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vm ten pages georgetown opt wednesday january 24th 1951 tenpages the weather by v canadian plowmen abroad tqus dvecfor si mr editor we certainly moved out pf the banana- bejt as gordon sinclair calls this pari of the world m- a hurry over the weekend that deluge of almost 1 inch of- rain clea the grujuujeady out- nexr fall of snow the highest 0ntxmo plowmans association e this is the first of a- series of weekly stories which victor c ij bcwteous of owen sound oat a director of the ontario plowmens association who as their coach- manager will write about the visit of canadas champion plowmen to the british isles belgium denmark and the netherlands on board the queen mary we are now on our way across the atlantic we left the dock in new well so much for all of us i had better get back to describing our trip or youll think we never got off the day of our departure was a busy one what with radio broad casts press interviews photograph ers and the official luncheon i was glad that col- tom kennedy the ontario minister of agriculture was able to drop in for it wouldnt have seemed right not to have him there to wish us luck but before we knew it it was lemperatupeoi ai was 11 degrees from the high mark of 62set jast january ern batkin rain and wellknown citizen mrs wm gamble dies a resident- o town since early childhood mrs william gamble died at her home on the 9th line last tuesday she was born 77 years ago ip hull quebec the eldest of iivfi second school in north gym for us milton date january 15 january 16 january 17 january 18 january 19 january 20 january 21 max 32 32 39 36 46 si 26 min 20 18 21 12 32 29 12 snow sl r96 average 3742 2057 r96 s 1 w 1 now time to be at torontos union sta- 2 anoon tlt lts on our departure was quite la but not too much rolling a little fr- end t think we will prove sea worthy i hope so for none of us have been to sea before by us i mean hugh leslie of an h j i- jrtm of agincourt ont the 1950 canadian champion plowmen and myself we are headed for the p th at side to take part in plowing mat ches in the british isles and to obse agricultural conditions and visit historical places there and in holland belgium and denmark we are the fifth in as many years to have been awarded all-expense- paid overseas trips by imperial oil as a result of winning the esso champions transatlantic hprse and tractor classes at the internat ional plowing match the boys won their trips in competition with county and district champions and i was appointed team manager by the ontario plowmens association who sponsor the big annual event besides looking after the boys one of my jobs is to write a series of letters describing our experiences abroad what e see what we do and sometimes what wehcarl hope they will prove interesting to you but to get this series of letters properly under way ill introduce the two champion plowmen and myself by coincidence bolh of the boys are 28 years oldbut herbert jar- vis the gold medal horse plowman is really the younger his birthday was january 3rd the day we left toronto for new york nlce birth day present eh herb is the son of john jarvls and is the sec ond youngest of the seven plowing jarvis brothers willis donald russell richard norman herbert and leonard in that order the boys were given that title when all of them competed at the east york plowing match in 1947 nor man won that year but herb had accord with all the other events of the day and i must say that the spirit of those friends who saw us off was not dampened in the least by the inclement weather plat- form tickets did nqtseem jieees- sary for i heard a good many of our friends tell the man at the open house marks 90th birthday to mark her 60th birthday last thursday mrs w d johnston held openhouseatharho on c street ma friends called during the gate they had reservations on the afternoon and evening to pay then- new york train- i think i heard at respects her sisterinlaw mrs least five say they had lower bertbredith thompson of toronto poured six on car 36 but of course they tea a beautiful bouquet of ninety since won the county championship two years 4n a row it might inter est you to know that while herb is an out-and- out horse p were not on the train when it pul led out we had no trouble whatever with inspection at the border as the cus- toms officers were aboard when we left toronto inspection was car ried out systematically and comple ted by the time we entered the usa altogether our train trip was quite uneventful except for tne fact that we were about one-and-a- half hours late arriving in new- york it was 1 1 am when we got into our rooms at the biltmore hotel by the time we contacted peter kin- near of standard oil ncw jersey it was almost noon and lie invited us to have lunch with him and a group of his associates mr kfn- ncar isi a former ontario boy hav ing been raised in cayuga we were taken to the luncheon club in the rainbow room of the rca building rockefeller centre this is on the 65th floor about 800 feet above ground level after- lunch we were shown- new york from uie top of the same building it was quite a sight later we visited some of the of fices in the same building where one of the radio networks recorded an interview with herb and hugh for use the next day on a farm broadcast we also had some phot ographs taken wth dagmar a wellknown television actress nat urally this was enjoyed by all even myself in tho evening v r hinnor a red roses brightened the day sent by her only granddaughter mrs gordon mcmurchy of huttonville mrs johnston enjoys good health and spends her days happily quilt ing and knitting and doing some of the chores around the home a faithful member of st johns church of england stewarttown she rarely misses a sunday service she is an active worker for the grenfell mission and the mission to children of the late mr and mrs william hawes- the family moved to georgetown a few years later where her father was- employed at the greenhouse operated by the lafe dr w j roe the greenhouse was located at the corner of main aad guelph streets where the lome peters residence now stands before her marriage 52 years ago mrs gamble worked in toronto her husband predeceased her in 1927 she was a member of the presbyterian church she is survived by two children mrs clarence walters susan of georgetown and william gam ble of detroit michigan there are two grandchildren a brother john hawes lives in stayner archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the funeral service on thursday at the mcclure funeral home and interment was made in greenwood cemetery georgetown we w fredmino ray webster aha three nephews- william hawes richard hawes and fred fryer lepers a daughter of the late m and mrs william thompson she was born at ashigrove- and following her marrlace lived for several years at stewarttown whee her husband op erated a saw mil and farm they moved to georgetown in 1915 where mr johnston died fifteen years ago an only daughter mrs normaii snyder lives in georgetown and she has one brother rev griffin thompson of milton hoard quashes milton move f t area a motion to build a new school in the northern part of halton and to add a gymnasium to the milton school found little favor at a meet ing of north halton school board- in milton monday- mllton representatives dr carl martin and nelson pickett- proposed the move which was supported by ross carbert of nassagaweya rep resentatives of the three other municipalities involved voted sol- be quite satisfactory as milton could expect in future to have studerit from parts of trafalgar township dp class saeeessfal v v a good- rdort was received about the english course for ops being taught in miltpn each monday night original enrolment of ten has grown to 2jf and- there is also a fifteenfstudenl class operating m acton permissi wasy given for the transportation of acton school pu pl is to toronto to attend the open- idly against it john bell dr j ifing of the ontario legislature b milne and walter biehn of georgetown arthur beaumont and william schenk of esquesing g a jjuls william coon -and- dr a j buchanan of acton a newlyap pointed member george cleave of esquesing was not present at the meeting dr martin in moving the motion said he believed a speedy solution should be made towards the estab- ushment ol creation of a borrowing bylaw authorise the chairman and treasurer to bor row up to 150000 from the bank of nova scotia until tax money is re ceived teachers accept kaise a letter from a committee repre senting the unanimous opinion of teachers in the three schools accep- ted the boards recent offer of a a nwschoolandthe a twoschool area he aanual increment 00 to 200 social and personal bill harry of the birruger clean- ers- staff spent the weekend with nisparcntsvjn sinuoe mr and mrs w wheeler ot guelph visited with mrs a s wil son queen street on saturday friends will be sorry to learn hat mrs clem uwyer is confined o guelph general hospital miss effio hitlis of simcoe spent a few days last week in town vis iting with her nephew mr and mrs wilf hlllls mrlou butko employed as a chemist at provincial paper ltd has been transferred to the thorold mill of the company mr dean harley has had the misfortune to break his ankle and will be confined to his home for some time u smorgasbord at a swedish restaur ant there was everything you could think of to eat and plenty of it later we toured sections of greater new york including wall street brooklyn and the wharves m w man he works in a plant turninr but tractors but on weekends herb plows with a horse on his fathers 100 acre farm his wife herbert jarvu fa a ttolberll member of a family that includes many champion plowmen and they have twin daughters linda and donna who will be three years old next may jsugh leslie the gold medal trac tor plowman halls from george town and is an old hand at tractor plowing he has been behind the wheel of a tractor since he was able to climb into the drivers seat and he has competed at county and at international matches since they were re sumed after the war last year he was peei county champion in the open sod tractor class hugh and his father george h leslie work a hugh 400 acre farm ind of course it is highly mechanized he to a mar- maa man and lire father of a t yearold daughter lynda ann as for me vm a farmer away back and my grey maple term near owen bound ha been in the family for over a hundred years we certainly enjoyed every minute of it all too soon it was 11 pjtn and time to go aboard the queen mary we regretted having to bid our new friends goodbye one oil board the queen marry we stayed up and watched its pro gress out of the harbour at four am we passed the statue of liber ty by five we were pretty well out of sight of land so we waved goodbye to north america and made for bed in my next letter ill tell you more about life aboard this giant ship and of our first days in eng land stewarttown from church ladies form new ladies guiltt fourteen ladies met at the home of mrs john standlsh last tuesday evening to form a new organization in the village taking the name ot st johns guild stewarttown with the purpose of working for- st johns church stewarttown the following officers were elected president mrs john standlsh secretary mrs tom clapham treasurer mrs colin blizzard publicity secty mrs bob harris assist secty mrs c a- grant the next meeting to be held at mrs david barclays home on tues day 30flt of january will take the mr ivan hay proprietor of the vogue hairdresslng is spending a few days in kitchener attending a hairdressers convention patty wardlaw daughter of mr and mrs alex wardlaw of malt spent the weekend in town wnere she was a guest of gloria bain mr and mrs garfield mccilvray and family and mrs f l mcgll- vray spent sunday at downsview with mrbtid mrs thomas watts visitors with mr and mrs wilf hillls on saturday were mrs hulis mother and brother mrs richard son and mr sam richardson of slmcoe visitors last week with mr and mrs robert hayward berwick hall were mrs- w dawson of leaside mrs e cook nnd mrs j treloar toronto mrs a e dawson is spending a few weeks in lansing michigan whore she will visit with her son and family mr- and mrs ken daw son mrs harry matthews of kitch ener spent saturday with mrs fred laws and archdeacon and mrs mil g o thompson mrs matthews is a former resident in town cpl bruce collins who is stat ioned with the army at camp bor- do is at barriefield camp near kingston at present where he is taking a special- course mrs a- s wilson queen street entertained for her sister mrs syd ney robin at a family party satur day evening which took the fori of a miscellaneous shower there were 32 present dr and mrsr clifford reld spent thursday at nlagaraonthelake his friends will be pleased to know that mr j 1 kertcher who has been quite ill at his home on trreffttr-ttnr- lias made a food re covery and is able to be up and around again mrs harry moss otrtrander boul evard entertained twenty ladies friday evening in honour of mrs sydney robin guelph street after cards a table lamp was presented as a wedding gift to the guest of honour mrs clarence bain was delighted to receive a box of spring flowers consisting of trailing arbutus and box berries tuesday morning from her father mr fred archer who lives in yarrhouth nova scotia these flowers usually bloom in may mr and mrs ajbert reid and son frank ot nlagaraonthelake spent sunday with dr ami mis cliff reid mary elizabeth returned home with them having spent a few days here with her uncle and aunt riley brethour of wilson heights called on fr i t o mon- day mr brethour former proprie tor of the georgetown dairy is now in the real estate business in toronto a member jof the firm of brethour and morris mr l e fleck who moved from town last fall to kitchener was a visitor in town last week he has recovered from his recent illness and was spend ink the week in mil ton with his daughter mrs carl martin and dr martin mr and mrs william glbbs at tended the funeral of the late wil liam malcolm in fort erie a week ago friday mr malcolm was an exmayor of fort erie and the two men had been friends for several years since tho time they worked together miss georglnn young a former member of tho public school staff who now uvea in milton spent a few days- in town this week as a guest of miss annie ryan miss young is an aurtlof halton s new warden reeve kenneth dick of milton last thursday misses joan har rison margaret mcquarrie and ar ietta pattenden entertained at a miscellaneous shower- for mrs james brandon the former joan tuck the shower was held at miss pattendens home on main street and the girls served a dainty lunch at the close of the party argued that there had never been any intention for one school tt serve the whole area and that the present milton building with the addition of r a gymnasium would save money and provide the best in education it had been the impres- sion he said at a meeting in stew- arttown in september 1049 that two schools would be most econom ical and practical several members expressed the thought that one school alone could provide better education at a reas onable cost the present shuttle system of transportation which not only brings children to school in the morning but shifts them from school to school for special classes creates a heavy burden of cost there was a suggestion that if mil ton was adamant in refusing to co operate on one school that thetown ue allowed to withdraw from the district dr martin said this would the teachers asked however that consideration be given to their ori ginal request for a 300 raise the letter was filed without comment from the board boy chair gowns choir gowns and mortar board will be purchased for use by girls choirs in the schools the gowns will be dark blue with scarlet trim and cost of 31 outfits will be 80o at present the georgetown choir has been giving a series of concerts and it was felt that the choir woud be stimulated by proper gowning purchase of leather tools and equipment was endorsed for the household economics classes v motion by biehn and dills that the board serve without remunera- tiorf this year except for a 50 grant to the chairman for incidental ex penses was lost when it was voted on mr coon being the only sup porter of the motion will mark 93rd birthday tuesday a resident of georgetown for several years mrs robert mccul- lough of brampton wili celebrate her 93rd birthday next tuesday mrs mccullough is a native of the dbhrict and after her marriage lived in the parry sound district before mpvlng back to georgetown her husband died several years ago she attended the united church while living in town dance planned friday by high school students students of georgetown high school are sponsoring a dance in smwartuiwii ha this fiiday wh tiny hopkins and his orchestra will play for dancing the dance starts at 900 and a bus for students will leave the rose bar restaurant at 845 students will get in for 35c with a 50c charge to the general public t monday morning middle and up per school saw a showing of pride and prejudice preceded by a robert benchley comedy the junior forms saw the same show in the afternoon pride and prejudice is being studied jn liter ature this year at the school raiders lose first dundas the victors georgetown raiders suffered their first defeat in league competition on monday at dundas playing shorthanded the raiders lost the game- 128 to the home team last wednesday the raiders drub bed burlington here 134 raiders are at home tonight to milton the toughest competition in the league and have a return game in the county town friday next tuesday they play their first game in the new burlington i arena with patterson ralnfn and chap- pel scoring the raiders kept on even terms for the first period monday but were nutscored 5 to 2 in tbif second period del beaumont snav kemshead getting the local goals kemshead and the beaumont broth ers spare three goals in the final period aahgrove dealer exhibits ai toronto implensent show j g davidson ashgrove garage- man and farm implement dealer was in toronto last week where he had an exhibit at the ontario retail farm equipment dealers show in the coliseum at the exhibition- grounds mr davidson says there was a keen interest in the show with large attendances on wednesday thursday and friday mrs t w miller pf queensville and mrs mary greenwood of tor onto are visiting wun mr and tsn- walter gray it their home on went form of a sale of home baking esqtmting womens tnstltntn heldrvtalung with pr raids father mr a short business meeting at mrs george reid who is s patient at my son is now operating it and tm bob h home t piatf for the cottage hospital where he is serr stsort of iuemv partner evening of february 6th when the lously 111 church street jfr orsjr who i have always been interested in- schneider meet company will pre- calvin clarkv frank whltmee queensvuleon the weekend uf organisations that are aimed at im- sent ahnsfeaemonstratiqn of had frank carhejrattended an ex- drive his slsterlnuw here was able dtovinsf agricultural conditions and their product in the comninntty ecutlye dinner meeting d thecals- tp get in a sew hours fishing 1 irn tti ivjlmbumi vm h trlct sqectrlcsi contractors assoc- through the lee off jacksons point iatiod at the royal hotel guelph and came back with two fine white- forty years with cnr mike horusso r a canadian national railways sectionman for forty and a half years emamnuel mike lorusso has retired on j pension mr lorusso was honoured by fel low employees on the railway on saturday when they gathered at the station in the evenjng and presen ted him with a leather wallet con taining a generous sum of money as a farewell present a native of fornza province in southern italjt mr lorusso came to canada as a young jad in his teens in 1902 and after living in toronto came to georgetown in 1909 hiaflancee marie mas came o fr italy two yeai ami nroving asm iiimiihi i jj- jslictopert in nearly balk the p3enfttlon wfll be all farm 9rey organizations in north under the auspices of the womens institute last wednesday fish since their marriage they have liv- m in the n street here they sjlirfuide jtuejrattend holy cross roman ostholic church they have a family of nine chtt- dren three of whont served overess with the canadian army in tne last war frank nqeco and mike the latter rejoined the army when the korean war broke out and is now at fort lewis washington with the canadian special force tffanfcnow lives in durham where he is a cnr section foreman and roeoe works at provincial paper in towsv other members of the family azw dominic joe donald and josephine of town mrs annie mccbnkey of oshawaand rose of toronto mr lorusso intends to remain liv ing in georgetown and has mads no plans for the future he figures on still doing work of some und for he is in top physical cohdltloo nnd maymjtn fal f twenty years ago mrs lorussons mother and saister stfll uto inkbbjt but 4r lorusso has no imaedlssf relatives werearsqbbbyegrii in canada he is dubious sbottt whev ther he will take a trip beck to tt old country t fm a h rm- rtswb r5ggasgggisg jo h m mffiximmtmh3mswm