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j the georgetown herald authorized sacond chin mail roil office dpt ottawa hometown out wedn novemm lmi 19s first section haltonmpp cuts ribbon open stewarttown school sun hall mpp officiated at a ribbon cutting ceremony friday evening to mark the official op ening of the 5room stewarttown public school the white ribbon held by two schoolgirl janice carter actgarol mcclean was cut by mr hall fallowing a speech in which he spoke of the progress of this area formerly served by a little red school house now ab andoned for jiie ooinpletely mod em structure 6n the 7th line which was built on part of the herb reid farm mr and mrs hall presented the school with a picture of the queen georgetown residents joined with school area supporters ih at tending the function at which ro bert j cunningham chairman of esquseing school area 1 which administers the school s affairs was chairman rev g l royal morval a school trustee gave an address of welcome and rev j e maxwell rector of anglican stewarttown the dedica tton prayer e p jordan the public school inspector introduced mr hall and appreciation to those participating in the program was expressed by james p kirkwood vice chairman of the board during the evening members of the school board and school staff were introduced board members are robert j cunningham james p kirkwood stanley j brown clarence m coles rev g l roal and era batkin secretar treasur er principal robertson gibbons m troduced his staff mrs lvla pol lock miss doreen geycr and miss beth mcenery and music supervis or mrs gordon kidney reeve george curric brought greetings from the township and other guests who were introduced included school inspectors e f jordan and w l mcneil former inspector l l skuce now super intendent of schools in trafagar township mr cameron repres enting the architects barnet and reider and contractorjfmr schie del of hespeler a united nations flag and stand was presented to the school by the architects esquesmg women s institute served refreshments during the evening the 85 000 school has four rooms in use at present with a fifth room ready to take care of expanding enrolment it is 103 years since the first log school wai erected at stewarttown and histor does not record the exact site al it is known to have been withtn the village limits this was used until 1873 when a parcel of land was purchased at the top of the hill from pierce applebe and a 2 storey tworoom school erected b henrv tost at a cost of s3 000 in 1884 it was found that two rooms were not necessary and the upper storey was lowered to make one classroom and an attic storeroom this building was in use until the present ear with the addition of a portable class room alongside it in 1954 need for a new building became evident and plans were in mated for the present 85 000 structure past presidents pour tea at arts and crafts exhibition the annual sale and tea of the georgetown arts crafts was held in knox church hall on sat urday november 15th from 130 to 530 in the afternoon the at tractive decorations of white and gold were made by mrs a m nielsen and her committee mrs r r corbett convened the display of beautiful craft work there was an excellent showing of weaving pottorv metalcraft leather jewcllerv silk screen pnn ting oil painting leather goes shellwork and various attractive nov cities there were several demonstra tions during the afternoon in eluding weaving by mrs arnott early and mrs e carney silk screen printing by mrs e hoe angora spinning by mrs a m baxter leather work by mrs daphne lingwood oil painting by miss dorothv stone leather glove making bv mr wallace thomp son the pantry shelf table was eon vened bv mrs alex reader assis ted bv mrs a y gilmer and mrs j f gillis mrs wesley beat ty acton convened the tea and made the pink christmas trees which decorated the individual ta bles the assistant convener was mrs keith barber past presidents who poured tea during the afternoon were mrs cvnl brand ford mrs j a early mrs a m nielsen mrs h j newman and the president mrs d w baxter peter glynn looked after the guest book out of town gue ts attended from london toronto hamilton brantford milton uiarton camp bellville and acton party at stewarttown for 25th anniversary mr and mrs hank bouwman 18 riverview crc cent celebrated their silver wedding anmvcrsarv on fridav evening november 14 ith members of their farmh and friends the social evening was htld in stewarttown hall and the evening of dancing games and singing was ape recorded and will be sent to holland for their friend and re atives to hear mr and mrs bouwman wire mar ned in nvvrdel holland nov 11 1933 thev came to canada eight vears ago with their four children john peter johan and aneka friend attended from w est on brampton stewarttown glen ww lams and georgetown artisrs drawing st andrews united church architects sketch of the proposed st andrews united church which will serve residents of the del rex area of town at some future date the church is planned at the sinclair ave and moun tainview road corner the congregation will meanwhile begin services the end of this month in harmon public school form st andrews congregation second united church in georgetown a second united church in gcor get own will come into being on sunday november 30th when st andrew s unitid church will in augurate church services and sun dav school in a temporary loca tion in harrison public school about a year ago the official board of st john s united sugges ted that a visitation canvass be carried out in the eastern part of town subsequently all homes in this area were called upon and considerable interest in the uni ted church was evident a meet mg of interested persons was held in st john s church hall and a steering committee was appointed to investigate possibilities of for mation of a new congregation in the delrex area during this time encouragement and assistance was received from the halton presbytery extension council which made arrangemr u to purchase a parrel ot and at the junction of sinclair ave and mountainview road it is plan ned eventually to build a church and christian education centre on this property the new congregation will be led bv mr alexander blandford ba who is at present studying for the ministry rev morgan mcfarlanc ba bd of st john s will be supervising pastor of the new group guest preacher on november 30th will be dr cross lev hunter of toronto a vt omens federation has been formed and has already htld scv tral meetings in the homes of members a choir is in course of formation and persons who ft el able to participate in this wav will be welcomed persons inter emed in the new congregation are invited to contact the committee through kelvin c brown chair man tr 79656 frank bishop secretar tr 7-467- c melt arm rrong tr73s64 local couple married in port sydney anglican church three wins two losses georgetown hockey tally jack rabbit rhodes wao pro bably the stingiest man m town last mghl the number one puck eater for the local intermediate b hockey club rhodes held milton to just three tallies one in the first none in the second and a pair in third to spark georgetown to a 63 win over milton merchants here he second time they ve topped the green team in three meetings georgetown s record now tands at 3 wins and 2 defeats coming from behind to down stouffville 64 on friday and tasting loss for the second time this season on sat urday in bradford where thev bow erf 74 bud arey play ing his firt game at home last night loomed large on the score sheet figuring in half of the local s total to net three points an ailing gerry inglis missed the game he made hi presence felt in a verv big defensive wav fn day if you re looking for a plaver to keep a special eve on this vi son try george grasbv he s been a thorn in the opposition s side every time out and has come on to be one of the most reliable members in the locals blueline brigade milton knew he was there last mghl georgetown held a 21 edge at the end of the first period blake inglis scoring early from arev aad dixon at 22 then duon from arev at 13 13 after bell had evened it at 1103 there was no scoring in the second prices equalizer at 127 of the third period lit a fire under the home club and thev banged in 4 markers in thirteen minutes te clinch the wfn dave irons unn sisted at 625 magdv on a long one from hew itt and beckett al 1100 cunningham from chard and irons at 1535 and inglis ag i ain from dixon and arev into an emptv net at 1954 round out the georgetown sniping price iif ed milton bneflv at i 1732 with his second goal of the night georgetown travels to milton on i fndav and stouffville on tues dav with their next home game i scheduled for the 28th colling i wood the visitors mr and mrs robert david mil son who are making their home at 21 water street were married on saturdav in christ s anglican church port svdnev at a 7 p m ceremonv at which canon edward pennington officiated the church was decorated with mauve mums and pink gladioli the bride an cmplovee of rotor electric rexdale is the former bonnie heather macgregor daugh ter of mr and mrs angit mac i gregor of hunt ville the groom who is emploved at provincial pa per ltd is ihe son of mrs fd win wilson port svdnev and thr late mr wilson the bride wore a floor length wedding gown with bouffant skirt the bodice was fashioned with long sleeves and a lace trimmed neckline the skirt was trimmed with appliqued lace medallion with a bustle effect on the back i her veil fell from a tiara or white sequins she earned a bouquet of red roses her onlv sistir mrs daniel markle was her attendant j wearing pink organdv over net with a lace bo ero and p nk feath er hat mrs bruce scott was or gamsl george wilson port svdnev was i his brother s groomsman i shers i were fred wilson another broth er and daniel markle the bride s cousin ronald taplev gave her in marriage receiving in i ttersort hall tht bride s mother mrs cameron mae gregor oeorgetown wore grev lace over pink taffeta a grev lace bolero and a corsage of mauve mums the groom mother also received wearing a grev suit blue hat and vellow mum corsage for a honevmoon trip to pow assan the bride wore an orange ack dress white accessories and hortv coat poppy day receipts excellent over 700 a total of 704 40 was donated this vear to the poppy fund cam paign according to mrs thomas grieve who is chairman of the fund thi montv canu from tag dav receipts schools and a number of organizations and businessmen included in donations made were thus from the town and township councils dominion seed house local council of women legion ladies auxiliarv and imperials lliancc paper mills j b mack enzie son provincial paper ltd loyal true blues lions club rotary club verdun rebe- kah lodge meadowglcn growers iode and merchants wreaths were purchased and placed at the cenotaph on lemem branee day by several organiza tions as well as private citizens in memorv of men who lost their liv ts in two world wars and korea 25 years service teacher gets watch a watch emblematic of 25 vear service as a school teacher in south peel was presented to a local resident last week at a din ner at lome park school attended bv teachers and board members miss mane barbour 6 john st f w as honoured bv the board at the function in her sixteenth vear as a teacher at cooksville mks barbour taught for ten vears be fore that at burnhamthorpe which is also in the south peel star soccer pidure of interest locally picture in the toronto star recentlv had much local interest it showed the charleston soccer team of 189637 and was used to illustrate a storv that soccer cur rentlv enjoving new peaks of pop ulanlj is not a new game asso elation football as it ts was known in those days was popular before the turn of the centurv there was no regular schedule but chal lenge games were plaved with teams from orangeville balhna fad ccorgetown caledon east in fckwood and caledon village then known a charleston the team played a whole game with out substitution and the onlv in urruption was to change goals at half time the picture sent to the star bv s r raeburn of caledonia shows members of the 15 man charles ton squad and includes duncan bax er a retired high school pnn cipal now living in brampton his on a m baxter is science teach er at eorgetown high school an other familiar face is that of j a willoughbv team captain who after operating a liverv stable in georgetown went to toronto to establish one of canada s largest real estate firms mr and mrs mark golden mrs kelvin brown is womans fedtion head mrs kelvin brown was elected president of the newly formed womans federation of st an drews united church on wednes day november 12th when the or ganixation held their second meet ing at the borne of mrs george stevens 62 rcxway blvd completing the slate of officers proposed by the nominating com mtttce which was accepted by the members are vice president and chairman of wj mrs doug ward vice president in charge of missions mrs f r b matthews recording secretary mrs gordon fhahitt corresponding secretary mrs frank bishop general treas urcr mrs albert turner mission treasurer mrs james collier sec retary for devotional life and of christian stewardship mrs 0 m brewster secretary for parsonage mrs ed staltz secretary for rhil dren youth and christian family life mrs c emmcrson secretarv f r relief and supply mrs ron kitchen secretarytr visiting and community service mrs ray roach and secretary for lit era lure mrs robert peardon mrs frank bishop presided and opened the meeting and the wor ahip service was conducted by mrs bishop and mrs f r- b mat thews mrs albert turner read the slate of officers and installation will take place at the december meeting among the guests at the meet ing were mrs w b fluley presl dent of the hamilton conference w a mrs e s leaker president of 14c halton presbytery wms each explained the aspects of the work and study of the federation at the close of the meeting re freshments were served by mrs stevens mrs bishop mrs mat thews and mrs kitchen wmjlerritf wedding mr and rfrs william merrill 33 john street east were at home to their friends and relatives last saturday afternoon and evening on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary mr and mrs merritt were married by the rev clark in mrs merritt s home on november 11th 1908 their wedding attendants mr nd mrs burval merritt his brother were with them on saturday as were many of their old friends and members of their family mr and mrs merritt received many cards flowers and gifts and telegrams one from sandy best halton s conservative member of parliament and howard green mp representing the dominion government they also received a letter of congratulations from mayor john t armstrong william merritt their son and his wife of brampton mrs roy ward jcanrmrs william ander- x son audrey both of georgetown were with their parents mr and mrs merritt have six grandchild rcn miss lvla armstrong mrs mer ritt s sister and mrs william mit chell limchouse his sister pour ed tea for the many guests who attended from georgetown and dis trict brampton toronto church ville and elmira sparenbs pig tails for curling club dinner georgetown curling club men s division held their annual social night at the arena on thursday nov 13th where some 150 attend ed t launch the 1958 59 curling easun following the spare rib and pig ta 1 supper catered to bv schneid er s of kitchener newcomers were introduced to the came bv the members who divided the gut into instruc ion groups for bnr le ons n fundamental a lot f mt rest wa shown and man of the guests are planning to j nn the club curling until midnight comple te 1 he evening arranged bv dick i ica a the regular schedule will start on thursdav december 4th better get perking there are onlv 26 shopping davs left before chn tmas annual dance for ambulance service members of the 96man george town volunteer ambulance serv ice and their ladies enjoyed an evening of dancing on thursday in the legion auditorium an annual affair far members the evening included a number of prizes for lucky spot dances and special events as well as a draw in which mrs norman marchraent won si 00 and waldo diggins glen williams 25 as prizes the draw was made by gerard wilcox ed hall gvas chief welcomed guests and spoke briefly during the refreshment hour exhorting members to attain a state of peak proficiency in their work also speaking were mayor jack arm strong councillor john gunn whose council department admin istcrs ambulance affairs and john henley toronto a past secretary who thanked ladies of the legion auxiliary for their catering geo glassford was emcee for the even ing and the modern aires played for dancing among gifts awarded during the evening were those to mr and mrs i es dickenson as the youngest married couple and to mr and mrs alex brown 34 years mimed mr and mrs wilfred breen and mr and mrs august spitzer each 28 vears mamed a guest walter biehn was ask ed to draw winning tickets in a draw open only to gvas mem bers a member s number in the roster book served as the pria clue and ernest simson 41 ant douglas tucker 81 were winners jvr and mrs are 62 years thomas bird married stewarttown s new public school opened friday damage minos in highway accident only minor damage resul ed in a two car collision at the intersec tion of guetph and john streets on thursday where a car driven bv daniel edwards of 35 queen st olhded with a car driven by r w modennan of toronto the acodebt occurred at about 955 pjn and damage was estima ted at only w0 cst ted scott investigated saw- j the new pumjc school at stewarttown a handsome sroom structure was officially opened on friday when stan hall mp p officiated at a ceremony in the school the school takes care of ex ponding needs jin this raptdly gnawing section of esquesing acton free press photo bill young leads bowlers last week bill young of legion no 2 ws out to give the boys in the indus trial league a lesson on how to rtallv bowl last week with a dan dv 342 single and total of 859 this score along writh a 762 from rchie pollock and 721 from shel lawt greatly helped their team to a clean sweep over thetr dubhousc nvau iegion o 1 in the standing silvers are still first but had a rough night with the firemen who with onlv f ve men rolling won the second game sv a single pin and trounced them in the third for a 4pointer s s bv taking 5 points from kentners went into a second place tie with the same team 2 points behind the leader vo 2 legion ha 43 kavs 42 andersons 40 it is reallv a tight race with only 8 points s parating the first six teams high singles were rolled bv bill young 342 and bill anderson 337 in triples besides the high regis tered bv oung and pollock there were guy rodgers 745 jim valan tine 747 shel lawr 721 sid ttil liams 720 h brandford 718 and bill anderson 701 ten high average men to date are ip shipwav 231 frank an derson 226 george webster 224 han chappel 215 lew brand ford 213 j graham 11 george barber and s d w illtams 210 joe hall 209 b vi coster 209 the christmas party is on thurs day dec 4th at 7 jo p m please advise your captain or a com mittee man if going- this is very important on november 18th 1896 at the manse ballinafad thomas bird and sarah mclean were married by rev d l campbell mr and mrs bird now reside in town at 48 maple ave w and on tuesday 62 years later celebrated their anniversary quietly at their home they began farming near nor val station and continued to farm in that vicinity until 1918 when thev purchased the farm on the 5th line esquesing where their son hector now lives in 1927 they moved to a 7th line farm now own- ed by their son john seven vears ago mr and mrs 1 bird moved to the present resid fence the former r c nixon i house other members of the fa- milv include norman and milton farmers in esquesing effie on the staff of fay wood school north york and elsie at home mr bird served eight years as a school trustee of ss 2 chingua cousv when he farmed near nor j val station and also a term at s s 5 esquesing when he moved to the 5th line farm he became a member or the halton holstein breeders club and also the cotlntv milk producers association when these were organized and later served on their executive boards on the occasion of their diam ond anniversary two years ago congratulations were extended by stanlev hall mpp and mrs hall mayor jack armstrong rev and mrs morgan mcfarlanc ud alex 1 maclaren and ian ritchie of st johns united church as well aa many relatives and other friends congratulatory messages were re ceived at that tune from her maj esty the queen the prime minis ter of caaiada the pnmjhtriai sec retary of ontario