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twelve pages aothorixad at sacond clan mail post offica dapt ottawa georgetown ont wedi y june 3rd 1959 first section car windshields weatherstripping is product of new georgetown firm standard products canada lim ited expect to be in production in georgetown in july th windsor firm which is es tablishing a branch in town in a highway factory leased from del- rex developments will produce glasswork tor the ford motorco windows windshields and weath- erstripping andrew c lyon vice president and general manage of the com pany says that the georgetown branch will initially have 35 ei j ployees who of a few key men coming windsor will be locally hired by the yearend it is possible the work force might be expanded to 60 the company will use all the fa cilities of the factory which con tains 16300 feet of space it has been empty since built except for use as a sunday school by st nicholas anglicans in windsor standard products produces rol led metal parts bindings and wea ther strippings lor the automotive industry prior to deciding on georgetown the company men made several scouting trips to town besides mr lyon c w parish company engineer and n nagorsen of the sales staff were in contact with w f hunter real estate which assis ted the firm in looking over var ious locations dinner party- marks ladys 90th birthday another georgetown resident passed one of lifes important mile stones when mrs maude robin son 23 edith st celebrated her 90h birthday on may 29th for the occasion her daughter msss marion robinson planiicd a dinner party guests were mrs robinsons brother homer and mrs dicn of woodstock mr and mrs a m- nieisen of town and mi and mrsmjeoglas wright df tuionio vrs wright was joy e williaim when shernade her hjme with the rcbinsons during her stay in town a georgetown resident since 1937 the former maude dixon was born on the town ln ail- son after her marriage to albert robinson they farmed on the 5th line trafalgar retiring in 1937 to move here mr robinson died in 1943 interested in painting mrs robinson was an art pupil of w j l forrester of norval and in earlier days was proficient as an equestrian what council did hyde lone opponent as okay given for 40000 delrex roads a 40000 road surfacing pro gram in parts of the delrex sub division recommended by town engineer geoffrey btigh as adopt ed by council monday over vche- with the exception mdnt protests ot cr em hyde from who termed it a 40000 dust lay ing job im in favour of delrex having good roads but i dont favour tak ing a 40000 gamble he said explaining that in his opinion there is no body in the roads to hold the prime and chip treatment slated for them mr hyde stood alone as a re corded vote indicated the mayor and eight other council members favouring the plan tenders for the work appear in this issue of the herald streets to be done in clude parts of prince charles rex- way campbell gibbons mclntyre sargent bairstow norton mc- gilvray hale mackenzie dale and graystreels road chairman walter gray ex plained that the cost to the town will be halved as a 507 govern ment subsidy will be paid on the work dust laying has been a cost ly process he said pointing to an 880 account just passed at the meeting cr fred harrison who seconded mr grays motion point ed out that last fall council had okayed a similar plan only to have winter weather postpone it are the roads we arc talking about the same ones that we talked about regarding crowning and ditching this spring asked cr hyde that work has been done re plied the deputy reeve th new surface will make a good road and meets highway department specifications the same department okayed the roads last fall was cr hydes reply and then told us this spring they were a mess i cant approve spending this money on roads which went to pot this spring and will do so again next year deputy reeve gray said council could not keep on spending money on dust laying grading potholes then dust laying again at this point cr hyde brought up the question of a new dust material which had been tried and found not to contain the proper propor tions the company engaged for the job has promised an adjust ment on this and cr hyde is con vinced that when the right mat erial is used it will be fine he urged that this be tried before any hard surfacing wc have to do something to deal with the complaints we re- ceive from delrex residents and they arc justified too said mr gray cr harrison said that an ice and water problem on shelley and edward streets this spring had not affected hard surface roads there fid the same thing should apply in the new areas drainage problems are some thing which can only be solved by storm sewers he said but that is another matter altogether when do we reach the ultimate goal of good roads asked cr mcgilvray people cant be ex pected to wait and wait and theyll wait a long time for storm sew- crs lets grade the ditches on delrex blvd too and give them hard surfacing asked by cr mcgilvratwhcn delrex roads would be up to his specifications cf ttynitteplled- we waited years in other parts on maple ave and is to be used as an entranceway to the dairy building he said mr harrisons suggestion ad vertise property on james st for sale found favour only with his seconder deputy reeve gray nursing graduates knocks outguard rails truck lands in ditch james stark of rr 3 george town escaped injury friday morn ing when the truck he was driving plunged into the north ditch on no 10 sideroad and clipped off a section of guard rail finally collid ing with a hydro pole mr stark was driving his 1959 chev dumptruck east on the side- road when the wheels caught a soft section of the shoulder and pulled the vehicle off the travelled part of the road the accident oc curred between the 2nd and 3rd y lines esquesing and damaged the truck to the extent of an estimated s200 according to opp cst wil liam bennett who investigated the time of the accident was approximately 905 am liberals rally at stewarttown euchre there was a large turnout at the euchre and dance sponsored by esquesing liberals last night in stewarttown hall lady prize win ners for the ladies were mrs lil lian foster and mis erwin lewis and for the gents joe wickson and oscar locker presidenl lome bird chaired the meeting which followed and the candidate owen mullin was introduced by maurice mandersob mr mullin said he was a young man with a new viewpoint and energy for the job he said that on june 11th halton would be electing young blood to the legis lature who would speak jup for halton county he touched on various subjects of interest to the farmers including bettor mar keting practices he favoured amalgamation instead of social personal mr t l mabce brantford is spending a week with mr and mrs maurice herbert 22 hewson crescent mrs william staines and baby daughter lee ann of ottawa are spending the month with her fam ily the bert carneys of norval mrs donat martin of callander is visiting in town with mr and mrs rene martin 38 byron st and mr and mrs joe martin and mrs thomas grieve 25 queen st miss doris armstrong of the nursing staff of johns hopkins hospital baltimore md spent a few days this week with her par ents mr and mrs fred arm strong 11 mcnabb st hazcn allen assistant principal and grade 7 teacher at chapel sl school has been ill at his home in mornings mills with rheumatic fever during his absence a for mer staff member mrs bob borland is replacing him on the teaching staff assessment commissioner jos gibbons spent a few days in ot tawa recently where he attended the convention of the association of assessing officers arthur ben ton limehousc who occupies a similar position in esquesing town ship also attended the convention sgt m a carinichael mcteorol ogical officer at halifax n s was a visitor in town last week with mr and mrs thomas warnes 2 churchill crescent the men were wartime buddies in london eng land and sgt carmiehael called on several other servicemen in town whom he had known o er seas miss madrec jones of hamilton bermuda is a guest this week lh dtanne hillock 1 king st madrec dianne and mr bruce westwood spent sunday at alma college st thomasboth girls are graduates of the college miss jones is now studying at the bos ton museum of arts boston mass and miss hillock is studying inter ior design at ryerson bradford price son of mr and mrs basil r price 13 elizabeth street celebrated his sixth birth day with a party held at the home of his grandmother mrs gertrude hawke 56 waterloo st brant- ford on saturday may 30th the young guests were entertained at a theatre party and later re turned to enjoy a birthday supper and games those attending were richard alcock jimmy and johnny zimon ronnieand rickej lheurcux and jeffrey steer dianne harrison donna bennett irene inch mary barber three girls from town and one exresident were among grad uales who received their nursing diplomas recently dianne daughter of councillor fred harrison donnajdaughter of mr and mrs harold bennett and irene daughter of mr and mrs forrest inch of palmerston graduated frorrtttjosephs hospital school of nursing guelph mary daughter of mr and mrs keith barber graduated from toronto general hospital school of nursing received her diploma on may 21st at convocation hall university of toronto of town until roadbeds were ready for surfacing we should wait here too 1 know nothing about roads and id like to know whose opin ion we should take remarked cr anne currie this is our engineers opinion said cr harrison has our engineer made an more thorough a sludy of the road than the highway engineers asked cr hjde sale of two town properties annexjcame up for discussion one de prominent in many ladies organizations after an illness of a year mrs opal reynolds deamude died in toronto east general hospital on thursday may 28th1959 mrs deamude was bom in georgetown the daughter of mr and mrs ed ward mcwhirter both of whom predeceased her she attended georgetown public and high schools and later on was on the office staff of the old provincial paper mill where she met and married william reynolds they moved to thorold and then to tort arthur where they lived for twen ty five years before comingback to georgetown mr reynolds died fie years ao mrs deamude was very active in the womens organization- of kno presbyterian church the arts and craft- of foriietwn a past noble rand of verdun reh ekah lodge a member of i he count es of slrathmore iode where hft in their work in the baby clinic she was also active on the george town night sthool committee in september of last year she and mr frank deamude were married and moved to their new home in port credit mr deamude survives his wife as does a sister gladys mrs t j a ferrusson burlington rev alex calder officiated at the funeral service held at the harold c mcclure funeral home on saturday may 30th at two oclock among the pallbearers were ernesi forgrave sam mac kenzie john bus herb perrin and thomas mcwhirter interment was in greenwood cemetery geor getown mrs annie bunton dies afterfour yearsillness after an illness of four years mrs annie jackson bunton died on saturday may 23rd tflus at st josephs hospital guelph mrs bunton had made her home in georgetown with her sister mrs wesley lane 12 normandy blvd for the past fifteen or twenty- years mrs bunton is survived by sis ters maine mrs m aim of van couver stella mrs j daniels vancouver pearl mrs weslej lane of georgetown and lydia mrs j macaluso of chicago 111 and brothers sidney of swift cur rent ljman of wallacehurg and leslie of san diego california funeral service was conducted by rev alex calder at the harold c mcclure funeralhme 34 ed ith st georgetown on monday may 25th at two oclock inter ment was in greenwood cemetery three nephews were pallbearers rene martin del beaumont e w scarlett robert lane lome peters and john schcrlzl were alo pall bearers engagements mr and mrs robert w cunn ingham of georgetown announce the engagement of their daughter marilyn anne th mr blake baxter son of mr and mrs alexander baxter 52 king street george town the marriage will take place on june 27th in the presby terian church norval at three ueluck ation for the lower part of the prided in the affirmative and the county if the people wanted eith- other vetoed er he would work to give less a 400 purchase offer from controltothe ontario municipal irwin nobc r a t of land board and more to the people of behind his georgetown dairy the provuee and would support building was accepted and a by- the wintermeyer program for lrlaw ordered prepared to complete ger school grants and better edu- the transaction cr harrison ex- cation plained that a larger tract of land a meetthecandtdates wife af- had been advertised lor sale last ternoon was planned for george- year but offers fhad not been high towns liberal eonunitteerootna on enough to consider sale in this friday afternoon of this week case the triangle has no frontage accident in glen cttvilliam bennett of the county detachment opp estimated damage at 300 to a 1955 dodge driven by mrs jean finlay of limehouse in an accident on no 20 sideroad at the 9lh line glen williams friday mominjn mrs finlay was making a turn into prestons grocery when her child riding in the front seat of the car clutched the steering wheel veering the car into a hydro pole no injuries resulted from the mis hap wkich was reported at 9 40 a m bedroom gutted firemen avert further damage a fire which is believed to have started from a smouldering cig arette gutted one bedroom and caused damage estimated at 700 jo the arietta st home of mr and mrs jack hamilton sunday after noon mr hamilton was napping downstairs and his daughter linda was watching tv in th- living room when they heard the crackling of burning wood above their heads when they checked ihc upstairs flames were licking up the bedroom walls and had parted to burn throughinto the attic mrs hamilton was at the comer grocery store when the fire ballinafao business change takes family to sllvercreek mr and mrs archie iwr- visi ted at victoria harbour oer the weekend mr and mrs e smili spent sunday with friends around bel- wood mr and mrs m mclaughlin and family visited over the week end with relatives at kilsyth in the owen sound district mr bert mcmenemy has leased his business at the shell service station to mr terry hammond who lives in the village here he and his family will be moving shor tly to silvercreek and we wish them luck in their new venture following a well earned holiday mr and mrs mcmenemy will be moving to a house along the high way which they have purchased and so will not be going too far away from the community in which they have carried on busin ess for a number of years mr and mrs murray mcbride have been in hamilton since last wednesday attending the united church conference sessions and the rev duncan foster occupied the pulpits of all three churches on the charge on sunday the young people met at ballinafad church on sunday evening when mr murray coles of acton was the speaker congratulations to miss beth mcenery who was presented with the provincial honours in the homemakers club at the achieve ment day held at milton last sat urday many festivities for graduating nurse guests attending the graduation of diane harrison daughter of mr fred harrison and grand- broke out much of the furniture was saved from posible water damage hj neighbours who rushed to the burning house at the firt signs of smoke when the tiremcn arrived the flame- were feeding on the rafters and had built up a heat pressure that the firemen had to relieve by chopping a hole in ihe roof most of the damage was confined lo the upper portion of the house however some of the downstairs rooms suffered water and smoke iamage daughter of mrs samwalker when she graduated from the school of nursing of st josephs hospital guelph on thursday may 28th were rev and mrs kenneth richardson mr and mrs harold henry mr and mrs ted arnold mr and mrs f harrison mr bert harrison and mrs shortill of brampton mr and mrs der rick dodgson and their daughter patricia of toronto miss margie mottram mr and mrs william potts kiuhener mr and mrs george walker mrs sam walker mr and mrs wilf mills islington and proven wylie of guelph fred harrison jr and karen norton following the graduation exer cises mr and mrs ted arnold entertained their niece and these guests at tea at the north halton golf and country club after the tea several of the guests attended the dinner and dance in honour of the graduating class dl paradise gardens in guelph following the dance mr and mrs fred harrison entertained the graduating class and lheir eseorts at their home at wildwood graduation ceremonies at st josephs hospjtal two local girls donna bennett daughter of mr and mrs harold bennett 35 water st and diane harrison daughter of mr and mrs fed harrison wildwood and irene inch daughter of former lo cal police constable forrest inch and mrs inch now of palmerston were feted many times during busy week of banquets and recep tions given for the graduating class of nurses at sl josephs hos pital guelph during the week prior to graduation on thursday may 21st the class were the guests of honour at a banquet arranged by the hospital ladies auxiliary at the cutten club guelph and on sunday a mother and daughter tea was held for them in the nurses residence the following evening the alumni spon sored a second banquet in the coop banquet hall guelph graduation day thursday may 28th started with breakfast with the sisters the graduation exerci ses were held in the main hall of the oac and teawas served for the families and guems downstairs after the ceremony a formal gra duation ball at paradise gardens the same evening concluded the crowded schedule mccandless low net bob zekc mccandless carded a low net of 30i at the mens ball sweep golf tourney held at the north halton golf country club on wednesday some thirty duffers took part in the sweep which saw jack pennock nail down the second spot with a 33 net score while ross norton ad rank wallace tied at 34i complete studies at college news item misses one communicant a news item in last weeks he- aid told of 52 children who recei ved first communion at holy cross rc church in the list of names one was in advertently omitted from the re port the missing member was sean bilsborrow son of- mcand mrs jim bilsborrow 6 rexway dr david hart ray anderson sandy mackenzie three graduates of georgetown high school have c their higher education and entered the business world david hart son of mr and mrs jack hart now of st catharines received his bachelor of arts degree at the university of western ontario on saturday he is working with the finance department of shell oil co in toronto ray son of mr and mrs clarence anderson terra corta received his bsc pharmdegxee from the faculty of pharmacy university of toronto and is with wards pharmacy in brampton sandy son of mr and mrs sam mackenzie has joined the j b mackenzie son firm in town after graduating from ryerson institute of technology new group promotes lacrosse revival canadas neglected national sport is experiencing a revival in georgetown thanks to a recently formed committee of men interes ted in boys sports who call them selves the georgetown mirior la crosse club some of the men on the commit tee have senior lacrosse experience to pass on xo the youngsters in a coaching capacity and others have sufficient knowledge of the game to give valuable assistance the boys have been playing at the are na twice weekly and the encourag ing attendance made the project worth the time put into it by the organizers comprising the executive are chairman waller asseltine secre tary herb robinson treasurer roy norton sr and committee harold bairstow jerry morgan jerry perkins sheldon lawr and roy snell thursdays schedule 8 to 10 years 630 to 715 1012 years 715 to 8700 13 years and over 800 to 9 saturdays schedule 810 yrs 1 to 200 10 to 12 yrs 2 to 300 13 years and over 300 to 400 truckers uninjured pensons corners smash a two truck collison at pensons corners monday damaged trucks uttvbh by wilfred dickieson of guelph and weldon trenholm ot georgetown to the cxtentopf al- most 1700 acco to opp csl raj- andrcss who investigated the smash the dickieson vehicle a 1957 international tractor trailer owned by crawford transport guelph suffered the brunt of the damage an estimated 1500 worth dam age to the smaller truck a 1956 ford dump owned by east end excavator toronto was placed at 150 the transport was south bound on no 7 highway and the dump truck proceeding east on no 30 sidoroad when they collided at approximately 220 pm luckily neither driver was ser iously injured in the crash halton federal member home from hospital sandy best the pc member of parliament has returned to his du ties at ottawa after a brief stay in hospital last week mr best underwent a minor op eration last week and has been convalescing at borne for a few days but returned to his parliam entary duties in the house of commons last monday evetfftg