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l family history books distributed at picnic ibe twelfth reunion of the des cendants of jamesione and-elia- beth hewson who settled on crown land on lot 23 4th line west chin- guacousy ta 18s5 was held at stanley park erin on july 1 one hundred and thirty three tinned out tor the celebration after toasting her majesty queen elizabeth the singing of god save the queen followed by the singing of grace the group sat down to tables which were beau tifully decorated with flowers and prepared by the lunch committee which comprised mrs starjet les lie mrs- clarence anderson and mrs hugh clark the president- roy lyons of cheltenham welcomed the guests he paposed a toast to the dan which was responded to by james mckane of inrlewood the rmf- port of the last reunion in 1956 was read by the secretary mrs tfyands thompson and the list of births marriages and deaths read there were fifty births twenty- two marriages and eleven deaths reported at this time all bowed heads for one tnniute silence in memory of these departed gifts were presented to the old est lady present miss elizabeth clark of norval the oldest gent leman thomas h lyons who rec ently celebrated his 89th bithday the most recently married couple mr and mrs eric mosley of toron to the person coming the farth est miss helen devereaux of mon treal and the youngest member present went to steven mccutch- eon of milton mrs starret leslie spoke a lew words of appreciation to mrs francis thompson for her work as secretary of the clan and of compiling the new book of the members of the clan which was on sale and presented her with ift ah acknowledged their gift with a few words of greeting an interesting program followed which consisted of the following instru mental dianne mckane solo joyce dolson accompanied by her uncle boyd dolson on his guitar recita tion mary dolson entitled pop me solo cameron dolson instru mental edith mcdonald piano solo shelley lyons humorous reading dr weir lyons in which he told of his experience in 1915 in ire land during the first world war and of the warm hospitality of his irish relatives guitar and vocal solo boyd dolson it was decided to hold the n reunion in three years and the fol lowing- officers were elected president james l mckane in glewood vice president hugo ly ons cheltenham aectytreas mrs francis thompson georgetown as- scotch bakery 6 ml street only ladies dont spend hot summer days in an even hotter kitchen when the temperature soars keep much cooler by ordering your baked goods from us quality is tops as is the delicious taste of our bakery treats closed for holidays closed from mon july wh reopen wednesday august 13th phone tr 73481 blatant secretary for- different branches airs boyd dolson bol ton uqm heltobjjlyons cheltenham mrs irene casely georgetown lunch committee mrs wilfrid let lie mrs art mckane mrs harry barrett programme committee mrs john mcclure boyd dolson sports committee frank dolson ray anderson john mcclure dou glas mcclure miss alma gibson and lyons were appointed to look af ter contributions for a plaque which is to be placed on the log cabin at the bowling green in geor getown which was the pioneer home of one of the lyons clan at the completion of the program frank dolson moved a vote of thanks to ah who bad participated in any way to make theteunion possible while the older members sat ar ound in groups in the shade to talk the younger folk travelled to the ball park where sports were supervised by mr art mckane frank lyons harry barrett and clark lyons the following guests were pre ent mr and mrs jack lawson and carol of acton mr and mrs boyd dolson brent and shelley mr and mrs john dolson and cameron of bolton mr and mrs a g ander- sonrmk and mrs harry and joan miss wilma and heather eccles mr and mrs frank dolson mary and stephen t o dolson mrs j f lyons mr and mrs douglas mcclure gordon jean and ruth ross mckinney bramp ton mrs clarence lyons mr and mrs frank lyons peter and hun ter hugo lyons mr and mrs roy lyons hetai and jim miss shel ley lyons cheltenham john campbell gant caseley mrs har ry devereaux mr and mrs george h leslie mr and mrs starret leslie mrs wilfrid leslie mr and mrs james lyons thomas and ro bert mr and mrs thos lyons mr and mrs wm lyons mr and mrs john mcclure mary jane and john mr and mrs art mckane murray and dianne mrs mary mc kinney mrs frank petch mrs francis thompson of georgetown john bishop of glen williams mr and mrs ellsworth arnott guelph miss alma gibson mr and mrs douglas reed rosemary and hugh of hamilton mr and mrs ja l mckane lois and elaine of inglewood mrs colin marshall eileen and karen mr and mrs john mccutcheon and steven of milton miss helen devereaux of montreal miss gertrude ander son niagara falls miss elizabeth clark mrs j l clark mr and mrs hugh clark mrs james doane anne janice john mr and mrs a hunter h lyons mr and mrs clark lyons gayle garry and gordon of norval mr and mrs jack dolson dianne and karen port credit mr and mrs hugh rannie preston mr and mrs clarence anderson ray bct- leavino first united church port credit following their mar riage are mr and mrs e james costigan they are living in milton where mr costigan is town clerk he is the son of mr and mrs james costigan of town and his bride audrea ethel lear is the daughter of mr and mrs a s lear port credit photo by ashley crippen veto new rail line for malton commuters speculatio regardin the prob- ability of a new rail link between malton and the hamilton toronto line came to an end today with an announcement by w h kyle cnr vice president that the railway will continue to use existing facil- ty jean david mr and mrs jack mcdonald douglas edith joan end james terra cotta mr and mrs ross campbell mr afcmrs donald dolson donna gail dr weir lyons 4 and mrs eric mosley of toronto joyce and lloyd dolson of tottenham mr and mrs colin macintosh of wei- land georgetown district community swimming pool to the citizens op georgetown there appears to be some misunderstanding concerning the swimming pool and so the following points are presented for your information 1 the pool was built with fundsraised by donation and public subscription 2 the pool cost somewhat over 50000 z 3 the fund raising was spearheaded by the lions club 4 the construction was taken care of by a committee of lions 5 ihe pool wasdonated teethe corporation of george town for technical reasons 6 the corporation asked the lions to continue operating the pool 7 it was understood that thtpool would be self support ing there is no municipal tax 8 the only source of revenue for the operation of the pool is from entrance fees i 9 ah administration is done by volunteers 1 0 there are two permanent employees the operator- manager and the chief guard and instructor 11 all other employees are hourly paid these are in structors guards checkers 12 the lions ctub finance all capital expenditures 13 the lions club guarantee annual operating losses 1 4 the accounts are audited by the corporation of 5eor- getown 15 the pool pays the red cross for all advertising for water safety 16 the poolpurchases all recomrnetded safety equipment 1 7 swimming instruction is theesponsibility of the chief guard and instructor 18 no organization contributes financially to the swimming classes 19 all guards and instructors are qualified 20 there are always at least two guards on duty 21 most of the guards are students and the pool cannot open until the end of the school year 22 the fhtration plant under the dressing room cgst 17000 and must be maintained 12 months per year 1 23 tfte water is pumped filtered n chlorinated contin uously and rested dahy to maintain dept of health standards 24 a survey shows that except for municipal pools in a few large cities the admission fee is lower in georgetown than all other places 25 swimming instruction costs less than 15c per lesson ernie alcott president lions club of georgetown itics mr kyle said since our term inal project was published last march there has been considerable speculation on the possibility in- deed jthe desirability ofthe west ern access route being extended w our oakville subdivision this con jecture did not take into account the existing rati links between georgetown and burlington and between stratford and london in cooperation with the plan ning authorities of toronto town ship we reexamined the alternative routes this examination has con firmed that the upgrading of our existing facilities to main line standards is the most practical and economical solution mr kyle said we are convinced that the in telligent solution to the problem of railway congestion in metropol itan toronto and over the hamil ton oshawa routes is the project proposed on march 11th the plan provides a full answer to the ques tion of long range industrial and community development in this area ftallinamd 1 local folk attend family reunions mr and mrs f w shortlll mr and mrs floyd sfcoetul and nancy mr and mr n sinclair arid fam ily and mr harding price atten ded the annual reunion and picnic of the robinson family at elora gorge park on saturday mr and mrs douglas hogarth of fergus were the host and hostess this year mr norman sinclair and brian attended the sinclair reunion and picnic at exhibition park on sun day mrs f j shortilt was hostess tor the july meeting of the even ing auxiliary after the opening exercises and business session mrs mcbride conducted the devo tional period basing her comments on the theme that they all may be one from the 17th chapter of john mrs baker citizenship secretary informed the members that the courts of canada grant 1000 citi zenship papers monthly tar new canadians mrs f r shortlll pre sented a film entitled two dol lars as well as some of her own pictures mrs c e snow and mrs n sinclair assisted the host- teas d the social hour the sacraments commun ion and baptism were administer ed to the ballinafad congregation by rev r adams at the sunday morning service babies who were baptised were myrna jane snow peter william snow ronald allan mclean donna lorraine brown and randy paul wilson mrs mcbrides mother mrs hill from simcoe visited at the manse for part of the week and mr hill joined them for the week end dr and mrs clifford held are holidaying at their cottage on lake belwood billy black visited last week in fergus with his grandparents and other relatives congratulations to mary baker and sandra mclaughlin who suc cessfully passed then- grade 6 and grade 1 music exams with honours recently the bible vacation school got off to a fine start on monday mor ning with approximately 85 chil dren from ballinafad churchill and melville churches registered durham furniture man active church worker a well knovn resident of dur ham since 1900 and brother of mrs mrs f r watson 37 edith st and mrs clarence furlong windsor william atyert glass died friday morning july 3rd in the durham memorial hospital where he had been a patient for the past three months he was in his 80th year born in goderich he was the son of the late immd mrs james glass on moving to durham he was employed by the durham fur niture company with which he ser ved until his retirement in 1952 in 1913 he married bertha spar ling who predeceased him in 1945 mr glass was a member of the queen street methodist church until- 1936 when that church am algamated with knox united church in qurham he served as a church elder for40 years be sides being on the session he was a sunday school teacher and presi dent of the bible school in durham for many years mr glass is survived by two daughters gertrude mrs j a mcgregor of london and bertha mrs gilbert trafford of glenelg township and two sons george and norman both of durham eleven grandchildren also sur vive funeral service was held from te kress funeral home on mon day july 6tb at 2 pm with rev aa c kell officiating a favorite hymn of the late mr glass was read the floral tributes were carried by fellow workmen and church as sociates 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