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the georgetown herald ten pages georgetown ontario wednfepky april 2ut 1954 ten pages golf club charter received by members members of kerfahalma gou and coontry club ace already in- joying the tacluues of the new club and laat weekend aeveral gol fers were on the oourae getting their first taste of the aeaaona play the club has received 1u charter and ownership haa been turned ovor to the membership by kannath m larujdon who made the purohaae in september pending formation of the club the 127 acre property former bummer home of toronto realtor j a wuloughby comprises a ohole courae mr wllloughbya large resi dence three cottages and a bam and all furnishing and equipment purchaae price of the property was 11x3000 a maximum of 223 pre ferred shares of t300 will provide the major financing and it is still hoped to have the majority of mem bers from georgetown acton and milton although memberships ar now being accepted also from a wider radius the preferred shares will be repayable at 4 per cent in terest larry edwards who haa been en cased aa club pro will be arriving may 1st to take over his duties lfe haa been in bermuda at a similar job thla winter william taylor la reenakfeeper and with mr vorklnk and jesse smith makes up the pre sent staff the directors sre sdver- tlslng at present for a steward and stewardess and hope to have dining facilities available within the next few weeks application haa also been made to the liquor control board for a club licence with a hearing scheduled for this on may mlh it is planned also to have overnight accommodation available in the clubhouse for out of toun guests heading the directors are mr langdon as president james un ion vice president and em batkln secretarytreasurer other directors are graham famell rved chapman j stuart young dr jack kerby john bell ross duncan donald ii mc laughlin and fred helaon george town cecil doble roger ptolemy and dr carl martin milton and wesley wolfe acton what council did forage fomiturestonr are erlsmifisremues two local uiitnttaroen are ex 7 pandbtg thalr premises kay bowers motor sales on the highway ha a large new garage underway beside hallon coop op posite their present place of busi ness whicti will be rtady fur occu pancy later this spring this week worklieftsn on an ex tension to mcclur home furnish ings which will more than double the present floor space at the itore and provide extra room for dis play which the present building doe not allow horvalglen united gets hew minister rev a r muir present pastor of erin and iullafcurf united churches will take over the minis try of three district churches on july 1st mr mulr has accepted a call o serve the congregations of nonl glen williams and home churches and will make his home at norval he will succeed keyv c d lerake who has iwen serving the churches in s temporary oapactty since rev c c gilbert left last fsll m r umkc who has been com pleting hit university studies will be or d lived on june 3rd at north hay hu appointment to another church wilt nut be known until after that date attendance officer at convention in toronto m ii moyer attendance oltleae for the local public and high schools attended the convention of the as soc is tl on for attendance counsel ling services in toronto on mon day history of past legislation and explanation of recent amendments to the school attendance act were reviewed by government spokesmen during the daylong program reverse decision as pay raise voted a flat yearly fee of 1200 for coun cil members passed by a slim maj ority when the subject was re introduced at mondays meeting by cr t l lyons the change in allowance must be made by bylaw which is subject to municipal board approval and will come before council again be fore it oses into effect at present councillors receive 500 a meeting and the mayor an allowance of 700 a few weeks ago the same question was discus sed at a council meeting and voted down by a 54 vote a recorded vote monday found mayor arm- strong deputy reeve norton and cr mcgllvray supporting mr ly ons motion while reeve allen and councillors sargent and gray op posed it as they had done previous- tw nrlllnrawhn luid vnlr six get degrees at huge i00f meeting six georgetown oddfellows were nu umbered among ocr a hundred who took degree when mt forest iook was host to m lodges on good friday almost a thousand oddfellows attended all or part of the ceremon ies which included conferring of the 2nd degree by preston lodge in the afternoon on 54 candidates and the 3rd degree in the evening by waterloo on 03 candidates twenty eight from georgetown attended and those taking degrees were elmer walker victor mc nlven frank robinson donald robinson wilfred burt and leon ard rayner two officers from grand lodge six ddgmi and eight past deputies wrre among the dig nitaries present three weeloend fin minor damage only while only minor damage wss caused four alarms kept firemen busy laat weekend three of the calls were to grass fires saturday afternoon a jownshlp call was made to the lloyd davison farm on the 0th line just beyond ten n sunday afternoon another grass fire behind the home of hen ry hclfant arietta street resulted in a call to the brigade and a few hours later they were aimmomd to walter ssrgents apartrnaot fn the norton apartments on mjln street grease had flared up on the stove and there was some smoke dsmuge krlc londesboro a neigh bour received minor burns when he ran with an extinguisher to assist mr sargent beore firemen arrived the fourth cull monday morning wai to harold ci caves farm prop erty behind hay whltmecs house aguin for a grass fire shoe firm farther served hydro here member of family associated with georgetown industry for over a century harry c dqyfoot t3 died in toronto general hospital weston laat week he had been 111 for several years lie was a partner wrh hti brother in open ling the day foot shoe com pany at the time of its sa in 1945 when the business closed down a ftw yar ago the building was ta ken over by leonard dell snd now houses dolphin craft boat works jr dayfoot was the son of john v dayfoot wffe came te canada from vermont in 18311 and entered business in grimsby and later in hamilton in 185 he started a tannery here later adding a atioe factory which his brother jntllo had cttarge of twenty years leter john j dayfoot came permanently to georgetown and after his desth in 18fc his eon charles took over the btguitesx several years later harry entered partnership and travelled for the firm for many years selling thflr line of high grade boots ffe served for many years as a hydro commissioner retiring from this post jn 1m3 in 1033 he wss worshipful master of credit mas onic lodge he was a member of georgetown baptist church predeceased by his wife mae love fifteen years ago he leaves one brother charles b dayfoot of osk ray d c rev a j barker conducted the funeral service on friday at the mcclure funeral home and inter- ment was in greenwood cemetery pallbearers were members of credit lodge walter lawson sam mac kenzie itosa thompson campbell sinclair denney charlei and alex kean what council did dairymans mother dies in gullph wellknown in georgetown where she often visited with her son mn george noble died in guelph on saturday after a brief llness the former hattle horton she wss predeceased by her husband she leaes a family of six children edwin of detroit mrs stanley mc- mullen chesley fred of roth say harry of guelph irwin of george town and helen of hespeler the funeral service yesterday at the home of her son at kothaay was followed with interment in derry- odd cemetery social and personal i tw nriiinrwhn had vntrrt m against it were absent when the mr and mrs paul barber spent the holiday weekend in bala miss ellen maynard montreal was o visitor in town for easter with her mother and sister mr and mrs eric allan st tho mas are visiting in town this week with mr and mrs p b coffin mr arol oneill toronto spent good friday in town with his mo ther mrs john oneill judy bona than is in toronto thla week visiting wlot her uncle and aunt mr and mrs j weatherston easier visitors with mr and mrs les fallow were his nephew mr w fallow and mrs fallow of wlnd- mlss helen devereoux stall mem ber of macdonald college ste anne de bellevue quebec spent the eas ter vacation with her parents mr and mrs harry devoreax mr and mrs gordon pass david and peter of preston and mr and mrs william clements streetsvluc were home for easier with mr and mrs william bullivont mrs margaret gray mr robert gray and miss marlcne wade port colborne mr ond mrs george bailey barbara and brian new toronlo7were weekend guests with mr and mrs jim emmerson easter guests with mrs c sar- mayor for reeve against 130 old truck sale papermill employee over half century associated wtfh georgetown s early history ss an employee of the old barber paper mill james char les alexander b0 died in ham ilton last wednesday he had been 111 for some time at his home on the norval road mr alexander had lived in this district since childhood his par ents james and mary wylle alex ander moved from connecticut to georgetown in 1874 when he was a baby and he went to school here ho worked at the old dynamo which generated power for the paper mill until it went out of operation when the tiam went out and completed 51 vcars of service when he retired from his work at the old lower mill in 1040 he is survived by his wile jes sie g bryant one daughter mrs fred taylor toronto and four grandchildren lance king necpa- wa manitoba eugene bobby and elaine taylor toronto mr alexander was a member of georgetown baptist church and his pastor rev a j barker conducted the funeral service on saturday at the vsnclure funeral home pall bearers rcrc fred taylor john brown waiter brown j white and john tcrler toronto and frank hughes norval interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown theweafher mr editor good friday weather was ratiier damp in ltd the ralnuu friday during the day and nlfhtwas equal to the normal rainfall fur the whole mouth of april em bstkln date max mln rain april 12 40 33 april 13 87 j5 jta april 14 71 48 april is 60 33 april it 10 40 1 4s april 17 4 31 88 april 18 50 40 average go 37 j mrs houston conduct st johns devotional mrs o m houston was in charge of the devotional at the spring thankoltcrlng meeting of the wom ans missionary society of sh john a united church mrs gordon kid ney presided when the meeting wss held in the memorial hall on april eu mrs houstons devotional was a time of refreshment and inspiration she read from matthew and gave three thoughts connected with the easter message sorrow seeking and service the angel came she said to comfort the sorrowing ones christs resurrection brougfit joy and in christ we have the solution of all our problems for there is new life in loe mrs r c pollock of ccdarvalc school closed the meet ing with prayer a recording of an address by dr james hobtnson given before the dominion board of the wms was heard by the ladles attending the meeting refreshments were served to close the afternoon sale of the ojd town fuck foi 180 was preceded by a brisk debate et mondays council meeting recor ded vote asked by mayor arm strong carried by a narrow margin wwn the mayor and cr sargent supported the graymocuvray mo tion to sell the truck the otbev four members present reeve allen dputy reeve norton and cr ly ons favoured keeping the truck tor town purposes the sale was made to bob lane who submitted the only lender in response to advertising the reeve and deputy strongly opposed scllutg the 1040 model 3- ton truck reeve allen claimed 14 folly to use the now 18300 truck for such things as hauling rubbish to the dump if we use the old truck just for this well be money ahead ha ssld pointing out the damage to tlree and the fact that the hoist alone was worth the purchase price mayor armstrong said he was confused as he hsd no intention of operstkng three trucks when the new one was purchased there is no estimate in the budget for this he reminded council and the town haa not the man power to do this reeve allen said the new truck oan be profitably employed in snow plowing and hauling black top soil and gravel cr mcgllvray said ha thought the truck should be used for general town work and that the town isnt in the haulage busi ness permission was granted w ii kentner and son to i natal oil tanks on their property adjoining the cnr road chairman norton will ex periment with a now material which he hopes may solve some road problems without gravelling and grading using durham street aa a testing ground mcnally construction gets contract for glen school um 1 ri1 vote was taken harry hale and irwin noble i expressed my views before on this question said cr sargent and i havent changed my mind it looks a little sneaky to introduce a mot- ion when two who supported mo arent here cr gray said he could not sup port a motion when it had already been discussed and turned down 1 and neeve allen offered tho same opinion tm still in favour becauso council work haa certainly increa sed said mayor armstrong though 1 can see possibilities in this motion that it wont be an increase if wo continue to have ar many meetings tsr the remainder of the year mrs herb hancock heads ball league formation of the ladles softball jrgue got under way on monday then representatives of six rural communities in halton mot in mil ton mrs herb hancock glen wil liam again head the league as president and officers include poy inilou haltonvule vice president and christine marshall oroagh aecxetarytreeaurer kay cascad- dn norval took the chalrfor the election it u definite that teams will en- tar- the league frorrt jjorv glen williams hornby bmagtirwermo l hamonvule plana for a tcamp- l elvlue entry are not yet known i irstry fee must be paid by may lbtii trie ladle decided to hold a bmnauet in midoctober easter visitors with mr and mrs alt collins were sgt and mrs bruce collins and patricia of bar- rle mr and mrs mcrvyn cook and myrna were in owen sound to spend good friday with his par ents mr and mrs m cook mrs eileen schrag and miss patsy of schrag of montreal have been visiting with mrs schraga parents mr and mrs william llulllvont john oswald of the bank of commerce stuff spent the holiday weekend in chesley with his par ents mr and mrs w p oswald mr and mrs joe chovlln and son jack of chatham spent the hol iday weekend with mr and mra steve norrlo gwynneth mcgowan montreal spent easter weokend here with her parents mr and mrs w a mcgowan lynne and wenuy masters ac ton are visiting thla wcok in town with their grandparents mr and mra robert lane union street mr and mrs william kelly ann and paddy of toronto wero holi day visitors with or and mrs it t paul and mr and mrs john d kelly mrs f l mcgllvray who had been visiting for several month in held douglas and bobby and mr and mrs w donlson windsor ond mr and mrs b cowtan david billy and june brampton peggy ann cowie toronto was a visitor for a few days lal week with linda korcnck peggy now lives in toronto whero the family moved last year after selling their home on king street visitors during the week with with mr and mrs j d godfrey were their daughter mrs james ii wilson barbara and marian of dun- das ond mr and mrs stanley god frey bruce and carol of toronto holiday visitors with mr ond mrs alex kcan were mr and mrs bob prldeaux and cynthia of sornlo dr end mrs david waterhousc jane mid mary guelph and mr and mrs bob bridges peter and ken neth brampton mr and mrs james emmerson and family are now occupying their new home in sunbeam heights in georgetown sunbeam heights are located south of no 7 highway east of georgetown mr and mra emmerson formelry lived at terra cotta where they recently sold their property to the owner of the ter ra cotta inn engagements mr and mr ray vincent pom- dunnvllle with her son walter ondoroy norval announce the engoge- his wife ha returned to her borne ment of their daughter marlon in towrk joanne to stanley walter carr of mr and mrs druoo moasop mr toronto ion or mrs carr and the old mrs we oliver and lynda late mr walter carr of thlstle- jnent the houday weekend hvak town the marrla wul take puce harirtur 0hiowlui mr and mr saturday may the eighth at three dick oliver oclock in norval united cfauroh sunday school presents fcajter in song story the ancient but cvcrnowostcr story was told by 43 members of st johns sunday school in word- picture group scripture rccltallons groupsinging a duet solo and abort address wilh the entire school join ing in the singing sunday morning superintendent ernest korgravo gave a short talk on the events of the days bctwocn palm sunday and good frldny the scripture from murk verses 211 was presented in group recitation by barbara avery david kentner murray marchment helen klinguctl john mcclcmcnts andrew rugg lynda vanwyck itobcrt wrlgglcsworth and alice wilson mrs jack bailey and isobcl dob- son sang aa a duet low in tho ground he lay with the school singing the chorus nine girla of the cg1t gave a word picture of the life of jesus from birth to the resurrection this impressive part tof tho service was given by pauleno watson tonl lee lynda whltmee gall mcgllvray judy mccumber marlcne mann ruth mcclements coll bradley ond barbara alcott at thoconcluslon of tho sorvlce thirty of the co it girls sang the popular sunday school song he lives agnes nelson sang the second verse as a solo with tho en tice school singing the last chorus to end the service the offering wa taken by four boy of jack runham class lynne hyde monty hyde terry reld and peter fbrgrave with the school of fering the trayer of dedication in unison mrsrh c wriggleaworth directed the jfcripbjrav kttd word retire from farming honoured by friends honouring a couple who had far med for many years at union friends in the community had a party for mr and mrs j a mc- kane in snclgrove i fall on thurs day following progressive euchre nev g i royal was chairman for n program which included solos by mrs clark lyons instrumental numbers by mrs sandy dolson and donald dolson and readings by joe lyons a studio couch was presented to the mckanes by william hunter ond herb dolson while mrs lloyd crichton expressed regret at losing them from the community and wi shed them happiness in their new nome in georgetown others who spoke briefly included vern thomp son bert taylor and thomas l contract for a tworoom addition to glen williams school has been awarded by esqueslng school area 1 to mcnally construction george town cost of the addition to the pres ent 3 room school will total 21004 mr mfcnallys tender of 22630 was lowest of five submitted for the general building and extra payment of 215 will be made for painting and 1858 for sull sash tenders submitted were as fol lows mcnally conatrucuon geor getown general 22 mo painting 215 sull sash 1053 hawes nel son georgetown general 27540 painting 241 j b mackenzie and son ltd georgetown general 24- 220 painting 210 sull sasb 1848 wylle construction bramp ton general 22000 painting 215 sull sash 2014 m london and son fergus general 28634 painting 600 landoni and hawes nelson did not submit bids on the sull sash part of the work ia retiring from farming mr and mrs mckane have sold their farm property to cecil upshall who a ley years ago was co proprietor of the georgetown feed mill mr and mrs mckane have bought the house on edith street where mr and mrs harold wilson formerly lived m fining fhribum easter friday bring news of fathers death a local home was saddened with news of the death on easter friday of a parent in nova scotia fred c archer 85 father of mrs clarence bain of town died at his homo at pleasant lake yarmouth county thut day employed in tho toolmaklng and planning depart ment of coatmos cotton mills he hod retired ten years ago his wife- died eight years ago surviving are four children mrs harold burr ill muriel of yar mouth mrs stardcy prime lucy of kemptvlme ns fred w arci- er pleasant lake and mrs clar ence bain rota of georgetown and seven grandchildren also two sisters mrs etu whitman arcadia ns and mrs robs browne- new hampshire the funeral service was held on sunday in mount plea sant baptist church picture presentation snd school pi- enlit pat willson accompanied the soloists and tfroup singling attendance of 3s3 is an indication oi ttie interest ujh dturcfa people in christian ttdgsuto lodge makes presentation at the lost meeting of lol 245 held in the oddfellows hall april 13th o good turnout of members were present along with county master jack fox harvey lusty master of lol 68 and bro george grclg of lol 68 after the meeting a hot supper was served in the basement by wor bro dave bowmans social committee bro albert carter jr was pre vented with an cngnaved cigarette lighter bro carter is leaving fo belgium in jhe near future next meeting is the royal arch degree witnesses mark easter festival on saturday april 17th which is the same as nljan 14th ot tho jew ish calendar aixty nine persons assembled together in the local kingdom hall of jehovahs witnes ses to celebrate the memorial of the death of jeaua tho georgetown congregation 1 one of 13943 which celobratod this significant event in accord with the original pro cedure when jesus instituted the memorial of hi death it was ob served after 8 pjn of the memor able date mr and mrs- dlold 3fuddailand wilyn spent a few day trweak- in callander with isr and una ivad uaurs