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tt- f k 1l twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday march 13 1957 first section raiders and oakville split two home games i after the first three games in their besttff seven series gedrge- town raiders and oakville meteors are all even with the first game endingin a tie ihe raiders won their home game last wednesday 3l they travelled back to oak ville last friday and were shut out 30 the fourth game is in town tonight wednesday march 13th and the fifth in oakvillc on friday last wednesdays game at home was a real thriller in the first period each team notched a goal junior beaumont opened the scor ing at 610 on assists by nick ferri and tommy fyles oakville came right back to tie it up at 1733 bob bishop getting the goal when both teams had a man in the penalty box the second period and the first half of the third period were scoreless at 1032 art white let go a long slap shot from centre ice catching don hardie the oakville goalkeeper by surprise before he could mort the puck was past him this goal proved tp be the winner at 1454 blake inglis tipped in a long shot from brother jerry to wrap up the game for the locals frid nights game was a dif ferent story the raiders lacking the drive of the previous game while they outshot the oakville team 32 to 13 they had very few clean scoring chances the few they did have were handled easily by don hardie as the raiders shot the puck right into his pads bish op milne and herb baker were the marksmen for oakville dots and dashes the raiders were handed a sev ere blow when the oha declared tommy fyle and mervduggan in eligible to play in the series art white and jerry inglis have been by far the two best players in the series for the raiders freddie lawrence has also played standout goal while don hardie for oak ville is a good goal keeper the rai ders have made him look terrific by their erratic shooting the forwards have only picked up four goals in three games with junior- beaumont scoring half of these frank ptashnik is expected back in the lineup this weekend and this should help the attack he was leading scorer for the raiders be fore his injury in the senior b play off meaford eliminated mil ton four games to one elmira is leading brampton three to two play off standing pwltfapts georgetown 3 1 1 15 6 3 oakville 3 1116 5 3 futur games fourth wednesday march 13th at georgetown fifth friday march 15th at oakville sixth tuesday march 10th at georgetown seventh friday march 22nd at oakville the wiather mr editor do not be misled by the weather of last weekend always remember this is the unpredictable month of- march em batkin date max min snow mon march 4 29 7 tues march 5 37 7 wed march 6 40 17 thurs march 7 35 23 v4 fri march 8 33 23 2 sat march 9 39 25 sun march 10 40 19 1 average 36 17 3v4 brand new car skids in ditch a brand new dodge with a little more than 200 miles on the speed ometer was damaged jo the extent of 600 last friday night when it skidded into a ditch just south of silver creek on no 7 highway toronto resident nicholas niel- son was proceeding towards town at about 700 pm when his car skidded on he slippery surface causing him to lose control the vehicle veered off the travelled portion of the highway and plung ed into the ditch where it contin ued on for another ten yards georgetown volunteer ambul ance service took mr nielson to the office of dr macintosh where he was treated for minor injuries 03pp officer george moore inves tigated the accident howard coles new manager at coop howard coles assumed his du ties as manager of the george town branch of halton coopera tive supplies on monday succeed ing charles harris who has been named general manager of the company morley lundquist who has- been three years in milton has been promoted to branchv manager three mr coles comes to georgetown after spending four years at ha- gersville where he was manager of the haldimand farmers coop priorxo that he worked in toron to with the international harves ter co and samuel trees co son of mr and mrs murray coles r r 2 acton he became a resident of this district when his family moved from s bridge to their present farm on no 7 highway it was at this farm that a barn was levelled in a weekend blase recently mr coles is married to the for mer dora hansen of acton who is remaining in hagersville with their three children until they find a home in town the child- ren are stephen 8 valerie 4 and leslie born last november fair board sponsors st patricks party a st patricks euchre and dance sponsored by esquesing agricul tural society drew a good crowd friday to the community hall in stewarttown there were 33 tables of euchre players with others joining the party later for dancing with doris hulls orchestra mrs jim brooks mrs jack williamson charlie thompson and joe wickson won prizes at cards notre dame boys help fight fire when a grass fire on the emslie property on main st s threaten ed to get out of control last wed nesday afternoon a group of boys from notre dame de beauregard farm directed by mjss thercse st jean- did a yeoman job of keep ing the flames in check- until geor getown firemen arrived the fire spread up the hill in both directions threatening the farm orchard and also approach ing the barn on the former w t cromar property the boys fought the flames with wet bags and shovels stamping out the fire on the beauregard property while firemen soon quelled the rest of the blaze honours in grade 8 piano examinations marie kerr of acton passed the royal conservatory of music grade 8 piano examinations with honours miss kerr is a student at alma college st thomas but has con tinued her studies with marjorie newman atcm jack crawford receives safe driving award jack crawford of the locatbrew- ers warejiqusevyas among a group t of confpany wen honoured at a o safety award meeting at jlosslyn grove kitchener on thursday he was one of twbmen receiving 9year awards representing as ma ny year of accidentfree driving- mayor jack armstrong a guest at the dinner was asked to make the presentation mayors or their rep resentatives performed similar functions for sixteen other men from guelph kitchener preston and stratford whq received awards varying from one to nine years jim perry industrial relations coordinator for the company was guest speaker and in his talk gave a comprehensive report of the com panys safe driving promotion which is recognized as one of the most successful in canada some 336 drivers more than 86 per cent of the total number employed by the company are elig ible this year for awards of medals and bonus cheques for preventable accidentfree year in 1956 he said and kitchener district is above av erage with 91 per cent he explai ned how rigid the program operat es by explaining that a small ac cident on december 31st in one district where damage amounted to only 543 had been honestly re ported and had spoiled what would have been a perfect record for the year he quoted insurance brokers as saying that the brewers have one of the outstanding truck fleets in the dominion and urged drivers to keep up their record there are more egssjevjgfajon the high ways chani must which ne nescrr we should do although we obligated to mr perry outlined ten rule of driving which if every motorist ob served them would help avoid ma ny of the accidents which plague the motoring public today w j riddell district manager introduced mr perry and philip schappert manager of the kitche ner group stores was dinner chairman head table guests in cluded representatives of munici pal- council police departments and newspapers tv and radio includ ing mayor jack armstrong police chief roy haley ana herald editor walter biehn from georgetown members of the local brewers retail store attending were mana ger charles cocklin jack coburn jack crawford dave hurrcn and joe chisnall dinner entertainment was provi ded by paul bros and shirley two wellknown entertainers who have often appeared at district garden parties social and personal mrs g a kinder calgary is visiting in town with her daugh- ter mrswa k howat andmr howat a henry street miss iflargery mackenzie 36 mill st has returned hotffe from a- trip west she was in calgary alta to attend the wedding of kathy ankersmit and erik poul- son rater visiting in edmonton with her uncle j f mcqueen in lacombe alta with aunts mrs jean mcrae and miss christina mcqueen and in winnipeg with mr and mrs frank williams w j walker 64 market street is convalescing at home after be ing a patient in st josephs hos pital guelph for a week after an operation t mr and mrs wilfrid bird and mr and mrs j j hunter have returned from a motor trip south they were away three weeks and during their circle tour of florida visited the clermont citrus tow er en route to key west the tower opened last summer is a monument to the florida citrus industry from its observation decks 525 feet above sea level millions of citrus trees hundreds of lakes and dozens of towns are visible training course for sunday school staffs the- first of three meetings in a sunday school teachers training course was held in the st johns hall march 5th under the sponsor ship of the credit valley minis terial association rev g lockhart royal was in charge of the initial interdenomin ational meeting and spoke to the large gathering on the testbefsl mrs part- albert coiman 57 papermill employee w albert edwin coiman stjof 18 edward street died suddenly in st josephs hospital guelph on march 6th he had been in hospi tal for over a week after suffering a heart attack a georgetown native he was the son- of the late ted and susan grossman coiman and his father was georgetowns town- constable many years ago he was employed in the trucking business with nor man snyder for some time and for the past several years at alli ance paper mills ltd mr coiman served overseas in world war 2 with the royal cana dian artillery he was a member of first baptist church surviving are his wife loretta plant three children mrs stan alkerton susan of hamilton ted or toronto and mrs norman mc donald jean five grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters jim colman and mrs jim mcmah- on glenna of toronto william coiman hamilton and mrs herb ambrose maude of highland creek revc alfred barker conducted the funeral service on saturday at the harold c jlcclurc funeral home with interment following in greenwood cemetery georgetown pallbearers were leonard walker george sutherland and four mem bers of the papermill staff ernest ellison thomas eason cyril brandford and robert footitt stewartown ladiesmeet for day of prayer the womens world day of pra yer meeting was held at the home of mrs cecil smith on friday march 8th at 230 pm the theme who shall separate us was pre pared by scdena vasady a former resident of hungary with mrs g h smurthwaito as leader mrs j sjanrtish gave scripture reading mrs cecil smith was first reader mrs g greenwood second reader and mrs j standish third reader mrs g smurthwaito gave the pra yer for ihe queen inaugurate ambulance service highway accident first call georgetowns volunteer ambul ance service believed to be the first of its kind in canada wasof- licially inaugurated thursday night when ihe keirjj of the municipally- owned ambulance were turned ov miss norma ingham who had been er to chief ralph hawmkat a mee ting in the arena hose boom by councillor fred harrison a man- acddeni berof tifcj ambulance committee at 7 jq friday night the first dat 7j pml volunteers harrison wood and john henley win weronduty -pn- itffted atlhe scene nil whose car had rolled into the ditch and he- was taken to dk alistair macintoshs office for treatment first local person to have a ride fh the municipal ambulance was hospitalized in peel memorial for several greeks following a highway e a group of town la dies wfar returning fronumalton where they are employed in banks arrangements were made for jthe ambulatieeto bring her home where she will have a furhher con- period andmrjtfood nil tha ballinafad ballinafad united church serv ice sunday march 17th will be a combined service of melville chur chill and ballinafad churches there will be sacrament of the lords supper and infant baptism sunday school will be at 10 am and mission band at 11 am mr royal aded the pi tion of his topic with a film after which a social hour was enjoyed ballinafad historical theme for wi meeting ballinafad womens institute held their rhonlhly meeting on the evening of march 6th at the home of mrs clarence snow the presi dent mrs archie mcenery presid ing the roll call was to wear something old from grandmoth ers time fifteen members were present during the business portion of the meeting arrangements were made for the district annual meet ing to be held on may 30th at 930 am in ballinafad united church a cold plate will be serv ed catered to by the womens institute ladies of ballinafad the committee to arrange the lunch are mrs robert mcenery mrs lloyd mclean and mrs jesse mcenery a nominating committee was ar ranged for the election ofoffiecrs for the coming year mrs w kirk wood mrs ken hamilton and mrs r b kirkwood arc the com mittee donations were sent to the halton music festival 5 and 20 to the district secretarys of fice for the conference to be held in guelph to which the secretary or a delegate will attend a dance and euchre was arrang ed to be held in stewarttown hall on april 23rd the next euchre will be held at he home of mrs gibson monday march 25th mrs john snow was convener for the meeting of historical re search mrs leo jamieson was in charge of current events mr norman sinclair had the motto which was looks as if one mans religion might become another mans meat films were shown on canad and israel which were very inter esting the hostess and hr com- mittte served a delicious luncheon to call georgetown volunteer ambulance service 7- volunteers aft always on duty to maintain speedy action ithlsniwiwnicaltirvici gggjgkg three car collision during snow storm a blustery snow storm late fri day night was blamed for a three- car collision near georgetowns eastern limits on no 7 highway ich resulted in a wrist injury to of the drivers and a total of 5 to the vehicles involved azardous road conditions and poor visibility prevented reved- gar gill of nerval from coming to an abrupt stop when he came up behind another vehicle also east- bound on the highway the driver of the car carl morrison 64 main street was proceeding slowly on the slippery road as a precaution ary measure a third car travelling behind the gill car was also unable to stop and skidded into the collision the driver george nakatani of the 5th line huttonville injured his wrist as a result of the impact he was later taken to dr o m brewsters office for treatment damage to the morriosn car was approximately 25 while the other two vehicles took the brunt of the damage 800 to the gill car and 500 to mr nakatanis car cst harley lowe of the george town police investigated the acci dent which occurred almost oppos ite the new sykes toblxorporalftm factory organize chi rho at st georges organization of a chi rho group at st georges anglican was com pleted thursday with election of officers clare francis was elected presi dent doug mcades vice president mrs kenneth richardson secre tary and mrs jack meades treasu rer ken reeves and mrs jack meade were named program cap- tains the group set the first thursday of each month for their meeting and a vote of appreciation was exl tended the cht rho fellowship of st georges guelph for thier assis tance in getting established next months meeting is to be an educational evening with a tour or the brampton training school tentatively scheduled with a film on penal work shown fdl lowed by discussion j visit every home in red cross fund campaign limehouse spelling bee box social garden committee night the wl gardens comiuittee sponsored an evening in the memf been s t220q contribu- orial hall dn saturday march 3l in a spelling bee between teams from s s no 9 diana shel- bourne won first prize lunch took the form of a box social with john crawford as auctioneer diana shelbourne winning lor best decorated box for juniors and eileen shelbourne for seniors several tables of euchre jnere played with bob crawford and mrs londry winning firsts pro ceeds will help provide seeds and plants for school childrens gar dens mts james findlay attended the funeral of her friend the late mrs james blacklock in toronto on saturday a number of limehouse ladies attended a salad making demon stration by bliss crawford spon sored by suverwooa wl in limehouse memorial hall on fri day junior pupils of s s no 9 had a holiday on friday owing to the illness of their teacher miss quin- ton mrs george sommerville will be teaching there for a week or two the pattersons visited mr and mrs herb sinclair and family in hamilton on sunday mr ben mcharg is visiting his relatives in quebec province mr bill newton of barrie visit ed his mother and miss ivens on sunday the wx sponsored an evenings entertainment in the hall on sat urday acton junior farmers presented their play not such a goose and mr mac sprowl gave an illustrated talk on his re travels in the u brown wx presli man joy jpv briggs gave dance miss ruth mcbride ton piano selections all thanked by mrs jas noble the georgetown and district branch of the bed gross s ftrepartj ing for a financial butx campaign on monday march 18th trheti it lsf planned to visit every home quota tors who will not be home that night are asked to leave ther con- tribuqon with a neighbour- the blitz is part of a dominion- wide campaign the range and magnitude of red cross activities are well known a few facts ab- out recent activities will be of in- terest in austria it is providing food care and clothing for thous ands of hungarian refugees with- in four days of the hungarian dis turbance a 40000 shipment of canadian red cross relief supplies was aboard a plane bound for eur ope hungarian immigrants were assisted at gander airport and all hungarian immigrant ships and planes were met at halifax st john quebec montreal toronto winnipeg and vancouver last year the red cross blood transfusion service pratmcd over 124000 free clinical rh tests for expectant mothers in less than 10 years canadians have given 1350000 bottles of blood to the transfusion service it is estimat ed that 97 per cent of red cross work is done by volunteers nev ertheless a sum of six million dol lars will be needed this year to meet the many obligation of the society in mondays blitz 150 canvassers will be making their rounds the householders are asked to leave an outside light burning and to have their contribution ready panel dicusion trucks meet avoid hitting darting child a public school child who dart ed into the noonhour traffic on guelph street was the cause of a minor accident thursday involving two westbound trucks the first one a georgetown hy dro truck was almost opposite the high school when the child star ted across from the north curb the driver charles hoare of 46 king street applied the brakes immediately a presswood bros meat truck following closely behind the hy dro vehicle was unable to stop ab ruptly because of the slippery road conditions and slid into the read end the total damage was ap proximately 50 cst nelson trafford investiga ted the accident meeting held in the new donald llewellyn vice president was in charge and he conducted a panel discussion arranged by mrs robert murray in which a group of enthusiastic parents discussed methods of dealing with behaviour problems in children from infancy to age 15 many suggestions from the floor contributed to a lively discussion taking part in the program were mrs jim young mrs gordon hallitt mrs james rundle jack meades wilfrid bris- bois and gerald rusk- a national film board movie secured through the facilities of the public library he acts his age dealt with problems under discussion and offered profession al advice a tour of the new school was foli lowed by serving of refreshments some 15 parents welcomed this first opportunity to view the in terior of the new building red cross seeks 2255 in monday night blitz stewarttown mr jim staddon has been suc cessful in passing his examination of motor vehicles repairs and has recoived his class a motor mech anic certificate jim is now om- ploycd at flower town motors lim ited in brampton congratulations to garry and alice briggs whose mummy has presented them with a hew baby sister first baphst church rev a j barker ba bj1 1000 am church school 1l00 ajn t am thedobr of lltf girl guides and brownie la attendance 700 pan interviews with wmg e 7to- with feffbiii mrs harold laidlaw buried here friday an esquesing native mrs har old c laidlaw 73 died suddenly at stewarttown on march 4th the former jennie kertrude les lie she was the daughter of george and martha anne cook leslie and was born on lot 16 concession 5 her father was es quesing township treasurer for forty years following their marriage in 1913 mr and mrs laidlaw moved to british columbia they later returned to ontario and mr laid law died in 1948 for the past ten years mrs laidlaw has made her hdtnc in burlington she was a member of the united church inhere she leaves three sisters mrs ahred jamieson anna of king ston mrs william bowman mil- dted r r 3 georgetown and mrs w c torrance jean of bur lington rev morgan mcfarlane conduc ted the funeral service on friday at the harold c v homo with interment following in green- wood cemetery georgetown the pallbearers were tesue yotnivl joe rossi harold lyons george objective of the red cross fin ancial campaign in the george town district has been set at 2285 twentyfive interested people at tended a meeting in the legion auditorium thursday to arrange organization for the blitz which will take place shortly and to hear harley neff campaign di rector for ontario mr neff spoke proudly of the accomplishments of the junior red cross his theme was that better international relations may exist in future through the work of junior red cross realising that the red cross helps any where if proof is given that the need is there it was decided to call the local organization the georgetown and district branch as georgetown services this district at the close of the meeting coffee and cookies were served by ladies of the legion wa engagements mr and mrs heprjr preston an nounce the engagement of their- daughter edna hazel lawson to jack bac topp son if the late mr and mrs john topp th marriage will take puce on- fri day march the twentyointhv mr and mrs v r smith brtn wish to announce the engagement of their youngest daughter dom thy joan toilolu gormoal