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foumkn fames geooetownont i june 11th 19m first section jtmemidal of local interest vfe 3 mm haltons ftdekal mp sandy best and eileen jane thompson former assistant editor of the pratbytef ian- were married on friday in knox college chapel with dr j mcnab moderator of the presbyterian church officiating mr artel mrs best wittmake their home in ottawa during the sessions and on jhe grooms farm at georgetown he is the son of dr and mrs charles h best and his bride is the daughter of mr and mrs arthur edmund thompson westhill photo by t d murphy oakville what council did ballinafad expect certification for town employees union here certification for a local branch of the national union of public setvice employees is expected af ter a hearing last wednesday be fore the ontario labour relations board solicitor john ord represented the town at the hearing and infor med council by letter on monday that twelve of the 13 town employ ees affected have signed cards in dicating their desire to join the board he said accepted eleven of these with one held up because of a technicality discussing the matter at the meeting council decided that the administration committee is the proper one to deal with union mat ters and empowered that committee to represent council in any future bargaining with the adjoining property ow ner expressing agreement a build- ins permit was issued to pearce porter 37 mclnlyre crescent for a garage which while not adher ing to building bylaw restrictions will create no trouble in the posi tion planned on his property a letter from douglas herring- ton 90 guelph sl asked why a request for dust relief on the high way had not been met although a subdivision bad got prompt relief council decided to put calcium al ong a stretch of highway and dis cussed possibility of raising a low portion of sidewalk which seems to be the onpermanent way of stopping dust in that location petitions were filed from two municipalities which asked sop- poct in requests to the govern ment grey county wants cost of sewer installations to be shared equally by federal provincial and municipal funds sandwich east want building contractors licenced as well as private indivi duals constructing their own honv criticism was expre by cr harrison and town engineer wm carr about damage to the main street fountain for which new fittings have had to be ordered hie police will be asked to keep an ye on juveniles suspected of removing the fittings which cost 7 to replace mrs jack mcgibbon heads lady curlers the ladies section of the geor getown curling club held their annual meeting and closing din ner of the season at hilltop lodge erin on wednesday evening may the 21st with thirty six members and their friends present after the delicious turkey din ner miss marion robinson took the chair for the election of officers the executive for the coming year is president mrs jack mcgibbon vice president mrs sam macken zie treasurer mrs alex jlackwell secretary mrs ernie curry the various committees are games mrs don welsh mrs harold wheeler and mrs r reeve social mrs george cleave mrs don win grove mrs f mastcrman mrs j pennock mrs b mccullough and mrs d barragcr phone mrs g mitchell mrs j yoksima and mrs j pennock prizes jean mackenzie and jean ruddcll mrs sam mackenzie presented the mackenzie trophy for the high points for seasons games to mrs ian eroslie mrs john patterson was second nd mrs ernie curry third the several names of the members who bad perfect attend ance during the season were put in a bat and three names were drawn for prizes mrs alex black- well mrs john pennock and mrs johnkennedy were the winners of this draw after the business of the evening was concluded the members and their guests played cards each ta ble having an individual table prize janice baker graduate university of toronto lege and receiv her barttegree at convocation on may 29th hiss baker daughter of mr and mrs maurice baker scotsdale farm is a graduate of acton high school and attended blue moun tain public school her marriage to vytas tredokas will take place the last saturday in june sodal personal miss bessie muj ed to chicago i time with her l waldorf 22 t mrs casper has return- spending some mrs c v street ipf of elmira has been visiting with her sister mrs a h feller and mr feller 2 emery sb mrs jim mcdonald and son paul of toronto spent last week in town visiting with her motherb lawmrs alvin mcdonald 22 rhoda dixon daughter of mr and mrs bert dixon glen wil liams is home fori a months holi day rhoda is a jaurslng student at the toronto western hospital mrs edith morris of windsor has been a visitor in town with mrs william ostrander 7 emery and with her son- and family mr and mrs gordon ostrander in shelburne mrs r w murray of 22 norton crescent attended the graduation exercises at the university of tor onto when miss mary waldorf gra duated from the physical and oc cupational therapy course she also attended the reception at hart house following graduation visitors with mr and mrs wal ter lawson stewarttown during the past week included dr stuart fisher bourlamaqoe quebec his daughter miss phyllis fisher rn toronto and son charles picker ing college and dr and mrs ar thur steele rodney mr and mrs p j edwards of regina sask and miss s e ed wards of toronto were visitors on the weekend with mr and mrs e b tyers and kaye 24 tyers ave mr and mrs edwards are cousins of mrs tyers and are motoring to pjsi miss edwards is mrs tyers sister mr and mrs c v waldorf of 22 elizabeth street had the pleas ure last month of seeing their twin daughters graduate miss mary waldorf from the physical and oc cupational therapy course at the university of toronto and miss jean waldorf from the school of nursing at the victoria general hospital in halifax those from town attending the graduation exercises at alma col- lions float attracts attention at north bay georgetown lions using the rd- ckct age for their theme walked off with a consolation prize for their vanguard float at the lions district a convention f in north bay last week burkes falls won the judging with their choo choo float mattawa was second and brampton proclaiming themselves canada flbwertown were 3rd beacbburg was tied with george town for consolation the gala parade was the high light of the first day of the four day convention which lasted from june 1st to june 5th attended by some 2000 lions from ontario jind quebec included am6ng a group of vot- ing delegates from the local club were mr and mrs dick miller mr and mrs jack gunning mr and mrs clarence heslop mr and mrs harold fobert and mr and mrs howard holmes a large number of club members were on hand for the parade the georgetown girls pipe band was also entered in the par ade by the lions and left saturday morning by bus to lead the geor- town entry and returned home on sunday night the biggest parade ever held in the gateway to the north it was viewed by thousands who lined the parade hours before the colourful procession was sche duled to get under way next year the convention will be held in windsor with ottawa the host city in 1860 town glen brownies plan revel in park georgetown park will be the scene of georgetown and district second annual brownie revel on saturday june 14th the brownies parading to the park from the cenotaph in the morning brownies from georgetown and glen williams will form up at chapel street school at 945 and proceed down main south to church st and finally up charles street to the park the ceremon ies and games planned for the day will follow a flower theme brown owls and their tawny jerthtnesoatjune mmv 3rd were mr and mrtcarneld pack mrs jm goodct and mrs what counca did armstrong construction gets paying and water contracts garage razed house saved at saturday stewarttown eire fire saturday afternoon destroy- edy a garage and did cohsiderabte damage to the rear portion of a house at stewarttown the property of george koeslag the blase is believed to have originated in the garage when burping papers from a backyard incinerator were car ried under the door by the wind local firemen were notified at about ten minutes to one however by the time they arrived a brisk wind had assisted the flames in al ready razing the garage and their efforts were concentrated on sav ing the house one of three 45 gallon barrels of oil in a leanto shed in back of the house burst open shortly after the brigade ar wen talking recently with a service up rive dsending flames licking lo the roof a second truck had to be sum moned to the tire to aid in pump ing water to the burning house distance of over one thousand feet since the closest supply was the small stream which handles the overflow from stewarttown pond the koeslag house is located three quarters of the way up the seventh line hill towards ashgrove quick action on the part of the brigade kept the flames from en tering the main portion of the koeslag home cookie day success taking part in their second coo kie day of the year local brownies realized 120 on saturday may 31st through door to door sales six georgetown packs combined in making the day one of the most successful ever each pack averag ing a 20 profit the money will go towards purchasing pack sup plies the day was equally successful in glen williams where the glen brownies also made a profit of 20 armstrong brothers brampton were awarded two tenders by council pn monday the company will pave the maple aveyextengion at a price of 10019 and jnsud a waterlineon ann st for 2580 seven tenders were received for each of the jobs in response to ad vertising an estimated 6800 in materials and 1200 for excavating for the ann street project are not included in the tender and will be handled by the town cr fred harrison property chairman pressed strongly for re placement of the refreshment booth under the park grandstand which he says is in depl con dition he suggested completely tearing out the old booth and erect ing a new cement block one with cement floor price of which is esti mated at 1250 mayor armstrong said he had mcgilvray carol and douglas miss judy mccumbcr mrs rex heslop and mr bill sunnucks gail mcgilvray and marilyn hes lop were members of this years graduating class mrs j 11 hunter norval mrs robert lawson mr and mrs wal ter lawson stewarttown attended janice i nc graduation of their niece anniversary services at melville united congratulations to miss baker who graduated recently beth lawson at convocation hall from the university college with 2nd class honours and receiving her bachelor of arts degree mr and mrs c mctavish from london were weekend visitors at the home of mr and mrs alan ncelon mrs mctavish was the soloist at the anniversary service at melville church and a quartet from the ballinafad choir with mr and mis f j shortill mrs j black and mr neclon auo sang two numbers at the service mtny from this district went over to melville and the little church was filled for the special occasion mr and mrs a c till and wil fred from orton visited on sunday with mr and mrs f w shortill mrs elizabeth dampicr has re turned this week to her home with her daughter mrs jesse mcenery after spending the winter with her son rev j ii dampicr in john son city tennessee mk and mrs harry caswell from cooksvitlc have moved out this week lo their horn- on the 6lh line for the summer and we wel come them to the community mr and mrs gordon bcilby and family from niagara falls visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs lloyd mclean mr tom mack visited for a few days this week with his son fred in orangeville congratulations to mr and mrs sam snow on the arrival of ano ther son miss janice baker received 2nd class honours in her final year of the arts course at university cbt way crescent for the commission- two are commissioners to presbyterian assembly rev g lockhart royal norval and oliver hunter 17 valleyview road are commissioners to the 84th general assembly of the presbyterian church in canada be ing held in glenview presbyterian church toronto june 4th to 15th on saturday afternoon mr and mrs royal and mr and mrs hun- ter attended a garden party given by his honour lieulgovernor j keillcr mackay and mrs mac- kay at their residence 39 kings- ersand their wives social a personal mr and mrs bui collins and son donnie of syria ohio spent last week with mrs collins aunt mrs mary marrow victoria the collins made th trip lo canada by plane toronlo on monday miss law- who is the daughter of mr v f lawson toronto and the late mrs lawson graduated from the nursing school at toronlo wes tern hospital graham and grant wlngrove twin sons of mr and mrs don win- grove 17 durham st had a party last tuesday to celebrate their eighth birthdays their guests were david richardson michael harley ronnie richardson paul thompson john finlay charles biehn douglas penrice robert bouskill paul iprcsswood brent mcnivcn and jackie laird mrs e b tyers mrs gerard wilcox and miss theresa st jean attended the catholic womens league convention for two days in hamilton last friday and sat tirday six other members mrs john cummins mrs john koloakt mrs r c mcdcrmott mrs r neil mrs r secord and mrs fred tucker attended the banquet in the royal connaught hotel saturday evening mr and mrs e lorusso and family on victoria sl had as visitors on saturday may 31st mr and mrs alvin hives mount dennis and mrs frank lorusso and two children frankie and rennie from magnetawan their guests last sunday were mr and mrs a mcconkey oshawa and mr and mrs austin jacklin to ronto mrs mcconkey spent ten days with her mother who has been ill pack mrs jim goodlct and mrs roy bradley no 2 pack mrs doug sargent and mr ivan les lie no 3 pack mrs sheldon lawr and mrs jack meades no 4 pack mrs bruce harley and lillian wmfc no 5 pack mrs ed faris and doris silk and no 6 pack mrs vern mccullough and mrs r c j hogan mrs bui hughes is brown owl and mrs a hunsdale tawny owl for the glen williams pack plans postgrad study at mcmaster university harry farrar son of mr and mrs henry farrar proprietors of terra cotta inn has jast received his honour degree in mathemat ics and physics and will spend the next five miths in europe on his return he will attend momastcr university in hamilton for his ph d organization which is seeking a pro ject and this might fill the lull and was empowered by t council to promise control of the booth by any rganization which wished to under take the work meanwhile cr harrison said the old stand would be ripped out immediately paying the towns share of a sidewalk on shelley sl in one year while charging local im provement rates to property own ers over a period of years is a complicated procedure according to advice of the municipal board answering a query the board sug gested that the town could issue a debenture for the 3000 project buy the debenture back and credit taxes as they came in if ratepayers would agree to pay their share this year an estimat ed 40 for a 50 foot frontage it might be possible to clear the whole payment off in a year coun cil thinks and they will be asked if they wish to do so bob lane who has the garbage disposal collection contract asked council to consider revising the contract rate at least twice yearly at present he receives 200 year ly per person based on the prey- ious years census and while this worked satisfactorily when the rate was established mr lane said rapid growth means he is be ing underpaid the public works committee was asked to bring- a recommendaton to the next coun cil meeting what council did council debates increase to seven man police force conflicting opinions on whether georgetown needs a seventh pol iceman were expressed at the june 2nd council meeting when a motion was defeated to hire a man for the job the man named in an elliotl- harrison motion was an applicant recently when two new men were engaged councils police commit tee had been detailed to contact some of these applicants and there was also an opinion difference on procedure with cr alfred sykes claiming that the committee should have interviewed men rather than the police chief cr mcgilvray and hyde expres sed doubt that the town needs an extra man at the present time well be shorthanded all sum mer if we dont have another man and dont forget we are committed to another 000 houses warned cr harrison cr hyde doubted that the pol iceman per thousand rule should be rigidly followed and said it is hasty to hire a permanent man be cause the holiday period is com ing continued on page 10 switchboard operator at empire brass co rev boyd parkdale presby terian church conducted the fun eral service of mrs jessie tfelleo croft mother of mrs fred peeb les yvonne of 68 main street north at the a e cook funeral home bloor street west jtaron- to on june the 2nd interment was in parklawn cemetery mrs croft died very suddenly at her home 86 melville avenue toronto on may 30th at the arte of bftyinx she was a native df scotland moving to toronto forty- five years ago for the past ten engagements mr andmcs maurice baker r r 1 georgetown announce the en gagement of their daughter jan- tee to mr vytas tredokas rsc the marriage will take place at their home on saturday june 28 mr and mrs clifford culbert announce the engagement of their daughter loretta ann to lawrence charles bouskul son of mr and mrs clarence bouskill the mar riage will take place on juno the twentyfirst at two thirty oclock in knox presbyterian church georgetown georgetown mrs anthony din- ardo mrs a woodman mrs m years she had been employed at mckje and james kirkaldy all of kmco empire braos company as toronto and donald kirkaldy of switchboard operator surviving are four daughters and two sons mrs fred peebles australia three gr are also left janet peebles anna lori djnardo blood clinic disappoints only 175 donors attend chamber speaker eric gr freeman aststant on tario manager in charge of mem bership relations will speak at a supper meeting of georgetown chamber of commerce next wed nesday june 18th at north halton golf country club mr free man is a native of montreal taught electronics and physics at mon treal technical institute before joining the chamber of commerce in 1953 ooofellows at springfield outdoor church service four members of orionlodge no 100 of the local order of odd fellows were in springfield sun day for the annual outdoor church service this year attended by some one thousand oddfellows from ontario quebec and michigan lodge members ai edmunds bill chaplin ken gregory and dave hastings took part in the pa rade to be springfield park where the service was led by the grand master of ontario grant ch hers of ottawa the parade i headed by the springfield boys and girls band the springfield ark lodge was host for the affair georgetown fell down badly last thursday june 5th as only 175 people representing a mere 24 per cent of the local residents heeded an urgent call and donated blood at the blood cinic set up in knox church hall both the officials from the blood bank and the local red cross were keenly disappointed with the res ults since the district is included in the free blood area and it is imperative that the vital supply of blood be maintained the day for the clinic was cool and dull and likely had something to do win the indifferent response a third blood clinic has already been planned by the red cross- and wfll be held here sotnetime- in december the main circle of the presby terian wa served coffee and do- nuts to donors and a number of other volunteers assisted with the typing and in various other depart ments john mackie former papermill employee once watchman at the old prov incial lower mut and a4bnner resident of river drive john ma- skie si died at hahon centennial manor on may 30th mr mackie was a native of scotland his wife elisabeth lejper died in 1930 he leaves a family of se ven children william mackie pen- etang richard mackie stewart town mrs k kouyoumjian viol et and mrs b forrest margaret of brampton mrs c deforest an nacelle of terra gotta bessie ma ckie sl thomas and jack shevtin chatham 12 grandchfldrea and 1 greatgrandchildren rev alex caster conducted the funeral service on june 2nd at the harold c mcqure pallbearera were bert for rest and robert i allen milton sam am ste har and harry allen georgetown fntntntat was in greenwood cemetery george-