson are deeply grateful to relatives friends and neighbours for kindnesses exten ded at the time of his death iam1eson mrs gordon jamie- son thanks friends who remem bered her with flowers and cards during her stay in st jos eph s hospita guelph and a special thanks to smith stone cm lovces for the lovely gift muir i would like to thank my kind friends and neighbours for their cards gifts and visits while i was a patient in guelph gene ral hospital and since returning home also thanks to branch 120 canadian legion and imperial section for their kind gifts robert muir presswood mrs albert press- wood thanks friends for expres sions of sympathy and cards re ceived at the time of the death of her sister mrs henry hilliard vout the family of the laic mrs ernest vout thanks neigh bours and other friends for flow ers cards and other kindness ex tended at the time of her death whaley mrs gordon whaley and family wish to express sin cere thanks and appreciation to their many friends relatives and neighbours for their kind ex pressions of sympathy and beau tiful floral tributes received dur ing their recent bereavement social personal mr andrew ottolenghi of ham ilton was a weekend guest in town at the home of mrs c sargent archdeacon and mrs w g o thompson returned home last week end after spending ten days in ottawa where they visited with mr and mrs jack thompson mr and mrs vic torrance spent the weekend at 6tterville where they visited with mr and mrs w e marshall mrs edith glass is spending a few weeks in cleveland ohio as a guest of her bi other and his wife mr and mrs william simpson mrs a e chalker and miss beu- lah matthews were thursday visi tors with mrs t a laughlin and mrs jim simmonds in toronto mrs a e sham who has been quite ill 4n st joseph s hospital guelph is much improved and ex pects to be coming home later this week recent guests with dr and mrs frank watson were mr and mrs clarence furlong of windsor and on sunday mr william glass of durham was a visitor rev alfred barker spent a day last week in ponti ic michigan visiting with his brother donald who is convalescing after suffering a coronary thrombosis a fiw weeks mr and mrs corey herrington attended the funeral service ot port citclit last tuesdayfor- mrs john pen son of dixie arr old family friend mr herrirtgton acted as a pallbearer hallow e en was an extra special day forfrances linton daughter of mr and mrs james linton who celebrated her sixth birthday that day she had as her parly guests carroll and david fa met u michael and mary hall ijnda and debbie hyde bobby alcott john and douglas penrice ellen biehn bar bara and mary fvans and her bro ther richie farewell party in community hall at esquesing community hall on thursday a large gathering of friends held a presentation party fpr mr and mrs thomas giffen and mr wilfred mclnughlin mr and mrs giffen hav sold their 8th line farm to lloyd davison and will be moving to georgetown in another few months while walling for the honoured guests to arrive chairman wilfrid bird started the evening with euch re mrs charles austin and mr william anderson being prizewin ners while mr and mrs giften and mr mclaughlin took their places on the platform bam milcham read a fine address and william cromar and percy leslie presented them with a desk and a chair mr and mrs giften replied with their thanks and a note of sadness was added to the evening when reference was made to the length of time they had been in th community and how sorry they are to be leaving john bird presented wilfred mc laughlin with a smoking stand and referenee was made to his work among the neighbours and how his horses liked to sample the neigh bours oats which brought smiles to all speeches by percy leslie robert cunningham and robert alexander revealed the affection and high re gard held oy the neighbours mrs hector bird played while the crowd sang jolly good fellows a program included piano selec tions by mrs robert alexander a violin solo b bobby ruddcll ac- uinamcd at the piano by mrs r h h wricht and readings by mrs william cromar after refreshments the evening closed with expressions of best wi- shi s to mr and mrs giften and mr mclaughlin in their future homes to farmers the best tribute you tin pay is to suv they were good neighbours fergus here nov 17 for hockey opener annual halloween dance in the rose room charles sheppard terra cotta won a frigldaire refrigerator o varey 19 vaueyview downsview a frlgidairo range and jesse smith georgetown a mixmaster the dance was as usual a suc cessful event with costume and spot dance prizes adding to the fun ron deeth s orchestra from toronto played or dancing costume prizes were won by mr and mrs dick rddall mrs clar ence kennedy and godfrey collier zortv cflairman bob cooper bramp ton and his wife were judges win ners of spot dances were mrs ken daren and doug townsend mrs george walker and jerry pargeter council news sorry space w as short and news of mondays council meeting is held till next week councillors wives dine at old mill council members end the town foreman entertained their wives on wednesday when they had din ner at the old mill in toronto staying for dancing afterwards pofpt dat buy a poppy on poppy day this saturday november 7th water shutoff the water will be shut off sunday november 8 at 8 am on die following streets st michael caroline rosetta river prlvf mill road and mount unview road 9tine h vhyde waterworfu superintendent the weather mr editor we certainly enjoyed the lovely october weather which lasted until the end of the month the month of october this year was rather off balance when you compare it with the normal average for the month the maximum average was 65 which is 8 degrees above normal while the minimum average was 36 which is 2 degrees below nor mal the total rainfall was only 1 07 which is not half the month s normal which is 2 67 inches octo ber 1952 was even drier than this year the rainfall being only 6b inches for the whole month em batkin rain date max mm october 26 33 october 27 5b 41 october 28 54 45 october 29 57 40 october 30 r7 14 october 31 68 34 november 1 55 37 average t 38 millerlorriman wedding saturday on saturday in the presbyterian church manse t norval rev g lockhart royal officiated at the marriage of maisie lorriman and thomas earl miller the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs ar thur lorriman glen williams and the groom is the son of mr and mrs nelson miller terra cotta for her wedding the bride wore a blue afternoon dress a pearl trimmed hat and corsage of yellow roses her sister mrs lewis brandford was ner attendant wear ing black with turquoise trim and a corsage of pink carnations lome miller was his brothers grooms man at a reception at the home of the groom s parents in terra cotta the brides moher wore a black ensemble while the grooms moth er wore blue both had corsages of red roses following a honey moon trip mr and mrs miller will be residing in terra cotta grouped this year in a 9team league with four b teams and four other a teams georgetown raiders will open their season loc ally on novemoer 17th with fergus thistles a convener s meeting in beeton last night drew up a schedule in which georgetown will play a dou ble series with most of the teams those in the group are colung- wood midland walkerton dur ham elmira fergus oakvule and milton team shaping up there have already been several hockey practices with c lub presi dent leigh bradbury filling in at present as coach by the end of this week the team should be tak ing shape four new imports have been given a trial this week and a cou ple of them looked good enough to sign according to the executive though as yet no one has been ask ed to sign a contract some of the jounger local talent also bears watch ng with bill hew itt blake inghs george grasby and paul barber patriculariy worth noting the current edition of the raiders will probably end ap as a good mixture of veteran players some of the younger locals and three or four new faces who will commute to games hold on to junior unless there h a change of heart milton has little hope of getting junior beaumont into a coop un iform junior has been trying out with that team but overtures from mil ton have so far fallen on deaf ears as far as the georgetown executive is concerned no definite requests have been made for any other rai ders who might consider a shift to the county town but the answer will probably be the same for ferri and inghs many from here at sadler wells ballet several georgetown people were among those who attended the sad- led wells ballet last week in maple leaf gardens mrs w carney and mrs flor ence curtis were guests at a din ner party at the home of mrs m vaughan in islington before the wednesday performance mr and mrs j l lambert mrs w a mc- gowan mr and mrs ernest ball and mr and mrs desmond earl were among those who attended headed peel county lady liberals club widely known m peel and hal- ton and an active member of many organizations mrs thomas a dol- son died in wellcslcy hospital toronto on october 27th after a few weeks illness mr dolson w js a fine organi- 7cr and enjojed a wide circle of itqu nntanccs in in my paits of the province only this ciir she was elcettd head of pool county liberal ladies org mizalion and took an active part in the federal election campaign melissa alma mcclure was born on the 5th line west chingua- cous the daughter of the late dar ius mcclure and mrs sarah m mcclure she attended hullonville public school and graduated from brampton high school during her lifetime she was a member of nor val presbyterian church and mount pleasant united church surviving are her husband and son frank of alloa her mother in toronto two sisters mrs f mack louva and corinne mcclure of toronto two brothers dr fred mc clure toronto and martin h mc clure new york and one grand child mary the funeral service on friday was held from her home lot 18 3rd line west chlnguacousy to union presbyterian church where rev g l royal officiated a per sonal friend mr heber mulock of toronto cans the beautiful hymn in ttie garden interment was in brampton cemetery six of her nearest neighbours were pallbearers jack giffen wil son bowes fred sharpe lloyd williamson gordon sharpe and rosv mcewan flower bearers were members of the local holsteln association in which she had long bean interoated lecture on arabia is interesting library event a world traveller who is at pres ent on shipboard enroute to eng land and will later join the teach ing staff of a brazilian college stop ped briefly in town on thurs day to lecture to the high school in the afternoon and at a public meeting in the library that evening lt cdr c p m robertson-for- tay rnvr is a personal friend of library board chairman j l lambert who arranged for the board to sponsor an illustrated lec ture on arabia of canadian birth he was educated in england and had extensive experience in war time with the british navy and la ter served on government explora tions he does a large volume of freelance writing as well his talk covered the history and geography of the arab world ex plaining the four main divisions of mohammedanism with coloured slides illustrating a trip through the sahara an informal discussion after his talk gave the audience more insights into this part of the cast at the high school the speaker save a vivid account of a british government expedition to the in terior of iceland in which he was one of the leaders entering terri tory which had never previously been mapped the expedition inclu- iiiil teanii of mineralogists carto- jji aphers geologists agronomists md natural scientists as well as sixty members of a parachute bat talion there is a tremendous power potential hidden under the ice crust of this for northern country and that the russians arc also interested was shown when the battleship ra dio station which sent reports to england intercepted russian stat ions frequently which were listen ing to the broadcasts a trip to the volcano hekla and its ice cap was on a par with the mt everest expedition and lt cdr robertsonfortay had excellent colour pictures of every stage ot the journey grade 8 public school students were invited to the lecture which took place in wrigglesworth school auditorium the speaker was book ed to lecture ip peterborough on friday and saturday en route to england american hekk pem ss plant repajk wou representing the norton com pany frank babraftts of worcester mass has been in town for the past few weeks doing an overhaul job on soma of the grinding fi at ii