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t t s twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday evening february 6th 1957 first section of a m bula nee vol u nteers if formation of the georgetown vol unteer ambulance service moved one step closer whencouncil on monday accented the offer of a volnxiteer committee and ap- pomted reeve steri autwkg chabv mam and councdjors freaj birri- aim and garfield mctjilyray inem- ben of a council committee to assart in setting up the system at is believed to be unique in canada and inauguration of the service was termed by committee member john henley as a his toric day for georgetown the service will comprise a townowned ambulance manned by unpaid volunteers who will op erate in rimilar fashion to a st john ambulance brigade with out actually joining the st john organisation it is possible that at a later date there may be affiliation with st john councils action followed a punuei meeting last thursday in wrigglesworth school which re sulted in 64 men volunteering their service to aid in ambulance work organization workahas been done by 4man committee rajph e hawes chairman john effiotoohn henley and harrison wood i v a detailed report 07 committee activity was given to council oh monday by mr hawes enough certificated menarev available he stdd to successfully operate the system immediately first aid courses would be made available to other volunteers annual cost of ambulance ser vice is estimated between 1501 and 2000 offset by revenue which would return to the town past figures made available by harold mcclure whose decision to cease ambulance operation creat ed the present situation would reveal that the volunteer service should carry itself without any drain on the public treasury council by its action has aban doned thought of a subsidized private service in which at least tout people had expressed in terest propositions had been submitted by a brampton man two bfiltbn men and a district resident priotr to monday and at this meeting a letter jas jtead frostf norman brown who said would operate an ambulance with a subsidy of 3600 it is possible that an ambulance will be housed in the double gari age on cross t used to house hydro equipment before the new hydro building was opened the committee will investigate this purchase of an ambulance and other details and report to coun cil again next monday several councillors followed the mayor on monday in thanking the organization committee for an excellent job and expressed con fidence that georgetowns ambu lance service would be an asset ser- sarvice to town similar to the fine vice rendered by the fire depart ment 63 victory for local raiders over knights georgetown raiders took over second place in their big seven sr b group last friday with a 6 to 3 win over meaford knights they are now two points behind the league leading elmira polar kings who have 24 pts 2 points behind the raiders with 20 are brampton oakville and meaford all tied for 3rd place the gam last friday was the ft first win in three starts this season against the strong mea ford dub- it was a well deserved win with the raiders out playing them by a good margin the raid- a n h beaten e cl i the league at least once the first period was all george town although they could not get the puck past the meaford goal xjnxswarmed around the meaford net thr whole period but bad luck and erratic shooting held them scoreless the knights picked up the only goal of the period when harry kazarians shot just trickled over the goal line in the second period george town took complete charge out scoring meaford 5 to 1 dave irons tied up the jjame for georgetown at the 36 second mark then bill chard and blake ingles scored two fast goals to give the raiders a 31 lead at 937 bill mcintosh got one back for meaford but the raiders were still hot george orasby scoring at 1330 and ron dixon at 1939 gave the raiders a 52 lead as the period ended the third period was even each club scoring a goal jtay maccallum got one for meaford at 227 but ron dixon came back with his se cond of the evening at 1316 to wrap up the decision it was the raiders first win at home in their last four starts but they deserved it ron dixon art white blake inglis and jack rhodes were best for the locals ray mccallum and harry kazarian stood out for meaford for the rai ders it was a great team effort as several of their key men were mis sing jerry inglis tried hard but his injured ankle is not quite rea dy yet dots and dashes raiders play their last schedule game at home this friday night with brampton last friday nights game drew the largest crowd of the season on monday february 18th the raid ers play host to the junior a barrie flyers in an exhibition game this is a game for the in jured player benefit fund so lets see a large attendance hap emms promises to have his full team on hand so we wih see just how good t a ron dixon builders association has a ladies hijot a very successful ladies night combining a social evening with a drive for new members was held friday night at the home of rex w heslop in georgetown while the ladies got acquainted and were shown through her beau tiful home by mrs heslop the members and prospective mem bers of the association held a short meeting chaired by presi dent heslop who introduced the association executive and called upon guests mayor jaw arm strong claire mccuiiough on tario vicepresident of the na tional home builders associa tion and doug kerr editor of the mr and mrs brimley bastebo rove funera frida y ai tern oorj brimley bastedo and ellen dickenson were married in st johns united church on january 25th and are living on queen street the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs james dickenson kingston and the groom is the son of mrs mildred bastedo brampton and the late mr bastedo magazine national builder the mayor welcomed the mem bers and guests on behalf of the town of georgetown and wished the new association great and continued success in the future in its endeavors to promote the development of the north halton area and assured the association of support and assistance from the local council wherever possi ble family of five here flee hungarian terror a hungarian family ended the flight f their w try late saturday night jan 12 when they stepped tram the mid night train at the georgetown cnr station tliejxnal stop in a journey that faskttiem thiough five countries after a hurried es cape across the austrian border leslie simonyi his wife anne and their three girls anne mary and elizabeth were greeted and welcomed to their new home by a new ger- ready to push on to their travelling through many belgium and england they arrived in an immigration camp in montreal four weeks ago now resldinvon the charles greig farm hl r 1 georgetown leslie simonyi is employed at copelandchatterson ltd bramp ton and with his brother is await ing the arrival of his parents and austria when they arrive some time in the near future they will live on the farm of roger vin cent georgetown jack rhodes ruby tennant weds will live in guelph st johns anglican church stew- arttown was the scene of a candle light ceremony on saturday even ing february 2nd at 730 ocjisek when ruby eleanor tennanljhe daughter of samuel tennant jr and the late norma smith tennant became the bride of ronald cecil mansfield son of sir and mrs ce cil mansfield pearl street guelph rev j e maxwell officiated at the double ring ceremony mrs lloyd davison was at the organ the hridegiven in marriage by her grandfather cecil smith chose a beige crystalette gown with lace bodice and matching jacket her accessories were beige and she wore a corsage of pink roses mrs carl deforest was the matron of honourgowned lit rose identical to the brides gown wtthlwhite acces saries and a corsage of white and pink roses carl deforest acted as giuomsmsn a wadding reception was held at the home of the brides grandpar ents mr mrs cecil smith where lbs smith received in a grey ny- ion lace gown with corsage of pink rotes she was assisted by the grooms mother uv a light blue crepe with corsage of yeuow roses fi and mmnafief1 jbr a immbboa to the eastern part ot vk a4 w and a make their home in guelph where mr mansfield is employed in the agnewsurpass shoe store mr mccuhough explained hgw otpatotutns oub i fivc ter who are kutacmto tee 3 prescnuy ln rcd affiliated with the national body was it therpd to and the way in which voblems f at i h whed ti in development pertaining to the brou j v north hattop area could be re- f mcclure s furni- ceived and heard on a national t h p jm level with other parts of the pro- jon last mn vincc and dominion ute f call from the toronto mr kerr explained the function u n of his magazine of which every tha f was 6n l way member gets a subscription with i while in hungary leslie si- his membership in keeping the f hl h various associations twihout f t a k canada informed of the overall lt lflghtc picture and the assistance each member would get in keeping abreast of new methods materials and trends in the building busi ness across thedominion an evening of discussion and fellowship followed oh group includlnoganms puyd fab 2 57 elmira georgetown meaford oakville brampton milton orillia p w 19 12 20 11 18 10 18 10 18 10 lt f 7 0 97 9 0 90 8 0 92 8 0 72 8 0 78 18 19 8 10 0 74 a pts 56 24 95 22 81 20 78 20 86 20 76 16 4 15 0 73 110 8 roy hansen mrs emmerson head home school groups formation of two home and school associations was completed on monday parents of pupils attending cha pel street and wrigglesworth schools elected officers at meetings in the two schools next monday a similar meeting will be held for parents interested in the new har rison school the three groups will replace the former single association tho it is possible occasional joint meet ings will be held for events of common interest mrs joeemmerson who was the last president of the old associa tion was chosen first president of the chapel street group vern ltccumber and reg broomheadare vice presidents mrs ai currie corresponding secretaryi mrs john cummins recor secretary and mrs gordon 1uig treasurer an executive co 1 comp teattue jfrjsw sloan lsnoruuwjbi4l lijadtcl john rtaraerson douglas wright roy hansen is president of the wrigglesworth home and school other officers are victor babey graham farnell vice presidents mrs trevor williams recording secretary mrs t gadd correspon ding secretary mrs howard graff treasurer and an executive commit tee composed of mrs- bert tuck mrs robert ajjen jack inglis jack runham and mrs bob barber entertainment at the wriggles worth meeting was provided by the children of grade 6 who sang un der direction of kenneth r harri son an educational film on food was shown at the chapel st meet ing- both organisations will hold their meeting the first monday in each month i 7 hockey broadcast arrangements have been made by huriter real estate to sponsor ofthe oakville balder an underground anticommunist organization and because of his two brothers in the western world was closely watched by communist authorities when his section of the country was overcome by russians in early november he had no choice but to make an escape gather ing no more than what they would need for the journey they left their newly iurnished home just completed in july and made the short trip across the nearby aus trian border shelter in austria was provided by a womens league for the next few days until the isimonyis were and personal mr and mrs clarence carey 8 academy road attended the fiuv eral service for mrs sarah hig- gins in listowel on friday mr and mr alex greig former ly of wildwood and now residing at minett muskoka are spending the winter at venice- florida mrs j burns milne 32 market street is holidaying at winter ha ven florida with her mother mrs george hollingworth of toronto mrs w g o thompson of st catharines wife of the late rector of st georges anglican has been visiting in town with mrs l w dann 15 william street oiane hillock madree joriesand raedume meltvedt of alma col lege st thomas were weekend guests with mr and mrs maurice hillock mfas june hicken spent the week end at the home of her uncle and aunt mr- and mrs frank hicken at longs lake utterson mr and mrs hicken were celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on sat urday principal val stein and mrs stein were dinner hosts on friday to members of the staff of chapel street public school mrs steins sister miss florence westbrook of brantford assisted them with ar rangements for the party george cousens son or sirs gor don cousens berwick hall visited his mother here over the weekend cst cousens is stationed in ottawa with the rcmp while in town he and his mother travelled to belle- vil to visit mr and mrs edward rimer ana mrs txwisens saw her new grandson bryce for the first time engagement mr and mrs norman smith 12 king st w georgetown announce the engagement of their daughter pauline frances to david joseph moore son of mr and mrs stan moore guelph st georgetown the marriage will take place in toron to on saturday march the second mr and mrs f c war ren charlton ontario announce the engagement of their daughter dorothy adelaide to james collier son of mrs a collier georgetown the marriage will take place on saturday february the twenty- third in georgetown m crash ol a miamjbound few moments after it tookc skw yorks laguatdiafjeldin sfi bunding snowstorm friday night brought death to- a former ash- grove residenj mrs hartley anderson 33 the former joy ruddell was one of 20 who died in the flaming wreckage eighty other passengers were sav ed including her husband who is a patient in doctors hospital new york city he was badly buraedv mr and mrs anderson were bound for a florida vacation from heir home in ijontreafc he is man ager of the montreal office of the london life insurance company left motherless by the- crash are their five young children peter virginia robert ruth and jean olive joy ruddell whose parents are mr and mrs arthur j ruddell of ashgrove was a popular mem ber of the community she had a beautiful voice and while attend ing georgetown high school her musical talent won her gold med als at the county music festivals after graduation she attended wd- ler business college toronto then worked in the iondon life office in the city following their marriage in ims mr and mrs anderson lived in toronto for a year then in camp- bellville and since he joined the insurance company staff they have made their home in london kirk- land lake ottawa and town of mount royal mr anderson is a native of the milton district besides her husband and chil dren mrs anderson leaves her parents a sister betty mrs ward brownridge and a brother howson suddell a funeral service took place this afternoon in the presbyteriut church town- of mount royal a second service is planned in ash grove united church on friday at 2 pjn and jateraaapi will be in cemetery three badly injured in no 7 car crash their car collided with a totob bound truck driven by john san- ford borden street toronto he received minor face cuts and brui ses it three georgetown women were painfully injured monday in a car- truck collision on a slippery stretch of no 7 highway near beckfords motel admitted to peel memorial hos pital with a broken pelvis cuts norval juniors and shock was the driver of the top league again car mrs leslie norris 23 norton j e norvai have done crescent mrs john easdale so theyve come out on top shelley street broken ribs and eye and so earn the r for d injuries and norma ingham 91 p da leslie of the pdince charles a broken leg and team tte mt a k cu i p 2 out ot 3 ies with one umrd p 1 with 20 goals and 5 assists williams escaped with shock and muton pa now was able to go home a iece and wi next the four ladies employed as nighfatme muton area clerks in two malton banks were see who wu1 me norv en route home from work when continued on page 8 the weather mr editor maybe it is about time i looked into the weather situation again the lowest recorded on my therm ometer during january was 20 below zero ern batitin snow flur 3 date max min monjan 28 30 16 tues jan 29 28 19 wed jan 30 25 7 thurs jan 31 29 14 fri feb 1 28 2 sat feb 2 29 0 sun feb 3 37 8 rage set to 000 town bonds be sold locally twenty rinks compete in ladies bonspiet s nineteen rinks of visitors com peted in a ladies bonspiel here on thursday when georgetown ladies were hosts to groups from gait unionville oakville westonj- brampton and hamilton the one local entry tookl second prize iifthe first draw which was won by an oakville rink skipped by mrs boyd mrs don barrager was georgetown skip in the rink composed of mrs sam mackenzie- mrs mabel sowerby and jean mac kenzie two brampton rinks and one from unionviue were other prizewinners the local club served a buffet supper after the bonspicl a 266000 debenture issue will be floated locally the 5 bonds mostly of 10 yr duration will be issued by the town and sold through the office of the town treasurer at par with out the customary services of a brokerage firm the town at the same time is marketing another large quantity of debentures through the ontario municipal investment corporation at mondays council meeting fi nance chairman garfield mcguvray expressed confidence that similar ventures 110000 and acton has sold milton 35000 in the same way and he too is con fident that buyers will be found for the issue salary increases from 2700 to 3100 were granted the two newest members of the police force ted scott and harl lowe the police force has asked that an extra man be hired but council decided this is not possible at pre sent when finances must be wateb- theelclosely instead it was decided to engage a parttime stenographer for typing and record keeping vlh the police office uy a bonds will be readily disposed of locally there is a possibility that local industries will be asked to cooperate in payroll deduction plans for those wishing to buy on installments similar tn the way that federal savings bonds are majotftxmslrobg said that li is the fjrtt time brthe to thatsuabodteuewpmit- temr neighbouring tora sent to a nuniber of newstreetjlghts will be installed including ten on rexway drive in the vicinity of the new harrison schodi and single lights to reldtjourt lyons court and orchardblvd engagements the engagement is announced of joyce nevitt to wallace frederick philips the wedding will take place on saturday february the twentythird at three oclock in st georges anglican church george town mr and mrs alexander irvine 10005 83rd ave edmonton alber ta announce the engagement of their daughter wilma patricia to william whaley thompson eldest son of mr and mrs william thom pson george street georgetown the marriage u take jdace oirfrh- en saturday february the twenty day the eighth of february at sev- en oclock jh avohmore united church edmonton- alberta the engagement is announced or marilyn jane cleave youngestdau ghter of mr wilbert ofcave tmd the xaf4lra aeve tojames cald- wejftmcavrwnf mrs m four showers for ellen dickenson before her marriage on friday january 25th to brimley bastedo ellen dickenson was honoured at four showers mrs denny mccart ney 38 river drive was hostess when the ladies of the auxiliary of the canadian legion gave her a miscellaneous shower miss max- ine mcdougall and mrs mike lor- usso entertained at amtecetsih eous shower at the mcdougall home on college street mrs geo dixon was hostess at her home for a personal shower and mrs fred mccartney at her home with a miscellaneous shower thirdi y l mrand mrs lykle devrier loanee the engagement of ousln kathy ankersmit calgary al former of negen fitov land and georgetowirto ifc krik poulset calgary formerly tlie 1 maniaint v a