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1he georgetown herald twelve pages authorized as second class mall post office dapt ottawa georgetown ont wednesday apjgll tth 1959 hrst section hofmann construction gets tender for weber school a local firm hofmann cori struction will build the ten room public school proposed for weber drive t was announced wednes day evening april 4th following the opening or tenders before the board at harrison nublic school the hofmann firm submitted the lowest of seven bids received by the board and were awarded the contract after each tender was con sidered at some length construction on the two storey building will begin immediately with the completion date set at august 15th the architects are john b parkin associates at a meeting last month the board expressed concern over the cf 105 project a situation which could have mean a decrease in the number of rooms proposed had the dept of education seen fit- had the department instructed a rephui the opening would have been delajed possibly until janu ary 1960 though slackening off sharply the influx of new residents in the delrex area did not halt entirely the only fact that saved the prop osed teaching capacity front being cut in half present lenten boxes at easter service easter day services at st geor ge s anglican were marked with a high attendance in the after noon at 3 pm the church school led by the superintendent douglas meades presented the lentnn hank offering boxes which will be used for mission work during the children s service the students presented two oak alms dishes to be dedicated in memory of a former student john pennce the rector spoke of the meaning of easter and told the students about the youth mission and the missioner the rev j baldwin who will be a special guest of the church school on sun day april 12th and for the week following from the monday to friday mrs edward bludd native of aberdeen a glen williams resident for half a century mrs edward bludd died last wednesday in guclph general hospital formerly eli zabeth thomson she was a native of aberdeen scotland she was a member of st alban s anglican church she leaves her husband two sons ted and ralph of george town and a daughter mary mrs harry reed guelph 4 grandchil dren 5 great grandchildren a brother walter thomson in aber deen and two sisters mrs marga ret hawarth quappelle sask and mrs agnes watkins guelph rev john rathbone was assisted b rev kenneth richardson of st george s in conducting the fun eral service on friday in st al ban s church pallbearers were mx men for whom she loved to cook during their deer hunting ex peditions art scott gordon gra tham don schcnk bob heaton fl wood carney and jack gordon acton interment was in glen williams cemeterj barber team clinches top spot in bowling all thatr remains to be decided in provincial bowling with one week remaining is the league s 1959 cellar resident barbers clin ched league title monday night by picking up five points to climb out of reach of their closest rivals varcys who managed only two and were left with a 106 total barbers have amassed 117 a single point separates the sec ond division elubs arnolds and aliens and they 11 have the spot light next week in the scramble for their position arnolds have 92 points aliens 91 b allen had the best triple of the night a good 765 topping t wyhe s- 675 and b tost s 671 allen s 290 led the singles h ar nold rolled a 262 and t fenmng a 260 for the ladles a wylic carded a 691 d sanderson 629 and m carey 599 to occupy the top three triple spots a 277 by wylie also gave her singles irlene t s 247 andd sanderson s ray mitot and ross duncan still hold the season s marks of 385 and 834 and marlene tost contin ues to lead the ladies in both de partments with a 339 amf t79 the top five mens averages be long to trevor williams 221 harv chappel 216 george barber 215 ray muot 200 and ted famine 207 jean chappel beads the lad ies here with 192 and is follow ed by anme wylie 185 huy ca rey 174 doreen sanderson 173 and joan herriagton 169 honour church organist leaving for new position on sunday mr gorman laird concluded almost sixteen years as music director 6f st john s uni ted church while this period of time had a break after 6 years of servicemr laird came back and has now completed almost ten years more as sl john s music director he leaves this church to become the music director of al derwood united church and will be succeeded by kenneth r har rison after the evening service on sunda the congregation mem bers of the junior and senior choirs and others who had assist ed the choir on special occasions met in the memorial hall to bid farewell to mr and mrs laird bruce will amson chairman or the music committee of the session most fittingly called it norman laird night words of apprec lation and good wishes were ex pressed by the chairman bruce williamson bj rev m g mcfar lane and by tom varam a member of the session and a mem ber of the choir during mr laird t time of leadership which went back 24 years alex maclaren also a member of the session spoke mrs bernard shrubsole brought the greetings of the junior choir and one of the girls of the choir presented mr laird with a gift on their behalf bernard shrub- aole president of the senior choir expressed the appreciation of that choir to mr laird for his mam ears of service and expressed their good wishes to him as he went to his new field of service in alderwood on behalf of the congregation session and choir of st john s united church mr shrubsole pre sented mr laird uith a woolen sack tape recorder together with a tape recording of the cruci fixion by stainer sung by the choir under mr laird s direction on good fridav and also a tape recording of the proceedings of the farewell itself these record ings were made by vernon mc cumber and tom trouten mrs shrubsole asked mrs laird to receive a bouquet of flower and mrs creighton mr laird s sister a corsage which were presented by two members of the junior choir the junior choir and the senior choir both sang most fit ling selections for the occasion mr and mrs laird each spoke a few words of thanks expressing gratitude for the fine jears of fellowship in service in st john s church reminiscing on some of those years mr mcfarlane closed the meet ing with prayer refreshments were served b the ladies of the church 90th birthday for lady edith windle another georgetown resident marked an important milestone on saturday when i ad edith m in die 39 market st celebrated ber 90th birthda a georgetown resident for three jears iady windle who is a native of england came to canada in 1920 when her husbandaccepted a position as professor of philos ophj and archaeology at st mich ael s college he had previously been president of the university in cork ireland following his death in 1929 miss marjone nazcr came from england to make her home with her aunt and the two ladies moved here from the cit store window display boosts sunshine school young s pharmac winaows are usually filled with tangible beau ty this week one of the windows is a little different beauty yes but not at first glance mr frank black has made a very descriptive poster and there arc several dif ferent pieces of literature on dis play rgarding sunshine school for retarded children an intangible beauty is brought into the lives of the children who attend this school whichisjjtteji for their own uueds which fills and develops their minds and ma kes them useful happy people parents are urged to contact the school where classes are held dai y and transportation from geor getown supplied parents are in vited to visit the school and see for themselves how happy the children are and how well they are progressing there are no tuition charges and transport lion is also free of charge your attention is directed to the win dow usd th ad in ttti issue gold cord certificates at ceremony in toronto thursday evening april 2nd was a proud evening indeed fer par ents guiders and guides when two georgetown guides carole lane and barbara kinrade received their gold cord certificates in convoca lion hall university of toronto guides from all over ontario were honoured at this very solemn and impressive ceremony mrs mu riel collen the organist gave an organ recital prior to the entrance of the gold cord guides and the official part which was followed b the national anthem and the girl guide prayer mrs k b cljs dale the provincial commissioner welcomed them on behalf of the province and mrs w rankine es bitt chief commissioner brought greetings from all canadian guides the highlight or the evening of course was the presentation of certificates b mrs j keiher mac kay wife of the lieutenant govcr nor who is the honorary prcsid ent of the ontario council girl guides association mrs w ran kine nesbit gave the address building for tomorrow taps were sounded and the huge galh ermg sang 0 canada to conclude the evening which will always re main a highlight in the lives of carole lane and barbara kinrade dawn fiebig is georgetown s onl other guide to have received the gold cord since the guiding movement has been reopened in georgetown those attending from george town were mr and mrs robert lane and terrj mr and mrs wil ham kinrade mrs robert mvatt mrs b cannell mrs ralph ursel mrs e ball tom forgrave mrs e c reed district commissioner and her secretary mrs fishbum aneka bouwman jean kitchen ka ren shortill carroll farnell and mary evans also attended attends funeral of father in the west mrs ivan haj 15 albert street has just returned from attending the funeral of her ather james turnbull who died on march25th in fiske saskatchewan mr turn bull was cightv vpars of age and had been in failing health for somt time mr turnbull and his wife the former mar beaman retired trom their farm to fiske where he was the postmaster for man vcars he is survived bv his wife two dauh lers mrs ivan haj georgetown mrs helen barrett and a son rob ert who is in northern saskatch o van tht funt ral service was conduc ted in h ndcrslcj and interment was in fri kt c meter on satur lav march 28th mrs hav btcame ill on the trip home and is confined to her home with a verv bad cas of pneumonia but is progressing met h mrs clare wilson is womens institute head the regular women s institute meeting was held in knox church hall on wednesday april 1 with a most enjoyable pot luck supper at30 the supper was followed by the business meeting and elec ion of officers mrs v rawson the president presided and in the absence of the sccrlary treasurer mrs clifford burt mrs e r ro binson was acting secretary irxa mirer the milftng opened with the wi ode and the mary stew art co lect roll call was answer ed with my favourite flower and it seemed that every sprint flower was a favorite the cor respondonce was read and dealt with a motion was passed to send 200 for membership in the hal lon children s aid society during new business mrs sew ard wilson took the chair for the election of officers who are hon orary president mrs v rawson mrs clan wilson president mrs matthews first vice president and mrs bert palmer second vice president the office of secretary treasurer was left vacant until next meeting due to the absence of the secretary treasurer mrs v rawson is district dir ector mrs r t paul pianist with mrs hrn thompson as assistant mrs h c bailey press reporter mrs albert livingstone as assist ant sick and shut in mrs norm bnjder helping hand mrs em thompson and mrs a ballantinc auditors mrs frank robinson and mrs cecil davidson mrs rawson was brought for ward and addressed b mrs it ham sinclair and mrs george campbell pinned the past prei dent s i pin oil her in recogni tion of her three cars service as president mrs v ellington ilson ver ablj gave the motto be the best of what e v er ou are mrs r t aul accompanied mrs john mc clure for her tw o solos when irish eves are smiling and keep on hoping which everj ine found delightful mrs william sinclair gave a few highlights of her recent trip to i ldnda and made evervone wish they had been j here mrs d liv mgstonc expressed the apprecia tion to all who had taken pait in the meeting and the committee who were in charge of the vqrv dc icious pot luck supper tht meeting closed with the queen union local dance some one hundre andfwt members of the united mine wor kcrs of america local 14161 at undid a dance sponsored bv the union in the legion hall tndav the luck door prize of s5 was won bv jud iloare and the win ners of four spot dances were mr dtarslev and jim stewart mr and mrs bob hall and mrs earl em oml and bob hall irk brown emceed the evening and the music for dancing was pro- wdi bv the dobonmin s lunch wtserii bj the ladits of tht icjovja the cfifnee was arranged bv the t nlcrtjinmcnl cmimitteo r inpri in president bill colluralic br wn ieon dearslcj and mrs t lireiicr hennrdy what council did engage g r bligh as engineering head council on monday engaged geoffrey raymond bhgh of new liskcard as superintendent of works and head of the town ent incering department at a monthly salary of 590 mr bltgh who will be commenc ing his new duties a month from now was one of several applicants interviewed some umeago in an swer to an advertisement for a town engineer he vwlli succeed william carr who has held the pos it ion on a part time basis for two ears since douglas wilson left for a new position since coming from england in 1957 mr bligh has been produc tion control manager for hill clark francis ltd in new lisk eard he is a graduate of the college of estate management london where he took a course in civil engineering he worked as assistant to the engineer in essex r ngland for three years before jtrving as an raf pilot during the war later was deput engineer and surveor in halstead essex and then director of a construction company in colchester a meeting between members- of the public worki and water committees and officials of the delrex developments was arrang ed to discuss water and sewer service for the new shopping cen tre on the highway town engineer william carr dis cussed wh council several ways in which these services can be sup plied explaining that some meth ods would be temporary and that it would be advantageous if pos sible to instal them to serve other parts of the area which will even tuallv be built upon public works chairman john fl liott was an opponent of meeting with dtlrtx how can we arrive at an plan if we don t know what the companv is prepared to do asked maor armstrong i know what delrex is going to ask release of more building land said cr elliott purchase of new uniforms for the fire department estimated to cost 1500 was authorized with price quotations to be sought from local firms reeve sargent expl a i ned that firemt n had previous purchased their own dress uni fornix and that he thought the town should take cart of such mat tcrs ten tables play at firemen s euchre tin tibles were in plav it a euchre sponsored bv the firemen s a in the fire department hall last tucsdav march 31st mrs norm snder won the half w av prize w hile euchre prize s went to mrs sid robin 1st ladies mrs walt richardson 2nd ladies ind ladle s travelling prize to mrs jack uthbirt mens 1st wis iko won bv a ladv mrs albert hen ncv thi month s euchre his heen planmd for tiksiiv april 28th tonite s game important tied 1all the ultimate expense riding on the flip of a coin at the local are na has been the price of a hot dog however an inconspicuous toss which took place in the sup erintendent s office immediately prior to the launching of the genr etown sundndge series last wednesday night may have cost sundndge the series the trivial gamble for the 4th home game tn the best of seven series was won by georgetown and after two games has taken on new importance since the even strength of the clubs obvious in both clashes could earn the play off the full seven games and in he two a 1 read plaved the puck has been bouncing for home team hunter s realtors outlasted the beavers in a high scoring affair here on wednesday night to pock ct the opening 10 to 7 before one of the best crowds of the pla terged lift ihe rough end of a 54 squeaker at sundndge on saturday the third game a key one is here tonight a third period goal by lorne boyer at u 57 was all sundndge needed to turn the tables and av enpe their wednesday loss boy er led the sundndge snipers win a pair white mogndge ivan o shell iiid johnstone accounted for tbe rest of the damage one fact that lightened the load of defeat was blake inglis return to the score sheet be celebrated the end of his goal ramkie with two tallies in the middle period playing coach nick fern stepped into the gap left by the absence of dave irons in the second line and triggered the other two there was one ten minute nits conduct that to rearguard dave vojce at 12 51 of the third per iod voyce was chased to the box bv noha referees after blue ing the northern air with a passage that inferred the officiating had all the straight and unslanted qua lities of the tower tit pisa jamie cunningham reached hero proportions on wednesday when he counted four goals and collec ted three assists in pacing the hunters to their 107 win junior beaumont and dave irons each notched two and bud varey and ron dixon netted singles r johnstone was the eager beaver for sundndgo with a hat er h anderson h kidd and i o shell each scored once after tonight it s back to sund ndge saturday and tbe fifth game is here on monday fans who enjoyed viewing some of the nhl playoffs in the arena lobby will join with the hockey club m thanking mcckire furn ishings and cec greenslade for the use of tbe tv aerial and line the venture has taken some of the pressure of tbe between per iods crowd off ok booth and ao has been a success two ways social anj personal mrsbob souther rr 1 has returned from a visit in edmon ton alta with her mother mrs w c stollery mrs j du n i op mrs gbrdon caselcy and mrs thomas hew son spent last weettertd in buf falo new v lac brock bradley has return ed to his rcaf base in trenton after easter leave at his borne 33 victoria street ruth mcfee of hillsburgh visi ted with shirley kovacs daughter of mr and mrs george kovacs 61 john street east mr and mrs claude kentner linda and david 23 queen street have just returned from a motor trip to st petersburg flonda julie clark of toronto has been visiting with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs don mills 92 mc- intyre crescent mr and mrs n o mcleod and bill of sudbury visited with mrs w j roe rr 1 georgetown re cently mr and mrs syd orr 4 market st have returned from a winter vacation in florida which they spent at belleair beach mrs reuben eason of campbell ford is visiting in town this week with her parents mr and mrs joseph carter main street n mr and mrs wheldon emmer son smiths falls spent the eas ter holiday with her mother mrs thomas hewson 28 maple ave west mr and mrs rex heslop and rex jr flew to nassau bahamas for the easter holidays and have just returned to their home at heslop court ralph falkingham 90 mclntyre crescent has had a former genr danny martin son of m and mrs rpbcrt martin churchill crescent is home on two weeks leave from camp shilo manitoba danny is a member of the canad ian provost corps and wril be re turning to a new posting in cal gary magistrate and mrs kenneth m langdon 2 edith st have return ed from a winter holiday at lido beach florida their son brian and his cousin bob chandler of toronto flew down to join them for the easter holidays motoring home with them peter hayes son of mr and gear hayes held a party for his teammates of st mikes the peewee hockey team at 8 ewing street on good friday evening about ten boys attended after a few rounds of games the boys en joyed hot dogs and ice cream cpl and mrs ted kerr and their three children were recent visitors from ottawa at the home of his sister mrs ron kitchen 83 mclntyre crescent cpl kerr is being transferred very shortly by the rcaf to no 1 air division station at zweibrucken germany miss lillian potts from the bel leville school for the deaf has been visiting with heather hayes of 8 ewing street over the easter holidays and had a fifteenth birth day party saturday april 4th her guests were pat hyde linda hamilton jeanette dedikind gwen and lorraine ford lynn emmer son gerry armstrong and john stopper heather peter ann and eton hayes on saturday a party at his home 5 mcgilvray crescent cele brated the fifth birthday of billy son of mr and mrs j k david son his guests were billy kel- ectown ro isung with hujui t for lh easier hnhh s j guyett ro- wife three sisters mourn samuel ross samuel earl ross died in lon i don on march 31st after being in ill health for six ears mr rossj was bom in london the son of alice ward and john ross august i 1st 1887 he lived in george town for about ten years when he was quite joung he moved to walkcrville where he was super intendent of eaton s automotive division until the time of his ill ncss his wife the former elsie simp son of walkcrville survives him three sisters two of whom live in georgetown survive him mrs george adams george st mrs robert muir john street and mrs alice colbert of fergus funeral service was conducted from the needhmm memorial chapel at 11 o clock on thursday apnl 2nd rev dr william bar clay was the officiant interment was in detroit crematorium mrs muir mrs adams and jim valantine attended tbe fnneral m london saturday night will be tbe big annual skating carnival in the arena this is a wonderful ekbtb- iuon of our local talent dont fail to tee it for the easter holidays stan brownlee jean kovacs spent a few days with rev and mrs george wilson of hillsburgh jean is fhedaugh ter of mr and mrs george ko vacs 61 john street east mrs thomas hewson sr bel fountain has been visiting with her daughter in law mrs thomas htwson 28 maple avenue west while visiting in town mrs hew son celebrated her 88th birthday mr and mrs steve emmerson ktvin and mr an 1 mrs john zions atu nded the funeral of mrs emmerson s mother mrs i asse- lin of vaileyfield quebec last week mr and mrs emmerson live at 16 sarah street miss jim- wardtv smiths falls spent the easter holidays with the ivan elliotts her mother 13 temple road mrs elliott and heather ann returned to smiths falls with her and they will visit with the wheldon emmersons mirarct ibbotson daughter of mr and mrs f ibbotson glen williams will be sailing for eng i ind on monday april 13 aboard llu l rinthia htr parents and brothti uwrinci will motor with hi r 1 1 m inlrtal mr and mrs leonard lloyd 11 normandy blvd and mr and mrs gordon lane 10 normandy blvd were among those from town who wont to goderich to see the lo cal pee wee all stars compete in the little canada tournament mrs arthur wilson victoria street has just returned from clearwater florida where she has spent two weeks with mr and mrs omer wilson her son and their three sons john brian and brent the trip was made by plane miss lvnn fmmcrson spent the easter holidavs with her parents mr and mrs john emmerson 181 main st n and her grandmother mrs william hayes sr 71 main st n lynn is attending school in belleville mr and mrs george h leslie r r 4 returned last week after a pleasant holiday in the south they flew to bermuda and nassau on march 15lh then to miami beach and report excellent wca ther for their whole trip patti wuson daughter of flying officer and mrs john wilson ot edmonton alberta who is a pu pil in the brantford school for the blind spent her easter holidays in georgetown with her aunts and uncles mr and mrs floyd hilts glen williams and mr and mrs- hugh wyhe john street on thursday night coach herb hancock entertained the provid ence team of the kid hockey lea gue at his home in glen williams the boys aaw films and played games the evening concluding with lunch thos attending were alan wheeler david howard roy vlnall robert paul keith hill don ellison don calder jeter mcnamara glenn broomhead esdle severs barry smith and bmy bxbmton bert ashman brian pollock paul gibson david hethenngton rod ney alcorn and peter lynch a successful year in winch they played 40 games ended for the bantam all star hockey team when they were entertained by mr and mrs whelburn march- ment 12 john st w at a supper party last week sweaters were presented by the team at the party to manager jack gudgeon and coach fred harrison jr in appreciation of their work for the team several pupils of kenneth r harrison arct rmt recently tried their mid winter exainin ations at the royal conservatory of music those trying their vocal examinations were barbara evans grade one honours david farnell grade 2 firstclass hon ours alan emerson grade 8 hon ours mary mcnamara tried and successfully passed her grade 5 in piano heatherann hayward tried grade 4 harmony and pass ed with honours barbara cunn ingham grade 4 counterpoint and grade 5 history donna mcmii lin the teachers written paper for arct vocal which she passed with honours figure skaters are successful in tests here seventy six percent of the figure skating tests tried at the arena on monday march 30th were suc cessful shirley sills of hamilton figure skating club mary jane force of the guclph college figure skat ing club and d l kimpcl of the gait figure skating uub were he judges of the six classes which drew entries from georgetown orangeville milton and new ham burg successful in the preliminary dance canasta tango were ray archer gail pries karen shor till jane bradley elizabeth david son philipine macdonald lee nolan carol lacky bonnie brand ford dorothy oates susan trott vivian perry bill oates jacque line bowel 1 carroll farnell shar on swales virginia terry anne peterson barbara strenskey mari lyn brock barbara wallace sheila wallace heather marchment and judith calder preliminary dance- the dutch waltx ray archer pat barrager pat sargent bonnie norton doro thy oates and karen shortill preliminary dance swing dance ray archer bronze dance fiesta tango kathy macmillan and gale livingstone willow waltx kathy macmillan all of the above skaters will be taking part in the annual rhap sody- on lee being staged by the georgetown figure skating club at georgetown arena on saturday april lltb which will star our 1909 canadian senior i