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the georgetown herald fourteen pages georgetown ontario wednkday evening january 15th 1958 first section prominent legionnaire former orange lodge head horval boat works is destroyed by fire a fire of unknown origin early monday- morning completely de stroyed credit valley boat works alnorval owned by hay pomeroy 3fte blaze- which broke oat at approximately 130 a m was first noticed by theresident of an ad joining home tqomas allen who woke mr pomeroy by banging on the- partition between the two dwellings provincial police from port credit detachment woke mr pomeroys son bill who was sleep ing next door and advised him to vacate the house it took georgetown firemen only a matter of a few minutes to ar rive at the scene of the blaze however cans of boat paint and other combustible fluids had giv en the flames too much of an as sist to be brought under control the firemen had their hands full in containing the blaze to the one structure since the heat scorched buildings on both sides as well as two piles of lumber in back of the ebuse everything in the house includ ing a boat under construction was r in the fire the boat build ing was a hobbv with mr pomer oy who is the office manager al provincial paper ltd hornby picture tour takes wl to west indies the january meeting of the hornby women s institute was held on wednesday january 8th at the home of the president mrs russell king with a fair attend ance and several visitors the vice president mrs w couaton was in the chair and op ened the meeting in the usual manner mrs rpy wilson reported that the ladies had been asked to cater to a banquet the latter part of january the arrangements of this were left with the lunch com mittee the ro 1 call was answered with suggestions on how to raise mon ey or a new product and where it was made the meeting was then turned oer to the conven er mrs archie king who imro- duced the guest speaker mr mikc ledwith who took the ladies on 3 picture tour with h m to the bj bados west indies trinidad por ta rico nassau etc he desenb d the different places and made i quite interesting mrs stanltv may thanked mr ledwith tju meeting closed with sm n the queen lunch was served b mrs c mcdow ell mrs d dow ns and the hostesb the first of a series ot euchres and dances put on by the hornby lou no 165 was held on janu ary 10th at the orange hall six teen tables made the euchre very interesting the- high prizes were won by mrs d7 livingstone geor- getbwn and tomhowden the low went to marion robertson and john wilson lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee was served the dance music was supplied by barbara and norman carhart and tom howden jim brooks called off for the old time dancing the lucky door prize was won by bill bailey and his ticket was drawn by carol jean neilson this year the orangemen are running a ma rathon euchre with prizes for the most attendance with the highest score at the end of the season kathy grexton celebrated her sixth birthday on january 8 with a party at the home of her par ents mr and mrs o grexton twelve of her little friends at tended the party enjoyed the games and the usual birthday cake with prizes and ice crea dr and mrs harris toronto visited with mr and mrs tom drewbrook on sunday and atten ded the st stephen s anglican church service witlf them congratulations to mr and mrs alan neil mary brain on the birth of the daughter after an illness of a few weeks james frederick dutch mccart ney died in the toronto general hospital on friday january 10th at the age of sixty two a nauve- of georgetown his parents were phoebe rancier mccartney and james mccartney he attended school in georgetown and as a very young man entered the pro vincial paper mills where he had a service recced of fortytwo years he was a charter member of the quarter century club he was married to aleoa mere dith in limehouse presbyterian church in 1920 who survives him also surviving him are five chil dren doris mrs lome cox joe elyn mrs fred tost bruce den- ms and raymond all of george town and eight grandchildren a war veteran with four years clare bums to head new town service club formation of a georgetown kins men club was undertake at a meeting last week at hie home of william mcdonald when twelve men decided to proceed with form ug what will be georgetowns third service club george kenxie a past president ot the oakville club which is spon soring the local group was present- to discuss p ans wjth the twelve who form the nucleus of the club a dinner meeting is planned to- jught at the mcgibbon house and meetings will be scheduled every second week clare burns r r 1 u presid ent ray mcbroom l4 gibbons place secretary and bruce wilson 33 norton crescent treasurer of the club other members include dean taylor 15 sarah st bui hewitt 35 albert street bill mc donald 4 orchard blvd bern middleton- 3 orchard blvd don burns 28 arietta st jack thompson 78 guclph st glyn stevenst80 prince charles drive ron ritchie 9 emtry st cliff norton 31 arietta st service with the 5rth batta ion signal corps he was president of the canadian legion branch 120 for four vears he was also zone commander of tht district for four vears and a charter mem ber of the georgetown branch he was also a member of the fire brigade retiring in 1946 and a past master of the orange lodge sundav cv emng a large com panv of i egion members paraded to the h c mcclure funeral home edith street when they held a memorial service re morgan mcfarlane conducted the service on mondav january 13th at 2 p m pallbearers were ross duncan orbey hemngton bill chaplin herb harlow jack kerr and henn shcphird interim nt was in crccnwoixl cemcttrv georgetown held wnk a number of item our for publication lue to la k of space was former toronto street car conductor a hillsburgh native albert cox 85 died in lord dufferin uopi tal orange ville on wednesday a former toronto street car conduc tdr and onee employed at camp bell flour mills ltd in the city he had been a resident of lnn ullage for the past twelve years mr cox leaves his wife evelvn green one daughter mar mrs david hurrcn 19 queen st geor gctown and his chosen son bill ritchie lnn also surviving are three stepchildren john green of erin mrs archie manning mr tle of guclph and mrs ken fin lav evav of brampton and grand children ken and jim hurren mrs jack preswood doris i mrs james golden joyce shirk and john finlay margaret manning judy joan wilma donna and brenda green brian and sharon ritchie rev e a havward conducted the funeral service in tht pres- enee of a large congregation in the disciples church on saturday and interment was made m hux los cemetery hillsburjh pall bearers were kin hurren bill riuh t marvin cox ttd cux r i n jatkson and bi i cox tht i er ik an s wire jim lun jin hurrcn jack irtsswood an i lbtrt cox jensen fmd grows touched by the tragedy of an accident which took the lives of a norval father and son and left his widow and young daughter hospitalized norval and george town residents have been gener ous m supporting the jensen as sistance fund a full scale financial campaign has been undertaken to aid mrs- andy jensen by a group of nor val and district residents the commutta comprises rev g l roy 51 mr and mrs hartley cam eron rev j e maxwell frasr macdonald niels bomholt steve larsen paol nielsen and hugh leslie rev w r gill and may or jack armstrong are auditors for the fund on sunday district churches made appeals and some of the sjinday schools are planning cam paigns norval scouts under fred cooley and with material and in itial work donated by beaver i umber are putting together a doll house for 4 year old bente it will be furnished by the girl guides under their leader mrs ormie carter norval cubs and bowmes are planning similar pro jects donations have been receiv ed from as far away as fajriigm sask in an interview with rev j e maxwell fund treasurer the her aid was told i am particularl gratified with the response to our appeal norval people are put ting their faith into action i feel this response will show one new canadian family that they have come to a good country and that they are among good neighbors contributions to the fund will be received at the georgetown herald office or by mr maxwell economy keynote when mayor speaks at council in the weather mr editor this weeks summary with 3 be low zero marks indicates a winter week but ij has been enjoyable with so mucn sunshine erq batkln date mai hln rain mod jan 6 35 rflur tues jan 7 22 18 wed jan 8 28 1 thurs jan 9 31 1 fn jan 10 37 14 flur sat jan 11 23 11 sun jan 12 28 9 average 29 7 flur pat sykes jim gltl are public speaking winners mrs f brown heads knox presb wa mrs frank brown limehouse was elected president of the woman s association of octoox presbyterian church at a meeting on january 8th in the church parlour the wa comprises four circles- main royal park and scotch block reports of each circle were given at the meeting and added up to a very successful year for the organization other officers elected at the meeting are mrs v rawson caroline st 1st vicepresident mrs norman oevereau r r 3 2nd vicepresident mrs george leslie 96 queen st secretary mrs bert painter 17 morris sl treasurer irs wm t sinclair s3 charles sl property jconvener high school sludtnls pat s k es daughter of mr an 1 mrs lf svkcs 3 vount st an 1 jim gill son of rev and mrs elgar dill n irval were cho en winners of the georgetown lions club pub lic speaking contest held at the regular monthly meeting of the club tuesday januarv 7th in the legion hall they will advance to the zone cornptftrrron and represent the local club against the winners of brampton and lnn clutx in the next round in earl februar other contestants and their sub jects were joan cummins ceorge- town girls pipe band elizabeth sloan my own impression of the modern teenager and john cum mins the st lawrence seavvaq project jim gill and pat svkcs spoko on atomic energy and how it feels to be in public speaking respectively for their two minute impromptu talks jim gill and joan cummins chose snowtimc elizabeth sloan andpatsykes m hobby and john cummins what it is to be a well dressed person the judges were three local lawvers john ord dou latimer and tom van s ck lir and the chairman was jack gunning all contestants were prvnted w th awards the girls receiving h offici at t three anglican baptisms rev kenneth richardson rec lor of st georges and st albans anglican churches pfficiated at three baptisms on sunday janu- ary5th babies bapt zed were robert i eslie son of mr and mrs bob heat on glen v illiams whose godparents arc mrs don schenk and alfred goodwin jcffery mar shall son of mr and mrs charles crawford glen williams whose godparents arc mr and mrs jack crawford jr and karen eliza beth daughter of mr and hrs thomas van sickler 43 shelley sl her godparents are mrs fred mcauley toronto and dr and mrs alan thompson mrs percy olney 23 mill sl table linen convener mrs mdton bird rr 3- and mrs wm g marshall 42 queen st flower conveners gm sjver inl hronzi sp ons h the 1 ons imb m on the hjndle and the bowl suitably in stnbrd and lm s rccrivinf u ild and silvtr me lals these were prest nted b the chairman of th judges john ord at he annoon ced the winners and c mgratula ted all contestants on thur fine speeches chairman jack gunning and the president dick rlddall each than ked the contestants for their par ticipation and also the judges for i ass sting the club the meeting was the first of 1958 for the club and the activi ties of the first six month of the club year were reviewed hv the president who asked eont inued support bj even one and staled that the club was looking forward to an even grea er six munth ahead a leltnr was read outlining tht proposed flving vuit of off r r and club members from district a2 to bermuda on jan 26th thfe is a good will trip and vim tat ton an several local members hope to he able to make the journcv which includes six das in ber muda with the host club hav ing a fine program lined up for their guests this is the first visit of its kind for this district on tuesday the club members raiders win 3 of 4 the meaford knights will be run i king into a completely revitalized hocke team when they bump up against the raiders this trtdav night at the arena since former hershey bear de- fenceman joe schcrtzl has taken on the combined chores of coach and plavers for the raiders the club has come to life winning 3 out of their last 4 games the most recent being a 5 to 3 triumph over elmwa on the opposition s home ice last saturday night the elmira gam was actual thi first contest in which schcrtzl 1 gjcd an ice time for the raider utild nj them from the bench in the other thret and he di i it up nht bv c intnh i in ont of rget wn s f t illies it wa ilea tun nt who opncd tht sc r n n ar the nl of the f r t p n id 1 fort tht i lar kings led h met arthv in 1 hoan came t nu n liarkti njjeeirsto 1 i i arl in the second pta h nk sth rtzl an 1 are p dtd i f r on jpii i t i kttp tht it a 1 ir nut in front at tht end f tht pt ri id in tht last period a goal bv davt irons from ik a union i provi did all tht insurance that wah net ded for tin trims third win mctahtivs stcond counter of the night at 19 37 had no bearing on the on iconic jack met lcnafhan ptaved the t ntirt game in goal for the raid ers and turntd in a steadv per forma nee georgetow n had 10 to 7 for idmira ixw rawcett out a month with a broken hand happened last lame in meaford onlha is now out of the league jamie cunningham is back after missing 6 games with shoulder injur frank ptasnmk is also back on the lineup after a broken shoul der suffered plaving ball this ummerkept him out of the ear iv games bill chard is p aj n part time when the juniors hive no game scheduled bill is their coach hoping to sign nick fern for paoff insurance joel leslie noted for show horses well known in this district joel benjamin leslie 77 died recent 1 in guelph general hospital the son of george and amanda staf ford leslie he was born in a log house on the farm which he later operated with his son gordon pre deceased bv his brothers james henry and ira and two sisters amy and mps bertha jessop his bro ther harvey of ayhner is the last surviving member of the family lie leaves his wife lna seymour his son gordon and a daughter mrs margaret wardlaw bramp ton as a farmer mr leslie was a great lover of animals and raised and showed horses up to the time of his retirement he was also keenly interested in gardening and flowers rev gordon adams conducted the funeral service at the rumley funeral home acton and inter ment was in fairview cemetery acton pallbearers were six ne phews ear jessop orton harvey jessop hamilton george leslie guelph robert leslie rockwood sc mour whitlock burlington and illiam gibson guelph arc traveling hj bus to hi ark heath for an inlt rclub visit at a board of directors meeting on sundav january 12th at the home of president rlddall the tub donated another 1200 lo the community swimming pool runu cutting the balance due on the pool to only 3500 a number of fund raising projects were sugges ted at ibis meeting but a final decision was held until a later date the club hopes that nc may realize a large enough profit from the next major undertaking to entirely wipe off the remain png debt on the pool and have it completely paid for before open ing in june a 20 minute film of the santa clans parade will be shown at the next regular meeting on january 21st and the club js looking for ward to this the first locally tak en film of the annual parade which this year surpaserill pre vious processions business associates tender farewell party for banker business associates and other friends numbering over eighty ga thinhat north halton golf and countrv club on thursdav for a fartwtll partv in honour of jam ts altorn who leaves this week to become manager of the canatl lan bank of ctmmerct at mesh trt m following a buffet supper don barrat r actt 1 as chairman and xtrndi 1 congratulations to mr mcirn on hu advancement tht si nt mt nt was echoed bv mavor jack armstrong in his remarks harold bairstow president of thi i hamber of commerce spoke of the valued work of mr alcorn as treasunr and presented him with a tie clip and cuff links set as a memento from that organiz ation councillor fred harrison spoke for the hockev ekib which mr lcorn had served as treasu rer for some time and recalled his financial wizard r in always be in j able to balance the budget irtsentation of a lazy bov chair was made b harold marsh all and nelson robinson as ifar old mcclure officiated and the gathering sang for he s a jollv good fellow and auld ianf svne on tuesday staffers of the bank branch presented mr al corn with a briefcase as a fare well gift on monday night mrs alcorn who has been active in the iode was presented with a cup and saucer bv mrs wallace thompson on behalf of the mem bers ballinafad will fly overseas to perth cattle vsale mr and mrs maurice baker are flying to the old country later this month and plan to visit many of the farms with outstanding short horn herds and also attend the cattle show and sale at perth on february the 10th and 11th fifteen members answered the roll call by paying of fees at the first meeting of the year of the evening auxiliary it was thurs day night at the home of mrs m mclaughlin the worship service was taken by mrs n sinclatffrom the missionary monthly and the missionary study of japan was conducted by mrs e snow she divided the ladies into three dif fercnt groups and gave each a list of questions to think about and a very interesting discussion fol lowed the following babies were bap tized at the morning service of balhnafad church sunday morn ing ryan arthur son of mr and mrs paul wilson allen john son of mr and mrs percy white and gregory thomas son of mr and mrs c e snow rev gor don adams of acton was present and also conducted communion service visitors with the snow family at church on sunday were sfr and mrs a macdonald and gloria from guelph mr and mrs chcs ter meek and family from rock wood mr and mrs roy hansen from georgetown and miss lydia snow from burlington miss annie gibson visited over the weekend with mr and mrs t gibson and family mr and mrs howard briggs and family from stewarttown were sunday visitors with mr and mrs percy white and family the first euchre for the mem bers of the institute was enjoyed qh monday night at the home of mr and mrs n sinclair there were ten tables and the prize winners were mrs wm mclean mrs j w snow messrs robert mcenerj and john black the next partv to which the public are invited will be a penny sale eu chre and dance n the hall at sttwarttown tn 1 bruarv wfch keep this diti f t c f r i tav val inline p i y james alcorn appointed fleshert0n bank manager accountant at the canadian bank of ommerct branch here lor ten years jam alcorn f col lege street has been appointed ma nagtr at hcshcrton mr and mrs alcorn and their children rrtky douglas heather and geoffrey arc leaving town to day for their new home limehouse home otyears mrs mitchell hostess for spitzer shower mr and mrs urn wheeler of toronto visited the roughleys on sunday the wi met at the mrs paul spitzer on wednesday e emng a pleasant evening was spent at the home of mrs mitchell on friday when friends gathered to shower miss anna spitzer a bride elect with miscellaneous gifts mr and mrs gordon price and chtldrenof islington visited the f j shortilps and mr t h price on sunday a native of iandsay mr alcorn started his banking career there in t92ff he had served at the yongc and gould and yonge and st clair branches in toronto and at port perry and as accountant at onlha oshawa and parrv sound before joining the army artd serving over seas after the war he was at brook 1 in canmhgton and 4cw castle before coming to george town mr alcorn has been promln ent in chamber of commerce work and tn hockey club activities during his stay in town he wis hockey club treasurer for five and has been treasurer of the chamber of commerce for the past three years he is a member of branch 120 canadian legion his wife has been a member of ouuuuss of strathmore chapter iode new accountant at the george town branch will be leigh b king who will bo coming hhre from kingston branch withm tmr next sodal welfare work described by speaker tht ngulir monthly meeting of tht t iretnn omen s insli tuli was held oh thursdav in knox church hall the meaning opentd with the i odtr follow ed bv the marv stewart collect minuter of tht last meeting were read and correspondenee dealt with it was reported that a banquet will be held under the auspices of the hjlton cooperative medical services in union hall milton on saturday january 25th at 12 30 tickets arc available for all those who wish to attend from mrs wil ham sinclair the price is 1 25 the short course which will be held in knox hall on january 31st salad makng was discussed ind the committee appointed mrs ank robinson and mrs norton ncvjiaiithu jhp two ladies appoin ted to the coi mrs em thompson reported on christmas hecr sent shut ins at halton centennial manor at mas time mrs norman snyder also reported on cards and let ters that had been sent a letter of thanks from esterham worn ens institnte in esterham eng land was read thanking the mem btrs of the georgetown branch for the christmas parcel mrs lrn thompson cnec of the program committee then in trodueed david farnell who sang two solos london town and predict street signs mail delivery 1958 1057 was a year m which coun cil lound it necessary to curtail all but necessary expehditiqpes and wo will find ourselves in the same position this year said ma yor jack armstrong at the inaug ural council meeting on monday as he commenced his seventh year as mayor the towns debenture debt is considerable and council must carefully study all expenditures particularly those of a capital na ture the mayor said any council can spend money but if at the end of 1958 we can say we spent wisely and with due care we can say werc a good council he stated mayor armstrong said george town must make a concentrated effort this year to attract indus try and he is going to recommend establishment of an industrial commission anticipating mail delivery be fore the year ends he said it will be necessary to erect street signs and this will be one item on the years agenda continuance of a road hard surfacing program will also be carried out town lerk clarence benhai administered the oath of office to the mayor reeve doug sarg ent deputy reeve walter gray and councillors garfield mcgilvray alfred sykes era hyde fred harrison john gunn and john elliott befdre the meeting only business item was naming of com mittces to deal with the various mown departments rev alex oal- der and rev kenneth richardson conducted a devotional period act ing for georgetown ministerial as sociation council other town officials and guests were entertained at dinner al the mcgibbon house afterwards by the mayor with assessment commissioner gibbons acting as chairman for a short program of speeches dinner guests included ctorence benham clerk treasurer rdxhal ey police chief wm h carr- town engineer john ord town solicitor leslie m clark legion zone commander wallace thomp son divisiancqurt clerk exmay or harold cleave exclerk john d kelly ex reeve stan allen dick miller and don wingrove local bank managers walter biehn mrs al currie and ed pet ers press reporters mr caldex mr richardson and mr gibbons hi glen williams six pence his sister carroll followed him on jhc program with a piano solo both were very much enjoed the speaker for the meeting was william cumpsty 40 main st s who told of his social wel fare work in the city of toronto among the older peopli anavjhil dren from broken homes mrs frank pelch moved a voti of thanks to all those who had hel ped make the meeting such a plea sant and interesting one lunch was served bv the committee who were mrs jack williamson mrs percy olnev mrs g l couling mrs clifford burt and mrs al bcrt livingstone the mectiag concluded with the smging of the queen the countess of strathmore chapter iode will hold thetr annual dance friday february 14 m the rose room of the arena make suggestions for church improvements mrs bert bullock was hostess monday evening for the wa of glen united church with eight cen members attending including four new ladies after the wa theme hymn and motto president mrs cecil barth welcomed the memoers the executive had met a few days previously at the pres ident s home where they drew up a schedule of programs for the y ear mrs bert dixon read scrip ture taking from it the topic an other way for roll call each member mentioned a worthy pro ject in the church she would like to see donethis year two sug gestions were carpet for the front of the churctfand modification of the choir loft it was moved by mrs dixon and mrs wtlliam ev erson that the wa be respon sible for planning a pot luck din ner in the church basement prior to their annual meeting on january 18th the closing prayer was giv en by mrs curly v heeler rev w edgar gill who came down with a severe attack of laryn gitis had his services at the three churches very ably taken by his wife last sunday dim schipper invited a number of girl friends to a skating party saturday afternoon at the outdoor ink to celebrate hertewnblrht day they returnedlo her house for games and lunch at present sev gla residents are quite ill and we wish them speedy recoveries arthur cox worked on norval district farms arthur cox 78 employed for several years on norval district farms died ar halton centennial manor milton on january jst mr cox a native of england was employed many years ago by the late james hughes at his high way farm and later on the farm of the late james hyatt he had been a manor resident in bramp- kton before the county esubjisned its own residence in milton he has no known relations interment was made iq ever green cemetery milton after a funeral service on january 3rd at the mckersie funeral home mti ton i