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the georgetown heraib georgetown ontario wednesday january j 3 1954 ten pages six homeless after monday fire sunnucks blaie worst of three fires norwegian bridal ccniple clay products add to weeks georgetown had a heavy fir toll this week a botfi and content were d atroyad a banker shop gutted and n industrial office badly damaged in three separate fire which brought firemen out in aubsero wealtier to battle the blaze host aertouj wy a fire monday which destroyed the home of leon ard sunnucks 10 mill road mxm sumurkj had been thawing out a froxen water pipe in the cellar and h la believed that a spark got into a partition the brigade was called at the noon hour and battled the stubborn bttxe for several hours although the walla are till stand ing the house was almost complete ly gutted the roof off and chimney pulled down all members of the family of six were home at the time just ready to sit down to dinner mr sunnucks works in the smith and stone assembly room son jack in the tool room jim at the hydro and imorilyn and bill are school children they moved here from toronto last year purchasing the property from ed peters the large twostorey frame house is the old hoare home a few items of furniture may be salvaged as the fire did not reach uie stove and refrigerator a china cabinet containing some of mrs sunnucks best dishes also escaped v the flames on sunday afternoon while most brigade members were attending a mutual aid meeting in the fire hau uie siren sounded and the truck sped to a fire in the george town clay products plant on king street the fire was confined to the roof of the frame office part of the buil ding and took some time to extin guish there was heavy smoke and water damage to the offices early last night a disastrous fire was averted on main street when firemen were able to promptly put out a blaze in bill huffman s bar bershop in the cordaro building smoke was pouring out of the building when the fire was discov ered and it wa nrccsssary to break the front xhow wndow and the window in the entrance door so get rid of smoke so entry could be gained to fight the fire the heat was so intense that it broke a large mirror n the shop and blistered the paint on the walls the smoke penetrated apartments upstairs but the fire was under control before tenants had to evacuate the rest of the building firemen appreciated the hot cof fee supplied at each fire by thoughtful persons on sunday barber shop eire toll grtiwhnothera choru at institute meeting a chorus of institute grsod mothers entertained other mem bers of georgetown women s in stitute with songs at the w i meeting on wednesday at the home of -mrs- jack williamson charles street mrs it t paul played piano accompaniment for this musical part of the program mrs frank patch presided at tha meeting which waa arranged by mrs harold cleave convener of canadian industrie and agricul ture mrs cleave read a paper on the topic and a poem a cup of cold water unt by miss mary e watson was read by mrs chester deforest the motto life is like a gar- dan it grows with seed we plaint was taken by mrs w j hunter letters of thanks mi ere read from friends who had been re me moored at christmas time a number oj members volunteered to hold euchre parties in their homes to raise funds for the club s work bankers father dies sudden heart attack rraricls edwin chapman father of bank of commerce manager krcd chapman succumbed to u sudden heart attack on ft i day afternoon at his home rdgecomb jyuit land he u survived by his wife mar gucrlteyersey and a family of six children robert who has recently returned from three years in ger many with the 27lh brigade george of sudbury mrs paul challcn of stoney creok mrs marguerite nye frultland mrs mary blanksteln aldcrshot and fred of georgetown the funeral kervlcc took place on monday in 9t johns anglican church winona with interment in the hfty cemetery winona highway fatality atrockwood stolen car cracks up here the weather mr editor to use a wisecrack that would at with thla weak s summary 1 could aay 1 told you ao em retain aate ua mln snow- jan 26 3 jan 5 26 11 1 jan 6 26 is flurries jan 7 24 11 jan 8 20 3 flurries jan 15 3 1 jan 10 6 6 i average 30 5 married in the firat lutheran church toronto n december henri malon jr and hia bride mono hov- ind arc pictured after the ceremony mr malon former ly lived in town with his uncle and aunt mr and mra trygve wold mra malon came to canada from oelo norway shortly before the wedding leg badly broken bikecar accident injured 1n a carhjcycle accident early wednesday evening philip wade 13 received serious leg in juries and is a patient in peel memorla hospital brampton the accident occurred while philip who is a grade 0 high school atudent was on his way to cadet practice he kit his home on king street and was biking across the king and queen intersection when he wbb struck by a panel truck driven by keeve stan allen who could not avoid hitting the lad in spite of swerving his truck sharply onto the sidewalk philip received a compound frac ture of the lower right leg and underwent an operation yesterday h is parents mr and mrs stan wade arc proprietors of the corner cupboard restaurant the family moved only a few weeks ago into o new house on king straat built by a m baxter beside his own re sidence s t maoc tip a pfl p co fee on monday mrs bui glbba did the honours and laat night mr and mrs bill hazelwood who operate the horseshoe grill across the street treated firemen afterwards ed prtes mother dies at hanover a local man lout his mothcrwhen mrs henry pries 70 died in han over on january 2nd mrs pries was a lifelong resident of normandy township in grey county where her huaband farmed until his retirement recently she suffered a severe stroke almost two years ago and had been in falling health since then surviving besides her husband are eight children mrs clarence schaus hanover ed of gcorge- loimiymrs iiidnilgsrhindal- har- breaks leg in toboggan accident rorer schonrld 7 u1 be in guelph general hospital for sev- ral weeks for treatment of a bro ken leg suffered in a toboggan oc cident lost tuesday the young lad son of mr and mrs james sen one id was lobog ganing on a hill at the foot of normindy boulevard when the ac cident occurred he suffered a bad break in his left leg above the knee it is expected that roger who is a grade 2 pupil at wriggles worth school will have to spend at least five weeks in hospital social personal a visitor from the old country with mr and mrs stan wade is miss a masscy whose home is in rhyl north wales vey arthur and nelson of norm andy township mrs ted bender paisley and clayton of kitchener interment was in hanover cem etery following the funeral service last tuesday sipressing hard in industrial loop glen glbba scored a goal in tha last period to give smith stone 2 to 1 victory over the tall end hornby team rene martin and tom beckett have really brought the s s team alone in the last few gamea as the atandlngs enow the commuters have failed to sain lie g smith g gillies alternates mitchell j thompson ii fendley e wilson k richardson g how- den burns transport avre s for the second time in two weeks s a 8 have won their last three games in a row to take over the fourth apot in the standings all lone hornby although deep in the cellar outplayed the smith stone team at times and with a little luck should have come out a point and are now only one point ahead of the s s team in th lea gue standings manager bob burns of the truckers und coach george chaplin watched with pride- last sunday aa their chargea knocked off the commuters 4 3 in a very of his one with a tie walt hc- tight game thla win for burns hardsell one of georgetowns older puts them in undisputed secon qua appeared in the lineup for place and only one point behind tom becketts trienand turned in wilsons warriors who top-tho-loa- a oaltvule jjona club on thur- an outstanding effort and see up the guo with is points ormiearter frate to their first goal of the game ato norton- who never seams to turn in a jjoor uon there jn the party opened the scoring in the second effort scored two goou r his j gunning dick cleata pertodon a goalsaorort from a play team and picked up a couple of i jj collier- bill directly in front of bra hornby stitches to match when he was hau bob relchardt and clar- richejdsom an shark nlcku withahlghstlek mi f kanrlrd mlu joann ruddy of north bay was a recent visitor in town with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs harold cleave mrs h m stewart has returned to her home on durham street af ter spending three weeks at st hubert quebec with her son eric and his family guests on new years day with mr and mrs cecil ford included mr and mrs reg rust carol and ricky of brampton miss olive clark and mr ronald brooks tor onto wilfrid leslie pent the week 1e- tweon ehfuunas and now years in california where he visited with his brother lloyd and family at pasadena he travelled both ways by plane wininm bud hoare of detroit michigan was a holiday visitor in tho dlatrlct visiting in acton with his father mr c hoare sj and wtth brothers aw georgetown seven members t of georgetown clubattended a meeting of douglas bank manager once in georgetown a member of the bank of mon- trc al staff here several years ago hugh clarke 1- inlayaon 42 man tiger of the douglas ontario branch of the bank died suddenly in ottawa on december 20th bur ial was in brockvtllc mr flnlayson wni born and edu cated in kincardine he joined the bank of montreal 23 years ago and lived subsequently in george town norwich brockville king ston and napanee he was a mem bcr of the united church and ac tive in the service work of both the lions and kinsmen clubs in the centres in which he livedo surviving pirn are his widow the former jeanmarlow of brockville a daughter mary six and a half years of age vhia mother mrs ro bert pollock kincardine four bro thers alex and calvin of wlnni- tffpl atynn ratflt tnhn n nf start penny bank at public schools penny bahki have been started in the two locil public schools tho sylm was introduced in ontario minyivrors ago as an in centive to young people to save and to learn about banking procedure pupils at wrlgglesworth school made their first icpoiu on monday and principal william klnrade re- iports that 110 pupi participated the banking will start at chapel school next week each ruuroom teachcrwiulaok after bunking m her class and each child will receive a bank book which will be entered weekly de posit will be made at the bank on moncay and while money can be withdrawn it will be nocessary f or a parent to request this in writing regular bank interest will be paid on penny bank deposits a fatal tyttrwayweuabt at rockwood and discovery out a av which turned over hear george- town was stolen were aoaa weekend accidents in thv district investigated by opp f howard gunn and george ifoeta milton travelling west on no 7 at the danirarous curve this aide of rock- wood a ear driven by brock laws guelph skidded ob tha ley road into a hydro pole ijtts 8yearou son ftandy a as instantly killed an4 mr laws was trapped in the car tfor two hours until freed by mea who out through the roof of the ear with a blow torch if was pain fully but not seriously injured 8lles car called to investigate in over turned csr on no 7 across rrean penaona service station saturday morning police found that the ear had been stolen in goalpai enci two teenagers were taken inio police custody the theft had not yet been re ported but police became suspic ious when the boys could not prod uce ownership crd or drivers lie ences the car skidded on th highway turned over and was con siderably damaged but tha two young men escaped with cuts and bruises they were attended at tha scene by dr i 11 chamberlain further investigation led to aj double car theft charge as it 14 believed they stole a car in tor onto the previous day this wa found abandoned in guelph later in the day the 1050 ford dam aged in the accident was brought into georgetown and la st scoh motors here first aoeldent first sccldent of the new year occurred- at 4 jo pm new yearv afternoon and resulted in 9180 damage to cars driven by harold clerke norval and earl nevera suvercreek both were driving west snd had rounded the highway curve when mr nevers started to paas the clctke car losing control when ha hit a drift of snow mr clerk swerved his car to avoid a collision and went into the ditch while mr nevers car rolled over on its side in the other ditch neither driver was injured be sure to give us your personals grand valley dancers on television show the hottentots a group of young square dancers from grand valley will appear on the television ama teur program nowa your chance over cblt toronto on thursdsy night at 4lo0 p m these talented young people ranging in age from 8 to 13 ap peared at a number of district loirs this foil and performed la georgetown on lfalloween night at the lions tauty in the psrk kincardine and three sisters mrs jessie pyfe vancouver mrs f geddes essex and mrs martin rchdcr of paris mayors inaugural speech sounds economy keynote raiders come back speak to farmer qub was tiff i of canadaus relation 111 lwice 111 week canada relations with the unlt- ed butes and the close coopera te ratders are on the tftiinlch must exist between the bock trail anetlh thelrlast three twq dolntrlc wa the object met games have proved tht george town may yet be- something to re ckon with in the hockey world last night oakvllle one of the top three in the circuit fell by the wayside 74 with ken naah on defence for tho first time this sea son raiders possessed just enough spark to sf t the oaks back on their heels ken proved that he has still a lot of hockey knowhow scoring twice aa well as playing a sterling game on defence y tho yon in walkerton tb last tuesday and hea a com- jortnble 93 lead here against tho same team friday until they fell apart in the last six minutes and i let ttyalkerton slip tn throe v quick goojs n tor the record it raiders win here friday against fergus and grozel assisted graham- gillies- george and keif- allan picked up was the lone marksman fyr the the other two gals jprfjurns hornby team cliff norton blake baxter and s it s goal g king defence zefko mecandlejyf hurned in toe j golden bob hume forwards efforts for the commuters zeke glbbs k king and j kltjk alter- mjapandless v4 thought turned in ivonth birthday iy john flntay son of mr and mrs stan flhlayc had a party at hla home on durhnti street his guettrvere jano brpi allen mary mcnamorejutry naab tfcey are confident they will qeor- gotown will be leading the lngfcjeuu4ntirne4l wl ent v first meeting mrs r ter for a talk by herbert taylor to memberf orterro cotta farmers club af their meeting last week at the home of mr and mrs howard dolson jtr taylor a charter member of the club when it wos formed as a branch of the united farmers of ontario reminisced about his early days at union church and people ho had known then he recalled that it was -his- wife who helped change the club from a mena group to the present mixed meetj- ings a clarence anderson explained a new surgical pla of by peel medical servicer wnfrlel leslie presided ana community- stngtne started tu meeting ol mrs geo h leslie thanked mr taylor and others taking part in the rogram ts at tlyutmeetlng be int meeiu answered mi the hutsv nowoselskl tv ms best effort of the sessonand mien blehn rg h paul l a norton j beckett jtjbcs climated ttm performance wluj- a and jlmnty thompson jlnunjuasd nates 1 ortusbl rhbtooibygoal jbrnmeraou de- xery aha- goatbttw goalkeepers bonny wehardapn fiavld wllaont v ifejice hearha lee forwards les- t continued totmbateb jouh peurlea and wa ttater barbara wrwt 4 v- j j lions will hear ryerson st after x stiff member or ryarson in stitute of technology will outline courseaoffere at that aohool when 8 leslie was in cjtargevof tho motto new yeara thougljts moglbbon hotel the speaker vlll be one -of-ie- veral who will address uie elub- durlngihftvyear x zone chairman any council can make a won derful town with a lot of money but ha our job to make a better town with as little menay as pos sible said mayor jack armstrong predlctaag a year of economy in municipal work at the inaugural meeting on monday at the same tune the mayor said that necessary civic improvements would not suffer and referred to such things as the waterworks ad- dltlon extensions of water and sewers into new subdivisions and o continuation of a sidewalk im provement program the mayor said that georgetown needa more industry and that every possible jrajpect would investigated consideration should 1 be given he added to selling tha townowned reservoir propertytd provide some extfw municipal funds and future tax money our ton rate la not ekcewlonal- 1 ty high- but our debenture debt ia g and mutt be carefully watched he- aald so fir george- towns expansion has been gradu ol and ma armstrong hopes it will continue in such a3ishlon ra tfct tljf imhwaim grmiah lml town ltotu ciimjtext week at the j m me has putvsome municlpsuuee difficult positions after council had ueen sworn in to omeeby town clerk johnd- keily a- short davuoniljr was conducted by arohdeaeonh wttj o thompaon and hev ala gaidar acting for mftustertat aaasctatton