Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 22, 1954, p. 1

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first section tieorgotown ont wedrwaatjay september tsxa 1854 eight pages principals in knox presbyterian church wedding j a carroll asst deputy minister to open fall fair c a chlnn brampton mr and mrs william collin goddard brampton sign the register after their marriage in knox preabyterian church here the wedding waa followed by a reception at the home of the bridea parents mr and mrs gordon jamieaon 82 guelpti street the bride is the former anne shirley jnmieson and the groom is son of mr and mrs wilham goddard brampton r council did reeve triesagaiir but provincials stay in a final bid to have council consider reestablishing a itrlctly local police force reeve stan allen was supported only toy cr harry hale at mondays meeting the reeve spoke to a bylaw pas sed with the two dissenting votes authorizing mayor and clerk to sign the acreewnent which will boost the local opp detachment from three to four men in junuary reiterating his previously voiced opinion mr allen nsaid he has no quarrel with the individual officers themselves but he cant sec policing over which council has no control and which cant tc moulded to suit local needs seeing so few towns with prov incial makes me wonder why oth ers use their own force said the recvc twos in a town of 3000 yesterday where the police chief gets 3000 and constables start at 2600 with 100 yearly raises this compared with 4100 which an opp corporal will set next year and the three constables 3480 our pol ice dont cope with traffic problems in my three years on council the fpolice committee has tiecn merely a group which can take complaints to the police but cant direct them norton i have the opposite view i like opp because we havent 4oritrol over them wed be overrun with suggestions if- we had our own police gray ive all the respect in the in the post instructed them to keep in town limits allen we should at least allow thom to chase speeders ouutdc town limits noble they do ive seen them mayor certainly im in favour of allowing thom to chase speeders when the offence occurs within town limits firemen called when boys lost in bush services of the fire brigade were gsmvrt thi a t locate two small boys who were lost in the bush behind churchill crescent the fire alarm wits sounded short ly after one oclock and the story hud a haupy ending when the boys were located ic me time later deep in the bush vhcrc they had wan- drrcd near the old reservoir the children neddie mcfsrlanc 4 son of mr und mrs murray mc- tarlnnc and his cousin ricky hue 3 son of mr and mrs fred hue had inst been seen at a quarter after el even this morning playing near the mifurlanc home on the crescent windstorm keeps hydro crew working last night super in ten dent g w mccallum nnd his hydro crew had a particu larly busy timo yesterdoy it started when a transformer cut out blew in the waterworks build- in c at suijipcrtlmc later in the evening hlh winds which reached nearrale proportions caused dam age in two parts of town about one in the morning a tree blew down on guclph street falling across ern thompsons house where it knocked down a television aerial the falling tree also blow a fuse which controls all the towns street likhting on academy road near the smith and stone plant hydro line became tangled with tree branches which caught fire a line also fell on a car but there was no damage to the vehicle william j holrjen 62 once 3rd line fanner seriously ill since march a for mer 3rd line esqucslng farmer died iiit9bkville last wednesday he was william j ifolden 62 fa ther of john holden of town and mi employee or the oakvlllc basket born in irmcraoll mr holden 11- cd alduhnlllc oofore taking up farming he moved to oakvllle17 years ago his wife georgina died three years ngo four children survive john of georgetown george annie mr howard barker nnfr quecnie mrs robeit croll of oakvlllc jmd a brother ernest in pennsylvania an only sister mrs minnie hansauld died in detroit in february there are seven grandchildren interment in onkvlll cemetery on saturday followed the funeral service at the 1 s russell 8t son funeral home there izgzttsssi former warden and bride police policing would be better if we mould ty t r honeymoon m rsovascotia town police to auit the town its a i sura to live in a crimefree town where our only troublea are petty ones mcgilvray were setting fairly satisfactory policing with the leosv possible effort on councils part allen if thata the caae we ahould hire a town manager and have no worriek at all we ahould expect to have worriea when we teejc council office the- opp men are tied to town and dont have the freedom of leaving town that local police would have the wedding of george cleave former eariueslng reeve and halton county warden and margaret han cock qlen william daughter of the late mr and mrs jved han cock waa solemnized laat wednes day afternoon at 4 pm in union preabyterian criurcrvhy rev g lockhart royal mrs lloyd davi son played the wedding music the bride wore a powder blue cult navy accessories and pink and aorles and a red corsage mr jinn emille waa groomsman following the hrtt social and personal miss eileen irust hosjie from toronto for the weekend brought s guest miss esther steven mr w ii hamilton was in st catharines last week where she vis ited with ur and mrs john allen mrs a- a matthew urantford u visiting this week with mr aui mr fred armstrong mcnab street glen wylje of oakvlllc- has been visiting with his grandparents mr snd mr william wylle hiver dr mr and mrs a hlnes of detroit visited with mr and mr v a stein on monday and tuesay leoulse matheson toronto was a weekend guest with mr and mr hoy 1 fa risen king street mrs frsnk petoh was in ottawu last week visiting with mr and mrs i toss petch who mov txl there recently frurn montreal mr and mrs george lirundford were in newmarket on sunday where they visited with mr and mrs ernest dabble mrs k c lindsay la home again after spending three wocks at wushago mr lindsay ulso spent a few days luit week ut their cot tage there fasi weekend mr and mrs j a wlllltts lullliuifad milted wlui their ion and his wife ir and mrs 1 a willius in uxbrldge dr wil litta is a veterinarian in that town miss tilina ifuntcr datughtcr of mr und mrs oltwr llunur has returned to queen s university ut kingston where she is tnlcrlng her second year course in arts and phy sicul and health kducutlun mr siiui mrs ciarlcs harris were away on motor trip to mon treal and ottawa last week while he wai on and ion from hlj posi tion us rruiiidit of halton coop erative supplier mr and mrs jack warring and family are movng this weekend to their newly purchased home form erly owned by john kcmahcad sr tuross from the old tower paper mill and now occupied by the de- hollland aircraft co on saturday mr and mr gor don harley were guests at the wed ding of doreen brown daughter of mr o it brown acton to lloyd moclntyre also of acton the wed- d t pla in iu albans ohurch of england acton cadets george mcclure and bill hughes returned to kingston last week to start their aecond year stu dies at boya military college mr and mrs harold mcclure drove down with them and on the return trip visited at peterborough with mr and mrs fred chapman mr and mrs john he nan ran kin of grossc point park michi gan who arc on a weeks holidays going to montreal called on his mo ther mrs j s hankln guclph st on saturday mr rankin is in the detroit office of the lincolnmer cury division of the ford motor co mr and mrs garfield mcguvroy doug and carol and mr and mrs jim ritchie were vmsltlng in port perry on sunday with mr nnd mrs ticorge heaver they attended tho morning service in whitby united church to hear rev john m smith who was minuter here nl st johns until this summer six years old on thursday eliz abeth jane daughter of mr and mrs roy hansen had a party at her home on king street her guests were marsha and jon fleming dan ny mocgllllvray deborah hyde mary hall heather barber eleanor ross brian wicks elizabeth hay her cousins katheryn and judythe meek sister leslie and brothers marshall and eric robert gorring a resident of town several years ago when his father was bank of montreal accountant was vjsltlng last week with mr and mrs itefdld mcclure he is a third year student in ch ethical engineer ing at columbia university the gorrlngs now live at richmond hill long island and mr gorring is employed in the sterling national x bank of new york acl harold stoddart is leaving thursday evening for his new post- j a cabbolx ontarios asalstsnt deputy minister of agriculture who will officially n the kail fair here on oct 2nd the weather mr lditor ihe rain column is nearly filled up on this wc fts summary how ever after a whole wick of dull wet days we could all rejoice with the beautiful weather on buuday af a rnoon km ilalkln ijll- mx mm ituln st u ml m 21 u til t s pi n id ih sl lb go m u spt 17 4k truto sl ih 111 411 05 sit 111 77 lyucr average b2 48 40 social personal miis myrna crawford wux be home with her parents mr and mrs jim crawford mormandy blvd for the next two weeks after hav ing an operation in brockvllle gen eral hospital carol greensward daughter of mr and mrs george greensward who will be twelve next sunday entertained at a theatre party and birthday supper on saturday her guests were sharon saycrs ann uddler phiulpine macdonold mar ion majuery jacqueline tost jill run ham june lyon carolyn btehn margaret eason lynda korzack barbar k rn minay kmmr and dixie tribble brampton the big show of the year will get uiadirwsy next weekend october 12 when the directors of esqus- lng agricultural society sponsor the annual georgetown fsll fair j a carroll assistant deputy miiuster of agriculture for the pro vine of ontario and at one time head of the ontario fairs associa tion will officially declare the fair open from the stand at 2 ftm on saturday mayor armstrong will also take part in the opening cere munies another department of agriculture oilicul gordon it bennett has bean engaged to judge the commercial calf classes and place the showman ship awards fthis calf class will probably be one of the most inter esting highlights of the fair and it is hoped thai ever junior farmer or farmerette in the district will com pete for the wrist watches snd cash awards a junior farmer tractor driving omttit will also be staged at the fair with the society giving prizes in addition to the tractor club prizes and the tractor seat cover offered by lloyd fisher implement agency 1 he directors are keeping their fingers crossed that there will be no frokt before fair day to spoil the many lovely fall flowers and that a good showing may be iossible mmi intt rest is being shown in the sihool childrviib prize list and the mw fhow case for baking entries should be well filled with tile cul inary art the board is confident tmiit the hull exhibit of ladies work it ul fruit and vegetables will be alovi par this viar 1 hi i ntertalnment side of the stiow w ill in ludc harness races a tiraml 11 it hi horse tow und a mld- wu of games rides and plenty of atlrig places s plun to show and go to goor- btwn fair on the weekend of october 1 and 2 correction a council news account last week erroneously said a syndicate was building the new 61 house subdivi sion near sunbeam heights we have since learned that rom- anart bros construction firm is sole ly concerned with this property with houses being sold exclusively by u local real estate agent don shank land solo law practitioner partnership dissolved announcement is made by local lawyer george hewson that his partnership with kenneth clancy has been dissolved the firm commenced practice here a year ago when they purch ased the law business of kenneth m langdon when he became a full- time magistrate mr clancy look- sstlcr the toronto branch of the irm and mr hewson was in charge of the local office which business he will retain located in a remodelled house on main street south owned by mrs j p reid mr hewsons law office now employs three stenographers mrs arthur suddaby mrs kevin moauley and mrs w flehlg the law offices are in the entire first floor of the houoe while mrs reid and her daughter marlon have an apartment upstairs what council did mcgilvray pushes for highway resurfacing with cr g mcgilvray pressing strongly for uomc definite action on resurfacing no 7 highway thro town council by a split vote monday night ordered a bylaw rtpared and a letter sent to the highways department urging imme diate action weve kicked this around for two or three years said mr mcgilvray in presenting a motion which may or armstrong opposed lets at least net the surfacing done and the storm sewers and curbs can be tackled another year cral councillors agreed wlui the mayor that it is foolish to widen through town when the highway narrows on either side recording the vote on resurfacing allen hale iyons and noble sup ported the motion gray norton sargent and the mayor wero oppo sed action on buying a bullclajn for garbage disposal has been post poned i deputy reeve norton haa been in touch with ovtner of a dump mayor armstrong opposed halfltc at dolly vcrden being used by measures saying that solution for a drainage problem at the foot of the hill which flooded tho halton coop mill consistently is of equal importance and that this should bo remedied at the same time he had strong support from deputy reeve norton who tears that unless gutters and curbs tre done st the same ceremony septimus thompson qlen williams the sister of the bride gave a wedding supper at her home she wore a white ensemble to rec eive the immediate families arid a few guests a reception for about fifty guests tollowd at the new sea way hptel toronto when they return from a three- white coraege bar attendant mlss week trip to nova scotia mr and cr mayor the only reason they barbara williams toronto choactbt mrs cleave will live on the groomv jfc dont go out of town is that etjunell navy afternoon- dreesv white acee- farm at nerval fng sask prior to this he bas been posted at st johnsand camp bor den acl stoddart spent bis 30- dny leave with his parents mr and mrs j c stoddart on sunday mrs j c stoddart harold marlene marlon and george motored to owen sound where they visited with mrs stoddarts parents mr antt mrs william sellwood on their way liomevtha stoddart family cak led on friends in slrighamptbri t the township available at a emiu yearly rental and council will dis cuss with bob lane who holds the collection contract prices on haul ing to this dump which is located less than five miles from town replacing of municipal collection by a private system such as in brampton waa suggested by cr itta li the nirw hlgyv ir will thomas lyons but met- with little not stand up im in favour of gutters too said mr mcailvray but we wont get that done this year and there is a possibility we might be able to- complete the surfacing council has abandoned any- idea of widening the existing ids road way which has been- suggested by highway officuls there would be heavy wstta epst fat movingv hydro poles and repairing amewslkssv- favour the mayor pointed out that thla would be a backward step and that council would then have no control either over dump sites or fees the deputy reeve said rate for privatecollection would certainly be higher because when it la paid in the tax rate home owner are heavily subtldued by- ust- money receive frcrtln4iurbynand large landowners jsj-dj-il- carfstfr y -fcr-r- ituvv ltjjki

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