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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 18, 1950, p. 1

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georgetown ontario wednwy oetoberl8ui 19s0 32 first wedding reception held in stewarttown hall 8ob saturday october xu ffjuhgrov wilted church the mar jriafa wassolemnliad otvloiaflor- fiaea briwen daughter of mr and mrsjbruce btfgden and thomas jwiutaas- aldwspn son of mm w jvs alderaori jutd the- lata mr aldefc firaesk rev lied ajuuwrorth omcu- ltd before an altar banked with tern and white- and sale yellow gladioli h mxt brigden gave his daughter in marriage she wore a wedding own of pore whlienylon maroul- eette over tatta wttkberth collar hedged with hand embroidered med allion lon pointed sleeves and verskirt draped at the hips a threequarter length embroidered net veil fell from a headdress- of aeed pearls she carried a white bible and a single orchid with streamers caught with white baby mums ion joan chaplin of georgetown was her eouslnf bridesmaid wear ing a floor length gown of nile green taffeta a white juliet cap and white lace gloves and carrying a nosegay of pale- yellow baby mums another cousin karen brig den as flower girl was gowned in floor length yellow nylon net over taffeta matching headdress and carried i nosegay of white- baby warns keith merry was his cousins groomsman and ushers were the brides brother floyd brigden and junes skene of toronto during the signing of the register mrs ar thur ruddell at the organ played o perfect love and the lords prayer the bridesmaid wore the brides gift a rhlnestone bracelet and the hower girl a stiver bracelet the groom gave his best man gold cuff links and the ushers gold tie clips eighty three guests attended the first wedding reception ever held in esquesing community ball at stewarttown where mrs brigden received wearing royal blue faille black accessories and corsage of pink baby mums sfrs aldetjon who assisted chose forest green faille black accessories and corsage of pale yellow and white mums six friends o the bride served re freshments isabel currle mrs john hunter jessie wlngfleld mar lon currle mrs leonard coxe and gladys ruddell for a wedding trip east the bride changed to a grey dress and hun ter green topcoat black accessories and yellow mum corsage they will reside on the grooms farm at horn by toe weather mr editor plenty of rain on the report thhl week after 10 days without a show er and the wek ended up with the first minlrrium in the twenties the first snowlkst year was on nov sth 7 hope the record isnt earlier this year krnbatkln date max mln rain october 9 w 40 181 october 10 88 91 08 october 11 83 82 64 october 12 88 49 13 october 13 i 88 40 october 14 88 37 trace october 18 88 29 1 1 8871 4389 2m premier congratulates top traaor plowman stroke fatal to mrs ww- fisher following a stroke which she suf fered two weeks ago mrs william w fisher died in peel memorial hospital brampton on monday oc tober 9th formerly msrguret jane forbes leslie she was born in chlngua- cousy township on march- 17th a daughter of the late joseph and christina leslie on february 16 1948 she and her husband celebra ted their golden wedding anniver sary at their farm home on the 5th line esqveslng always of a cheery friendly and kindly dispos ition she was esteemed by all who knew her she leaves her husband three sons and one daughter leslie of hamilton john of st louis mich igan james of the old home and mrs wilfrid bird isabel of geor getown and six grandchildren there are two sister mrs w s mcal- plne of brampton and mrs fred thompson of georgetown the funeral service was held at the meclure funeral home on wednesday afternoon with inter ment in greenwood cemetery georgetown the reverend mcfaul pastor of boston presbyterian church of which she was a member conducted the service pallbearers were four nephews and two cous- ins lloyd fisher gordon fisher walter lawson vern thompson dean leslie and george h leslie stewakitqvtar coal gas fatal jfm si pead the shocking discovery was made about 8 pjn last evening that two wellinown residents of stewart town had died from coal gas pois oning the twov sisters mrs jgoodson appelbe ad miss eva thompson lived in ahie beside harris grocery the tragedy was discov ered when mss elizabeth appelue called in the learty evening arid go no answer at the door she en quired of the neighbours and when it was realized- that no one had seen them about that day joe standlsh who lives across the road beamed a flashlight through a bed room window and discovered that mrs applebe was lying in bed provincial police from george town were speedily summoned and entry forced through the front door and the two bodies discovered it is believed tht they died on the previous evening at press time funeral arrange ments had not been completed funeral ytstwday for mrs lebnanrmarchment anniversary planned for october 29th regular morning worship was conducted in st johns church on sunday morning by the minister hey john m smith the lesson was read bom xpheslans 6 1018 and the sermon was based on the phrase lead us not into tempta tion from the lords prayer miss patricia for of toronto sang the solo the sacred place of prayer and the choir sang the anthem to thee o lord do i lift up the combined junior and senior choirs concluded the service with the singing of the lords prayer the evening- service was with drawn and members of st johns worshipped with the congregation of knox presbyterian church on the occasion of their 90th anniver sary it was announced that the conr gregauon of st johns would hold their anniversary services on sun day october 29th toronto telegram photo premier lesfje frost cnnuriitulatr hugh leslie 28 left of george- town tractor plowing cuiivfitioip winni r at the international plow ing malch at aiiislnnrhf receive an iuexienc trip to the british isles sponsored by imperial oil limited for the second year in row a giorgeluwn rlisriet farmer won top honours in the trins-allniik- tractor iompetition at the international plowing match at allison he receives an allexpense trip to the british isle which is the c a m every pluwmmi in the province hugh is a tanrtb feneration laimer on the leslie homestead on the 5th line chinkuncousy the son of mr and mrs george h leslie he is married to the former loisv hyatt of the norval district last year he placed ihir in the open tractor class at the haiton plowing match hugh is a distant cousin of last years winner jim fccles his coach ing helped jim to win the trip in lm3 and this year jim reciprocated and coached theinew champion to victory cowinner of the trip for taking first place in the horseplowing class is herb jarvis 27 of ajjnicourt a young married farmer and father of twin girls the two men leave on their trip later this year ashgrove st georges men plan visitation in cooperation with all anglican churches in canada a visitation week is being planned among members of st georges and st albans churches this month the special week has been planned to encourage fellowship among mem bers of the congregation to stimu late church attendance and to instil in the hearts of church people a desire to be practicing christians st georges laymens associa tion at a meeting last week decided to undertake the campaign in georgetown and jack armstrong was chosen chairman the town will be divided into districts and it is hoped to visit each anglican home following the business meeting which was held in the church club- rooms euchre and crlbbage were played bill collier was prizewin ner at crlbbage and fred mcnally at euchre walter btehn getting con solatlon prise refreshments were served after cards attend wedding in earlscourt church i norval r i successful apple day for norval scouts a mrs leonard g marchment a resident of gen williams for forty years died at her home there on sunday mrs marchment was the former mary amelia hepburn and was born in aberdeen scotland 87 years ago she came to canada with her parents the late john hepburn and christina howie hep burn when she was a girl of twelve the family lived in hamilton for a few yearsthen mved to the glen where shewas married thirtyseven years ago to leonard marchment she was a member of georgetown baptist church and for many years a member of the church choir she is survived by her husband and two children norman and ruth her motner in toronto three brothers james hepburn toronto john hepburn glen williams and norman hepburn in oregon usa and four sisters mrs william schenk glen williams mrs charles wells mrs percy fox and miss eleanor hepburn toronto one sister predeceased her rev alex cowan conducted th tells i0dlv of life im bahamas mrs james f evans gave a moat interesting talk oh nassau in flat bahamas last monday evetung the october meeting of the cotps- teas of strattunore chapter iodx held a the home of mrsv art scott mrs evans bated her talk on par sonal experience since she and iter husband lived there year and a halt during the war wntl- mr evans was senior officer t taehedto the rajt there life in the bahamas proved a oadxmiat subject tor her listeners and wag eminently suited to the chapters empire study psn under the mm- venershlp of mis ann hlckey mrs wallaeo thompaon regent presided at the meeting and wel comed two new members atrai w a mcgowan and mrs leslie clark- ten dollars was voted to the poppy fund flans were made to hold cooking school in april used clothing tor the chapters adopted school in hallburton was brought to the meeting to be peeked in a bole mrs ken whltworth and miss ruth evans will be in charge of packing the chapters annual xmaabox to the adopted sehool it was decided to purchase two books for ccdarvale school after a vote of thanks to the speaker and hostess for the evening refreshments and coffee were serv ed by a committee consisting of mrs garfield mcgiivray mrs cal vin clark mist helen macdonald mrs bruce mackenzle mrs k cartlldge and the hostess mrs art scott t m officers installed at orion lodge ceremony the new officers of orion lodge ioof were installed on monday at a ceremony at the oddfellows hall district deputy s lockle of mflton and his staff were in charge of the installation the new lodge officers are noble grand wllllam ritchie vice grand william mcdonald maple ave recording secretary fred johnson treasurer sam walker financial secretory john collier funeral service from her late resi dence on tuesday and interment was made in glen williams ceme tery six nephews were pallbear ers bert marchment george coop er mcrvyn kir by robert hepburn murray farr and william schenk jr social and personal ae e dawson heads anglican laymen albert e dawson glen re was chosen president of haiton deanery laymen association at the annual meeting ot the group on monday i e owen burlington to the new vicepresident and jaeat armstrong georgetown la secretaiy- treasurer laymen from all parts 6f haiton county sjttanded a din in georges church which was pt dad by a brief religious service con ducted by adoem w o profaaaor william blaekweu for mer head of tho dopartment of phr ales and agricultural ngfaeerlng at ontario agricultural couege guelph gatra an inspiring to the group nn tanttb ha auasatd tta taet that rhyuoilt toherwt te bttanu 4a aat pn tta per meaning in their songs they sing sounds instead of words a singer should make people feel emo tions and too many church singers lack this professor blaekweu said that as a scientist be twas sure that there is a master mind which guides the destinies of human beings and that science will back up the church in its beliefs hi is s believer in one church and hope that some day all churches tul be one daniel pope palermo retiring president reviewed the work of the new organisation in lts first year of operation and pointed out the large field of aarvlos which man banded together can render tor their ehureh a coat of arms- de signed by mr falrbrother of bron te was esplalned by qaerge s atkins nice fall weather were having the rains will help greatly in the fall work the trees are certainly gorgeous in their colours but the high winds last week sent the leaves flying fist the bright star mission band met on sunday afternon at the home ot david giffen with ten children and five adults attending and the 1st vice president mrs hector bird in charge marilyn wilson played two numbers and mrs leslie giffen told the story from the study book the flying umbrella mr and mrs t j brownrldge and allan mr and mrs ward brownrldge mr and mrs john mcnabb mr and mrs wilfrid bird elmer and marlon and mr lome bird attended the birdgordon wedding at earlscourt united church toronto on saturday oc tober 14th congratulations and all good wishes go to mr and mrs tom alderson who were married in the church on saturday afternoon mr and mrs charlie jeffers and two sons of toronto were sunday 1 visitors with mr and mrs wilson and marilyn mr and mrs clayton wilson and family and mrs george wlngfleld and family spent sunday with mr and mrs melville wanless at brampton sympathy is expressed to mrs wilfrid bird in the death of her mother last week there will be no service in the church on sunday as it is hornby anniversary saturday was scout apple day in many parts of the dominion and anyone outside or inside their homes were fair game for the boys on that occasion the response was extremely gratifying and will those who donated apples please accept the thanks of the committee and the leaders the boys were excel lent salesmen and managed to cover this district very thoroughly as well as branching out into huttonvllle stewarttown and ashgrove they were very hanplly received wher ever ihey called but one amusing incident occurred when a man not only refused them 5c but threatened to call the sheriff last thursday evening the 1st norval scout troop welcomed two new members from the pack black p sixer laurie reed and red sixer bill donaldson those present at the comlngup ceremony included mrs percy donaldson mrs j coi ns ot brampton mrs nsgel also of brampton and visitors from the guide company at the same time two new leaders were introduced to the group mr ritchie senior jjji teacher in the- public school for the scouts and mr j de sylva ot nor val who will work with pack rev john cobtjrn dj rev john coburn dj3 well known united church clergy man and author ot the current popular book t kept my powder dry will be the guest speaker at st johns united churchnext sunday georgetown leading football league friends of miss eileen sedore will be pleased to hear that she is back home after a sojourn in peel mem orial hospital where she underwent an operation for appendicitis members st st pauls norval and st stephens hornby who at tended the laymens banquet in st georges parish hall were messrs kenneth ella- r weller walter fidler and rev j e maxwell v georgetown and milton who tied their first game of the season share a first place ieadlacjfte high school football league milton beat acton 28s and last week georgetown in flicted a 1111 defeat to the luck less tanners georgetown played an exhibition game hero with alllston jnstarday endon thursday at s oclock goes to milton for a game dies suddenly at farrysouhd tuesday miss agnes cole a lifelong rail- dent of georgetown died suddenly at the home ot her niece aba james f cooper edgington station parry sound yesterday funeral arrangements have not as yet been co mr and mrs bruce c webster of windsor were visitors on monday with her brother mrs keith bar ber and mr barber mrs decker washington poland miss gwynneth mcgowan mon treal were weekend gaests of the tatters parents mr and mrs w a mcgowan mrs jack williamson is progress ing favourably in toronto general hospital- following an operation which she underwent last wednes day is bt helen ckiave mr rots sykes miss phyllis lanphler and mr don robnison thbrnhul atten ded a dance last saturday at mc- donald hall oac guelph guests at valleyvlew cabins op erated by mr and mrs wilfrid hunter at hunstvllle over the thanksgiving weekend included mr and mrs dennis brown mr and lira lome clegg and shirley ot norval and mr caaggs cousins ham shaion mr add mr gordon wqion andl bandy family ot toronto her slater mrs amy thompson at toronto is visiting this week at wudwood with her cousins mr and mrs era batkln miss marjorle gsult spent las week vacationing in new york city where she saw the hit musical south pacific mr and mrs philip howard and son michael ot milton were sunday guests with her parents mr and mrs a e dawson glen road mr and mrs carl relck and daughter diane of kitchener spent saturday with mr and mrs gar field mcgiivray mr and mrs bruce c webstar of windsor wore visitors on mon day with her brother mr keith barber and mrs barber mr and mrs c h barber and mr and mrs paul barber spent a few days last week at their summer cottage near port carting mr and mrs frank benner have been vacationing for the pest tew weeks they motored through eas tern canada to cape cod and are returning home through the states mr and mrs george d scott and mr and mrs maurice teeter of erin were visitors on sunday witts mr and mrs w t sinclair and attended knox church anniversary services fred sinclair mrs w t sinclair mrs hazen graham with mrs 1 h lang and mrs sadie thompson of orangeville attended the funeral in barrle on saturday ot a former georgetown resident mrs victor vaoater mr and mrs alex hume mr and mrs campbell sinclair and miss beatrice hume attended the wedding at earlscourt united church toronto on saturday of mist irene gordon and mr donald bird to celebrate her 8th birthday oa saturday wendydaughtar ot mr and mrs jack davidson entertain- edat aparfy at her home on aoa- demy road her goasta rln- harley june lyon lusty carolynr raeva suly jaotruallna yjoaaa tvae wlnv

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