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the georgetown herald wednesday february 8th 1956 pages club milvrown by georgtll and a good time was had by all achool that was the general verdict at the end of the tobogganing party last sunday afternoon no fatalities no serious accidents and lots of fun made the afternoon very successful even if many of the participants will have colds and minor bruises to nurse for a while what other sport can compare with the thrilling descent on a long smooth bill with the wind in your face and the snow spraying on cither side no thing perhaps but the same rapid descent on a rough hill with snow spraying directly in your face clim axed with the exhilarating ascent up the same bill after the wreck at the bottom funny how the hill seems so much longer from bottom to top than vice versa it seems to us that the indian description of skiing ap plies also to tobogannlng 1 e whoosh then walk a mile we commend al darby on his ex hibition of how to fly without wings using a ten foot cliff for his launch ing site cheer up al remember they laughed at the wright bros there will be no dance this friday night because of a previous engage ment of the rose boom so all you good members can rest up for the for mal on the 17th reg ryalls orches tra a wellknown and popular local group will supply music from 9 to 1 for the occasion more news will ap pear next week when we can report on the executive meeting see you at the formal pittsburgh paints exterior and interior ernies radio mill si tr 72701 phone or see pat for 1954 ford or monarch tringlt 73756 see what i have in good used cars too he arrived refreshed by bus even without climbing flag poles plenty of energy n required to tee all the lights of the big cities you will arrive refreshed if you go by bus new york package tour 7 oays 5491 from toronto return fare sightseeing and hotel room double 4 n ghti ask our agent for details of this or other package tours low round trip fares chicago 23 15 pittsburgh 18 65 new york 25 15 ticktts and information corner cupboard triingu 73051 im and ask to see the mattress that helps relieve morning backache seali posturepedic mattress harold c mcclure ltd 14 main street shelbourne publisher honoured t f e clafidge hornbyborn by james stater in hit globe ind mall walk down the street in shelburne today say nice day to the first person you meet and he will consider you an impostor ask or the chief and everyone will know who you mean mention t f e j oilier or ern and nearly cv ery man woman and child in this dis trict of 150 persons some 70 miles northwest of toronto can join in the conversation in fact 80year old t f e ernest clandge publisher editor newspaper columnist bandsman and municipal official practically qualifies for the title of mr shelburne for 65 years 53 of which he was publisher of the local newspaper shilburne has known the gentle car ess and occasional bitter lashing of his journalistic pen during those same long jears he served as a number of the shiburnt citizens band the ldst 54 j tars as bandmaster luml hint urs bat been spent as a number of lh public libran board and for 15 of these he served as secietary he was a ehoirmasler for 15 jcars jjod mason he has been a mun bcr of 1 orne i olje no 377 am for48eais servin as treasure fur 41 ears in recognition of such an oulsland ing ncurd of serviee itetve john rose and numbers of the village tminiil planned i t i i- ijht in tlu udn it urn of miuunitj centn siturdaj januarj 2flh purpose of the gathering at which nuii former mimbtrs of the band wire present wis to fcon mr the man whose name is on with the histor of the eommun itj in which he lives tft was born at hornby in 1876 the son of the late thomas clandge and the forrrur flizabcth macdonald he was the joungtst of a family of eight his 90 yearold sister mrs ac ncs tali nnv lives at 83 isabella si in toronto from iiornb the family moved to scotch block halton county for l2 years and in 1882 came to shelburne just 18 jeajes after william jelly the father of shelburne settled here during the move the young chief distinguished himself by settling down on a street corner for a good cr repeating mournfully i wish i had a home people say i small town never cha nges said the spry softspol ft old gentleman when visited in his office in the shelburne free press and fconomist the other da but they change they change right al ong somt times as i go through the files i feel i must be getting old comp inns that wre ontc well known arc gone now and i come across th names of people i can t remember looking back over a lengthj life tinu in which he his scn camdi become i mtion mr clandge admits tint he has sometimes wished he had gone to the city to seek his fortune rut he idds i suppose i have don just is well for mvself here as i would hic anjwhire else s th dilor ind publisher of a count r ncwspipir thrc was little tunc to enjoy life he said hut there is a celrfin sitisf ution to it its not like m timnfi i bit daily you re member that there are relatives in volvcd in cvtrvthing that happens and you trj riot to add insult to in jur when digging into the past you never resurrect anything that is un pleasant a newspaper editor is do ing his best and is best known by try ing to keep peace in the community im not saving that im loved by everyone in the community im not but then i don t love everyone eitb cr mr clirldgo s started his career as a newspaperman as a printers devil with the shelburne economist in jan uary 1891 he took over the paper from the late w l smith founder of the paper in april 1903 in 1028 hes purchased the free press from mrs r l mortimer and combined the two papers next to bis newspaper the shel- burnt citizens band is probably his biggest lore finding it difficult to blow a trombone while wearing false teeth he still leads the 26plece band on parade and likes nothing better than to strut down the street at its head my wife thinks i m crazy because i didn t drop it years ago he said but there s something about being part of a band once youve played in one you never forget it mr clandge long ago lost track of the number of boys that havo passed through his organization but it must run into hundreds and its some thing to keep kids interested it tea ches them something and while they are at practice they re not getting in to some other mischief and the kids love the grand old man of shelburne during practice hes chief to them they never tall him anything else the lille was be stowed on him by dr o a kilpatrick who plaveri trombone in the band ma n v irs at is now htad of new york state hospital at pouhktepsic thenimc nite daj has nothing to do with the band i hive t dreadful memorv for names and faces he siiel wht never i see someone i llnnk i should know i say nite da it fot so that people tr to bet me to it ind siy niee di before i do lookinglnck ti i nice diy frn clandge finds nnnj wonderful people to remember there were dr osear kittv sktlton a former eltputy minister of external affairs and a mm who wrote a biography of sir wilfrid i auner and the late rev dr lohn it witts former professor at queens university halton and carlton will debate provincial honours jew halton junior farmers debaters advanced to the final round in the intercounty debating series by rea son of their win over lambton county debaters on wednesday evening of inst week the subject under debate was resolved that more power should be granted to school boards over the affairs of elementary and secondary education in ontario hal tons affirmative team of mac sprowl and george grecnlecs met the lamb- ton negative ttam in watford at the same time the lambton affirmative three arts crafters win weaving awards three district ladies were promin tnt exhibitors in the 4th annual exhib ition sponsored by london district t avers competing with entrants from dif ferent sections of canada their work was honoured when awards were in nounccd at the opening of the cxhibt lion fnda cucst of honour at the opening in the i ondon art museum was miss m f muff ontario crafts specialists who has conducted courses in georgetown for the local arts and crafts orgamz ation mrs r r corbett won first prize for a bath towel and honorable men lion for a stole mrs ern batkin rcc eivcd honorable mention for a work bag and mrs william carney honor able mention for ecclesiastical weav ing all arc members of the arts and crafts of georgetown team of ross smith and carl whiting met halton s negative team of roy ford and lloyd vivian at trafalgar at both points the negative team won the judges awards by split dec isions in such cases the winner is selected on the basis of the total of the judges scores at both centres the judges at trafalgar were everett biggs dairy commissioner for onta rio clayton frcy of sarnia and ed win harrop of milton at watford the members of the judges panel were dr chapwin of petrolia reeve dick of wyoming and george e el iiott q c of milton in the finals which will be held at the ontario agricultural college on friday march 16th halton debaters will be pitted against carlcton coun ty the subject on this occasion will be resolved that the problem of low incomes in agriculture can be met by government research and extension aimed at lowering costs of production than by a policy of price support when the debating series comment ced last fall sixteen counties with a total of sixty four rural young people participating were in action in ad vancing to the final round haltona debating quartette has won over wat erloo lincoln and lambton the big battle is still ahead and the carleton teams have won quite a reputation for themselves by the ease with which they have won over their opponents to date however haltons quartette of roy ford george greenless mae sprowl and lloyd vivian will take a lot of beating and win or lose halton may well be proud of these young men faster motor turnover up to 47 more sfartinq power morpouier t hicnpncitv coming to you who 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