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the georgetown herald twenty pages georgetown ont wednesday may 9th 1956 first section asphyxiation death today discover body at sil vercreek korzack halton county girls ball group president william korzack glen vt illiams was returned as president for a sec and term at the annual meeting of halton ladies rural softball league may 7th in milton courthouse marilyn cunningham norval is secretary treasurer and mrs lloyd pickering trafalgar vice president representatives attended from horn b haltonviiie trafalgar norval omagh lowville palermo and glen williams another ladies day at golf club the ladies of the north halton golf and country club had another day of perfect weather testerdaj for their weekly tournament ortv three ladies teed off six of them be pinners mrs jack gunning and mrs ted arnold were hostesses for the day the pro russ helly inaugurated something new for the ladies by glv mg them group instruction and they found this both enjoyable and bene ficial margery mackenzie won the prize for low score on the 8th dur ing the afternoon game and mrs jim cleave won the low score on tht 8th for the game for business girls in the evening the ladies all en joyed dinner at the club to conclude their dav the weather mr editor the most popular remark on the weather these days stems to be keeps cool and wet the averages for the first week of mav this ear are both 9 decrees be low normal and we have already had over half of the normal average rain fall for the month of may trn batkin max mm r s 55 34 date mon april 30 tues mav 1 wed may 2 thurs ma 3 57 54 29 32 r28 r61 rn may 4 may 5 ma 6 engagement my and mrs fredrick i eider an nounce tht engagement of the ir daughter kathleen jane to mr eu tene john wright son of mr ll liam wright and the late mrs wright of gutlph the marriage to take plact on saturday june 16th 1956 at eleven o clock in the thurth of the precious blood scarboro ont gerry frnser 27 employed it silvercreek service station sinee january was found dead in his car this morning death is believed to have been caused by asphyxiation his body was discovered by bert mcmenemy owner of the garage who had gone from his neighbouring home across the highway to waken mr fraser who had living quarters in the garage he passed the car motor running en route and found tht victim sitting as if asleep in tne front seat georgetown arc depart mtnt was called but could be of no help coroner j h chamberlain estimated that death occurred some five hours earlier it is belie vi d that mr frastr may hut dozed m the car and was over come bv fumes from the exhaust a well liked employee and always in good spirits there is no reason to believe his death was other than ac cidental according to the mcmtn emys last night mr and mrs mc men inn attended a church supper at uauuiaiul mr frascr hid spoken of toing to loronto when thiy re turned homi they saw his tar ind assumed he hid changed his mind and thought no more of it he has lesidtd in this district for some time and w is t mployui with harclav hiuliee before joining mi mcmenem s staff unmarried he is survived by his mother and younger brothers and sisters who live on i farm near parrv sound and married sisters in ill and toronto mrs harold hancock glen williams burial death on friday morning ended a lonl illness for mrs harold hancock 58 at her home in nassagaweya she had been ill fur several years and confined to her home for the past three mrs hantock formerly gladys cox was a native of england and came to canada when she was a young girl she was employed at the farm home of mr and mrs george h leslie at union at the time of her marriage mr and mrs hancock farmed on the town lane later at terra cotta then at their present location m nassagaweya while living in this district she was a member of the glen united church surviving are her husband one daughter olive mrs charles shep pard of terra cdtta a sister mar taret mrs william tainan bramp ton and six grandehildren rev j a dilts of rockwood unit cd church conducted the funeral ser vice on monday in georgetown at the hirotd c mcclure funeral home with interment following in glen williams cemetery pallbearers were eoret cleave frrank petch ah allen horace blylh alex niar an i mr anderson what council did georgetown community swimming pool seriously injured when hit by jack albert rose 30 an armco drain age employee was scnousl injured yesterday struck in the head when a hydrau he jack broke he was rushed b mcclure s ambulance to guelph and after xravs was transferred to to ronto general he suffered serious head injuries and was reported to be partly paraly2ed mr rose was working in a tunnel excavation under the cr mam line where a town sewer extension is beine constructed for the swanek subdiu sion the companv is tunnelling un der the embankment near the john st culvert and he was working m the narrow excavation ibout 140 ft from the face of the opening the badly injured man was brought out on a dolly which is used to trans port material beine excavated for the sewer opening and was attended ot the scene bv dr alistair macm tosh before being removed to hospi prev iousk acknowlt djed business and professional women s club frederick ross total 111 55 10 00 tal terra cotta thi crulit river loikiii like a fisherman s piradise on sunda with hshermen all alone the hanks v saw a few nice ones taken out deepest svmpathv loos to mm chirks sheppard who has lost her mother mrs it hancock bill zilio and bob hwood left for vancouver last wcik to see the coun trv thtv will be away about a month limehouse esquesing reeve ill confined to his home visitors mrs r b storey of toronto with mr and mrs mills mr w 1 newton of bamc with his mother and miss hens mrs seddon of vancouver with i t col and mrs bourne last week prior to her leivinj for a holiday in great britain mrs william jones ind mrs wed gewood of toronto with mr and mrs c a foster and miss reamsbottom with mrs shelbourne and the girls on sund n were the odains of w tl lowitale and the i- rid coxes of orton mr trank oneill of tor into call i d on former acquaintances in i lint house on tuesdav we re lnt that mr w liter i inham reeve of fsqucsing ins been ci nlm ed to hed for the past two weeks we hope for his improvement in health soon wi are pli ised that mrs wilson broken ankle is sufficiently he licit that she has had the cast removed mav we wcltome mr and mrs fer rier and daughter to the vilhu tht w i april committee sponsor eel a euchre on pnl 25 at tht home of mrs j flkrby mrs hi knilky and bert davidson won firsts mrs sam gisbv and cam sinclair seconds and consolation pnzts were tiven ti mrs harry brown ami ilhtrt tne lish high school choir concert last night fifty years married tuesday evening may 8th the georgetown high school choir de lighted an audience in knox hall with a concert of mixed choir sing ing girls choir and solos george town is indeed fortunate to have such talented young people and sueh an able conductor in kenneth r horn son mrs r t piul accompanied the choirs beautifully m the absence of mrs james evans the girls triple trio composed of virginia barber june allen marilvn hcslop marilvn south r sheila car ney margaret mcfarlane claire bradley jean engleby and joyce mclean sang praise the lord the mixed triple trio of jean lnglebv claire bradley june allen virginia barber bill cohoon douglas rig glcsworth bill farmer and tom for grave sang wesley s lead mc lord soloists were joyce mclean man ln hcslop and paul armstrong jack leaning was a guest soloist from guelph and plajed several vcrv fine cornet solos he is a gold medalist the program was varied with re hgious numbers spirituals folk songs and ended with the mixed choirs singing oklahoma junior scholarships and prizes were presented peter canham grade x school board scholarship wabe ba kcr grade ix school board scholar ahip marilyn souther grade x wo men s institute prize joan cumm ins grade ix women s institute prize honour crests for proficiency in athletics music dramatics student government and cadets were present ed to paul armstrong peter can bam shirley fendley gail hcgil vray gordon spence tom barber joan cummins tom forgme mic s1 enersjohn unx m and mm a w notton were married fifty years when this pic and gail smith fure wai lt week limehouse residents for forty years they mitt marjorie inman presented the held open house on wednesday when friends called to offer congratu chourahip prizes and crests tenons seek solution swanek road drainage problem some action was taken by counell monday to overcome road and drain age problems which have been sub ject of bitter complaint by residents of the swanek subdivision when dout wright president of valley ratepayers appeared again to ask what could be done council de cided to write nha about the roaus in hopes that they will withhold pay ments to subdividcrs and thus en courage road work and the county health unit and provincial health de partment complaining on reeve al len s suggestion of stagnant pools of water and difficulty of colliding garbage as a health menace i ati r another subdivision resident r c warren appeared to complain and was advised of the action takci he urged that a date be set for com pletion of the roads but was told this is diffiiult beiause when the subdivisit n was approved this was not anticipated newer legislation provides more control over subdivi sion roads it was touneils opinion that the only tction possible at pres brock bradley a y p a niagara dist president the tenth annual rally of the nia j an diocesan council of the angli can youne peoples association was held at st georges church st catharines saturday mav 5th one hundred and fifty members attend ed with forty of them from halton count rudi meier kerry jepson glcnna doherlv brock bradley and ian wallace represented the george town branch during the afternoon sessions there were lectures by the theme speaker mary tasker of st marks aypa london these were followed by discussion periods the banquet at the dinner hour was a happy one with all the mem bers of various branches singing their local branch theme songs af ler dinner the businiss meeting was he lei for the purpose of electing the officers for the ensuing ear officers lected are president shirk marsh of wellanl vice president brock bridkv georgetown 2nd vice presi de nt bill halfpenny of hamilton secretary mart trot i ongham port oiim me treasurer knna doherlv georgetown the officers were instal led at the service of evensong the rally ended with a el mee for the members frank james maltby once at smith stone one of tht early employ ees at smith stone in the twenties frank james miltbv 44 gorl ave alder wood was buried in spnngcreek cemeterv clarkson last tuesday he died in st josephs hospital toron to april 28th the family lived on river drive during their stay in georgetown mr maltby a native of england left town in 1924 moving to long branch he had been a guard at new toronto hospital and for the past few y ears assisted his sons frnest and kenneth in operating a hardware store in port credit a daughter margaret mrs simkins has recently moved hack to george town ind is living at 109 prince chai les drive sun iv inf arc his w ife charlotte jordan suns and daughters mrs simkins l rnest and kenneth port credit cyril alderwood and mrs irene kd long branch and tight grandchildren intludine kay simkins georgetown tnt has been taken the navy league was given per mission to hold a tag day on june 15 and 16 a 125 ft curb on victoria street asked by smith stone will be built the company agreeing to pay half the cost lloyd denby our bell telephone manager explained to council that phont rates will be increasing slight ly if an application at present ue fore the board of transport commis s j oners is approved the company increases rates each time the number of subscribers reaches a certain maximum and georgetown has passed the 2000 class he said next increase would be when there are 500o subscribers asked by deputy reeve sargent if the company had investigated louncil s suggestion that a calling area might be set up in north hal ton mr denby said a poll showed that phone customers do not gener ally favour the idea and the com pany is not considering it asking for action on granting taxi stand privileges for downtown cabs v 0 brownndgt was told by cr alfred sykes that the police commit tec had investigated and found that downtown parking space is too valu ible to be reserved if a municipal parking area is established he said there would be a possibility that taxi operators could have this privilege it costs me 522 40 a year to oper ate a taxi and sometimes i have to park blocks away at the odd fellows hall said mr brownridge complain ing that he must be near his mill st location or he loses business if i can t get parking space i might as well give up and go on relief he said he asked if there is anything to stop him parking in front of a neigh bouring taxi stand as he had receiv ed a letter from a lawyer about it mayor armstrong said there is nothing to prevent him parking any where so long as he complies with town bv laws reports of garbage still being dumped bv private individuals at the old park dump led to council order inf placards and asking the police to prosecute if offenders can be found the police were also asked to check reports of speeding on nor mandv bhd discover crude oil on gilbert english farm local girl guides at burlington rally ihe halle n division of girt guides in id their rally on friday evening m i 4th in the burlington anna ihe burlington girls anel boys band under the diriction of elgin g cor kit bandmaster prov ded music for the march past of tht 4u0 guides in the arena hftv guides from ioreetown t ok pirt in the rallj their tnnsport i lion bv bus being donated to them the salute was taken b mrs h s iwver hamilton area commission er parade marshal was mrs george mcjannet 1st 1- recman companv fler ereelines from mrs h a saw ver the guides of various companies put e n a program depicting the sc veral phases of guiding dinish and scandinavian folk elances were elcmonstrated by nelson ml burlington districts directed bv mrs deiuglas reading burlinelon district commissioner and mrs j red dibson nelson district commissioner twentv one companies put on badge de monstrations on the floor of the anna demonstrating the different badges the girls must earn such as dairvmaid laundress artist child nurse athletic hiker etc the gror gctown companv demonstrated cifi zen in pantomine with a guide de picting a doctor examining a new immigrant and then showing him be int riven the hand of friendship bv the guides they had a large maple leaf in the background mrs r s barbeau oakvillc west district commissioner directed a pageant on first aid starring dennis the menace to conclude the evening a large campfirc was placed in the centre of the arena and all the guides sat round it and sang several of their songs ending with peace of the river and all thru the night taps concluded the rally firemen cooperate for cleanup week georgetown fire department is co operating next week in the annual sprint clean up week sponsored by the dominion fire prevention associ ation chief willnm hvek ind dcpirlmcnt members ask citizens to pay particu lar iltention to putting their dwell ints and mounds in order after the winter to lessen risk ol fire remember mother on sunday- it s ber day socialpersonal miss jill chapman of peterborough was the guest of call mcgilvray over the weekend mrs m hint and miss margerj mickcnzie motored to rochester for the week end mr c marlow 9 ashland avenue toronto was in town on monday at tending tht funeral of the late mrs hare id hancock mrs f curtis has had her two sisters is guests for a few days miss simms of charlottetown pel and mrs e game of toronto iast friday miss helen holmes at tended the graduation of her nep hew victor locker of brantford who took tool design technology at the ryerson lnsti ute of technology to ronto gordon laird son of mr and mrs del laird queen st celebrated his seventh birthdav saturdav before the party he took his friends to the roxy theatre guests included david farnell gary bowers pat tuck and lynda kcntner mrs aileen bradley victona st entertained at lulcheon on sunday may 6th to announce the engagement of ber daughter gretchen margaret to george thomson son of mr and mrs george thomson eglington avenue west toronto oil his been discovered on the gilbert english farm on no 15 side road according to roy magloughlen an associate of anthony gas explora tions oil discovered saturday is be lieved to be the best crude oil in canada the company has drilling rights on the farm in the more than 20 000 acres in halton where similar rights ire held it is some four miles west of georgetown the discovery was made by accident on saturday anthony struck gas two weeks ago in no 8 well on the farm and sat urday decided to take the derrick down a 30 foot sand pump was put down to take water out of the well and drillers were amazed to discover it full of oil instead the company believes that it will be possible to bring both gas and oil out of the same well and is op timistic about halton s future as r pn ducer of these products chimney fire at glen williams chimney fire at the home of tom hill glen williams resulted in a call lo ceorjetown fire department firemen answered the call and the fire was extinguished with no damage to the house celebrating his sixth birthday on saturday jeffrey son of mr and mrs thomas wason bvron st had a party his guests included philip clappison bess mckee susan cor belt and alec goudekciting editor george dills of the acton free press and garfield mcgilvray of the ehrald staff attended the testi modial dinner for messrs elgin and george hams editors of the bur lington gazette who retired last week at the estimate in burlington mrs jack tarxwell and her small son john are visiting with her par eats mr and mrs alvin mcdonald queen street from ann arbor mich where mr tanwell is attending the university