Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 3, 1955, p. 1

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the georgetown herald twelve pages georc6fcr4 wet eveonik august 34 19s5 twelve pages vacation tragedy roger mudie jhrowns while swimming at rossiter young wedding knox churchy a holiday otttia with reuuvee in arif ttdd la tragedy last right wfcw norvai boy was drowned in fa nitfc taivr at paris bor yfcoaaaa aludie 17 had heat j aiea sunday at the home of hi samavera sister lira arthur hooka ttto ftouaia gral8 rook had spent lh previous week with the uudiea wbft live at xl r i norvai and roger kad returned with them to paris to apead tb teeeod week of his vara tioa v tujy night about 8 jo tha cou alas went swimming with a yonr hoy la lh riv oa tha outskirts of tows whaa roger tot lato uoctii tiaa la dap water hi companion were uaable to pull him to afy young rooke raa two uulea for help ftraaaeii bad pouea ware called but it waa four boura later before the body waa recovered in twenty feet el water air and lira afudie had been in paris that day leaving for home in tha evening they beard police and ira aireaa aad ranarked that some thing mutt be wrong only when they returned borne did they learn that it waa a tragedy affecting their own family they were located by georgetown police as aoon as they arrived and returned to pans tin aaadiataly roger was bom in georgetown and lived la town until last february whaa the family moved to their pres ent home near norvai he left pub- ik school two years ago and bad been employed atnee at the williams shoe co in brampton he attended st johns united church second oldest son of james and myrtle speers aludie be is survived by his parents three sister and three brothers uri john lira tic if anon of georgetown mrs hdwjrd davis uetty of nonaxj jame- george john and catharine at hmm the funeral scrxice is planned or riday afternoon at the harold c afrclurc luneral home in gcorgc- town with interment follow inr in iiihcreat ctimtcr norvil the weather ut editor the beat isuull jailh us anj this weeks summary registers tha high eat for tha yearm to summarua the month of july tke average maximum for july was 88 which is 8 degreee above normal the average minimum was 58 being oaa degree above normal the total rainfall was only m4 snrbea only about of the normal for the mon th the normal being 2m inch during the meatk of july there were ten day wtth tempera i urea la the we and oaly two days below 80 the lowest waa 41 the only night below the average minimum after so long a dry spell august ran surely be said to start out in a cloud of dust era uatkia rain date max uln july 23 88 0 july m os 80 july 27 o 70 jury 28 80 m july 29 83 to july 30 b0 m july si os 80 aversge 80 67 18 note monday august kt civic holiday temperature 08 wji the hot est day this summer lands 18 lb pike at manitoulin isle rou duncan was the env ol fih r men on manitoulin recently vhilc milting with the stan i inlet uho were spending thnr vacitioi n jr little urnnt hi netted on thr prize fihh of the year the beauty a great northeu pikt measured m inches and aright d 18h pounds mr iuncan tnn ii tti rrtrr it in thr ir mcial iapt r fish contest what council did council satisfied with hcloverdale heights roads injures foot when car strikes cyde an employee of delreir develop ments john millar was taken to bos plul with an injury to his ftmt when he waa involved in a highway aeci drat sunday night mr uillcx who has been living at art browns on the highway was riding his motorcycle south oa the highway and stopped near penaons hervlce station a pickup truck driven by delbert cowten struck the cycle injuring ux miller who was takes to ieel memorial hospital by the meoure ambulance oit con stable howard winn miltoa invest gsted 4arval brme accldar last tueaday tha lh there was an accident on no 7 in norvai in volviag two cars and a truck william karl driving an earl tele vision truck from cookavillc was driving weat on the highway as he rounded a curve east of the bridge an east bound car driven by norman 1- miott brampton swerved ani struck the truck in the rear flicking it into the cast bound lane mr earl swerv ed sharply back into hla own lane to avoid an oncoming car and rolled his truck over in the ditch the truck was damaged to the ex tent of 1150 and mr uliott s car receive 200 damage the spare tire from the truck struck the car which air karl swerved to avoid do ing lomt dsmaitc to it no one vru injured two sccidenti occurred at ahnoht ihr same spot on highway 2i ncir bpcside wednesday at 8 15 pm kenneth llurk milton was drmng from acton tn his home whrn a tire blew oil ii lu itmd meteor south of visid ihi tar took out seven jjuard rail rolled over in the east ditch and wan alrntmit a total wreck mr iuck w drmni alum and was un pji i saturda at 1230 am hill hull man jr of toronto and stcwartioun fulled to make the curc at the same pot and took out 12 guard posts be fore rink into the east ditch and striking a tree there uu 1200 damakc to hu car a 1055 pontisc mr huffman and his two pawenkers were slightly injured oip const a bk f torce moore milton investigated climaxing several weeks of deify in accepting ownership of roaj in cloverdale heights council last night moved to inform central mortgage fc housing that roads now meet with approval air mcphedran spoke for bob glatt who also was present saying that cm at 11 had raised the question of drainage needing to be more eaten- aire mr glatt has installed a atorm sewer to service the whole subdivi aioft at a cost of some 1000 which he was not required to spend said mr mcphedran- mr glatt explained that hla undertaking was for roads and that the town had agreed to pro vide such eervicea as sewerage and water theres a question of fair play in volved aaid mayor armstrong council should possibly have thought of atorm sewers before a contract waa made we made an agreement that we would look after sewers aad its our responsibility cr doug sargent disagreed aay lag he considered storm sewers a part of road work i congratulate mr glatt on the fine road it s one of the best wss cr garfield mcguvray a opinion shared by road chairman allan nor ton who r ported the town engineer as is lis fled although withholding fin al judgment until the property is viewed during a rainstorm i like to be fair and mr glatt has done what he has to do said mr norton cr hargent snd thos i- lyons voted against the letter to cm l ii reeve stan allen and cr irwin noble were absent from the meeting a slight adjustment in the town building by law was made on the suggestion of harold bairstow rep resenting dclrex developments mr bairstow said the present by law re quiring certain clearances on each side of a house madclt possible only to put driveways on one side of the houses in a subdivision he suggest ed that a more plcaaant pattern is possible by combining driveways and staggering distances between houses council agreed and the necessary ad justment will be made moody dobbie wedding party run unnnydobbie wadding party pot oh tha itp of st john united church 8artha 2mwysn3 itersk irrbrldaimald miriam grata and mr dayldf boxford v zssssissnssf itmizw baaumont tha brlda and oroom joan flhtarjof mr and p mtwt seblrand garald moody ton of mr and mr ttaderlek aaoody waiton o k cha uytoflaart who dld mv a tragleccldant latar that daywl sbiailaimaweghmiammssjhialm mr and mrs john william rossiter war marrud in fcnox pfbytlan church latt mon th tha bf ida iran young it the daughtaf ot mr jotaph young of town and the ocomv parent ere mr end mr sidney conner poole done england lett to rlqht in the pklure ere uther ken robinion end william young groormman don joy the bride end groom matron honour mr frank murfin end bridetmaldt jeen beaumont end be mice terzwell varian firm will be opening in september pu1x1m0 movfi to mavitoni indiana mrs f l thompson of union returned on monday from a visit to mefttone indiana where she was a kuesl of col and mrs l a lulling and her mother in law mrs lred thompson the piiuings who formerly hcd at pictceton in the same ststc hae bought a farm at mi ntone mr thompson says we don t know what heat is in this part of hi country for it was een more oppmuvf tn indiana and didn t even coul off at nikht pies suddenly at windsor mrs iva margeton back at ccdarvale a staff change at cedanali school fr girls will see mrs iva margeson n urmng to the school after an ab- sincc of two years mrs margeson who left the staff txo years ago to return to halifax ns where htr mother waa ill re lumed to town today mia 1ois kidd who replaced her at the school has returned to mathe- son a sidiwiilk on union st petitioned by residents some time ago was left in the air when some of the signers asked to withdraw their names keith barber spoke for himself and for wellington wilson saying inttal ling the sidewalk without a atorm sewer would put all drainage from the street onto mr wilsons property vincent hepburn and george glass- ford were also among those with drawing their names the road committee is to investigate snd side walk construction will be halted in the meantime the new factory of varian aasocl ates is taking shspe at the mountain view road and river drive cornej the large onestorey plant berng erected by mrnally construction is expected to be open by mid sept ero ber and later this month equipment will be moving in drorgitown s new industry is s canadian branch of a arm which has two locations in california some ktvin hundred people are employed at thi manufacturing plant at ban carlos and the research and adminis tration plant at falo alto the firm is noted for its develop mfnt of the khstron electronic tube ui t nti il b thi viii isn brothers hussell and silard snd dr hansen the tube is extensively used in micro wave mifciil guidance radar and re lated electronic equipment varian will be employing some flf t people h the end of this year and expects to har about 300 on the pay roll within three years lis amen csn branches employ in the ratio of c0 female help george aldous a former terra cotta resident whose sitter mrs flo schleicher still lives in the village died suddenly in windsor on july 25th lady is killed itieetsville crash a norvai dlabict lady wai injured in an auto craah near slreeuvilla last k and a paasengcr in her car died later in peel memorial hospital teter stcraluna 22 brampton waa driving alone to work in strceuvllle when his car was in collision at the intersection ot the streeuvllle road and meadowvale slderoad with one driven by mrs nora beke r it 2 norvai mr beke an employee of the t eaton co toronto suffered face lee and arm cuts mr stersatsna nar rowly escaped death when he was pulled tram the flaming wreckage ot hla ear clara mccallum of mea dowvale passenger in mr bekes car suffered injuria and mr ellon- ora kerkopoly suffered internal in juries aad died in hospital the day following the crash georgetown firemen aid quelling big grass fire a btuhhorn craw fire uhuh requlr cil the semcca of acton and george town tl c dcpaitmenls for several hours estrrday u still burning to day though well under control the fire destroyed some 25 acres of pasture on the nay coulter farm in puslinch township just across the llalton border it was checked when it reached a hardwood bush and there was only slight damage to trees georgetown firemen were called at too pm to assist acton and chief william hyde and the esqueslng fire area truck manned by the pro per quota of firemen sped to the scene no one uvea on the property and no buildings have been endsn gered a man from the forest ran gers station was on hand to assist firemen in fighting the fire extreme ly dry weather points to the lire burning beneath ground level for several days and a dose watch is be ing kept on the property what couwcil did choose policeman next monday night rive applicants to replace alex macleod who realgned as a police constable to take a position in klt- chi ner will be interviewed neat monday night there were seven applicants for the position let s stir the municipal hoard in to some action said cr garfield mc tilvray protesting the long delay in approving the much needed highway resurfacing at the least mr mc liilvray ssid signs should be put up warning of rough road 11 also sug gested a deputation to the municipal hoard and the mayor ssid he would be agreeable council will lake every means possible to rush work on this project ith mayor armstrong voicing op position to dispensing with a vote of the people about giving a franchise to llalton natural gas co council last night voted to express opposition at a hearing of the ontario fuel hoard scheduled for georgetown on august 18th a motion to increase the speed limit on no 7 to 40 miles per hour on the outer edges of town which are not built up suggested by the police chief waa defeated by a split vote mcgilvray lyons and gray voted or the motion and norton sargent and hale against further suggestions from the chief were held for consideration these included 23 miles per hour in school zones and a ban on parking with the left front wheel of a vehicle against the curb a by law was ordered prepared for a sewerage extension to service the llewson manor subdivision and neigh bouring properties at an estimated 20 000 cost engagements l mr and mra krncst price announce the engagement of their daughter verna merle to herbert cecil son of mr and mra cecil wilson of george town the marriage to take place oa saturday september 3rd at 230 oclock at st stephens anglican church hornby what council did hyde to enter business collins is town foreman georgetown coifitaunity swimming fool denatlen list georgetown llotu club 9 bouoroo boy scout ladle mix 34500 milk bottle collection meclure s7j5s grade 4 chine sl school 407 gride 8 chisel st school 700 howard wriggletworui school 2000 chapel street school 4000 baseball game usui vi hotlry wot jim tumbull 8000 alt collins will succeed ern hyde u town foreman next uonday when mr hyde leave this poaitlon to en ter business for himself mr hyde handed hi resignation to council last night after serving at this post for 8 year mr collin has been a town employee for ten years mr hyde explained that he will be entering the construction business and hope he will be elves a chance it eomeaof the town work when jobs in hi line are being done he offer ed full cooperation with council in any problems where hi knowledge mtiltljjeueljndeildhehadjen joyed hl year is a town employee and ii leaving the job only for i bet- 4er one several council member spoke highly of mr hyde and expressed re gret it severance of hi connection with the town sotd chairman al lan nofton aaid be had particularly appreciated lb hydei eooperstlon in handling tevenl matter after hour when he lit norton wa free amwylawncai i was on the council which hired mj hyde said the mayor and i want to express my personal appre ciation for the work he hi done were losing valuable public servant cr mcguvray my deal ing with mr hyde have always been pleasant cr hale i voice those sentiments too mr gray were other expressions heard from council mr a g bruyni who is leaving town resigned from the- publle lib rary board a successor wulbe ehot- en at a later meeting dlagremeht with proposed lower- inbrot-aderillriad-ettjiurartree- to allow better driveway into br a mcallister gittge wa voiced by dougla cole and phil clappuon rep resenting first baptist church mr cole explained that the church would be put to considerable expense if thi action 1 taken and that the driveway u actually church property over which- dr mcallister h rightofway the oonunittee will itw frv vettlbatsj furthewbeforeany actloala

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