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two banquets this year hitsrfatmhls the annual scout and cub lan- wen held on tuesday and hal odsossat l m lamdmew on tb two tlaywnqn wb midst ptannid annwsiph v sotat w imumpwt sbtmmi on s tuesday evening cecil ford president of x mr editor i some days in this weejcs sum mary certainty felt like spring the averages this week are much above nolfnal 9 degrees above for we maximum any 4 degrees jfor the nunimum and spring bylne cal endar is aodut a month off yet- rlc e batkfin date jlai mjn ft s moil feb 18 sv 18 flur tues feb 19 29 it flur wed feb 20 27 12 thurs feb 21 42 10 frlfeb 32 41 14 flur sat feb 23 35 24 suit feb 24 36 1 42 average 35 15 42 social and mr and mrs lorne gilchrist of clev were- weekend guests with mr and mrs- stan lyon 43 king st k dennis son of mr and mrs j leopard berrfla charles st was home fromjudley college for the weefeend mr ad lira william lindsay lachlne quel and fbfcfr daughters marge and yerley are vjsigng with s christian must battle communism the february meeting of the wa group 3 of st johns united was held at the home of mrs s t farim 19 market street on wednesday afternoon mrs s gowland was convener and presi ded at the meeting t the theme let the beauty of jesus be seen in me was read and mrs r h wright led the devot- ionals with reading psalm 138 and all joined in the lords prayer an article on communism by jane scott was read by miss m thomp son stating that communists have neither christ christian creed or bible but they have indoctrinated and conquered a billion people within the last fort years bv us- ii gbsstord led a sing song enjoyed by dtifts and lads alike bernard sh yas accompanist jton s nis enter- tairfevthe group with a number of modern nit tones members of thejarcbestra are don seddon john son ross hillier and cor bydeyaete cubmasters of the packs were introduced by mr ford and they in torn i their assist ants the cubmaster for monday evening is cecil davidson and tuesday evenings cubmaster don padfield assistants to cubmaster on monday are brenda ashwin jan hansen and scout assistants on- tuesday tom for- grave and scout assistants vernon mccumber presented gifts to the ladies who had gone to camp last summer and prepar ed the meals for the boys the guest speaker on tuesday evening was introduced by mr mccumber he was mayor jack armstrong who spoke to the fa thers and sons on character building and cubbing working to that end rev morgan mcfarlanc expressed the thanks of the group to mayor armstrong for his in spiring address cubmaster gor don padfield lead the closing ex ercises which included the grand howl on thursday evening grace at the table was offered by rev alfred barker following a de licious dinner served to the thurs day cub pack the scouts the rovers and dads cecil ford again presided over a splendid program wbeldon emmerson led the group in a sing song the accom panist was ralph urael cubmas ter don livingstone was introduc ed and be introduced us assist ants dave hastings and jack liv ingstone land scout assistants- scoutmaster i jim keyes was intro duced and ne in turn introduced his assistant jack livingstone rover crew leader ed hall was unable to attend also introduc ed was cubmaster jim schofield of st georges anglican church mr mcfarlane introduced the speaker of the evening mr stan hall mpp for halton mr hall spoke on the subject of build ing a road stressing that we arc both building and travelling the road of life and he urges us to 5tslairhil fifjsl rotarians piannikg thanked mr hall for his splendid 5 seai d tom forgrave showed films of therotary club held the twin lakes scout camp where dnne at local boys attend camp the evening concluded with the singing of the national anthem with ernie forgrave accompany ing on the piano on sunday theub and scout groups with their leaderstaet in st johns memorial hall and rraded to evening service this year is the centennial of the birth of lord j badenpowell and the 50th anniversary of the beginning of scouting way parkview blvd mr am ruddeq ottawa visit ed in town recently vwith bis sis ter jean afitjus aunts thlmlssei moore of main street north mrs annie gallop and mr and mrs harvey gollop of nor- val attended the funeral of mrs annie gouops sister mrs grant smith at burlington last wednes day mrs j b ritchie 74 leaves faintly of 12 a georgetow r since 1918 mrs john benjamili ritchie 74 died avherhotee 27 ing the techniques practised and advocated by jesus like the parable of the leaven the ealots of communism have wormed their way into schools fac tories churches homes and the market place patiently plotting and planning their mission aeal- ously sowing the seeds of discon tent among their fellows and the gospel of socialism to the hungry masses until they have- leavened a great lump of humanity today as never before in the history of the church there is a crying need for men and women who know whom they have believed and why they have believed and what their mis sion as believers is too many are not fullycdnvinced that christian ity is the hope of the world during the business period rem nants of print were distributed for makin babzaar aprons a display of antique curios by several of the members proved to be most in teresting mrs ian rjtchie in vited the group to meet at her home for the march meeting mrs morgan mcfarlane and mrs vic tor mcdonald assisted the hostess in serving refreshments and a soc ial tinje was enjoyed over the teacups little nhl results of saturday february 23 junior a sl catharines 2 hamilton 0 scoring m cummings 1 d presswood 1 peterboro 2 guelph 1 scoring w reid 2 a blair l marlboros 3 barrie 2 scoring p laird 1 r lane 1 t lane lm dwyer 1 r press- wood 11 d calder 01 v american providence 4 cleveland 3 scoring m marchment scored a hat trick w hutchinson 11 l cofell 61 r wrigglesworth 01 j adams 1 g bairstow 1 w ter ry 12 hershey 2 springfield 2 scoring b kemshead 2 f hilts i j mcllement 1 p hale 01 buffalo 5 rochester 1 scoring k keire scored a hat li glen williams gun hockey team bests acton georgetown a slickskating glen williams public school hockey team coach ed by tom norton has defeated all opposition to date in e series of matches with neighboring schools they have twice beaten acton and an friday took a second vic tory from a georgetown team made up of players from the three local schools fridays game score was 43 and in a previous game the glen won 54 games are plan ned also with norval and milton depending on what ice arrange ments can be made playing on the glen team are wayne everson goif wayne nor ton glen cooper david diggins defence peter norton tim hain es billy wheeler danny robson bob kemshead donny norton freddie hilts l comptoh gord hancock dannie sargent ron mcgowan laddie haines wayne dbton forwards the georgetown team coached by haton allen had darwin tost to goj keith vivian wayne fle- big dvid mackenzie bob wt glesworth bob henderson ed wy lie bert mcmann ed white de- fenre keith wood peter town enl r donnahee gjcr ben wiek bobkprxack dotig davles llinfal jim fiddler for their fair- view inn last monday night with a minimum of business being dis cussed due to the nomination of officers for the coming year it was decided however that the t easter seal dinner would be held three weeks from the meet ing night the club expects to have a distinguished speaker on hand for the annual affair june 22nd haajieen set as the probable date for the planned har ness meet for 57 sponsored by the rotarlans while last years meet was not too successful fin ancially it was according to visit ing horsemen one of the bet thatthey had attended the date was also set for the anniversary dinner monday mar 4th an honoured guest at the meeting will be the district gov ernor of rotary walter degeer of bowmanville the entertainment committee expressed their delight at the pro gress being shown at minstrel show rehearsals in the arena rose room the show was originally scheduled for april 9th 10th and i lth but those dates may be chan ged at the next meeting he was born the daugh- wray-alex- ber of knox whom she was in 1905 died in finily of lillian mrs and dorothy of hamilton jim helen e margaret and marion of george- glen christian marie mrs doug- mccallum pt streetsyine a son robert predeceased her she also leaves one brother thomas alexander of erfmosa 17 grand children and 3 greatgrandchildren rev alex calder conducted the funeral service bi knox church on monday and interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown pallbearers were gordon spence john davidson frank cleave and three nephejro john allen elmer alexander and bob major on ret wood in eraniosa tor of john juftft anderh5he was a presl hrnusl jsttbhe lesi twelve charles memi jfmrs fnoil hi andyt bill betty mrs mrs charles mrs bruce town beta of woodstock trick j gudgeon 11 r harris 1 d mackenzie 01 w dixon 02 m korzack 1 nhl toronto 5 chicago 3 scoring d curry 1 r copland 1 w norton scored that trick w carney 1 j pruneau 1 p po- piel 1 r salter 1 j fiddler 01 boston 4 montreal 3 scoring b lewis had a hat trick and one assist wt wheeler 11 k vivian 1 j mcniven 01 b mc mann 1 d davics 1 r henderson 1 r hart 01 news around th arwia the last games of the regular schedule were played on saturday and in thcnttl group it was a thrilling finish with the leafs winning over the hawks to take first place the bruins and hawks tied for second place and a draw decision was made for playoff purposes boston is shown in sec ond slot providence in the ameri can league made a final stretch drive and went from last place a few week a to third place the puyoffs start saturday march 2nd and it sure would be great to see the boys get the support they need from the parents and neighbours- dont forget the four town tourna ment on saturday march 16th at orangeville gordon martin and his executive have a big day plan ned for the boys up there and from talk at the arena it seems a large body of fans are going- up to support our 3 allstar teams watch next weeks column for complete scoring results final little nhl standings junior a w h mccifuoush dies on 82nd birthday william henri mccullough a norval resident since he retired from farming five years ago died suddenly at his home on saturday morning it was his 82nd birth day he was born a georgetown nat ive son of robert and annie bel- grove mccullough and before his marriage worked in his fathers sawmill after his marriage to mar ry melvin they farmed in nassa- gaweya then in esquesthg oh the corner of the 5th line and no 7 highway later moving back to a farm in nassagaweya he was a jersey eattle breeder a liberal in politics and a member of the pres byterian church surviving are his wife with whom he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary in april 1952 and nufethudren gladys mrs harold white and annie mrs jim grainger of guelph edna mrs clayton wilson and charlotte of georgetown ethel mrs rudy seils of rochester ny melvin of acton harry of hamilton alan of niagara falls and tillie mrs alvin marshall of fergus he also leaves two sisters mrs will keith lily of owen sound and mrs h mccullough lala of washington dc a sis ter violet died several years ago there are 28 grandchildren- and 19 greatgrandchildren edith ins saturday wedding at knox chard mrs jessie inez robb street georgetown and arthur tugman were the rev a j calder presbyterian manse at 7 saturday february 23rd mr and mrs tugman left for a trip to florida on their return- they will take up residence in owen sound r noagemfnts v mr and mrs harry brown r r 5 milton announce the engage ment of their youngest daughter thelmtf agnes tokenneth hearts 6n of th late mr and mrs amos seams tjie- marriage wql take placein w p w l tpts sl catharines 14 10 3 1 21 marlboros 14 8 2 4 20 peterboro 14 7 3 4 18 barrie 14 8 hamilton 14 3 5 1 17 0 2 8 gnelph 14 0 14 0 0 american p w l tpts hershey 14 11 buffalo 14 8 1 2 24 4 2 18 providence 14 6 8 0 21 springfield 14 5 8 1 11 cleveland 14 4 8 2 lb rochester 14 4 0 1 tf nhl standings toronto 14 9 3 2 20 boston 14 9 4 1 19 chicago 14 9 4 1 19 montreal 14 7 7 0 14 rev g l royal conducted the funeral service on monday in nor val presbyterian church and in terment was in greenwood ceme tery georgetown pallbearers were sam sahara william peacock and william lancaster guelph and three grandsons frank wil son georgetown ted and fred marshall fergus semifinals schedule for march 2 nkl 700 800 toronto vs chicago 800 900 montreal vs bostov two games goals to count on the round u americ 900 940 rochester vs cleveland 940 1020bufalb vs springfield 1020 1100 hershey vs providence two games goals to count oh the round l jvnter a 1130 1200 hamilton vs guelph 1200 1230 marlboros vs barrie 1230 100rsl catharines vs peterboro tw6 games goals to count on round playoff procedure first team vs tbltd team econd team vs foofuiteam fmk telimvs sixth eam social personal miss victoria webster of wind sor wasa weekend guest in town with her sister mrs keith bar ber and mr barber 9 king st e judy beaumont who is in her final year at st mildreds college returned to toronto yesterday af ter spending her midterm holi day withjher parents mr and mrs arthur beaumont glen williams bill devereaux of halifax ns spent a few days this week with his parents mr and mrs harry dev ereaux 0 parkview blvd he is vice president erf the national ymca council and had been in montreal where he presided at r tone of the annual meeting dinners ronald son of mr and mrs harold gilmer union street cele brated his birthday with a belated party on saturday his guests were his brother al gordon fos ter gordon williams donald macintosh and donald williams linda garbutt lorraine ledwidge and elgin armstrong lions tdi seaets at guelph ladies nifht lions dub members their wives and six guests travelled to ijuelph jaatthursday evening for their an- nua xadies night and 280 anni versary party held this year aftthe royal hotel rr- after a delictus banqaetaupper the group approximately 45r in number played the popular tv game tv got secret with panel made up of hald fobert mrs jackr gunning and mr and mrs al currie and tooderate8 by dick riddall the panel had a tough time with some of the isecrets george smurthwaite baffled them with 1 boxed three- rounds with one time world champion max schmeling in germany mrs george hew- son slid down a mountain sjde in a reclining attitude dr macin tosh was marooned on an island in habited by geisha girls and mrs art scotts secret was i drove one of our buses today for the first time dancing was later enjoyed in the elizabeth room to the music of the merry makers until one oclock distinguished guests included dis trict governor and mrs robert cooper deputy district governor and mrs george winette and zone chairman and mrs jack gunning norval citizen has birthday rlioers oakviue viwiiitkfv y ss3t2l nwmtm ashgrove two showers for bride betty bayers on tuesday evening feb 19th mrs frank barnes and her daugh ter marilynheld a personal shower in their home for betty bayers a bride of this saturday court whist was played with the winner being mrs len coxe then the bride was seated in a decorated chair under a lovely pink parasol and coloured balloons and opened her lovely gifts after thanking everyone the hostess and her daughter served a dainty lunch on saturday after noon mrs horace barnes and her daughter ann held a miscellan eous shower for betty mrs c b dick conducted some stunt games and mrs thomas g if fen a suitable contest after which the bride opened the many beautiful gifts a lovely lunch finished the after noon little janice coxe is able to be out again after having a bout with whooping cough some of the chil dren around have measles but cheer up everyone as spring com es ot sure next month gordon bird son of mr and mrs milton bird was up in saska toon and churchill last weekend before going back to his work in ottawa ward brownridge flew to new york a couple of days last week and reports that hartley anderson is much improved and is being moved to montreal soon sympathy is expressed to mrs clayton wilson in the death of her father mr mccullough of norval worst flood ever j threatens beaumonts a flood in glen williams last night threatened the beaumont knitting mill mill employees were joined by many glen residents in fighting the turbulent waters when an ice jam in the river caused the water to inundate the road past the mill and run into the building at a point where it is lower than the road way georgetown firemenjkere called to assist in pumpinawater from the building v a sharp drop in temperaturedu meteors opeh the best four out of seyjen intermediate a play off set this wday night in pakvdle as the oaxvule team finished ahead of georgetown in the group they are entitled to the odd game at home the second game will be georgetown wednesday marco 67 back to oakville friday the 6th the fourth in town wednesday march 13th the fifth sixth and seventh if necessary will be in oak ville friday 15th georgetown on tuesday 19th and in oakville fri day the 22nd over the season the meteors held a slight edge over the raiders win ning three games and losing one but in total goals scored it was very close oakville scoring 20 goals and the raiders 17 with the raiders almost back to full strength this should be an excit ing series frank ptashnik will be the only man missing for the opener but he is expected to be in the line up for the second game here next wednesday art white and tommy fyles the two firemen from toronto have indicated that they can change shifts and should be in the line up for every game the raiders finished the sched ule last friday night in milton los ing 02 the game did not mean a thing to either team and both the teams were short handed tb raiders only having eleven men in uniform georgetown finished 4th in the standing and the milton crew sixth blake inglis and jun ior beaumont scored the goals for georgetown the race for the team scoring leadership was won by blake in glis who notched 18 goals and 13 assists for 31 points bud varey his centre man was second with a total of 26 points pete brad- kin had the dubious honour of be ing the team bad man he spent a total of 88 minutes in the sin bin sr b play offs elmira and brampton meaford ana milton int a georgetown and oakville team scoring gs gls a pts hunter real estate ring the night stopped the threat off if onmlinff to the foundation of the buildihgt vitkc vpemiis and ended worry for the time be ing that other sections of glen williams might also be flooded their daughter bell brampton son of mr and mrs frederick charles bell of winnipeg manitoba the marri age will take place on saturdayr april the sixth in knox presby terian church school hours normal again harrison school open today sq twentythree teachers and 750 pupils returned to normal school hoars this morning when the new harrison public school opened its doors for the first time the new school is staffed by nine teachers and principal harold henry with antorohnent of 325 since september glasses have been conducted on a 2shift system in wrigglesworth school with the two v schools alternating 4hour morning and afternoon shifts each month regulars school hour will now t j rf v i be in effect for harrison as well as for wrigglesworth where a staff of 12 teachers and prihcjnal wtt mam kinrade teach 439 pupils georgetowns third public school is located oh ttexway drive and serves the needs of the delrex sunbeam and normandy areas the town has a total enrolment of mine 1100 public schoolers ai present chapel street school where- val stein is principal has operated normally 81066 801001 bp- inseoiember b inglis 24 18 13 b varey 23 11 15 j beaumont 22 12 11 23 r dixon 24 10 13 23 f ptashnik 16 6 15 23 j cunningham 20 6 13 19 d irdns 18 9 7 16 b chard l fawcett 18 7 7 14 21 3 10 13 b haines 15 5 4 9 g grasby sr s t 9 p bradkin 19 3 5 8 n fcrri 14 3 5 8 a white 10 2 5 7 j inglis 17 3 3 6 t fyles 5 1 4 5 f kentner 6 1 3 4 p barber 6 0 1 1 m duggan 2 1 0 1 final standing p w l t 1 pts elmira 24 16 8 0 32 meaford 24 15 9 0 30 oakville 24 ij 10 0 28 georgetown i 24 11 1 25 brampton 24 11 12 1 23 milton 24 11 13 0 22 orillia 24 4 20 0 8 ltcol alex li noble was at home to bis friends- on saturday on the occasion of his ninttetb- biidayv i aj tke many lhrest hjfc ttvs life were rcpreeenfed in ifhe nearly tbreojmreil people who catted daring- tlteutemoan4vedunb there weremen who had for him and bis father rober nob- jit fbrai or on the farm lite elms whece he bas lived most b those 90ears there were farmersthelr sons and grandsons who remenvi bered hauling wheat to tb4niui baying feedet the grist mill or barrels at the cooper shop there were business friends and representatives of the millers mu- ual fire insurance co of wamimnn of which he was a director and president for 48 years- members of tire present lome scots regiment and of the former 20th halton rifles came to honbur their oldest living commanding of ficer who was ltcol of the 20th halton rifles before and during the first world war there were ministers and former ministers with whom hed worked closely in the presbyterian and united churches in norval as son- day school superintendent choir leader trustee manager and clerk of session there were teachers who scarcely remember histenure of office on the public school board there were relatives inclu ding his two sisters andona bro- ther all still active in their own fields the youngest at 78 they are dr r t noble lxj toron to mrs a a laing guelph and miss annie noble atcm toron to all of these business military and church associates have become his friends over the years mr no- ble recalled some incident or ac cident concerning each one of them with remarkable clearness of memory the relationships of people the marriages the child ren their homes and accomplish ments all have been of the great est interest to him he demonstra ted this interest in greeting each one with great pleasure through the afternoon and evening a large number of letters and messages arrived from those who could not attend guests wen welcomed by mr and mrs egbert c reed dr ethel noble dempsey and mr wm allen dempsey of belleville daughter of col noble and their husbands with the help of mrs harry bond toronto tea was served by the womens association of norvaj united church the tea table with its decorations of iris daffodils and gladioli were presided over in turn by miss marion laing guelph mrs harvey mcpherson kitchen er mrs john laing toronto mrs bruce laing orillia and mrs charles danard brampton the house gradually developed into a 8fbower of golden chrysantheums and red roses as flowers arrived from many quarters miss ruth wilson provided pi ano selections miss vera morrow toronto sang bless this house and at one point rev w edgar gill norval assisted by rev- frank dunlop toronto and rev j e maxwell norval led a short wor ship service this closed with some of the guests recalling their own experiences in their contacts with col noble and his family col noble voiced his appreciation of the tremendous response to jhis celebration of his birthday a fine new addition to the geor getown business scene will be of ficially opened friday afternoon construction has been completed by w f hunter on a 2office buil ding on the highwaynormandy blvd corner the building 40 engagements mr and mrs corey e herring- ton announce the engagement ofl feet dee j ofty feet highway their daughter doris to gordon frontage will house mc hunters real estate office and a branch of fice of the hewson and ord law firm jp the eastern office a sec ond office is available for rental james h lyons and sons were contractors for thehetoreyricx structure which has a full base ment and will be gas heated the offices have wide window area tile floors and acoustic tile ceiling silver and natural wood predom inates in- the colour scheme mr- hunter a terra- cotta resi dent has been a realtor for several years formerly maintaining an df- flce in brampton he has central- bed his operations hi georgetown with construction of the building here- 4 an open house is planned from 330 to 730 on friday and an in vitation is being extended to the public to view ue ifew offices sorry several news items have been omitted from this issue and wm- appear next wednesday 4 bradford brampton ate local bonspiel winners rinks from bradford and brampton were winners in a mix ed bonspiel sponsored by george town curling club last thursday a rink skipped by walter ed- ney bradford won the 9 anv draw and v bartletts brampton rink was winner of the 11 am event second places went to rinks skipped by albert koslick wetland and- norton nelson georgetown third pries to ted bludd georgetown and fly noble bradford members of mr nelsons rink were oliver hunter mrs bob reeve and mrs mabel sowerby playing on mr bludds rink were dfck hawe mrs harold wheeler and jean ruddell a buffet sapper was served under the convenershlp of mr- sam mackenxle mrs georgia cleave and mrs wray bessey- later doris bulls orchestra pm ed for dancing in the rose room otwrav there yi j icipms oakville two from bradford firm from georgetown and oher tort- ileliwa 4 weston lunlbnyirier- burllngtimimamlltan u