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the herald fourteen pages georlowrl onbtfo wlr6dy atari 27 1sss first section turn first sod for church hall at iotimiwo council i hntfcican cotmfaructiod atwrjed bridge contract a umq bridge building contract in fujfrtalng was awarded to tha geor getown firm ol hamlltob construc tion when tenders were opened at uit week township council meeting mr brelthaupt omne dept of highways sttended the meeting and opened ufa tenders tha triage will be ixiut on no 8 sldelroad in coneeaalon 4 the hamil ton tender was tha lowest of au sub- mllfad tha contract u for hmo plot us par cubic yard fur extra con crete and ii 00 per ruble yard for ex tra eicavation only one fox claim was received and clifford davison glrn williami waa paid 3 60 bounty a by law was passed setting forth the duties and fixing the remunera hon of the building inspector two readings of a 23000 deben ture by law providing funda for con strutting the new school preceded send to the municipal board for approval what council did roy haley east york new town police chief the weather ur kditor to date we have had oltly 0 days this month without rain or snow time for a change krn bauin date mm mm luin april 18 28 10 april 10 51 40 03 april 20 47 31 31 april 21 72 ii april 22 60 april 23 64 31 april 24 52 33 40 average 50 33 1 15 funds for con v jw wheel chair bed to local loan cupboard yrd tuuaa oaartmran mitt jessie bond a teaeber and leader in knox presbyterian church school for over fifty years turns the firtl tod or the new churchhall which will be constructed this summer the ceremony look place before a rec ent sunday morning service in the foreground of the picture are rev alex ctlder mus janet mcdougall present sunday school superintendent alex hume who it clerk of session master george henderson a fourth generation worshipper in the church and bob lane chairman of the building committee teachers and pupils are in the background mrs s k ruddell 97 towns oldest resident georgetowns oldest resident and member of one of the districts pion eer families minerva m llowson ruddell 07 wife of the late samuel k ruddell died at her residence 24 charlea street on saturday mrs ruddell had enjoyed excellent health until the past few months when her strength began to fall she loved to read and also excelled in knitting and needlework mrs rud dell contributed a great deal of her i handiwork to tha war effort of world war tj she was an ardent churchwor- ker both in the athgrove united church during her residence in that community and since moving to geor getown in 1033 in st johns united church she waa a life member of the womens missionary society mrs ruddell was born at hornby on may 25th 1837 the daughter of thomas faster llowson and isabella atkinson her grandparents were among the first settlers at hornby having emigrated from england in their youth and she waa born on her grandfathers farm lot 3 concession 7 hornby alter receiving her education at hornby public school the model school in milton and at jarvls colle giate in toronto mrs ruddell taught at athgrove school from 1878 to 1880 at that time school attendance had reached a peak of 00 pupils hornby and athgrove were thriving little communities then with a large saw mill providing employment for many in 1880 she was married to samuel k ruddell who predeceased her in 1028 they farmed in the athgrove community for many years mrs ruddell waa the last aurviving member of a family of 11 she leaves two sons edgar of toronto arthur of athgrove and three daughters florence mrs r 11 wright of geor getown ettelle mrs w p laldlaw of norvtl and olive of hamilton there are 10 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren rev morgan mcfarlane conducted the funeral service at the mcclure fu neral home on monday pallbearers werei howard laidtaw howton rud dell harvey nurte ward brown- ridge craig reld and john ruddell interment was in athgrove cemetery the funeral was largely attended by friends and relatives from toronto hamilton milton niagara falls mes- ford brampton dundee gait kitch ener and montreal at well at george town and district social and personal pred wamea was home from tor onto to spend sunday with his par ents mr and mrs thomas wamea mrs bud buckvold and sons jamee and paul of parry sound spent last week with her parents mr and mrs al norton lady macdougal flew from england to visit with her niece and it a fueat of mr and mr ernest ball at their new home on main st 8 ihit week mr and mrs ralph snelgrove of barrie were weekend gueata with hit brolherin law and sister mr and mrs john bell main street south knut the son of mr and mrs 11 keire la leaving may 10th to fly to norway where he will spend the sum mrr holldaya with mrs keires moth er mr and mrs arthur relnhardt mary and david of wiarton wete weekend visitors with mrs rein- hardts parents mr and mrs m 11 moyer mrs george hernngton returned home laat weekend after spending two weeks in new york sttte she wat visiting with relatives ln roches ter dannsvtlle and wellsvlllc mrs ken richardson snd children ronny jimmy and eliiabclh recently visited at kemplvtlle agricultural col lege where her brother in law and aister mr and mrs arnold morphet now live mr and mrt fred hackman motor ed over 3730 mllee from blaine wash ington to visit mr and mrt patten- den and family on saturday mr and mra hackman and mrt pattenden called on relativea in orangeville homings mills creemore and colling- wood and on sunday attended a fam ily party in toronto tuesday april 10th wat party day for michael dwyer son of mr and mrt william dwyer to celebrate his 7th birthday children attending in eluded donald and judith ctlder alan arnold ellen bell carol mc gllvray donald burke richard lem freddie and ronnie yatea bobbie lyons and his brothers billy dwyer on saturday afternoon heather daughter of mr and mrt harry allen celebrated her 0th birthday with a party al her home her bursts lnrlu ded lynda hyde mary copeland jackie louth philllpine macdonald jackie spence pat allen sharon al len nellie bydevaat and ineke weill steyn mr and mrt bob prideaux cynthia and douglas of sarins mr and mrs it j bridget peter and kenneth of brampton dr and mrt david water house jtne and mary of guelph mr and mrt jack young of niagara falls spent sunday with their parents mr and mrt alex kean mcnab street mr and mrt leslie mills mary tnd tommy of milton were also visitors with the keant on sunday lottie scot office annual sprang ball the annual easter ball sponsored by tha commanding officer tnd offl cart of the lome scott was held it the brampton armoury on prldsy ev ening april 13th receiving the gueatt were com mtndlnf officer li col s r char ters and mrt charters second ln-com- mand major art kemp and mrt kemp president of the officers meat major d g ii macdonald and mrt macdonald special gueatt were brig ian cum- beruad and mrt cumberland major john catto president of the st an draws society and mrt catto mr a c muaro secretary of the st an draws society and mrt munro cap tain john pallett mp and mrt palvkt mr and mra u rice mr and mrt m rice at well at officer and their ladles representing various militia regiments from toronto tnd hamilton tb armoury wat beautifully dec orated lo i tstal spring colours with boughs el apple blotters skilfully de vised the work of rqms rudd and hit assistants 1 music for scottish dancing was provided under the direction of pipe msjor j sellort an orchratri for med from the canadian guards band stationed at camp borden plaed for the regular dancing a bulfet supper was served a wheel chair and a hospital bed will be added to the loan cupboard operated by the local red croat so ciety branch the society has several tick room conveniences available for uae by any one who requires them and the new equipment will be added aa toon at possible at the annual meeting last friday in the municipal building it wat alto decided to have a public canvat for funda the first which hat been attempted by the georgetown branch in teveral yeara the canadian soci ety makes its fund tppeal each spring but director here feel that waiting a few montht for better wetther will contribute to a more tuccettful ctnv paign officers reelected at the meeting include leroy dale qc president mrs w e nodweu lit vice pretid ent mrs j ii chamberlain 2nd vice president and mrt r t paul treas urer mrt s w orr resigned from the position of secretary and will be replaced by mist rosemary jordan chosen from 80 applicants consta ble roy ilaley of katt york will be come- georgetowns police chief on june 1st mr haley wit one of 13 men inter viewed by council on monday he will succeed cpl hay beckett when the provincial police detachment leaves town at a later dtlt and will be in charge ul i 3 or i man police force which will be engaged lo aucceed the provincitlt the 8 foot three 215 lb chief has a record of police service dating back to 1033 when he joined the east york police he served with the provost corps overseas as a 4afrtrrgeant from 1041 to 1043 then became chief constable at collingwood until he re joined the east york lores in 1040 mr and mrt haley have fimlly of four children three of whom are married two engineers were interviewed for the position of town engineer to complete a busy evening of interview ing by council no decision was made on this it the meeting a court of revision preceded tha regular council meeting a few rou tine mtttert were dealt with involv ing minor changes in the asieaimenl roll more and more people are phoning in items for the social and personal column of the herald thu it tlwtya appreciated and it it the heralds aim to give you newsy interesting resding each week new hairdresser opens shop today there will be a new luintreulnk buimru in town today when uaur enes beauty shop opens above cot toni store on main street a cousin of merv cook laurenc ba ker has moved to georgetown from midland where she operated a beau ly shop for 8 years this past winter she attended classes in ha ird resting sponsored by bruno scusixxi of beau ticians supplies in kitchener who is is a former georgetown beauty shop proprietor ernie bm- preacher st george service faith means nothing without good works ssid ernie barnes bajllna fad speaking sunday morning in st georges angilean church during a special service staged by the men of the church ur barnes said religious faith means utile unless a person works st it and while everyom cannot be a minister or a foreign missionary there are such things as tpfifrt sub dsy school singing la a choir and taking part in various church orgaai- titions which confirm a mans relig ion officers of the mens brotherhood sun finlay walter blehn and charts hams were installed during the ser vice by rev kenneth richardson a solo bless ttiii house by thomas warnes was included in the choirs selections violinist mrs j r staines and organist un w f bradley ac companying david hart and michael armstrong resd the lesaons fred mcnally the opening sentences and trevor lloyd the state prayers thomas wamea sang the responses and brock brad ley was crucifer here you are bob ballinafad ur- don peacock ot brampton vat a weekend visitor with the gibsons tha young peoples group held their regular meeting in the church basement sunday evening the topic wat entitled the faith of the jones family which taw a family in time of eritii turn to the scriptures and prayer to find help and comfort a committee wat formed to lay plant for a sunday service during the mlnl- iters holiday hit summer lacrosse season shape up locally the local lacrosse picture it thtp- ing up with tome players already sig ned for the 1033 edition of george town nftgt stalled in their quest for t second ontario championship last yetr the tetm will he trying for t comeback this yetr at yet it it not definite whit teams they will line up with n j duke coward who will be manager this year john haines joe louth and bob mccindless attended the ola executive meeting recently at the royal york hotel tom haines who wat almost a oneman effort in getting lacrosse started here again wat offered an executive pott thla year but declined though he will still be aitltting the nigt others who are giving their services are ron kitchen prsnk fendley ah mcallis ter and jack harrison hope to rush school addition for september the public school board discussed another 2room addition with a repre sentative of j b parkin associates who will be irchitecti at a meeting last thursday the addition second tobe made on wrigglcsworth school will be speeded to be resdy in september if at all possible next wednesday the parkin firm will attend a meeting to present their aketchei tnd it it expected that ten der will be celled toon after town council hit already given the green light to the addition engagements zone dart tournament at georgetown legion saturday afternoon zone b7 cana dian legion held their dart tournam ent in georgetown legion hall teams from acton brampton port credit streetavftle and georgetown took part the local team hid the good for tune to take all the prize a team players were joe stamp cord jamleson jin davenport bruce mccartney and roceo loruiso gord jamleson won tha tingles champion ship and fred gilmer and henry shepherd the doubles next saturday teams from all over ontario will be in town lor a district mr anil un rot alexander ot burlington announce the engagement ot their daughter margaret christina to ur walter robert lawtoncioa ot tournament in the tame location mr and mrs walter twon stewart- ri 7- town the marriage jrlll take place we wonder if tha fireworks display 6ti saturday slay the fourteenth at ittthe georgetown park which wag to pttlryiat- church eotucceasfulmay mtv will w churchmen elevated in ontario weal lilt week the synod of the eccles iastics province of ontario elected bishop w l wright a its metropol itan succeeding the most rev r j renlton who retired last year blthop wright come from an ecclesiastical family he wis eduetted at queen university in kingston and trinity college toronto he wtt made dean of algoma at thirty-nine- end now become metropolitan at tha age of fifty he la an ouuusdug church man and a respected gentleman bring ing to his new offlee every aualulcs- tion of leadership and tehotarthlp out in victoria at christ church cv thedral the dean tha rev p r beat- tie 43 was elected to become blthop of the diocese of kootensy tn british columbia heidaceedt the rfc rev p clarar who died very auddenly bishopelect beattle will be conie eritedon sunday miy lit bt philip and st jamea day bishop beattle waa formerly rector of st george church in st catharines hit lister win d beattle la astunmer resident of glwwjlllajaaiij a wneyn kvo wing tamprwaniau uw v- v awwtrbnej wmoiaqurnbwpf 3 2hirlfr