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georgetown ontario wednesday august 30th 1950 tbrother and sister wlave double wedding george and violet louth flghocwe the junewayjorv weddings at st georges 1 a- brother and sisfor wore prin cipals inn double wedding on-sat- tirday august 26th ox st jeorgefs church of england yolot georg ia bjh iauth only daughter pf lit kand mrs george louth was mar- llled to ijonneth elgin darch son f of mr- ahd mrs tyumor darch 1 grand valley their eldest son loeorge william louth took hjj bride elizabeth haiel cuthbert fdaughter of mr and mrs frank jfcuthbert brampton archdeacon i w g o thompson officiated and tllrs w f bradley playod thewed- jjdlng music miss rita cuthbert j sister of the bride sang the voice r that breathed oer eden and q perfect love during the signing of the register the church was dec orated with white gladioli and col oured asters mlss louths gown was of slip per satin with frills of french lace extended into a cathedral train her full length veil fell from a head- l dress of seed pearls and rhlnestones and she carried a cascade of red roses and stephanotla six attendants wore gowns fash- nedtn slnillantyletothebrldal gown miss marjorle caieadden as of honour wore apple green embroidered silk organza with lace frills a picture hat of french lace and carried peach and yellow glad ioli four bridesmaids and flower girl were the brides cousins mis ses verno louth and margaret bradley of acton wore gowns of daffodil yellow embroidered silk organza frills arid hats of french lace and carried bouquets of orchid apd yellow gjadloll donna lee woods of guelph and marilyn woods of acton as junior brides maids wore orchid embroidered silk organza and pleated net ban deaux studded with seed pearls their bouquets were of yellow and auvo gladioli little sharon brad ley of acton was a charming flow- i- er girl her dress a copy of the maid of honours with bandeau of nct and seed pearls and a cascade bouquet of varlcoloured glads the grooms brother clifford darch grand valley was best man and ushers were the brides brother joe louth and the grooms brother harvey darch miss cuthbert was gowned in chantilly lace and silk net over satin with a satin and lace train her threequarter length veil wos of nylon net appliqucd with satin orchids held with a seed pearl head dress she eandfid a shower bou quet of red roses and bachelorbut- tons all town employees get pay increase all town employees were glverr a s per cent raise in paotroactve to august 1st at a special meeting of town council last night tho town men had appeared ai a council meeting oh august 15th requesting that their wage rate be raised from b8c to 08c an hour to put wages on a par with those paid by industry in town no decision was mads at that meottng by coun cil and an answer was promised by the end ot the month the motion passed which was made by crs mcgllvray and fctyons will apply not only to the town men but also to the foreman clerk treasurer and assessor the 5 per cent increase will mean an increase in pay of 5 cents an hour for the men an amendment to the motion made by crs hale and tuck called for an increase of 8 per cent but this motion was lost when voted upon a further motion by crs hill and mcgllvray established the weekly salary for mrs alleert brad ley as assistant to the clerk at 20 district girls in cne competitions roy van dusen was tara civic leader c roy van dusen former pub lisher of thta tara leader who died last week was one of- tho bruce county towns most prominent cit izens ho took aver the business from hut fathisr in 1027 pndsorvod as publisher until 1044 ho was reeve of tara from 103b until 1048 and in 1037 was worsen of bruce ciijnty y a star lacrosse player- in his younger days he kept a lifelong interest ftisporta and vqs an en thusiastic bowler he was past presi idcot of tara bowling club and tara board of trade and a past master of- the masonlo lodge and a mejnbor of the united church for many years he ployed the cor net in the tara band in 1022 ho married miss hazel mcolbboh df georgetown a teacher in tara continuation school he is also survived by one brother j r van dusen ot tara two limehouse girls shirley burt and ruth brown with their leaders mrs frank brown and mrs sam glsby will represent halton county tomorrow at the canadian national exhibition when they will present the project making the most of your meat money this special exhibition features takes place at parkdale tinned church and girls from ten ouoties will cnterthecompetition orvrlday at the same location eleanor stark mac and jessie wingfield shirley and ruth will comprise a halton judging team under sponsorship of ashgrove womens institute now eyell tell one in the sottball playoff with the legion team hist week limehouse coach tom sutton had the misfor tune to be thd recipient of a direct hit in the eye by a ball fired from the sidelines hieing himself to the oculist next day with his smashed blfocals tom said with much concern say doc will i be able to hit the ball atfer youve repaired these certainly answered the chea tcr repairman well now isnt that fine re marked tom you know i never could before school opens tuesday i two new teackers at public school school opens for the fall term next wick on tuesday both pubj- llcund high schooft will bo bustling with activity as registrations art made and boys and girls assigned to thelp new classes there will betrsllght increase in enrolment at the piibllc school with the anticipated total about 445 fortytwo students graduated this year front grade 8 tnd 54are ex pected to enrol in kindergarten primary grades one to scyen will register atbqclpck in the morning and grodo fl at 1 jo pm registration in kindergarten primary will riot bo until a day later on wednesday september 0 there are no staff phanges at tho high school this year the pre sent staff have all been reengaged principal j l lambert mr alan prouse mr a m baxter miss marjorle inman miss florence luke miss rose plercey and miss e m allison two new members join the pub lic school staff mr harold henry of wlngham and mem luena camp bell who resigned her position at ookville to take a position in her home town they willrcplace mis ses hazel harrison and may lon- gan who retired this spring after both had taught at the school for forty years other members ot the public school staff are principal howard wrlgglesworth mrs james- f ev ans mrs v joseph dwyer misses beatrice hume laura scott marie lindsay norma wcatherhead and mildred eason some n0rval students will attend school here paper mill production hampered coating colour rooms off work shutdown at alliance result of railway strike other industries not so seriously aifected 6 while georgetown can consider itself fortunate compared with some othct miihleliinlities which have been seriously affected by- the- natlonwd jrailu ay sttlkc rie serious blow has fallen lastthursday thccbntini und colour roams jit alliance paper milts ltd were forced to close tor an indefinite period these departments at the mill tz employ sotnofllty of tho plants iso some local people afb having workers primary reason for the- easier work day during the strike shut down is tack of cloy ou of express deliyeryftoan bui mcdohshd whlcli is shipped- in by rail from has of ourso nothing to duar the customs- office is quiet except for- the monthend fluny of sales tax payments the post office bus incss is greatly reduced with only first class mall being received and despatched arid local parcels only all mail going east is sent directly to toronto and all western mall to london mall te sorted at these two central points and brought by truck from there deliveries ot last weeks herald were made to toronto guelph ac ton rockwood brampton mil ton cheltenham and inglewood in addition to the rural routes tha remainder of the weeks papers still wait in the office for malur tha atrlita la ovar ashgrove shower in milton for d brownridge a very enjoyable afternoon was spent at tho homo of mrs harold coul so n fie lormcr mabel wrig- irswbrih in milton on tuesday hoard asks tenders for new bus route students iron norval entering first form high school this year will ruuie tuguorttqvrth ifih school those who have been awiuna miltgn schooi wm con- helens gift shop opens this friday helens gift shop will open this friday in the store in the lane block beside vogue halrdrcssing proprietors of this new business are mrand mrs william cumpsty mrs cumpsty who is the former drownridke mrs chester de for- been made to provide mrs edward robinson plcton j helen cook daughter of mrs vio- est jessie and mae wingfield isa- efficiency a the was her sisters matron of honour let cook of town will in hcl currle mrs john bellboddy and ings appear in anui wearing apple green taffeta half j charge in the store which will carry mrs fred nurse the herald hat of lnce and carrying peach and i a line of lamps lamp tables and mr and mrs frank wilson and miss dorothy stone yellow gladioli another sister gifts tinue their studies there and travel by a new bus route which will be established to take care- of them the six or seven new students at ueust 22nd the occasion being georgetown will be brought- lu town miscellaneous shower for a bride- ijx iu should any students tobe miss doris liruwnridge lots from higher grades wish to une to of fun was had making a brides iicirer chool uiiineeuu ills hook after which the bride opened ay nossibly be made for them the lovely and useful ifts lunch the lllfmol transporlatioi etup was served by the hostess and her was appruved by north haltoi llih sisters the ashkrove quests were hi liool district board at a meeting mrs fred wrigglesworth mrs t j m milieu on monday lviuicis are drownridke mrs chas austin mrs being asked for the new bus route horace bamc- mrs jas carney while former buses will ul 6 oper- mrs j if hunter mrs ward de some changes in route have im georgia itho finishing robro- is sflll in operation georgetowns other two major industries provincial paper jltd and smith hi stone li have not been so seriously elfccted officials at the provincial mill anticipate full operation providing the strike is over bythls weekend beyond that ot course it is difficult to predict paper which formerly went by freight to ottawa and montreal is now being trucked with three trucks in continuous operation the main problem of supply which at first worried the smith stone management was fuel oil slnd this- has been satisfactorily solved by arranging to bring this by bulk wagon from the imperial old sup ply depot in toronto normally the company gets a rail shipment of fuel oil every seven or eight days stocks of raw materials are ade quate to sit out the strike for ano ther week or twd there have been minor upsets in all industries beaumont knitting mills does considerable shipping of sox to the west and it is duflcult to make any arrangements for this some shipments which went out the week before last are stalled en route apple products which has just started fall production also is hampered but a large bulk of their business is done by transport bob jones of meadowglcn growers re ports that should the strike last much longer it wil be necessary for him to drive to pennsylvania for a shipment of mushroomspawn which on thefarmfrontthere has not moixisl fllus bfflbtfoifl been as sharp a dislocation as was jjgj j 05 i the weather mr editor tljls past week certainly started all on the cool side with a low of 38 sunday though tried hard to make lip for it with 86 but that did not equa e high for the year tha same day last year had a high temperature ot 93 era batkln date max min rain august 21 s 38 august 22 w 50 august 23 80 54 august 24 83 59 augus 25 84 59 01 august 26 69 58 03 august 27 88 59 t- average 7785 5385 04 earlier expected in this dlstrlctra tiistrict farmer who trucks live ock to toronto says there are iriuns in tororto market advising fanners not to co home with empty trucks and he had had two requests pi take loads to north bay there is sonp scarcity of chicken feed vjliich enmes irom the west changes in travel route will be-f- georgctowners miss alberta cuthbert as brides maid wore daffodil yellow taffeta half hat of lace and carried orchid and yellow glads a second brides maid miss audrey garner malton wore orchid taffeta lace halt hat and had a bouquet of yellow and mauve glads little carol ann robinson the brides niece was flower girl in a miniature of the brides gown complete with veil and train she carried a shower bouquet of varlcoloured gladioli mr edward robinson was groomsman and ushers were the brides brothers donald and fred cuthbert of brampton the three mothers received after wards when one hundred and sev entyfive guests attended a recep tion ot the oddfellows hall mrs louth was in navy crepe with accents of pink pink half hat of mohair and silk braid with navy trim accessories of pink and navy and corsage ot pink roses mrs cuthbert wore mulberry em broidered crepe winter white acces sories and corsage of yellow roses mrs darch was dressed in wine crepe with hotv of winter white matching accessories and corsage of pink rotes- mrs o woods aoton grand- 1 mother of the louths and mrs f snell brampton grandmother of elizabeth cuthbert wen honoured guests mrs wood wore a crepe and lace nsvy dress navy and white straw hat navy accessories and corsage of pink roses mrs snell wore navy crope grey fait hat navy accessories and- cor sage oflypllow roses mr and mrs kenneth darch left by motor for a northern honeymoon the bride travelling in a tailored fuk coral dress winter whit shor- ooat navy and whit aecaasor- im and cartas of roses mr and urt voaorg louth jr are humymoealnf ata summer ss- in wttttmslart ontario th u v mr cumpsty is associated with george duke in dcw pottery a manufacturing firm located in part of norm snyders building on young street which makes a var iety of pottery ornaments and lamps and the store will carry a line of these as well as many other items because of the railway strike it has not been possible to have as many goods on hand for the open ing as had been originally planned but shipments will be arriving in due course a feature of opening week is a guessing contest in which prl7es will be awarded tor the clos est guess to total attendance at this years canadian national exhibi tion ipanlcd by mr andiiisi wtio lives on the clnvl b wilson motored to ear tcwn will leach art a half day and aver the week i weekly at georgetown miss stone marilyri accompanied by mr andi who lives on the ci mrs clayton msnitoultn isla end on friday afternoon mrs c b dick mrs george nurse mrs wal ter brownrldge mrs hector bird and daughter jean attended the tea at ballinafad and report a pleasant time miss ruth brown of limehouse nnd miss bonnie carlisle of silver- creek have been visiting with mr and mrs t j brownrldge mrs stanley gbwland of george town spent the weekend at her brothers home here exhibition time has come again seems like fall is already here fisher family reunion at lloyd fisher home descendants and their families ot the late william fisher and mary miller early settlers of the scotch block gathered on the spacious lawns at the farm home of mr and mrs a lloyd fisher on sun day the afternoon was spent in renewing old acquaintances and supper was served on the lawn those attending from a distance were mr and mrs john fisher helen and margaret of st louis michigan mr and mrs leslie fish er hamilton mr and mrs william f lawson end beth toronto mr and mrs albert hunter margaret marlon and lois freeman mr wrobert lawson own sound it was decided to hold another reunion in- two years bride travailed in navy shear pie- ture hat of wbita mohair and navy and white arc ofiaa both couples will reside in geor getown rr william boal is new roxy manager william boal is the new- mana ger of the rxy theatre mr boal arrived in town last week end to take over the managership of tle theatre which is one ot the odebn chain he succeeds bill hati who was here for only a few weeks and resigned his position the new manager is a native of toronto and comes here from king- jnjfston where he was assistant nana gerof the butmore theatre a for mer georgetown manager ernie crawford was his boss in king ston prior to that mr boal was asslitght manager under keith wuv son of the roxy theatre in bramp ton norval central peels and brant- ford are tied in their playoff la crosse series the norval- team took a drubbing saturday in brentford vi0 the game was played under protest by norval who claim that i hrantford is using unauthorized madgctt was the star of itatctl for anv georgctowners norval team brant- li are at distant jwints two dis- forl look an early lead and p riet school teachers jean ruddcil j nc tcn soai od in th sec- ami marion williamson who went p to the west roast after spending the the table were l monday ummer in banff got home yestcr- ot norval when clark- lyons was day coming by train through the y scqrin in on 118 victory states to detroit and thence by bus lyons hns bccn sidc wlth business has been brisk for gray bad ankle and u was flrst 8un lines which has every avail- in scveral weeks he scored four s on the road local com- and t l who usually go to toronto i mod m train are taking advantage ofl 8 ingles hi service and the buses arc crow- i th scrics is f 7 v 1- in 1 ik riaii 1 n otrlhe teams meet again in brant- hashadoxtonsivooxporioncuai a r jjwitheibmonmsuors the nl will ho book illustrator commercial drafts- eomiwny is also doing a forj norval wuu t- man and teacher and her vxper- parcel delivery ience should be most beneficial for local transport companies are students who will be under her working to capacity burns trans- guidance i iort which hns a charter to oper- charles kilgour who had been ate between georgetown and tor- hired as music teacher at milton to has made two trips to mon- interviewed the board saying that real snyders transport has had swelling the total ot local enlist- it would not be profitable for him turn down requests for loads to ments in the canadian army spe- to make two trips weekly from gait other points in order to kecd thelricial force to nine bill james and a without some mileage in addition service for regular customers jim brandon left last friday tor to the 500 yearly salary paid 11 j miss mabel chavc supervisor of i training at petawawa bill is tho was decided that if the time table 1 the bell telephone office reports a son of mrs emily james of town could be arranged to cut his trips growing increase in long dlstanceland jim is a hamilton native a in half a mileage allowance of 150icalis on the monday evening be- nephew of mrs m tost both were would be paid ore the strike deadline there was employed at alliance paper hills the acton members pf the board j a heavy traffic in long distance ltd reported that acton council had calls and there is btill ford srldaynlghujiorval wlll r at home next tuesday two more join army for service in korea council had calls and there is a noticeable in been interviewed about their feel- crease during the mornings ings on location of a proposed cen- the railway strike has intensified tral high school and they favoured the cement shortage which was al- it being within a mile of spcysldc l ready being felt among locol bull- lt col gordon brown an esquenj tiers suppliers lumber also in ing member said esqucsing council short- supply apd the strike will not fovourcd a central school any- ma it any more plentiful where as lon as it meant only wnue coal dealers have supplies one school other members had ahead this is one product which no reports to make must come by rail and shlpmenta the boord decided to meet at which were en route have stopped spcyslde before the next m being bt tne border or before on september 11 and look ovarany ken mcmillan local implement dotcntlal sites it was felt that dealer reports one machine which councils could not be asked for is tiy wanted by a customer was any opinions when the board itself j thlpp from tt states in mid- had no concrete suggestions to offer ju ls somewhere on the way and that some sites should be sug gested this is an eightpage paper i i- lorne scots band at u thurs the lome scots band will eater the- band competitions at tha can adian national torn row- tha draw takes place at on oclock and tha band will be on tha platform sometime later in tha afternoon with no means ot finding out even where it is ken also tells us that while he was fortunate in bains booked at tha lord xuln in otta wa tor the horse show last weak some of those competing who has made reservations at tha chateau laurier had to make their own beds most of tha hotel staff is on strike and arrangements had bean made to taka care only ot those who had previous rssstreuoos on elevator waa oparatlng an ware batng served only to register ed r-sta- stewarttown two accidents on hill need bad curve sign there have been two accidents here in the last month one involv ing 2 trucks and the other a car both from the same cause tha slippery condition when wet ot tha road at the curve outside mr corey herrlngtons house there about- be a bad curve sign a little abovo that part of tha road it would be better to do it before anyone get killed harvest thankagdvlntjsarvtce will be held in st johns church next sunday september 3rd at mo pja the rector ot lowvule win be tho preacher sunder school at spjn happy birthday to paul who will be 8 years old on r september stbi mr bob lawsoo of owen was home over the weak end mrs lawson sir hr and walter lawson and eons bob donald attend ad theytener sunday atternoon at r lloyd ftsherv t