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the georgetown herald fmst section port offlc dapt ottiw geometown ontario wednesday jmy 15lh 1959 fourteen paoex market centre opening is punned for next thursday a third shopping area in geor getown will make its dsbut next thursday july 23rd when delrex market center becomes a part of the local merchant community on that day the large loblaw store will make its debut in town other stores which will locate in the market centre include bea miah stores osborne interiors gs tv service delrex drugs gardiners smoke shop and kent shoes a second brancn of the bankf of commerce is also slated for opening that day with boyd garland coming from orangevllle as manager also definitely sla ted are a beauty shop and barber shop later plans call for a res taurant and space is also allotted for clothing arid hardware stores the market centre brings into reality plans announced when del rex developments first began con verting farms between the old eastern town limits and norval into a giant georgetown expansion which has boosted the towns pop ulation over the 9000 jnark and will eventually make georgetown a small city another stage in the progress is an office building presently being erected west of the market centre by the delrex firm while most stores will be open ing next thursday an official op ening is being planned in septem ber robert walker doris edwards united in marriage at norval doris may edwards daughter of mr and mrs walter edwards 35 edith street became the bride of robert john walker son of mr and mrs cecil walker stewart town on thursday july the 9th in a quiet ceremony in st pauls anglican cfiurch norval rev james maxwell officiated the bride given in marriage by a family friend mr robert hap py chose a white sheath gown embroidered in pink and gold her corsage was of pink flowers and her accessories were pink june fullerton of georgetown was maid of honour wearing a pale blue sack suit off white accessor ies and a white corsage herb ford georgetown was grooms man mr and mrs walker will live at 35 edith street they travelled to niagara falls and other points for their honeymoon a wedding re ception for the families was held at the borne of the bride follow ing the ceremony mrs edwards received in a blue printed sheath minor lacrosse tuesday july 21st 8 10 years 630730 10 12 years 73o30 there will be no lacrosse this thursday july 16th as the teams are going to brampton rotary cluq entertains ladies at installation a delightful evening was held last monday when members of the rotary club of georgetown enter tamed their ladies at their meet ing it was held at the regular meeting place of the club north halton golf country club le occasion was installation officers for coming year there were a e percentage members and their wives pres- the guests rere welcomed the president hamilton he linstalled the new club prexy bud bishop as well as the directors and other officers a number of business matters were brought up and dealt with the new president promised his wholehearted support to club ac tivities and asked for the support of all the club members he hoped it would be a good year for the club and indeed he knew it would be with the interest shown in the past the rest of the evening was spent in a social time what council did okay water line hydrant for smith stone addition requested b smith stone to sone a warehouse addition in pro gress at the plant- council on jul 13th oted a watermain extension and ndrant estimated to cost 1875 building of the warehouse is an other forward step in the histor of a company which has become georgetown s major employer since its founding over thirty years ago asked b j h armstrong 7 gower court for permission to cut some cedar trees on the charles street extension council informed him that none arc available at present but if an are to be clear ed and arc not wanted b rhe town he can- have them at that tune street lights were ordered foi ontario and nn streets and the hvdro will also be asked to instal some street lights in the park ith burlington appealing the countv equalized assessment ass esment commissioner joseph gib bon suggested that georgetown should be represented b counsel at a court hearing scheduled for september 28th council appro ed presence of the town solicitor at the hearing monday august 3rd was proc aimed civic hohda police chairman curne reported that in answer to a ratepaer complaint about nosr trucks in his area an anti noise b law would not prcc lude this am action the ratepav ir wished would have to be on a private basis she said discussing creation of extra ten nis courts asked b georgetown commihktv centre association ma vor armstrong said he is anxious to cooperate but that caution must be used in expending 1500 for one sport cr fred harrison said over 80 people have signed up to join the tennis club consideration might be given to having a second court at st georges church renovating a former court there and fhere was also tallc of the possibilitv of having courts on the high school property brakes fail car damage stoke front william lyons 16 weslevatst driving a 1950 chevrolet coach thought he was making the turn into w indsor road on fndav mor ning at 11 am and discovered that he had turned into the parking space in front of macmurdo s store at 164 guelph street bv mistake he applied his brakes which failed and he crashed into the store front doing extensive damage flving glass from the store window al most stru a customer and bab in a carnage outside the store a check showed that the brake fluid bad leaked out of a rustv brake line chief roj tfl ib vestigated the accident insurance mam moving to kitchener position harv lee 7 normandy blvd a prudential life assurance rep resentative here for ten years is starting a new position m kitebe- ner next monday with the comp any mr lees territory here will be taken over by another prudeetial representative jack gudgeon near drowning at steelworks picnic reginald thibodeau 28 of mil ton owes his hfe to a kitchener nurse who applied artificial respi ration for 20 minutes saiurdav to revive him after his boss plunged fullv clothed into the credit river to rescue him three hundred persons attend ing the annual picnic of the em plovees of the ontario steel co of milton held at terra colli park watched john milts 32 of burling ton bring out thibodeau to shore after he became exhausted in the water t nurse mrs pauline mclaugh lin a picnic guest of her brother ndrew keilty revived him before georgetown firemen had time to get there with an inhalator boys faun appeals to slop fruit thieving the boys at notre dame de beauregard farm have been plagued lately with an outbreak of fruit thievery which has as sumed such major proportions that it is threatening their liveli hood miss therese st jean who is in charge of the farm is an under standing person who realizes that children will be tempted to steal an apple or raid a fruit tree and does not want to be too hard on the culprits however she told the herald yesterday that it ceases to be fun when whole trees are stripped for example several cherry trees have been complete ly ruined with not only the fruit stolen but the trees damaged as well a loss of several hundred dollars she asks that parents caution their children about entering the farm property on lower main st the farmschool is operated largely from sale of produce and her good work with young orphans is being seriously hampered by the largescale orrhard raids two other points were brought out by miss st jean when she visit ed the herald the fruit trees are being sprayed with poisonous chemicals this year spraying is not done for several days before the fruit is picked allowing the poison to become harmless if fruit is picked soon after spraying how ever those who eat if can become quite ill besides this the farm owns a large st bernard watch dog and there is real danger that the dog could barm some child who enters the propertv while farm residents are not in the vicin itj georgetowns fifth public school wdll bear the name of the town s jjtounder it was announced last wednesday when the public school board chose george kennedy pub lic school from dozens of names submitted by pupils from the oth er four schools in a naming con test the board was unanimous in their acceptance of the winning name over the second choice we ber drive public school some sev enty five schoolchildren who suggested the george kennedy ti ue will share in the prizes mr rudolph lau a native of prussia was engaged as assistant principal for chapel street school bis duties to commence septem ber 1st a resident of canadlhfor the past five years mr lau taught newiyweds at 15 gairey drive are mr and mrs blake baxter whose marriage took place in norval presbyterian church the bride marilyn cunningham is the daughter of mr and mrs r w cunningham and her husband s parents are mr and mrs a m baxter photo by jack hurst limehoube minister from west native town preacher the annual sunday school and congregational picnic of lime- house presbyterian church was held this year at the home of mr and mrs j roughley for sports following lunch in limehouse me morial hall at noon on saturday congratulations to mr and mrs newton ruddell on the arrival of a son last weekend also to mr and mrs e- karn on the arrival of a while mr gudgeon s present terri tory will be served bv jack craw ford of acton mr and mrs lee are panning to move to kitchener at a later date high school teacher takes summer course mrs john ghnn of geor gctown was among the 275 secon dary school teachers who attended an intensive two week rammer school at lawrence park collegiate toronto the course which end od julv 10th was the fifth con secutive summer school sponsored bv the ontario secondarv schoo teachers federation for its mem ber in age the teachers ran from 25 to 50 thev oluntanlv switched roles to become students again in order to improve their professional qualifications the course is part of the vear round program of pro fessional development sponsored bv the ft delation living expenses plus a fee are paid bv the teachers themselves about half the teachers attend ing the course had had experience in the subject thev we e tak nc but wished to broaden their know edce the remainder were tak nc the subject for the first time p proximateh two thirds expect ti teach the r subjects in the net ichoai erfit the summer schto has b er a success from its initiation th s jear there were 125 more teacvrs attending than in 1958 and ill curriculum was expanded bv f ve subjects to a total of eleven the course commenced in 1955 with onlv two subjects being offered head of he course a harold tt hill head of the mathematics department at jims collegiate in stitute toronto mr hill who is vice chairman of the osstf prof essional development committee has a staff of 18 he also directed the course in 1958 uaughter visitors misses judy gibbs and manlyn higginson of kirkland lake with miss trudy scott mrs d s mcdonald of bramp ton with the gisbys mr and mrs harry smethurst i and family of barne and mrs j a smethurst and familv of is iington and mr and mrs c a grant and kenneth of stewarttown with mrs a j smethurst a week ago mr and mrs alex trotter of stratford with the a nortons mrs nelson lane and- mr and mrs jim young raymond and be verlc of toronto mr and mrs gordon quint on and mrs clenda quinton of meaford mr and mrs wilfred greenlees of campbell ville and carl and nancv bickers of milton with the a bentons on sundaj cars milk bottles petty theft outbreak police are investigating an ep idemic of petty thefts in george town vern klrby service mana ger of scott motors reports reflec tors signal lights etc removed from buses parked on guelph st and robert lane of lanes haul age reports mirrors taken from trucks parked at the edward st garage of the haulage company the police department is also making an all out effort to put a to the thefts of money from name new public school for georgetown founder four years public school and nine years high school while in germ any and since coming here has one year experience at a school for retarded children at thistle- town and a year of public school in toronto his major subjects are english and physical educa tion miss marine jaqueune of listo- well and mrs norene cmalley of town will also be new faces when tihe teaching commences the 1950 00 term hiss jacqueline will teach at harrison and mrs omal- ley will join the new staff under principal hazen allen at the george kennedy school the board recessed for the sum mer to meet again on wednesday august 12th or at the call of the chairman social r personal milk bottles in the east and ends of town two youths have al ready been apprehended who are responsible for some of the thefts but some thefts are still being re ported and the search is continu mg mrs irwin noble ann lorraine philip and peter 118 guelph sl are vacationing at wasaga beach mrs walter biehn carolyn ellen and charles are spending a few weeks at inverhuron beach mrs bob lane carole and terry george st are vacationing at their summer home at thunder bay mrs dean harley 15 john street west has- as her guest her sister mrs bessie girard from man cheater new hampshire mr w d ferguson of montreal que was a weekend guest at the home of mr and mrs l m ritchie 7 orchard boulevard mrs george adams george st has returned home after spending a holiday with her son in law and daughter dr and mrs stewart magwood in ottawa flying officer john wilson who is stationed in edmonton alber ta with the rcaf spent two days last week with his mother mrs arthur wilson victoria sl mrs andy dewhurst guelph street left malton on monday to fly to new york where she will eight children families attend lee reunion mr and mrs harv lee 7 norm andv blvd were hosts at a reunion of the lie famih on sundav when 55 members of the familv met for a social time there were games and races for the children and vi gas price war reaches town the gas price war spread from the citv to reach georgetown last fndav most local service stations are advertising gas at 32 9 and 37 9 a 12c a gallon drop similar to prices in effect bit ween here and the citv sitors brought picnic suppers present were james iee of tor onto and eight of his ten children w th their families onlv one un able to be present was a daugh tcr who lives in los ngclo son died a month ago vis tors came fn m toronto preston kitchtner cavuga and hamburg y take a boac plane to england where she will visit for several weeks mr and mrs ed beerman 16 george st have their daughter mrs john wood and her children barbara joanne and john of to ronto visiting with them for two weeks miss shelagfl ritchie rn of cornwall ont spent last week at the home of her parents mr and mrs i m ritchie 7 orchard boulevard mrs ivan crabtree 7 parkview bvvd flew to belimorc long island where she visited with her sister mrs dorothv foster mrs crabtree spent ten davs in bell more mrs vi a mcgowan of ham ilton who was proprietor of mc cowans specialty shop when she lived in town was a visitor for a few davs last week with mrs norton nelson 6 ostrander blvd miss janet mcdougall 16 chapel strci t east has just returned from a motor trip holidav she attended the opening of the st iawrencc seawav and then travel led fo 1ake placid saranac the hiu mountains and down to the atlantic ocean coast what council did subsidies approved delrex roads will get surfacing broken arm bruises when struck by bicycle mrs margaret campbell age 82 was severely injured when she was struck down bv a youth on a bie- vcle at 4 05 pm on julv 9th as she was crossing from the south side of the street to the north side mrs campbell has been residing at the borne of mr and mrs fred baud mill street mrs campbell was removed to the office of dr r t plul where ft was learned she suffered a broken right arm shock and multiple bruises surfacing of delrex roads de laved for several weeks after a government rev ersaj to allow sub- sidv on the work will proceed this week a meeting last tuesdav between cngince of the municipal roads branch of the government and the mavor cr harrison town en gmeer geoffrev bhgh and vt m h carr representing the town ironed out difficulties and gave the go ahead signal for peel construction to proceed immediate the meeting ended an on ag am off again situation which has confused council and led to criticism of the department which refused subsidy earlv last fall claiming the road base was not satisfactory until extra grading was done and gravel added in some places when the town ful filled this the subsidy was allow ed but by this time it was too late in the season to surface and the matter was held over until the spring following acceptance of a eon tract tender by peel construction several weeks ago council learn ed that the roads branch had rev ersed its decision and would not allow subsidv tuesda s meeting was called to discuss this and ag am there was a change of heart it now seems established according to information relajed at mon dav s cogncil meeting bv the town engineer and the mavor that sur facing can proceed with the engm eer entrusted to add gravel where necessarv to build a suitable road bed according to mr bhgh in some places there is 18 inches of gravel and he will regrade thus down using excess gravel in some of the slacker parts of the roads major armstrong said he is cm tical of the departments action in leaving council on a limb by chan ging opinion after a contract was let the department he said clai med that complaints had been re ceived about the roads but would not divulge the source cr era hyde who has been an outspoken critic of surfacing -es- sed for clarification of this from the government last week i felt the depart ment had fallen m line with the argument i ve been putting up for sev eral weeks and it would ap pear that council might think i was the one who had complained at no time have i ever been in touch w th the department per haps it was something i said which was reported in the press and i suggest we write and ask who re gislered the complaint council decided to do this mr hvde said he does not op pose keeping the roads in shape but he cannot agree with a large expenditure for surfacing when he does not think it wih lat a ear 1 haven t changed my mind said cr mcgiivray whct was i prune mover in getting action on the roads the roads have been down three years and someone in the department is giving us the run around tenders were then opened for surfacing rexway drive and del rex blvdl with peel construction also getting the contracts on these at 3274 and 4403 with cr hyde asking a recorded vote on the lal ter all other me voted for the surfacing ivan crabtree 7 parkview harold and george mcclure maple avenue west have just returned from a boat trip which started at keswick and travelled down through the trent canal system miss m maude young had as her guests recently her cousins mr alex mcniven of the ojp and mrs mcniven well known in georgetown now of chatham where mr mcniven is with the ojp mrs w zwaagstra from grand forks bc is visiting with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs h haagatna from soestdyk holland who are staying with their daughter mrs j van wlnssen 19 temple road mr and mrs david o moran of headowvale and hiss m maude young of georgetown motored to toronto saturday july 11th being guests of mr and mrs william h kirk who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary mrs maurice hillock dianne glenn wright blaine and grady and mrs arvilla wright 1 king street- west have just returned irnmamoxor4rap which took t to miami hollyarood lake worts and cyprus gardens florida they were travelling for three weeks on sunday mr and mrs emer son ludlow and johnny russell clarke of dundalk mrs d watson of toronto and mr lucerne val emera of belgium were sunday visitors at the cecil ford home tqmmv ford of fenelon falls was home to spend saturday return ing saturday night sandra armstrong daughter of mr and mrs milton armstrong 70 rexwav dnve flew to ottawa on july 1st where she will spend a month s holiday with her three grandparents mrs ethel arm strong and her uncle don arm strong and mr and mrs e spear ing mr and mrs austin mills 52 bvron st flew to kitchener on sunday morning to the waterloo wellington annual breakfast fly in asguests of mr and mrs grant davidson of brampton mr david son is a pilot with tca and mrs davidson made her first singing appearance on tv tuesday after noon over chml hamilton miss helen westbrook of ed monton alberta has been visiting with her cousins mr and mrs al stein 9 queen st and with other relatives in brantford mr and mrs stein are planning to see her off when she sails on july 24th from montreal on the ss svlvania bound for a years ex change teaching near newcastle england members of the tvers ftmy had a reunion last week at the cottase of mr and mrs ed ters at clearwater beach hawkstonc present were his sisters sister margaret anne from notre dame indiana and sister m henrietta from london and bs brother p j and mrs tjers from strat ford the reunion ended on a sad note with mr tyers taking sod den ill on the weekend he is convalescing m sl josephs hos pital guelph where he underwent an operation yesterdaj bonnie ford daughter of mr and mrs cecil ford celebrated her third birthday on saturday with a party for ber friends these in- haded roxanna sweetie brian sharon danny and kathy berg kelly robinson shirley and jim- mte mcpherson kent and gary korxack david michneland kim reynolds room and michael ras- berry mary teddy ihek and brenda darns kenneth anoskeith fendley also mrs sweeae mrs mortaen mrs- reynolds mrs dans mrs raaberry mrs rob inson and mrs berg bonnies br and sasters and miss june fullerton were also present