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the georgetown hera1d fourteen pages georgttowb otturio weairjay april 13 1955 first section the industrial area of the dtrex tubdivmon lvlndleated by reeve stan allen 10 o local group vmting the horn show in toronto lair week left to right are rex heilop mr allen mr allen cr waller gray engineer ron stmmoni and cr irwin noble what council did choose h e cole as new town engineer h e cole lurrif will be gcorgc- towns new town engineer commenc ins his position here the first of m one of m applicant for the poi hon recently advertued he waa one of three men interviewed on monday by council five men had been granted an interview but two with drew their applications mr cole a woodstock native has been employed for the past four yean as a project engineer for cm tral mortgage housing and de fence construction ltd his work has uken him to many parts of the province supervising contracts at such places as clinton and centralis rcap stations wo lie ley iurracks london and camp borden he is married and faiher of three young children before joining the army in 1043 he was assistant to w g lire woodstock city engineer he attend ed university of weatern ontario for a year in the honour science course served overseas and after the war graduated in civil engineering from the university of toronto he worked for two years as a plan examiner in the toronto building department then for a year as a junior engineer with columbia cel luloae co constructing a pulp mill on wauon island dc the weather mr editor perfect weather for easter week end guess that sums it up although to read the thermometer up in the 7ui it feels nearer midsummer em bauin date max 11 in rain april 4 m 25 april 3 m 24 01 april 6 m m 02 april 7 m 24 hurries april 8 54 26 flumes april 0 71 26 april 10 73 46 gertrude jccollum burial here thursday a member of an old georgetown family will be buried here tomorrow in greenwood cemetery gertrude 1 mccollum a daugh ter of the late mr and mrs wil ham mccollum died monday in orl- iha at the home of her sister mrs w j mackadden her father was a businessman here many years ago owning the livery slabte which later was operated by j a willough by her brother rev canon arthur mccollum is rector of the anglican church at york mills two other brothers bert and bob died several years ago the funeral service is being bald in orilha tonight and the burial will be at approxunatajy 200 oclock thursday afternoon on arrival by motor fifty young people attend dawn service some fifty young georgeuwners were up bright and early on easter sunday morning when mrtbn of the young peoples unions xf three local churches planned a 700 am sunrise service in first baptut church the group included young people from knox weabylenan ht johns united and first baptist bill whit- ruy conducted it assisted by barbara lindsay reading scripture and phil ip clsppison leading in prayer arune reeve and douglas ck sang a duet it was alone rev allied barker preached the ftieuage fur the service centering his thoughts upon the all hall or good morning the disciples had on the first easter morn several of the disciples had for saken jesus and ihcy were filled with despair and blackness as their master had gone from them hear ing that he had risen from the tomb tney went to see for themselves and met jesus who said good morning now their darkness turned to vic tory and triumph because sin and death had been conquer and pow er given for future generations to rise snd seek cternsl life rev mor gan mcfaxlane pronounced the ben edict ion following the service the group went to knox church where break fast was served it is expected thst oils will become an annual event lions campaigning for 50000 swimming pool suineri crucilxion an eajur highlight a large audience was in attendance good friday evening when knox jrcs bunan church choir pcuntrd k ntrk critcifuon salouu were ed gar gowund robert cooper mrs i- red rodrn mrs k kurn w coomb pat clarke mr john mcclun- ami the t v alex calder ljuiit rooming haw an xrlltnt congregation at knox church the choir sang thr anthtrn hallelujah now ik chrut kiscn mr edgar gowliind a ko open the gates of the trmplr and a mixed quar tet made up of mrs vic torrance mrs w t cromar richard packer uni hdgar gowlsnd sang were you there mr calders sermon wai on the eastrr ihc mr tragedy and triumph at the evening service thr choir sang the anthrm lift up your hands and mrs john mcclure sang a solo consider the lilies lions club rn embers hate been in volved t tome time in preliminary ork connected with the erection of swimming pool in georgetown plans are suffjaenuy wil advance ntfw to nnunce to the public the progress whictrhaj been made- members of the club have arranged for the purchase of the land behind the arena from the buck estate tne old slaughter house has already been torn down dans are on the drawing board for the pool filtration and pur ification sbteui and driving rooms kmnnathd rout f ih project it 50u0o the uoni hope that other organizations and all the people of georgetown and district will support this effort they have a very good fund to start with and will be raising more money at every opportunity peanut day will be the first major enterprise this year and all money raised that day will be earmarked for the pool work has begun on a large fund thermometer for the four corners on main street average 58 30 03 gharline gibbs is saturday bride on saturday april 0 the msrrtsfje of charline gibbs daughter of mr and mrs charles gibbs of glen wil liams to donald robertson son of mrs robertson of woodville ontario and the late 9tev everett robertson took place the bride la employed with smith tt stone and the groom worlct for dellavilland aircraft the service waa performed by the rev a r ifulr in the united church manse norval at 2 oclock given in marriage by her father the bride wore a suit of pale gray with pink accessories and a corsage of pink rosea she waa attended by her sister marie who wore a natural coloured suit with navy accessories and a corsage of red roses cecil rob ertson waa best man for his brother following the service a reception was held at the home of mr and mra del mar majuery where daffodils were used to decorate receiving for the bride mrs gibbs wore an aqua blue crepe dress with pink accessories and a corsage of pink carnations tho grooms mother wore a navy sheer dress with matching accessories and a corsage of pink carnations aftcrthc reception mr and mrs robertsm left for a motor trip to the united states on their return they will reside in georgetown guests at tended from rochester ny lc aside toronto brampton georgetown and glen williams funeral service for harley vice president vicepresident and manager of harley kay m aril ami ltd albert william bert gilmer was buried in greenwood cemetery friday follow ing funeral service at the mcclure funeral home mr gilmer succumbed to a sud den heart attack on tuesday after noon sod of the late samuel and har riet peters gilmer he was a native georgetowner and attended public and high school here his associa tion with the knitting mschinc plant began several years ago before the arm was purchased by the kitchener marsland firm and he was made vice- president last year after being general manager for some time he was a past noble grand of orion odd fellows lodge a member of credit masonic lodge north ilalton golf country club the american society of tool engineers and knox presbyterian church he is survived by his wife uar- jorie gaull a brother fredrick of town and sister ethel- of drantfordr rev alex calder conducted the funeral service assisted by rev kenneth richardson pallbearers were three fellow employees at har- lcykaymarsland dill latimer bern knight and james patton barney coxe of the kitchener staff ronald maitland toronto and edwin hall members of the masonic lodge con ducted a masonic service at the fun eral home on thursday night lode plans welcome for new canadian a social evening for new canadian ladies is being planned in the legion auditorium on april 26th members of countess of mralhmorc chapter lode will be hosts repeating a simi lar party last year to welcome new comers from britain and the contin cnt to georgetown another item planned at mondas meeting which was held at the home of the regent miss ruth evans was the annual dinner which will be held may 0th in st johns memorial hall mrs thomas beer wss welcomed as a new member twenty five dollars was voted to the lucy morrison mem orial fund and 20 will be riven to the local library for books jean mac kenzie reported on treats sent to the girls at cedarvale school for easter mrs wm hamilton gave a report on a meeting which she attended to discuss possibility of a hospital for georgetown mrs h j newman and mrs ron kitchen will attend the next meeting georgetown will be represented at the annual meeting of the provincial chapter in hamilton next week hos tesses assisting miss evans were mrs robert wicks mrs sam mackenzie mrs ron kitchen mrs val stein mrs howard wrlgglesworth and mrs nor man herbert easter bunny clown appear at church tea the easter theme was carried out in mauve and yellow decorations attractive table centrepieces spring flowers and a mischievous easter bunny and clown at the annual easter tea snd ssle of dollclothes held by the daughters of st geor ges in the church school yesterday a large number of children and adults attended and all the various attractions at the event were well patronized mrs bert gilmer was in charge of arrangements for the tea with mrs ed wilson and mrs joseph gibbons in charge the day of the tea the rectors wife mrs kenneth richardson mrs wilson and mrs thomas eason poured tea at a table sttrsctively decorated with daffodils and yellow tapers mrs ted stlgger and mrs wilfred mino were in charge of the sale of doll rlothr and accessories mrs rodnr king had the parcel post table mrs k kidd and mrs harry adjim ran the bran pie for the kiddies mrs fred armstrong jr ajojvtitl b mrs rout simmons con ducted an archer contest for chil dren and mrs thomas eason wax in charge of the home- baking and candy table the children had a special tea convened by mrs j l lambert as sistcd by mrs john staines and mrs e barnes the table was pret tily decorated in easter colours and centered by s rabbit pulling a cart of coloured eggs the live easter bunny and clown were impersonated by david smith and david hid die- stone five grass fires occupy firemen eight weeks of insctivlty for geor getown fire department ended last weekend when grass fires in town and the glen resulted in five calls a township call saturday to dolly varden was to s garbage dump on property owned by mrs angus mc donald church services wereinterrupted twice on sunday morning by the sir en with firemen going first to rail- wsy property beside harold cleavea farm where fire has broken out on previous occasions and half an hour later to a grass fire which threaten ed s heslhouse on jsmes mciiwraths property on msple ave e sunday afternoon a grass fire or igins ting in glen williams was che eked when it reached behind harry iogans and ftmdowglen growers monday nosd the fifth call came to a grass fire behind sherman handys on river drive six easter service town glen anglican over 330 members of st georges and st albans anglican churches received communion easter sunday all sx services were well attended with people standing for the eleven oclock one rev kenneth richard sons sermon centred around the resurrection with the emphasis be ing on victory over death the children of the sunday school w re shown s coloured picture on the easter story and also a sound colour movie gods wonder film they were sll given easter crosses and attended the 11 oclock service when they presented their lenten boies in the afternoon mr richardson performed three baptisms kevin douglas son of mr snd mrs doug townsend michael jajnesson of mr snd mrs george sargent snd richard lleweyllyn son of mr snd mrs har old hawks by curler elect officer annual dinner meeting last thursday evening 43 men of the georgetown curling club met in the legion auditorium for their annual meeting and dinner the ladies auxiliary of the legion ca tcred serving a roast turkey dinner following dinner the election of officers for thr coming year was held with past president ncls ro binson chairing the meeting those elected were george cleave presi dent dick li cats vicepresident and bob darou secretary treasurer babys cries route thieves at garage monday night thieves brake into bert mcmenemys gsrage by break ing a pane of glass in the garage door to reach the lock it looked as though they planned to take a truck in the garage but as the bat tery was dead they contented them selves with taking odds and ends within easy reach mrs mcmcnemy wss awakened around 4 oclock by their baby cry- ing and thinks the thieves were frightened by the light being switch ed on as she heard a car drive sway rotascope is new bulletin for club nsmlng the new rotary club bulletin the rolascope e v maccormack won himself a free dinner monday when members were asked to submit their suggestions at the club dinner meeting in the mcgibbon house wm b hamilton is bulletin editor several members are planning to at tend a charter night for a new club in islington tonight mrs elvin oneill former georgetowner remembered here when the lived for a time in town and worked with her ilater in lilllcoa beauty salon mn elvin oneill 41 succumbed to a long luncu on monday the former violet alberta web ster died in oakwood at the home of her father albert webster surviving are her husband her father and two slstoft mrs- pearl ulllco eyrci buffalo ny a m clarence- mceachera toronto she was a lindsay district native 1 itt tt ult what council did 89 men seek job as police chief an alltime record of applications for a municipal position almost snow cd council under on monday when town clerk john d kelly produced 80 letters submitted by men seeking the new position of polico chief with provincial police leaving the town under a new department ruling tho town is hiring a chief to begin june 1st with other members of the force to bo hired at a later date at 10 pm tho mayor started read ing applications at 11 30 ho had reachod 60 and council- called- it a night with 20 lettors still to open next monday thcro still remains the forthldablo- task of boiling applicants down to a reasonable number or interview council gavo permission to dclrcor dovolopmonts to instal an btnch water main on the east aide of moun- tslnvlew ltd from maple to arm- ujsjhiitole win clothing vouchers in junior hockey draw a bolton man won a 75 clothing voucher and a georgetowner 25 in the recent junior hockey lucky draw w r wand bolton was first prizewinner and ken leslie geor getown won the second voucher or miller to speak on christian education on tuesday april 26th a prominent episcopal churchman of the atafl ot yale university will deliver an ad dress on christian education clergy and laymen have been invited to at tend the meeting which is to be held at st rauls church dloor sl toron to brampton youth killed in silvercreek accident two young drivera piled their cars into ditches on no 7 highway at silvercreek on saturday night one driver waa killed the other with his three passengers escaped serious injury dead is alvin george miller 18 of brampton provincial police aaid he missed the curve at silvercreek hill tba car apun and he was throws lata the south ditch the car railed on top of him and he was instantly killed only passenger waa thomas shea 16 of brampton who waa admitted to peel memorial hoapltal suffering from shock in the other accident 400 yards west of the fatality and about 00 minutes later john kentner 21 of acton was driver of the car which was a total wreck after rolling into tho south ditch passengers were john firman windsor james gunn acton and his brother donsld gunn make stall changes at provincial mill a new men has joined the staff at provincial paper ltd with law rence maughan taking a position as product engineer he replsces fred masterman in this position mr masterman being promoted to the technical ssles ser vice alex reader who haa been quali ty control chemist now mskes his headquarters in toronto where he is attached to the salea department mr and mra reader do not plan to leave georgetown and will continue tp make their home here mr maughan a native of toronto has been living in aurors for the past ten yesrs his wife the former isobellc jaeger of thornhill will be joining him here aoon when they locate an apartment he is a 1048 chemical engineering graduate of the university of toronto bai jimlaa wtfoato oeoboitowre was on- the- map at ha canadian hoiris show i members look on toft to right reeve star amencr ootid sar iiutuuriabiklsiulirwrlrvautumaia u l skiuiijmi iiasi- ul ialwiijj ajui witkenefsvtl cftiihari alevmivih mmmteah