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s i the geoftgeffirwn l v it pages 10c per copy i georgetown ontario wednesday evening december 18th 1957 first section georgetown storesrtops for shopping merchants offer choice variety in every line the variety of gift items offer ed in georgetown stores this sea son sets a new peak in christmas merchandising and local shoppers are being joined by people from a wide area intheir buying trips there are several new stores since last christmas and the choice offered in clothing toys furniture and electrical jtegns cos metics and flowers is on it par with anything one finds in much larger centres there is a variety too not many towns this size can give such varied choice of gifts as a home remodelling job a water softener or sewing machine there are phonograph records canaries imported food delicacies original paintings and locally manufactur ers hosiery to name only a few georgetowns reputation as education department oks demolition of old school mrs bob caldwell wins prize doll lions club draw an extra feature of the lions club santa parade is the fowl draw which takes place after santa has distributed candy and oran ges to all the children this year there were three tur keys and ten chickens won by lucky people as well as the grand prize of a doll dressed in ten 1 bills the utter was won by mrs bob caldwell 23 tyers ave with ticket 908 j turkey winners were mrs tony fire prevention trophies for the county boy and girl submitting the best poster on fire pre vention were presented to ricky parry georgetown and carol marchment glen williams last week at a dinner in milton the large trophies are donated by halton farmers mutual insurance co for annual competition the smaller pen sets bearing the figure of a fireman will be kept by the winners and are donated by the new couny fire prevention bureau photo courtesy acton free press raiders on the march win two games in week christmas concert at first baptist church friday december 13th first baptist church sunday school held their annual christmas con cert the evening started well with a supper being provided by the ladies of the church after which santa clans appeared giv ing each of the children an orange and leaving gifts of candy for them to take home at the con clusion of the program and kindergarten classes sang few numbers the kindergarten class under hiss norma thompson gave the following recitations john vander sluis o happy day linda peck what some folks say lyle win- field great big thoughts bob vander sluis when you sing of jesus merry bells an illustrated re citation was given by miss bever ley emmersons primary girls the kindergarten and nursery classes delighted everyone with songs mr john emmersons class sang emmanuel a short coloured several carols followed by a re- film was shown followed by a citation by ronnie drew i do not candlelight worship service con- feel too bad ducted by mrs jack hamiltons at this point in the program class concluded by prayer by many awards were presented to rev alfred barker the junior the pupils barbara lusty and boys of mr a robsons class ex- mrs don livingstone concluded tended a christmas message of the evening by singing the beau welcome after which the nursorv tiful duet o holy night hastingswarnes wedding in st georges church marilyn florence warnes dau ghter of mr and mrs thomas warnes 8 victoria crescent be came the bride of david george hastings son of mr and mrs fred c hastings 1 jean street toronto on saturday december 7th at 4 p m rev kenneth richardson per formed the double ring ceremony over taffeta fashioned with a boat neckline with low v neck back long lily pointed sleeves the ver full skirt was scalloped around the hem line her fingertip veil fell from a braided nylon headdress set with pearls and rhincstones her flowers were a cascade of red ros cs miss leona conn was maid of ho in st- georges anglican church nour in a light blue gown of njlon which was decorated with stand chiffon with a boat neckline rut with ards of white mums mrs w f bradley was the organist and the members of the choir were in a tendance singing praise my soul before the service and o pcrft love during the signing of the register the brides father tho mas warnes was the soloist and sang the wedding hymn the bride given in marriage by r father chose a white waltz length gown of cotton and silk lace church group attends christmas pageant for their december meeting members of the chi rho club of st georges anglican church went to toronto on thursday to til- tend the christmas story in the church of the holy trinity it is the twentieth year that this dramatic musical pageant has been presented the huge church one of the oldest in toronto was fill ed to capacity each night of the weekandahalf performance tbejisusic was under direction of cathenne palmer fjlco who played an organ rrecjtal in st georges church here in septem ber a large cast parttctpated in the n s with costum ing lighting z organ and ifl low in the back the bodice topping the bouffant skirt was embroider ed in iridescent sequins her feathered hat and her glo ves were of sapphire blue rhine stone bows trimmed her clear plas tic shoes and she carried a cas cade of white and tinted blue car nations alan moody of toronto wis groomsman frad warnes broth er of the bride and corry hcr- rington were ushers the wedding recaption was held ip the parish hall where mrs warnes received for her daugh ter in a coffee brown gown with beige accessories and a corsage of pale pink carnations she was assisted by the grooms mo ther in a royal blue gown with pink accessories and a corsage of dark pink carnations for travelling on their honey moon to windsor and detroit the bride chose a gown of red wool jersey and taffeta black paten shoes and handbag black coat ant corsage of white mums mr and mrs hastings are making their home at 24 john street mr hasting is employed with the herald and mrs hastings with the ibank of commerce an honoured guest at tie wed ding was the grandfather of the well the raiders made what will probahlybe their final deal of the season last week when they traded their winless wonder title in and got in return some respect from the rest of the league and an in crcse at the ticket office gud ed from the bench by former po defenseman joe schertzl george town made known their intention in oak vi he last wednesday by up setting the meteors 5 to 3 and then dumping league leading brampton back here friday night 7 to 6 playing shorthanded in meaford on saturday they held the usual high scoring knights to 3 goals but only managed to tally twice themselves in taking loss number 8 a technicality kept schertzl from playing in an of last week s games he has his release from stratford however when the in dians folded joe was placed on the draft list of the chatham var oons hell be waived through to the raiders in time for hrulav s game in llmira in oakvillc on vednesda geor getown had to come from behind to snap their losing streak brank ston and civic put the meteors two up before pat grace netted the raiders only goal of the per od each team tallied once in the second sinclair for oakvillc and gerry inglis for georgetown irons beaumont and grasby not ched one apiece to wrap it up in the final 20 junior beaumont was- the best on the ice with i goal and three assists the raiders jumped off to an early lead in the thriller here brampton on kncla i rn shopping mart has been enhanced ha m tye pres too by attractive christmas decor- ton 39 norton 2950 ana mrs w ating in the commercial areas i mcclements 7 kennedy 3596 lighted trees gay wreaths and winners of the ten chickens holly bells and sparkling orna wc georgetown menu are seen in abundance 6151 mrs s h swann 54 hew- downtown the huge lions treel 934 mrs pete hunter 21 has the focal point at the bank q 2743 genn smlth 0r corner extra strings of coloured u mccol lights have been placed across the street and the town has a so added coloured strings across the highway at the georgeview plaza and at intervals during the day christmas carols are wafted in the winter air from a few of the stores most stores in town will be open evenings until 9 pjn from now until tuesday and stores will be open next mondaftoo for con venience of last jninute shoppers all prizes are fowl at poultry club euchre the georgetown and halton county poultry association held their annual euchre at the odd fellows hall on saturday evening december 14th with a good atten dance of members and friends prizewinners were for the ladies gloria ziho mrs a s wilson mrs bailey for the gentlemen mrs jack davidson s robin har old hilts the annual lucky draw was made at this time also prizewin ners were danny hewitt a turkey hugh cunningham norval a goose joe fry a pair of chickens bert tuck a ciicken and miss donna ridlcr of erin a chicken the members appreciated all those who attended making this event such a success and wish them season s greetings inglis dixon varey combo ac counted for 5 of the 7 tallies not ched by the redshirts they got two of them in the first period wake inglis and bud varey scor ing before fitzpa trick netted one for brampton bradkin and then varey again gave georgetown their short lived three goal cush ion whittled down to one by the end of the period by fitzpatrick and hunter galand got the equalizer to start the third fitpatrick com pleted his hat trick and kennedy made it 64 as brampton chalk 3d up a total of five straight goals without an answer blake inglis was first to speak up he scored two quick ones his second and third of the night and at 1837 junior beaumont played the hero again and rapped in the winner in a losing causo at meaford on saturday night fred lawrence was the standout for the raiders don keith for meaford keith scored twice and blake inglis once in the first period dave ir ons tied the score on a pass from euu as georgetown scored the only goal ohhe second neither team could break the deadlock until wamhley of meaford picked the short side at 1532 the next home game for the haiders will beon jan 3 with or the visitors i social personal mr john campbell 27 park ave left yesterday to spend the winter months with his daughter miss margaret campbell in tucson arizona mr and mrs george blyth karen coljin and suzanne of wat crloo visited in town on saturdj with her parents mr and mrs alf collins 102 guclph st mrs muriel adams and mrs betty jamieson 82 guclph street had miss irene byatt as a week end visitor a prominent tv sin gcr miss byatt is singing today in ottawa in a performance of the messiah mr and mrs a h feller 2 emery st motored to powassan on sunday with mr and mrs george lake langstaffe to attend the funeral service for their sis- tcrin law mrs joseph ike who died in north bay hospital on friday bonnie graham daughter of mr and mrs jack graham cele brated her 8th birthday last week with a party at her home at 3 ostrander blyd those attending the party included jame schenk joanne and david hall maria baumgartner nephews garry randy and ricky saul gord gerry and vicki willis darlcnr robby and jcannie bouskill brian and sherry van wyck and wayne riddall sheryl and david puckering children of mr and mrs lovell puckering academy road cele brated at a double birthday party on saturday afternoon december 7th at their home included among their guests were carol buckwold linda cuthbert hea ther barber kathy wmiams karen relchardt janet chambek lain jackie louth judith draper jajnes temple rd 458 doug logan glen williams 3306 mrs harold mcclure 83 maple w 3643 ian emslie orangeville 3332 ross duncan 74 guelph 4931 mrs j mcmurdo glen williams 3371 whitby here friday junior hockey game the junior raider executive must have said the secret word to the oha in a phone call some time last week end because sun day morning they got the long awaited nod to launch the juniors into junior c competition in the big 7 hockey league if every thing goes as now planned they will be playing host to whitby on friday night to start a home and home scries that will end back there on monday on the 26th georgetown will be at alhston the announcement outdates an other news item about the junior raiders in the second section of the paper the jrs take on jr c competition for the first time this season tomorrow night when they trael to fort eric for an cxhibi tion game with the powerful fjrt eric club a jr c outfit which is currentl mauling all the jr b clubs in the district in the only other games played so far against intermediate teams the jr raiders extended bolton to a 5all tic and lost a 72 tilt to milton that was back around the middle of november since then theyve been lust practicing twice a week and praing for games which are almost as scarce as oha officials the weather mr editor notice that low mark on thurs- day the 15th of 2 degrees below ze ro first below zero registered this winter more of it later era batkin date max min rain and snow mon dec 9 32 17 tues dec 10 32 23 flur wed dec 11 18 8 thurs dec 12 15 2 fri dec 13 24 3s vt sat dec 14 37 15 38 18 sun dec 18 r 02 average 28 12 r02 s v4 teacher escapes death when train hits car thomas beer of r r 3 george town escaped injury last wednes day morning when his car collid- j with the morning train from hamilton approaching george town at the crossing on no 17 sideroad near smiths garage there was approximately 1000 damage to the vehicle a late mo del ford ranch wagon cst hardy of the milton detachment opp who investigated the accident de- sci ibed the road condition as slip pery the crash occurred at about 8 45 while mr beer was on his way to georgetown high school where he is a member of the teaching staff three cars were involved in a rear and collision on no 7 high way near silvercreek on sunday resulting in injuries to one of the drivers and his wife mr and mrs henry bolton of arthur ave ac ton the injured couple were ta ken to guelph general hospital for treatment also involved in the collision were cars driven by wm snade of guelph and arnopp armstrong of r r 5 rockwood the total damage was estimated at about 700 by cst hardy who investiga ted the cars were all travelling west on the highway at the time five minutes after this one cst hardy was notified of another rear end collision nn the 7th line just north of ashgiove suffering from facial cuts as a result of the accident was mrs f lasby of guelph a passenger in her hus bands car the driver of the oth cr vehicle was carlos roacher of main street acton the damage in this one- amounted to about 600 the dept of education has gi ven permission to north halton district high school board to re place the old section of george town high school with a new buil ding the 1887 structure a thing of beauty in its time but outdated by the passing years had a fore- taste of doom three years ago when a substantial addition was made to the building with the understanding that it would be the nucleus for a complete new high school this fall a 2storey 8room addition was completed decision qasize of building to replace- the demolished building has been deferred for further dis cussion with the department as to size type and number of rooms permission was received when a delegation from the school board interviewed officials of the dept of education last week in toronto further discussion will be held on the matter of starting a sec ond high school in milton and us ing the present building for lov er grades only in the case of acton high school where town growth may warrant more than the four rooms presently requir ed the department wishes the school board to review the case so that sufficient rooms may be available as the enrolment increa ses meanwhile county council is re establishing a county consultative committee which was disbanded a year ago after investigation at that time seemed to show that no building would be necessary until 1960 the committee comprises k c lindsay of esquesing d a mcconachie of oakviue and if m robinson burlington with school inspector l l skuce as secretary ballinafad put- the mrs tuesday papers the next two issues of the 11- aid will be issued on tuesday dc cember 24th and tucsdaj lu 31st in place of the usual wed ncsday publishing date it is hoped to have the paper available by 3 p m each of these dajs mail subscribers who wish to have their copies on those days may pick them up at the herald office if they call by 5 p m golden wedding marked by mr mrs wgbell several friends and relatives dropped in to congratulate mr and mrs william g bell at the home of their daughter and son in v law mr and mrs harry moss ostrander blvd on the occasion of their golden wedding anniver sary on thursday december 12 in view of mr bells recent ill ness no definite plans had been made for the celebration arid it was much appreciated when sev eral friends and relatives called mr and mrs bell were married in the church of the messiah in toronto on december 12 1907 plying officer paul m waldorf accepts a replica of art f86 abre from frank cormier field service representative of canadaijr ltd the presentation is acknowledgement of over 760 hours or mrs shortill and son injured in car crash on their way home from ting a christmas tree up in church on thursday night f j shortill and ross collided with another car driven by bui thompson from the third line the unfortunate accident occur red on the little grade between willitts and allans and the truck driven by ross was badly smash ed and both he and his mother suffered face cuts which required several stitches mrs shortill had to be taken to the hospital the next day for xrays on her foot and leg which were also injured we hope she will be able to be out around again real soon on friday evening the annual christmas supper for the child ren and congregation was held in theschurch basement the prog ram which followed included songs lecitations and instrumen tal solos by the different classes in the sunday school and a christ mas story on film was shown and was enjoyed by both children and adults a visit from santa who gave gifts out to all the boys and girls brought the happy evening to a close and mr neelon closed with a few words of prayer peter lawr had a very unfor- tunated accident on saturday he was helping his father cut up a tree with a chain saw and it slip ped and cut the back of his hand and required about 40 stitches miss jean tosh and mr donald earle visited on sunday with mr and mrs ernie mcenery and family mr george gibson was home with his family fbr the weekend friday was a very busy day this week for the children and- part ents in this district in the after noon the pupils at the blue moun tain school presented a splendd concert and a great deal of the credit goes to mrs shortill who with the assistance of the music teacher did such a fine job of training them there was a good turndut of parents and friends and-fhe- chairman for the occas ion was brian sinclair assisted by billy mcesery who are in charge of the junior red cross the christmas meeting of the mission band was on sunday mor ning dt the home of mrs lawr with g members and 6 visitors present the new executive for the coming year was chosen as follows president allah jamieson secretary mervin white and the treasurer sharon adant roll call was answered with the w change of gifts ah4 bringing tit mite hoses several of the me hers aiwi leaexirtook psrtln