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the georgetown herald ssi sixteen pages authoring m second clsa mall port offk dtp ottawa wednesday evening october 29th 195 first section what council did council votes 100 to springhill disaster fund a local branch of a disaster fund was enriched by 100 mon day when council voted a 100 donation fred hue ontario st who ex plained that he is a native of the springhill ns district where ov er 70 men lost their lives in a mine cavein appealed to council to supped the fund local dona tions he said will be routed to springhill through a fund being administered in toronto by the chartered trust co that da he had covered the provincial paper mill he said and intended to can ass merchants and other indus tries as soon as possible we re sitting in the lap of luxury in this part of ontario remarked cr alfred sykes these peope are in a tough spot and i m sure there will be no criticism of our donation finance chairman garfield mc gilvray echoed his remarks sa ing that toronto is contributing 50 000 and evcr town should do its proportionate share council signed a 3 ear agree ment with bob lane for garbage pick up and sanitary landfill dis posal the agreement followed recent acceptance of his tender for the job he will receive 3 00 yearly per capita with a popula tion adjustment ever four months a request from howard mcker row 5 dufferm st to hate two trees removed which are causing sewer trouble was referred to the road committee to investigate council discussed further with harvey copland and harry vcr hey their proposal to open up more land for housing behind the credit vallev bottling works on mountainview road previously the town had asked them to present a subdivision plan reeve doug sargent said his in dratrial committee will reiiew a sketch presented and report at a future meeting a taxi licence was granted bill braisbv 9 caroline st asking permisison to moe his taxi stand to a position on aeal motor sales land facing james st jack hepburn was told that coun cil would check and see what could be done solicitor fred helson was spokes man for mr hepburn who oper ates the glen taxi and explained that a permit bad been declined by the building inspector because the building docs not conform with downtown fire area rcgula tions the business employs two full time drivers and 4 parttime he said and because of clearance of the present location on mil st the taxi must move by the end of the month a large share of the taxi business is with shop pers be said and it would be a hardship not onl for mr hep burn pcrsonall but for the shop ping public as well if he could not have a downtown location he asked if consideration could be given if necessary to making an exception a majority of council expressed sympathy with the request the ma yor and reeve opining that they thought if the building were on a concrete foundation and covered with fire resfctant siding it might be adequate cr sykes while also expressing sympathy wrth mr hepburn s pre dicament said he thought that h would be a backward step to al low a building unlesxjt met will all by law specifications at cr hydes suggestion coun cil decided to check with toronto where wooden taxi stands are al lowed in the downtown area to see how the city handles a similar matter he was promised a deci sion next monday dairy driver suffers head cuts in accident john dalziel a driver for geor getown dairy ltd suffered head cuts and shock monday when his truck came in collision with telephone pole on no 10 sidcroad near norval mr dalziel was on his milk route whenmoosc gravel pulled the truck off the road an csti mated 500 damage to the truck resulted from the accident which occurred at about 8 30 am opp cst wm bennett investigated on thursday oct 23rd cst ray andress of the county de tachment opp was summoned to the scene of an accident on no 10 sideroad where a car driven by francis lovally of rr 5 wiarton missed a corner during a heavy fog and struck a tree the driver and three passengers were injur ed in the smash and taken to hos pital by georgetown volunteer ambulance service proudly in their mcnabb home with a bouquet of fifty yellow roses presented by their fam ily to mark that number of years of wedded life the retired pro vincial paper man and his wife held open house on october 12th to celebrate the occasion photo by ed peters georgetown in 8team league milton here tuesday opener georgetown has been grouped in an 8team hocke league this tar and opens the season here tuesdav with milton the visitors one of live teams fighting for an intermediate b piaoff berth georgetown must finish among the first four to get in the plavoffs bradford stouf f ille col ling wood and milton are the other b teams three intermediate c teams arc also included in the group or angevillc beeton and al list on a 30game schedule has been drawn up for the team which is sponsored by the hunter real lstatc firm which takes the reg ular season s play into mid feb ruary schedule w ill appiar in next weeks herald calvin king helen moore wed at knox presbyterian two avro emplovecs were mar ned on octohtr 18th at a thrte o clock ceremonj in knox presbv terian church rev arx lilder officiate 1 and mrs rdgar gowland pljed the wedding music w hen helen dol ores moore and clarence calvin king were married iiho is the daughter of rrfetlrs cecil moore huntsvilte and the groom is the son of mr and mrs clarence king 25 byron street the bride wore a ballerina gown of chantillv lace over satin the bo dice embroidered with pearls and with lil point sleeves a pearl headdress held her fingertip veil and she carried a bouquet of rid roses and while mums mrs ken woods who is the bride s sister in law wo matron of honour she wore ballerina taffe ta v neck at back with streamers falling to the hemline and with a boat neckline in front her acces sorics were yellow and she carried bronze mums the grooms n ece kathrvn king was flowe r girl she wore a bronze dress the sash tied in a bouffant bow with long stream building demolition starts supermarket rumour persists probably the oldest building in the downtown business section and possibh in the entire town was lev elted this week when it came under the sjedgc of the st clair wreck ing co most recently housing the office of ollic s taxi the historic old building has existed on mill street almost as long as the street itself fven georgetown s most retent ive memories can only date its known history back to when ii was used as offices bv doctors alf and dick nixon and at that time it was not a new building dr webster also occupied the office portion of the building and a fam ily named metcalfe lived in part of the house and took care of the office many f ami lie since that tune have resided there including the mac reids and dick march men ts who during their occupancy oper ated a small grocery store and a confectionery after that only a few rooms of the house were used by future businesses which inctu ded an electrical repair shop and until the time of its termination a taxi office demolition of the building spark ed rumours of everything from a supermarket to a new theatre how ever no definite announcement has yet been made concerning the fut ure of the property which is ow ned by the mcgibbon estate revolver club will compete with guelph georgetown revolver lub will be look ng to upset their oppon rnts when thiv travel to uelph next week for a return sh ot with the g uelph revolver club the local losl hv a small mar gin the last lime thev crossed bar rels with the highl skilled guelph club how vcr this lime two new members ron arnock and ron challenger both crack shots have been added to veterans jack pucker ng and norni maher to form an almost unbeatable four sqme and they will be represent ing the orjin the guelph match other club members will also be- travelling to the royal city to witness the competition ers and a hea ulress of v e how b ihv keith king was his brother s room small inl robert mccandless and jim ford we re ushers it was a double ring ceremonj receiving afterwards in thi church hall he bride s mother wore roval blue uith beilc acces ones and a c r am- of pink roses the groom mot he r also receiv ed wearing a jrten lace sheath matching groin accessories and a corsage of bronze and vtllow ro ses honoured guests included the groom grandmothers mrs clara k ng bnnchton and mrs ella wheeler cton mr and mr kinj who are living at 32a uelph st went to niagara pall f r their rmmvmoon the bride travelled in a nav wool dress with white ful collar a blue wool c at an 1 a c rsafe of pink roses ministers wife is hostess wa group mrs m j mcfarlane was hos tcss for the october meeting of group 3 of ihe woman s associa tion of st johns united church the 100th psalm was read bv mrs r ii wright who led in the worship period and based her re social personal mrs frank petch 30 chapel st e has returned from a visit in stratford with mr and mrs ross mclcllan and in detroit michigan where with mrs mclel ian she was a guest of miss mil dred duke rev r j koffend of toronto visited on thursday afternoon with mr and mrs andrew pew hurst 25 guelph st mr koffend now retired was for many years minister of evangel hall mission on queen st in the city which mr and mrs dew hurst and family attended some years ago his ylsit brought back many happy mem ories mrs vlolc hjj- victoria ave has as her guests this week mr and mrs herman joynes from hcr st georges bermuda mr and itfrs jones flew from bermuda to new york they will return to new york after their dr jack kerby bowls record 4l4 game jack doc kerby set a mark which will be hard to equal when he bowled a 414 single last week in the industrial league he finish ed his trio with 834 which wasn t high enough to oust bill anderson from the triple record to date of 840 at present kcntners arc on top by taking 7 points from david sons with nice bowling coming from george barber high for the night with a loft 839 and jim gra bam 742 close followers are silvers who had a 2 night with legion no 1 besides kerby s great bowling stu young also had a good 742 triple for legion claude teague was high with 723 in 3rd spot is a new smith stone team with their ace man george webster high with 648 kays had a 43 split with cotton bros and are in 4th spot following legion no 2 who are in 5th place are an dcrsons ram biers cottons glen firemen legion no 1 and david sons the night s high triples george barber 839 jack kerb 834 stu young 742 jim graham 742 claude teague 729 jim cotton uraham 718 george burlington 712 hank bouwman 717 the top ten to date rrank an kr on 233 nip shipway 231 e rge webster 226 george bar ber 219 harv chappel 217 lou branelford 212 bill james 211 harrv judd 208 bob webster 207 joe hall 205 avro flight story wins writing award a story by telegram aviation writer jim hmmcrson has been awarded two prizes b the air industries and transport associa tion of canada 1 he story deals with the first flight of the avro arrow it won a special international award in the association s annual aviation writing contest which carries a prize of 150 and a bronze plaque it also won first place in class a of the same contest which has 3 prize of 100 and a plaque mr lmmcrson has been invited to a prese ntation luncheon at the chateau frontenac in quebec citv noember 4 to receive his prize- i fmmersen has been with visit here where they will visit he ti ejram since 1946 he is i former eorgetown resident on of mrs j b mmerson now of for six weeks with mem iters of their family it is the first time that mr and mrs jovnes have left the island ingcraoll and the late mr fcmmer son award tenders for school additions georgetown acton marks with the thought that fira titude opens windows of thanks uvim and closing with praver mr- john bcllboddv of ashgrovc w as a w elcome isitor and gave two humeirous readings which were much enjnved mrs wright pra ved two piano solos which were a p easant musical interlude mrs c stephens and mrs vic tor macdonald assisted mrs mc iarlane in serving refreshments there was an encouraging atten dance at the meeting and an in vitalmn was extended to other ladic of the district who would like to meet with the group mrs lrquhart moved a vote of thanks to those contributing to the program georgetown s new high school came one step closer on mondav when tenders were oponetxpr de molition of the older part of the building and an addition which will give the town a completed modern building the school board voted to award the tender to ioslracco construe tion al a price of 430710 he lowest of six tenders received the i ostracco firm is prcsentlv engaged in building the new park public school at the same meeting the 21 451 tender of andeen con si rue u cm brampton was accepted for an addition to acton hijh school this being the lowest of 10 te nders submitted for that job engagements the engagement is announced shirley grace allen daughter of mrs ella allen 90 main st n and the late ford allen to doug las jennings son of mr and mrs gordon jennings 16 back street the marriage will take place on saturday november the twenty ninth at 330 pjn in st johns united church blow safe at supermarket robbers remove 500 fire chief overcome by extinguisher fumes given another ten minutes a fire which broke out in the front portion of thompsons hardware yesterday at noon could have res ulted in a main street catas trophe the brief blaze origina ted from sparks from a blow torch being used by painters on the front of the store and had already worked its way into the cellar before being discovered at about 12 15 the painters had left the job to go home for luneh short iy after 11am f quick thinking on the part of a thompson hardware employee clyde stewart held the damage to a minimum emptying two fire extingnuishers which were for sale in the store on the flames mr stewart doused the fire be fore it could reach the flammable materials stored in the basement flames were burning between the joists and licking up the front of the store when mr stewart star ted to use the extingumshcrs in making an inspection of da mage in the basement fire chief jack harlow was overcome by fumes from the extinguishers and had to be carried out of the cellar by fireman jimmy valantine dr c v williams was summoned to the store where with the use of the inhala tor chief harlow was revived he spent the rest of the day in bed recovenng from the effects of the fumes mr stewart and bill mjcdonald were the only employees in the store at the time of the blaze a otoup of club midtown members were snapped by photographer bill hard man as they tour ed the kitchener tv station prior to danang on the bandstand program on a recent saturday host jack carpenter left is showing the intricacies of tv equipment to some of the hundred young people attending night school enrolment record total over 420 tuesdaj and wednesday even ings the corridors of the schools m georgetown were thronged with the largest registration for the night school yet over four hurdeh and t venv adults have signed up for twentv three classes most of which are held at the high school carpentrj is taught at chapel st welding at 1 incoln motors upholstery in the lihrar basement while the corridors of wrigglesworth school ring with the tails of dosic do and alamam left from the audi torium where the sq tare dancing class of some thtrtv couples are kicking up thur heels c ipk o loje the r some to quarc dance some to lake tvping i hi ir husbands take photographv r french conversation where babvsitting is a problem father lakes effective speaking on tues da and mother paints on wednes dav for some it is their one n tht out social as well as educa tional truly fulfilling the mean ing of the word recreation to create oneself again someone once wrote a verse ab out unwilling feet dragging their laggard wa to school but it could not have been written about night school there is something spec ial about the atmosphere m these c asses a sense of expectancy an eagerness to team a bubbling ex citcment and for the teachers no approximately 500 in cash was netted by safecrackers in a break- in at the iga fooduner over the weekend the brcakin occurred sometime between 6pm saturday night and 10 15 sunday morning and was re ported to local police at approxim atcly 1030 a m chief constable roy haley and cpl jim bilsborrow were immediately notified by cat evan rollins who received the cajx over the cruiser radio entry to the supermarket was gained through a hole knocked in the roof of the building by a rail road sledge hammer the hole was made within ten feet of the safe located at the rear of the store on the east side the thieves dropped to the floor and used the sledge to knock the dial off the safe where they insert ed cordite to blow the safe door there was an estimated 670 in the safe but closeto 200 of that amount was destroyed by the blast the thieves are believed to have reached the roof by climbing a hy dro pole located four feet from the wall at the southeast corner of the building the pole is equipped with climbing spikes fingerprint specialists from the opp failed to discover any prints left by the burglars however the investigation is continuing hamil ton and toronto police have been notified of the theft believed to have been the work of experts kinsmen plan sale of christmas trees georgetown s junior service club the kinsmen will be selling christmas trees for crippled chil dren this year the new project was approved by the members during the business portion of ladies night held on monday oc tober 20th in the legion hall the t business session was retained for the evening so the ladies could witness normal dinner meeting procedure approximately thirty couples at tended the ladies night with dan cing to records providing most of the evenings entertainment cha rades were plaved and a gold mine of talent discovered within the ctub in a talent contest which highlighted the evening a new member transferred from the godcnch kinsmen don pat terson was welcomed into the lo cal fold at the meeting george micfin and jack conn were in charge of the arrangements for the affair discipline problems most of the classes are full but there is still room for late comers in others who would still find the remaining lessons of value during the coming weeks the he rald will tell more of some of the exciting things being taught in the individual classes everyone should make a note of friday february 20th when the annual display will take place advance notice to be sure but that means no previous engage ments spencegraham nuptials in st andrews church erin st andrew s presbv terian church r- nn was the scene of the marmge of patricia anne the daughter or mr and mr robert graham i rui w hen she became the bride of ordon william spence son of mr an 1 mrs or don spence sr 29 viclona s reel georgetown on saturdav pcto bcr 18th 158 at three thirtv rev wilsm of honied at the ser vice in the church decorated with baskets of while and vellow mums and fern mrs barbour was the organist the bride given in marriage bv her father chose a waltz length gown of white njlon net and french lace over a net hooped bouffant skirt the bodice was fashioned with a high pointed col 1ar and long lilv pointed sleeves her fingertip veil fell from a headdress or satin rosettes and pearls and she earned a wjtc lace covered bible trimmed with red sweetheart roses and white satin streamers lipped with rose buds mrs ed stewart guelph was matron of honour miss barbara curne georgetown asfo mrs din seddon georgetown were brides maids all dressed identically in light blue sheer nylon chiffon gowns fashioned with floating pa nels at the back the wore uf feta and nylon net matching plea led halos matching blue mittens and white shoes each earned a nosegav of pink tinted mums and pleated net i ittle sharon green e f streelsville was the flower girl in a vellow and white frosted or- gandv frock with matching halo and while accessories she earned a small nosegaj of yellow and mime mums don seddon acted as groomsman and 1 tarzwell brother in law of the bride and jack mcquame were the ushers the reception was held at hill top 1 odge erin where mrs graham received for her daugh ter in a biscuit brown tailored uit with blue accessories and a corsage of vellow roses she was assisted bv mrs spence in a pale blue lace gown over taffeta with beige picture hat and accessories and a corsage of pink roses for their hone moon motor trip to sracuse rochester and new york the bnde chose a beige bro caded satin gown with blue ben galinc duster coat and black ac cessories she wore a corsage of red sweetheart roses they are residing at 29 vtctona st george town mr spence is employed at smith and stone ltd and mrs spence at hewclson shoe limited brampton guests were present from roch ester new york georgetown glen williams milton acton er in hills burgh streetsville and aleadowville