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the georgetown herald rst section authorized aa second clan mall post office dept ottawa georgetown ont wednesday july 8th 1959 what council did seelv permission traffic light at highwayjohn tin worried about traffic dan ger atthe john st highway cross ing especially with children going to the swimming pool said mayor r armstrong monday as ke told council he would like to apply to the dcpt ot highways for per mission to have traffic lights at the corner councjl agreed with the needa previous attempt to have lights two years ago failed when the department made a traffic survey and said they were not necessary cr hyde said he thinks left turns from water st onto the highway should be barred and also wondered if an island could be established in front of the new canadian tire building with right- turning traffic angling onto the highway through one lane cr harrisons suggestion thai gray coach lines be contacted t reroute buses down maple ave and main st s met short shrift from the mayor id like you to make that a resolution so i can vote against it he said streets in the park district will receive their sealing surface coat this summer with acceptance of a 9034 tender from peel construc tion it was lowest of four receiv ed for the job still discussing resurfacing main street which will be possible only if debenture money can be found cr hyde said he would like tq in- estigate every possibility of widen ing if the job is done the engi neer was asked to make a future report if victoria st or victoria ave has to be renamed for postal de livery cr hyde suggested one of them become massey drive in hon our of the visit to town this year of the governorgeneral m shows inventions on tabloid tv show the cbctv program tabloid was particularly interesting to lo cal viewers one evening last week when they saw bob souther in terviewed with a group of inven tormembers of the canadian re search development associ ation mr souther who with his wife and family lived until recently at wildwood they are now living in the city demonstrated bis iron mole an underground drilling machine which he has successfully used in etobicoke township for installing wateriines it has been on the market for six years he also showed interviewer max fer guson a clothes line tightener which he hopes to introduce com mercially displaying another side of his inventiveness he had an opportunity also tell about the childrens stories he writes about flit the butterfly- some of which he has recorded inventions shown by other mem bers of the association on the pro gram included a new type of chairbed a light switch using less parts than those presently in use swim fins and a flying chipmunk gadget for children exmeaford mayor was minister here in 30s minister of knx and limehouse presbyterian churches in the thir ties and a former moderator of the synod of montreal and ot tawa dr allan l howard died recently at- swqaborg near wood stock he was 86 dr howard was bom at bond head and graduated from knox college toronto in 1903 during fifty years in the ministry he serv ed in cayuga kemptville nap- anee simcoe meaford george town and vankleek hill while he was at vankleek hill in 1925 he served as moderator for three years prior to his re crement in 1953 he was mayor of aford dr howard is survived by his wife and three daughters limehouse saskatchewan minister to preach here sunday rev w j lane minister of plenty united church in saskalch ewan will preach at limehouse presbyterian church july 12th communion services were con ducted by rev a calder last sun day visitors mrs e geary of toronto with the james nobles last weekend rev and mrs w j lane and family of plenty sask with the a w bentons while visiting his relatives in the district carol and margaret longstreet of mimosa spent last week with the linhams mr and mrs stewart smith of weston with the pattersons mrs roy culp is progressing fa vourably in guelph general hos pital following an operation linda lin ham is holidaying at oakville this week mrs roughley visited at peter borough on sunday mr and mrs james sr and mr and mrs chas james and family attended the james reunion picnic at gait on july 4th chas james jr is spending holl days at copetown assistant manager transferred home assistant manager at the local branch of the beaver lumber company ltd for the past year and a half martin avey is the new assistant manager at the com panys brantford branch he made the move there three weeks ago for mr avey the transfer car i ries overtones of a homecoming since it was at brantford that he lived and started with the beaver chain prior to his move here he i lived at rr1 glen williams for a time and later took up residence j in town on prince charles dr his wife eileen and two chil dren tommy and nancy are still here but will be joining mr ave in brantford shortly two war veteran was lumber firm employee auer being in ill health for se veral years frank mcdonald 44 main st north died in st jos ephs hospital guelph on sunday june 28 in his seventieth year mr mcdotiald was born in the township of nssagawcya the son of the late mary jlume and ronald mcdonald he lived in this district all his life with the exception or theyears dur ing the 1st world war and the sec ond world war he served overseas from 1916 to 1919 with the 3rd can adian division ammunition comp any of the canadian field artillery and with the veterans guard from 1940 to 1945 he was stationed in mimico monteith bowmanville and chatham coming to town in 1913 he had worked for j b mackenzie son ltd until his retirement he was a member of orion odd fellows lodge and verdun rebckah lodge and a member of the halton chapter ram members of the orion and verdun lodges held a memorial service at the funeral home on tuesday evening mr mcdonald being unable to work for the past ten years due to his health enjoyed his quiet life of gardening and reading alvin and wilfred mr mcdonald was a presbyterian and rev alex calder conducted the funeral ser vice at the harold c mcclure fun eral home 34 edith street geor getown on wednesday afternoon at two oclock pallbearers were ken neth kirkwood jim and tom mcdonald hume foxton chisholm hume and douglas curry those comprising the guard of honour and flower bearers were com rades walton watson tully and allen aubrey grant and jim col lier represented the odd fellows interment was in greenwood cem etery georgetown kinsmen to wash cars in town on saturday the local kinsmen club will be setting up shop at thethrec ser vice stations in town on satur day july nth from 9 am to 6 pm when they launch their giant car washarama the club is hoping- to wash every car in georgetown for a dollar a car with the proceeds slated for local service work the energetic kin in their short time in operation here have alreadv equipped a play ground at the swimming pool and have had a large hand in other community work they are sure local car owners ill cooperate to assist them what council did- report service clubs would assist swim fees local service clubs are willing to assist families who cannot af- ford to pay the entrance charges to the community swimming pool it was reported at mondays coun cil meeting during a discussion on cost of operating the pool the previous monday mr i james turnbull main st n hau urged consideration to reducing the 15c fee pointing out that people with large families and others where a man is unemployed could not afford to send their children to the pool ver often the mayor delegated deputy reeve- gray and cr harrison who represent council on the commun ity centre board which has charge of the pool lo bring the question before the board they were also asked to find- out why the swim ming instruction fee had been raised to 500 this season at mondays meeting cr har rison said that after discussing the matter with the board he thinks thefee is sensible aside from the need for revenue the poof oper ates on a selfsustaining basis if he is survived by two brothepffthe price were lowered or taken off he said the pool would not oe able to handle the daily crowd and some children would still be deprived of swimming even with the charge on two occasions last week admission had to be restrict ed when the crowds got too large he count inued the instruction fee works out to lie per half hour he pointed out also which he con siders a reasonable charge for ex pert instruction reason for the fee rise was to cover an 800 operating deficit last season he said protesting that trucks from a neighbouring business operate at all hours of the night and interfere with sleeping in his home james bail lie 63 edward st was p by the maor that the town has no bylaw which covers such a situation frankly 1 cannot give you an answer he said as the matter was referred to the police com mittee for tlgation builder james h lyons saidhe had received a bill for installing water and sewer laterals into a lot on princess anne dr which he had purchased from the town and had thought these were in stalled when he made the pur chase cr harrison explained that the installation had beenjnade earlier this uterriatest service project becau5 the l s opportune i but that a service charge must be made as it would be on any other new lot in town tenders were called for paint ing the apartment in the firehall six picnic tables were ordered for the park public works chairman john elliott was asked to investigate the area of the dis- atoms blank ymca team from brampton georgetowns bantam soccer hearts added another big notch to their rapidly growing win column last night when they blanked bramptons ymca team 6 to 0 after seven starts the hearts now j posal plant where it is claimed show five wins against only two i garbage is being illegally dumped setbacks and are pressing mimico j an amber and red flasher for the lead j light will be installed at the maple- michael pratt was jumped from main corner where cr anne the atom club to take a regular currie pointed out there pot with the seniors last night dangerous intersection and his performance was particu- j larlyvcasing to the coaching staff with opening of delrex market the bantams take on oakville at centre soon council decided to the park this saturday reduce the speed limit on the social personal mr and mrs joseph lake of powassan were visitors one day last week with his sister mrs a h feller anil mr feller 2 emery street mrs jack gcrrie and her grand daughter lynn gerrie of 125 e3- vastan drive toronto are visitors with mrs s b groat 33 victoria street mrs william gtrdwood todd and don phoenix arizona re visiting with her mother mrs elizabeth mccrae 26 market st for a few weeks mr and mrs harold gollop ner val and mrs lillian munsey san francisco california attended the funeral of their brotherinlaw mr james taylor in guelph onsatur- day miss norma smith norval returned from a twoweek motor trip with mr and mrs g wiles and their daughter sandra of weston which took them through florida and included a stay at miami mrs l jamieson north bay and her two children have been visiting her parents mr and mrs a e taylor 5 hewson crescent last week mrs jamieson is a former member of the north hal- ton health unit staff douglas hazel son of mr and mrs victor hazel norval was one of the men chosen for the navy guard of honour for queen eliza beth while she was in ottawa douglass ship is hmcs stada- cona and he is now in halifax miss etla hume hamilton visit ed with linda cuthbert daughter of mr and mrs jack cuthbert 43 churchill crescent last week linda returned to hamilton with her friend for a few days so a to be in hamilton to sect he queen miss gail mcgilvray of london spent the weekend with her par ents mr and mrs garfield mc gilvray 8 guelph st her sister carol returned to london with her to spend this week with janet plumb janet expects to spend next week here mrs bob hardman 8 normandy blvd will be spending two weeks july 4th to july 18th at lake of two rrvers algonquin park with the monarciyark district scout troop of toronto there arc eigh teen american scouts visiting wi them from new castle pei the duration of the camp george dickson son of mr and mrs george dickson 26 windsor road recently celebrated his four th birthday with a party for his friends his guests were ian and margaret hogg brianmcleish gary hole judy hart and bis sis ter lynda mr and mrs marry havelock his godparents came from toronto for the occasion what council did disagree union contract call on conciliator social personal visiting with mr and mrs bob hardman 8 normandy blvd over the weekend were scout master glen crawford of the 138th troop toronto area commissioner w c henderson toronto- and rover commissioner howard harper of scarboro mrs norman smith 1 king st e and miss pat berry 4 clcave- holm drive were in ottawa during the queens visit mrs smiths son david was a member of the navy section of the honour guard which toured to several cities with the royal party mr and mrs d h powers and linda 144 rexway dr attended the 38th annual convention of the society of industrial and cost ac countants of canada held from june 29th to july 1st at ute al gonquin hotel st andrews-by- thesea nb mr and mrs m kalsbeek nor val have just returned from a six week visjt back to their homeland holland mr and mrs kalsbeek made the trip over on the maas- den while there they visited many parts of holland visiting with their brothers and sisters and relatives and friends engagements mr and mrs kenneth t harris r r 2 georgetown announce the engagement of their daughter evelyn arlene to mr graeme charles anthony bates son of mr and mrs h clifford bates of wil- lowdale the marriage will take place on saturday august the first at three oclock in first bap tist church mr and mrs joseph sauve of penetang ont announce the com ing marriage of their daughter elaine ann to james inglis low son of mr and mrs lr-tfal- low georgetown the marriage will take place on saturday au gust the first in st johns united church georgetown at twothiry iciock 1 highway to 35 miles from moun- tainview rd to the eastern limits a 6 inch water line will be ex tended into the park to provide better service to the fall fair building have better fire protec lion and make it possible to flood a skating rink in the winter maor armstrong also suggested that street lights should be placed from the park entrance to the grandstand and cr harrison point ed out the need of street lights on princess anne before next winter allstar game ends in 4aii deadlock intermittent rain put the dam per on the industrial all star game at the park on sundav after noon after the league old timers and the first half all stan- had pla cd four innn to a 4all dead lock the batter of telford and hurst added a touch of youth to the vet eran lineup which boasted bung ward at lt ted king at 2nd bil ritchie at short andy ritchie at 3rd george chaplin in right field nick brown in left and another youngster george burlngton in centre cassidy and pete fomeroy shar ed the pitching dunes for the all- stars with dave leslie behind the plate blake ingli was at 1st bill hewitt at 2nd jamie cunning ham at short bob freestone at 3rd bud varey in left field elmer fendley in right and ton zi 10 in centre rocky lorusso corraled the old timers for their post trtirement splash and opposition was hand picked byiegue president jim ford- the 25 proceeds netted in a silver collection are earmarked for the hospital fund and a vni lax stint is being tossed around b the executive for some time later in the season mps wife and son royal banquet guests in the absence of his father who was ill frank hall son of halton pp stanley hall attended with his mother the provincial dinner for queen elizabeth n and prince philip the duke of edinburgh at the royal york hotel during the royal couples brief stay in queen city an mpp who was in attendance fred edwards of palmerston is a former georgetown druggist and the local connection is strci ed even more by the presec of the mayor of new toront russell who is a norval native dr and mrs charles best were also on the guest list but the father of county mp sandy best was unable to leave his work in england and had to decline the invitation unable to agree od wage scales and a closed shop the town and local 73 of the national unon nf public sefviee7employees have ubmitted the matter to conciliation it was learndd at mondays court cil meeting reporting for councils admin istration committee mayor arm- strong said the two parties had been unable lo agree and a letter from union representative f kitchen relayed the same informa tion both have agreed to accept a conciliator from the dept of labour who will attempt to bring agreement on the issues at- stake dinner party tendered glen school graduates students of the graduating class at glen williams public scdool were honoured by the home and school association at a dinner party in st albans parish hall on june 26th the pupils so hon oured were glen cooper abel frankruyter stephen hancock gcorgina hocsch karen jcorzack bill klooster alice meyer betty ann preston jack thompson shirley and evelyn vonsolkema each of the girls was presented with a corsage and each one ol them will receive a photo of the graduating class during dinner several members of the class pro posed toasts and replied suitably to them the members of the class presented the school with a land scape painting which will be hung along with their class picture after dinner the group moved to the public school which the guest speaker mr r f bornhold the school inspector spoke he took the word graduation and broke it down into letters each letter having a special meaning to the graduating student friends parents of the students were present for this portion of the evening mr bornhold presented each student with his diploma special dinner guests were mr and mrs r f bornhold mr and j mrs robert cunningham chair- i man of the esqucsing area school i board mr and mrs desmond earl j rev and mrs john rath bone mr i and mrs ralph mckeown mrs a presswood mrs g somerville and i mrs g kidney car avoids collision hits ditch roofdown a port credit resident who i swerved his car to avoid hitting another car in front of him mon day wound up in the ditch after the 19s0t meteor he was driving flipped over on its roof john keith bonskih of 36 mis sissauga rd port credit was west bound on guelph st and was op posite the maple ave intersection whejv he veered to one side to event the collision the wheels struck some loose gravel and the car rolled into the east ditch paralleling maple ave the accident occurred at about 6 pm and was investigated by cst ron rankine there were no injuries eileen oates bride in st georges ceremony hxht ctoss s9arate school established a first women they are members erf the kindergarten dass athse primary school where they wilt be grade 1 students next fah when a grasjyation ceremony was held for these youn me and and a special ceremony was held to make their graduation into st georges anglican church s iecorated with white carnat ns and standard of pink and lite cladjili for the doubo rinu rcmnnj when eileen dris gates iiiiivcr of ms mldrcti oates 17 man street south georgetown i became the bride of robert barr hunter on of m and mrs r j hunter tweed ontario re ken nclh richard on officiated at 2 00 p m on saturdaj jul 4h george i de klcer was the organist and ro berta hawes was the soloist her t solo was the ave maria 1 the bride was given in mar nage by ner brother alfred o erin she was in a white french bocaded satin gown of strapless design with long sleeved jacket the gown was floor length her fm- ger lip veil fell from a headdress i of pearls and rhinc- stones and her bouquet was of red tea roses and 1 stepbanotis i miss dorothy oates georgetown was maid of honour for her sister in a blue ballerina lengthy gown jjwith white accessories her flow i ers were a nosegay of pale pink i carnations with white button mums mrs william henderson was the bridesmaid in a pink ballerina i length gewn with white accessor- es and a nosegay- of pale blue car nations and white button mums g o hayton toronto acted as groom v oate broth pfof the bnd and r chard ste phenson toronto were the ush ers the ueddins reception was held in st georges anglican church hall where mrs oales received for her daughter in a blue ensemble of printed blue silk sheath topped with a linen duster lined with matching blue printed silk white accessories and a corsage of talis man roses she was assisted by the gvooms mother m beige lace gown with beige accessories and cosage of cream roses for travelling the bride chose a blue silk suit with white accessor ies and a white orchid corsage mr and mrs hunter will live in toronto where the bride is on the staff at the hospital for sick oiil- dren and the groom on the staff of mar ley canadian limited honouredguests at the wedding were the grandfather of the groom w s hunter of hamilton and the brides great uncle harry tilsley and two cousins mr and mrs george castle and mr and mrs henry hilsey of brownsburg quebec