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the georgetown herald georgetown ont wednexlay april 11th 1956 second section holy cross becomes separate parish rev anselm spacek named new pastor holy cross r c church which has been a mission of st joseph s church acton will be established as a separate parish with a resident pastor on sunday may 6th the change was announced at easter sunday masses by rev father vincent morgan who will complete fifteen years service to parishioners next month and who will continue his duties in acton the capuchin fathers will be in charge of the georgetown parish and rev anselm spacek 0 f m cap will be coming to town from blenheim as pastor the capuchins are a branch of fhe franciscan fathers founded by st francis of assissi in 1209 they have had other english spiritual charges in ontario and western can ada since 1927 georgetown and district has grown so rapidly in the past few years with new housing subdivisions increasing the population and the roman catholic has increased in proportion his excellency the most reverend j r ryan bishop of hamilton dio cese with the pastor father morgan after making a thorough survey of the rapid increase in the roman catholic population and the growth of the town foresaw the need of a resident pastor as a result pro perty adjoining the church was pro cured a few years ago and recently the large red brick house where the late mr and mrs j m buck made their home for so manv ears at the john st highway corner was purchased for a future priests risi dence the history of the p irish dates back to the turn w hen the jesuit rathcrs of guilph served the district over ctghtv years ao b having mass in private risidences the first thureh which was a frame structure va undei the patronage and title of st patnek but when the present stone church was built about seventy years ao bv the jesuit fathers it was titled holy cross since there were a number of parishes in the diocese whieh bore the other name for a number of years mass was celebrated in georgetown once a new holy cross pastor holy cross church rev anselm spacek will become pastor of holy cross church georgetown on may 6th when the local roman catholic population will have their own parish father spacek is a member of the capu chin order and comes to town from blenheim he has given missions in various places in the diocese during the past few years month later twice a month as a mission of acton when rockwood was established as a parish by his excellency bishop ryan oustic be came its mission and eorfetovvn w is eifvin the privilege of mass iveiv sunduv in 195t with growth in numbers of paiishioncrs at holy cross tuthtr morgan saw neid of two sunduv mussts and so proiuicd the help of the resurrectionist i utheis of kit ehener for the weekends and on july 1st last year befean having two misses every sunday the dioceasan priests who cared for the spiritual needs of georgetown roman catholics up to the present have been fathers halev teene john arnold walsh john tray nor thomas doyle william goodrow trank mciuavv j leo mcbndc and suspect firebug in oil truck fire seventyyearold holy cross church a familiar landmark on no 7 highway halfway up the hill will soon become a separate roman catholic parish on may 6th it will cease to be a mission of st josephs acton and will have its own resident priest vincent morgan in 1935 holy cross celebrated its golden jubilee rather morgan his had the longest length of service in his fifteen years as priest dunns this tint the thureh has undergone nnnj improve inc nts 1 he mil nor lias hci n rt decorate d and p unted 1 hi u ilu rv was enlaiel to iu li hv inert is id sealing cipicitv new pews win inst illtil nt w in itl nit urn hi ir m w stulions of the tuss silt alt irs mil electric fixtures an oil heating system and a mm shall t lectnc organ were installed and nnnv other improvements made to the ihurih proper the vestry hall anil iktirur 1 he intrinee if a mw reliti us imh f lh f tin f l w vi nto the iihusi i it rom in catlu in lr usi t in illy in the nln hear about united nations at institute fiftieth dinner parish priests home the former j m buck house an imposing red brick residence at the highway john st corner was recently purchased by the roman catholic church and will be converted into a home for future priests of the holy cross parish it is t o bid tint press ind radio tend to mph isize the wav n itions disagree nther thin the work they accomplish at th lnittd nations as semblv i hey ire working to brine ptaet and goodwill throughout the world sptaking last wednesday at the 50lh anniversary banquet of orvul women s institute mrs j i houck bnmplon who is a delegate to the un gtntral nssembly avi her mi prcssions of her job describing the building and the system of translating by earphone for delegate of sixty countries who attend she stressed the social and humanitarian aspect of the work and said it is a great pn vilcgc to have a glimpse at the philos phies and problems of other ptoplts mrs himilton mclnughlin introduc oil mrs houck and she was thanked for her talk by mrs keith webb an historical sketch given bv mrs oliver hunter told of some of the institutes achievements since its for mation in 1906 ind spoke of the inspiration members today receive from reviewing the records mrs frances hunter was the first presi dent and miss annie noble who was fr vincent morgan father vincent morgan has serv ed as priest of holy cross for fifteen years the longest term of office of any roman catholic priest in this church he will continue to serve in st josephs church acton inactive for several weeks george town firemen had a busy night thurs day when they received two calls first alarm sounded at midnight when harold bennett driving on the highway past scott motors no ticed smoke coming from a large murfin fuel oil truck which was parked overnight near the roadway firemen arrived in time to extinguish a fire in the cab which did some da mage to the seat cushions- there was some evidence that the fire might have been incendiary and fire chief william hyde has con tacted the ontario fire marshals office which is investigating at 4 30 am the siren sounded again add this time firemen were called to the berwick hall apart ments on lower main street here they extinguished a fire which started in a locker under the basement stairs and burned out the stairway the fire was confined to this area and the good work of the department avoided what could have been a disastrous affair the alarm was sounded by an apart ment tenant upstairs w langebeck who first detected smike booth taxi your as surance of prompt courteous and safe service mother church in acton i tuist al ihe dinner tin lirt sure i ii v miss nitli mis jck tlirk and mrs hiifji clark eharier membirs who wire pn sent wen prismtu with pins bv mrs r hurkc and mrs don miirrn f iur ollur thartir numbers un tble to alttnd art mrs huth unnineh im mrs alf i aird mrs u lurmr ind mrs a liuit nintltilht attended the dinner in thi memtiml hall of st johns unit ed church in town the tables were ucoritid with yellow candles gol din daffodils ind blue mums the 1 colours the head table was centered with a white md gold 3 tiered birthihy cake with three gol den candles one for the past which uns lighted bv miss annie noble one for the present lighted b miss prai no manure ind one for the future lighted bv miss marilyn cleave lead er of the 4 ii mrls club mrs iluch chrk cut the cake mrs 1 orni cluve lhinkcd the ladies of st johns for i lovely turkev din ntr mrs i aunnce mav opened the pr igram with a tonst to the queen followed bv eject inls to all the oldir membirs from the present me mhers mrs grivdon chester read the roll call of all the old membirs present members and those attending from other institutts georgetown ash erovc hornby stewarttown limt house silv er wood bnmpton v est norval juniors anil the 4 ii club mrs george somtrvillc acting president of the district brought ereltings from halton district mrs joe murray proposed a toast to the acww which was replied to by mrs m borgstrom of streetsville the home economist mrs h smcllic and mrs walter r idler presented a life membership and pin to mrs w ii rcid who has been a member of norval w i for 43 years mrs jack may entertained guests with two pleasing solos and mrs w t cromar with two humorous read ings building boom now spreads to hillsburgh hillsburgh is sharing in the district building boom a toronto construction firm is planning to build twenty new homes in the village construction will start early in the summer the company has purchased front age on hillsburgh s main street from m c nodwcll on the east side of the 7th line the 80 rod property hat a depth of approximately 185 feet mrs robin wins iastrr jumfto tog a jumbo easter egg offered as a lujcky prize to shopper at cordor candies was won by mrs sid robin 71 guelph street mrs robin winning ticket was drawn by miss jennifer smith at the close of business on easter saturday st josephs acton where father vincent morgan will continue his pastorate when georgetown becomes a separate parish next month st josephs and holy cross have had close associat on for many years shar mg the same parish priest who has made his home in acton your child has two sitters watching over her you never sec thi wc ml otter yet she is jusl a m ment away always alert and ready for help at the other end nf your telephone normally should you want to make ourc that every thing i all right at home ou just call your fitter or have her call ou but ailtintmno do arw whrn your utter or you nr anyone ma be fared with an emergency then a direct call to operator can bring help in a hurry she io then to nerve you to help make the tele phone a guardian of your security and your peace of mind the bell telephone company op canada