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pace 2 the george herau wednesday june 12th 1929 mmfeq mjuuuaoks bsoo ateudod on saturday juno 1st mt oalvln presbyterian church by the rnwmd joseph wesson as- ims pvanklln youngest daughter of uw sale mr and lira william me lsod of georgetown to oeorge afae- donald begg of toronto huston bxaumont at st al bany church aienwutlams on saturday june eth by rev j a m beu aaelsted by rev p h vui re ctor of the perish atdlth eleanor daughter of mr and mr joaeph beaumont to allen victor ton of colonel and aire j a v preelon or orangevule dunn dbvanney at the home of john muler lot ag con 7 bsoueslng on thursday june gth iom maria de- vanney murray in brampton on saturday june tth ims jmale bmellle mur ray widow of the late t d murray in her ksrd year rgehleerv 1 in mcmoauam ntah- in loving memory husband and father george who passed away june loth ian bleep on dear dad your eerea are ended rest in peace your work la done you are gone where those who laved you will some day meet you one by one as we loved him so we miss him in our memory he is dear ijoved remembered thought of always often wishing he was here badly missed by wife and family hartshorne in loving memory of a dear huaband and father thomas hartsbome who entered into rest on june 18th ibm god knew that you were suffering he knew you were in pain he knew you would never get better in this world again he saw the road was getting rough the hill was hard to climb so he eluded your weary eyelids and whispered peace be thine atver remembered by wife and fam ily in toronto olenwiluams and als hairon boys uxcted in saskatchewan in the parliamentary elections in saskatchewan last week three former halloa boys were elected at rosetown nat owens conserva tive an old georgetown boy was elec ted by wo of a majority at arm river d a huteheon con servative son of county treasurer d huteheoh was elected by 500 majority at gravelbourg b p mooregor liberal nephew of the late john d itboergor who ran la helton some years ago we extend congratulations smart nuptials held at glenwttilams preston bkauafomt wedding a wedding of interest took place last saturday at st albans church olen- wiltlams of edith eleanor daughter of mr and mrs joaeph beaumont olen- wllllams to allan victor preston of montreal son of col and mrs j a v preston of orengevlbe the bride is a graduate of bt hildas college and tit university of toronto the groom is also a graduate of toronto univers ity and of the huo the wedding ceremony was per formed by the rev j a m beu of appleby school a classmate of the groom assisted by the rector rev p 11 wase and the wedding music was played by mr llndley beaumont uncle of the bride the bride was given in marriage by iter father and wore a charming frock of egg shell net over satin embroidered in sliver it wss fsehloned in princess style and the skirt drooped in the back forming a short train she wore a lltay tulle veil which was caught in ap shape with a close fitting bandeau of pearls and orange blossoms and the ferried a bouquet of illy of the valley she was altenued by mrs herbert d hall of toronto as matron of honor and miss margaret daly of napanee as bridesmaid her attendants wore similar gowns of biscuit and chartreuse green chiffon with green hats and slippers tliey earrled bouquets or varlcolored sweet peas the best man was mr wm t carroll and the ushers were atr her bert wilton of peterborough ur ar thur beaumont and mr harpln beau mont after the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides parents where mrs beaumont received the guests wearing o gown of sapphire blue georgette she wore a cape coat of black lined with sapphire blue georgette with a hat to match her gown and a corsage bouquet of yellow roses mrs preston mother of the groom wore a gown of monet blue with a hat to match and a corsage bouquet- later the bride and groom left lor a trip to quebec city the bride travell ing in a kings blue and chartreuse green ensemble with a hat and slip pers to match on their return they will reside in montreal the beautiful floral decorations in the church and the home were sup plied and arranged by georgetown ploral co peel regimental band played on the lawn during the afternoon s s no 10 trafalgar i heu reunion meetma or bxpupilh awakes memories or old white school the home of angela blivetter milton heights was visited by provin cial constables cookman and allen who seised some liquor and arrested ta the i silvester he is charged with illegal sale and was admitted to ball mount pleasant church i ww hold their annual garden party on the church grounds monday night june 17th i program will be given by the tom hamilton concert co of toronto the artists will be tom ham the king of scotch comedian mlw olive hudson sealey soprano and aceompaniat mitt mary smith contralto mba sadie silverton piano accordion the program will be given in covered ahed come rain or shine admission 20c and 35c jj lagg mimimbvmvmmiyim halton county liberalconservative picnic fair grounds oakville saturday june 22nd happy memories of the school days spent at the old white school b s 10 trafalgar were recalled and reminis cences exchanged by lite mo expupll and teachers gathered at the first re union on saturday test june slh many were the friends who met for the first time since lesvlng school the mecea for all was the old frame school itself with a welcome home inscription hsnglng over the doorway inside tlie school where over forty years before she had taught the child ren of the section for fourteen years was mitr emily house m comfortably seated in a low arm chair a tiny frail little woman she clasped the hands of iter old pupils who approached with a look of wander at seeing their old tea cher bock at her old plsoe some site recognised at once and others only after they had told iter their names or recalled to iter mind some familiar in cident another elderly lady who attracted many of her school chums to iter aide was kale trimble of toronto por a number of years site has been crippled with rheumatism and of late has been unable to rise from her bed never theless site refused to miss the reunion and came in an improvised bed in a large closed ear m her school days site was kitty brown and attended uie red brick school which preceded the present building prlends recalled to her memory the time when she had gone after a ball which had been knocked into a farmers field nest the school and the chastising she bad re ceived at the hands of ute farmer for tramping down his grain the two oldest gentlemen on the grounds were thomas mccracken m and nathaniel steen eg the oldest surviving trustees of the school mr mccracken was bom at meadowvale and in 1j married miss mary anne steen he then moved to a farm opposite the tenth line old surrey trafalgar township and in ims was elected trustee in bmj id he continued to serve for twenty years and was on the board at the tune the old white school was erected fle recalls that the trustees used to decide what money would be needed to carry on opera tions and then they would go around and tell the farmers personally what their share would be the trustees went around again later and collected the money during the afternoon miss house was presented with a beautiful bouquet of roses by dugald sandy mcgregor after a short address by george bon- him a large program of sports was run off under the supervision of w e w steen the horseshoe pitching contest was particularly keenly con tested fourteen teams taking part the pruw winning teams were maur ice williamson and william leslie el mer walte and william cook w hunter and l sparling j cook and j h wagner after a picnic supper speeches were in order john bonnam chairman of the reunion committee welcomed the gathering two minutes of silence was observed in memory of the school ehums who have passed on an everlasting wreath was presented by w j aalbralth extnipeetnr of peel county with the words in memory of our comrades to be hung in the school room pive beautiful framed pictures were also presented to the school by james h beamish dr a ernest cantelon j hoyden ue- olure and thomas banderson letters of regret at being unable to come from many of the expupus were read by mra clifford may secretary of the correspondence committee a history of the school nod by sam k cordlngley and prepared by dugald mcgregor whose brother john d mc gregor wrote under the well known pen name rob roy proved of keen interest community singing and a real old time hoe down in the school brought the happy gathering to an end an irisptrinsr conv thirtvtbiao annual oa no op halton county w o t ii hon r b bennett hon g h ferguson and other will addreu the meeting at 330 daylight saving sports and other attractions everybody welcome at 2 pm daylight saving oakville and bronte will play a league game at the victoria park why you should place your furs in our care it coats no more to store your furs in our new modern vaults they are as good as any in the dominion of canada than to place them in the care of furriers with less modern equipment we are manufacturing furriers and therefore know the precious care your furs should receive 2 of your own fair valuation in 31 years not dollar lost on fun untniitgd to us lafontaines for store 05 quebec street e phone 122 guelph send your furs to us by express we will pay ah cnugz jessie hmelue murray by the death of jessie bmellle wld ow of the late t b murray on sat urday last june sui norval has lost one of its best known and most highly esteemed residents deceased wss the eldest daughter of the late ur mrs james bmellle and was bom in lanarkshire scotland she was in her 83rd year she came to canada with her parents 71 years ago and af ter living m years in whitby township and 7 years in york county near hoggs hallow came to norval about 40 years ago she was married to t b murray and moved to avenlns near oreemore where ah resided until ta death of her husband thirty years ago when she returned to norval where she has since made her home bhe kind neighborly woman and a true friend beloved by all who knew iter she is survived by three sisters miss jane bmellle georgetown mra j t murray toronto ulas helen bmellle norval also one brother mr e m bmellle norval the funeral took plsoe on tuesday afternoon jo norval cemetery when the service was eon- ducted by mr w weir of toronto the pallbearers were robert mur ray e b snow it hunter p pendley e thompson and dr w h smelll h c ntelbon the following from the ludlngton michigan dally news of may 31st re fers to the fsther of dr nlelson of georgetown when word went from home to home and through the business lion of the town recently that h c nielsen well known fourth ward mer chant had suddenly passed away last thursday evening at his home 603 stith street it was difficult to believe for mr nielsen had been seen on the street during the day apparently in his usual health a stroke of apop lexy in the early evening resulted in death without return of consciousness ii o nielsen was born in denmark in august lass and came to america when a young man finding employ ment in the first years hen in the lumber woods and about the lumber mills he was married in lltj to miss anna anderson of detroit who but- vlvea nearly 40 years ago he entered the employ of h c hansen in a gen eral store at the same location where he conducted business at the time of his death por 37 years or more he oontlnued as clerk for mr hansen and after the desth of his long urns friend and employer purchased the business and oontlnued it mr nielsen may well be described as a progressive eltlaen and as an optimist he was always an thuslastlcslly interested in any under taking for the promotion of civic wel fare was an active member of the fourth ward booster club of ludlng ton chamber of commerce and for ward in whatever projects engaging the attention of these organisations he was also a member of the danish bro therhood of the bethany lutheran church of which he was for many years treasurer and of the 600 club ills sudden taking away leaves vac ancy in ell these organisations as well as in the business and social circles in which he moved that will be keenly felt surviving other than mrs nielsen are a son albert nielsen a chiroprac tor of georgetown ontario a daugh ter mrs margaret johnson of iferoad calir three grandchildren and four brothers lars nielsen of rlverton carl of ludlngton marlus and jens in denmark and a sister mrs hans hansen of ludlngton the annual convention of helton womens chrlstlsn temperance un ion was held in the united church aeton last thuraday and proved to be an occasion for the inspiration of all who attended mrs w ii tuck the president of oakville presided and with her skill and experience guided the proceedings of the day with much satisfaction while the roll call of officers super intendents and delegates showed the attendance to be aomewhet smaller than usual there was no lack of en thusiasm and the reports from the various unions proved that a keen in terest is being taken in the work for which the womens christian temper ance union stands the convention was fortunate in having miss duff o toronto field secretary present through her school of tnetluxls iter suggestive plans for work and her interesting reports of efforts mode and results accomplished in other fields throughout the pro vince miss duffs addressee and illus trated talks were not only interesting to the members and visitors but also commanded the rapt attention of the boys and girls who were present in connection with the various contests by essays recitations and poster exhib its the reading of the prise essays by the boys and girls who had been sue- cetsful in the competitions in prepar ing essays on the use and effects of alcohol end cigarettes was in itself a feature of the days programme it manifested very conclusively that the young people who engaged in the competition had given careful thought and some considerable study to these wibjecti which influence so largely tltesfflkand the future of those who induestgsn the alcohol and cigarette itabits this feature must have a sal utary effect upon the young people who engaged from year to year in these competitions a number of very apt and striking posters were displayed by pupils of the schools letting out the evils of the use of alcoholic drinks and cigarettes the reporte of the various county offlcers had much encouraging infor mation the devotional aide was well em phasised with praise and prayer per iods at the three sessions by miss hadley muton mrs rev a c jtewart acton and rev o l poole no minister of the church the noontide prayer led by mrs rev h caldwell llmehouse had much of iplrltoal fervor the omeera elected for the coming ear are honorary president mrs c w joote oakville advisory president mrs j m den- yes milton presidentmrs w h tuck oak ville 1st vicepresident mrs n e har rison muton 2nd vicepresident mrs jsmes by- mon acton corresponding secretary miss j e robinson oakville recording secretary miss e cross ly oakville treasurer mrs r b aalbralth of milton supt s b work mrs a t brown acton press reporter mrs il p moore acton rep l t l mrs r l johnston aeton mrs johnston was elected w tatlve of the county union to the meeting of the dominion w o t tj to be held at oshawa next week the social side of the gathering was also an enjoyable feature at noontide a picnic lunch was held by the dele gates in the schoolroom of the church and at the close of the afternoon ses sion the ladles of the local union ser ved a white ribbon tea to all pres ent these functions gave opportunity for pleasant social intercourse the choir of the church furnished music at the public service in the ev enlng the convention next year will be lield at oakville rural educational plan not highly favored scotch block hatibprcd with present flan op education the following is taken from the tor onto daily star of monday evening and will prove quite interesting to our readers the scotch block of esqueeuw township helton county has no in tention of acquiescing in premier fer gusons proposed reforms for rural schools according id tha published reports ute minister of education would transfer the control of the sec tion schools to a township board of rrom utree to ten trustees wlui i view to closing down the smaller one room public schools this reform would enable the department of education to add two years of the high school cur riculum to the rural schools in tlie tame manner as it is proposod to read just urban public schools esqueslng sb number b outerwlse known as waterloo school is the cen tre of attraction in ute scotch block with over a century of tradition behind it notwithstanding that fact it la threatened with extinction if ute mills it mr fergusons new policy once jegln to grind because its average at tendance during ute present session is js low as eight when tlie star called on miss anne d mclean in her bright little school room with lis curtained windows lowers and walls decorated with the teintlngs of the scholars eleven pu pils were present the number an ute roll is fifteen tills year miss mc lean remarked but owing to the prevalence of sickness this winter our average la only eight what has the attendance been in the two previous years you have taught ueref inquired the star there were fifteen in i3ea7 and ten last year how is your class made up miss cleanf i have one in the en trance class four in junior fourth one m senior third four in junior second two in the senior primer and three be ginners tgs- and how near agpyou to the larger schools where presumably the pupus of this section would have to go if a change took place well this school is on the fourth line or esqueslng six miles southeast of georgetown and a- oout six miles from muton the village jf stewarttown la two and a half nues away but the bigger schools are n the two towns while the children were having their pictures taken by the star photogra pher a surprise which proved very pleasant for them on account of the uulure of a commercial photographer o turn up some days before miss mc lean told what she knew of the his tory of the school the building we ire now in is 57 or m years old but the school itself goes back lift yeara or more my uncle taught here 40 years igo so i have a personal interest in the scotch block she said you may be interested to know jiat the section has a claim to historic importance william lyon mackensle is supposed to have spent some time here during tlie rebellion of isst the chairman of the board of trus tees oeorge a fisher rjts george town regarded mr fergusons rural education plan aa quite impractical dnd contrary to the opinion of a large majority of rural ratepayers we have nad meetings at stewarttown and ullton he explained and each time there have only been one or two in favor of the change inspector james denyes strongly advocates reform in the interests of better education and yet he cannot deny the high stan ding of our echool when we ask lum how we can hope to improve on jiat by having larger schools where the close relationship between pupus teacher and parents would become less powerful and gradually nonexistent ite hedges and gets around the ques tion take my little girl as an example of what our school does he oontlnued she is ready to write her entrance now and is only eleven can you do any better than that in your city schools mr fisher asked with smile of modest pride how would the colstng of this school addreu and pr on friday afternoon june 7th the staff and pupils of the georgetown high school assembled to say farewell to miss murtha who is severing her connection with the echool jj murtha has been oommerclal teacher in the high school for the past seven yean principal rots spoke very highly of hiss murtha and of her excellent re sults in buuding up the oommerclal class to its present state of er the following address was then read by jack mcdermld and miss jane morrison presented miss murtha with a suver entree dish dear miss murtha we nave learned of your approach ing removal from the stall of the georgetown high school with sincere regret you have been to ell of us an excellent teacher although at times ve feel certain we must have taxed your patience greatly however your sense of humor prevailed and you re mained unperturbed you have been a friend to us as well as a teacher and we would like you to know bow much ws sppreclste your kindly attitude towards us at all times you have to ken a deep interest in our echool work and u our other activities and you wui certainly be greatly missed we the pupils of the osib ask you to aeoept this gift with best wishes for all happiness georgetown june 7 lgze obituary maria devanney maria devanner eldest daughter of the late mr and mrs oeorge miller passed away at the home of mr john miller lot at can t tsqitmlng town ship on june sth in her tsth year deceased was bom in ireland and oame to canada in ins she spent the most of her life in toronto but for the greater part of tha last three years she lived with mr and mra john miller at millers comers where the died she was suddenly stricken with a paralytic stroke last thursday rrom which she never regained oonsclous- a the funeral on saturday after noon was largely attended the service being conducted by rev a n frith pastor of tha baptist church george town interment was made in oraen- wood cemetery georgetown those from out of town who attended the last sad riles of a dear friend were mrs maflrenila and her son mrs downs mr shepherd and miss shep herd all of lansing oot mr and mrs fred scully of detroit mich mr and mrs thomas scully mr and mrs f marab richardson miss kane un graham and mra wytle all of toron to besides friends from acton george town and burroundlnf oommunlty dates of haltosts bueal school faieu following is the list of rural school fain u bt held la helton county palermo monday sept mh braokvule tuesday sept 10th b h wsdnasday sent 11th hornby thuasdoy sept nth mount nemo friday sept nth trafalgar thursday sept imh burlington friday sept loth and the choice of a larger one which could take high school work affect the children of your section mr fisher it would be no advantage either in oducation or in the rates was the re ply aa we are now all the children in the section are able to walk to school easily and mus mclean can leach the work of the first year in high school if the need arises those who wish more high school training drive the six miles into milton twice every day- they never miss school and have a better attendance and punctu ality record utan most of the muton children who live close by the school if the ferguson policy was enforced the youngsters of all the grades would have to do that travelling and a bus servlee would simply mean added ex- and what is your opinion of the additional subjects such aa manual training household science and agri culture which mr ferguson would like to see taught to rural as well as urban pupils not much was the dry response what can a first or second form teacher in high school who has usually never seen a farm tell ut about raisins stock or crops or even about oooking meals the waterloo school will not be far from the front rank when the roll of distinguished eons and daughters of giiiuwing township is called mr fi sher was able to give the star the names of several among them his old mr w w nuts a former mayor of toronto mr hllts told the star today that he taught in esqueslng number five for three years in laolw at that time there were more than 40 in his class owing to this decline in num bers mr hllts was inclined to aee some reason for a reform of the sys tem of section schools but he was not disposed to oomment at any length on ute proposed reform since he had not been studying the recent situation at the same time he was of the opinion that standardisation in education oould be carried too far the same aversion to any radical ihange in the present system of rural education was expressed by dr r o fisher ml bherbourne st- toronto a former pupil of the school and brother of the present chairman of the board public school board the board met on june sth pres ent messrs fouua mcnally duncan redshaw and mrs cleave the school nurse and attendance omoere reported for the month of may it was decided to send out a warning against the employment of school chu- dren which interferes with their school duties the following accounts were sua uun 107s uo 000 an 110 sa7 us 97s hydro- electric e vsrey r ii thompson a co w r watson l a wraggette msbean a co a b wttlaon oordlngleya hardware o ready r h thompson es co w r watson jb the inspectors report for the pres ent term was read a requisition was made on the town council for iiojoo for the eurrenr year the present staff of teachers were engaged for another year the board expressed lie apprecia tion of the services of mr duncan in making uw field day such a success systematic savins fulfill hopes fix tiie young and as sures comforts for theou jduild up your savings m the bank of montreal where small accounts are welcomed and encouraged to grow into larger ones bank of montreal established 1817 total assets in excess of 1900000000 georgetown branch d wilson manager island of orleans island of bacchus likewise found quantities of vines such as 1 ad eesn nowhere else in the world and ywk led us to call tbla the island of bacchus tons tha saint malo captain cartier whodlacovered tbe isle of orleans la 13s first atmed il four hundred ysare bhlpe of tha adventurer the explorer the pioneer tha builder of empire end tatar great skips of commerce followed those of ullder of empire end wi s aaipe oi coromerec followed those of caruer but the isle of bacchus hss not known them an and has slept before the portal of the new world for many generations not tint it has been ay it world for many generations not tint it has forgotten but that tha bigger ships have goat industry has not destroyed its charm and todk remains if not the pristine isle of cartier a piece of ewfrance aa translated by those who shortly nssffiostratom eaove typify the islsnd 9re7har haa bees alow its psocle hsva learned the secret of contest their tongus their modes their homes ere of a century ago they weave their catalogne live la homsspua tlxlui u pkpu- yl a abort ferry distance away quebec with its ramparts ut chstssa proaleaae sndksjieean shipping keeps pace with the advenes at bte petraajue oaa of the quaint utus voatas here wealthy quebec has its summer hceneataa ian has this year been opened so that it la bow possible for the visitor to rest for s while sad absorb at leisure the charm ana beauty of tha forgotten islsnd but he must be prepared to eat of the toad viands of the hsmtant and to uve a little dostr to the homespun th people of the island will welcome him with goodnature w they have little ubog for the modern they have the aseret of oontent and goodliving on the island of bacchus the name of the new ian la la catuogas sad it once was a seignorial mansion un ltollgatwtm sjayt mtt was just three cents 1 uved get rinn that tin of shoe polish at carrolls but theres thst much more in the mission box 4 r cmmlfr wn9as bread vssrt sri summer desserle tevm psmssim pift- w lums uwsutku quit puauiii ckmnuu cuoatm r smj ft ivlsw com tuur 2 potinds 31 dialum care swcfc mttase ft wld huu ewa fun 1 ess sliced laconjwr uluoi blase cottaos soihqulie saaasa all rem gutmga sa wswt a ou cheejsaui see fauflemeas ik la special hsuy harass w 4 custard r xi aockbvii gsmllo ttn ear ha pancv artsuspeau ti vitfvk so hub1n i n h to 4aatoemiabns47 mfcls iu amasleatoawss spccialsmbtertor milliter orcnls carau dee csra fuest i ftp- p 1 lpknv jptssni least lb sauce is ouikrr cms fuss svue rvr a bkkl tabu ploaootoj golden datbsckalie imrr bup pma bmm fusm pultsd fun an peg atalcot bw rbach c est easae i siiwsi vt lt 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