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v s pages goorgetown ortt wednesday october 31st 1951 ten pages rally as deans ion campaign ate support hospital plan says municipalities need government financial aid iberals from al parts of halton ity met at dinner in pafermo r monday night when final cam- n plans in support of dr f y deans of oakville were leted dinner was served by the palermo ted church ladies and j cunningham halton liberal dent chaired the meeting hughes cleaver mp taddressed e rally and spoke of the high ties of the candidate who said had served his home town oakville in nearly every capacity id at the present time chatr- of the oakvilletrafalgar high 1 board he also stressed the iportant work done by dr deans connection with the new oak- le hospital and his service club ork mr cleaver criticized the frost overnment for taking credit for on legislation in an adver- jsement published that day in the laily papers in connection with the old age pensions he said the only locial legislation in this country had been implemented by a liberal ad- ation he said the opposition took credit for erecting hospitals ver outario but he understood that the various municipalities had borne more than their fair share he pral- the thomson hospital plan as another step in the right direction dr deans was high in his praise 6t the new liberal leader waller thomson and said his new hospi- tat plan would be of untold benefit to those needing hospital care and unable to pay for it he criticized the frost government for taking away the rights of municipal legislators and said he favoured some form of subsidy to the muni cipalities who were more than bur dened with increased taxes due to increasing population which deman ded more services from the towns and villages he said he would be it the service of the county at all times and promised he would be beard in the house other speakers were t a blake- lock former mpp and william rob inson campaign manager for dr deans mr robinson coined the 1 phrase that halton liberals would be out in full strength to defrost the present government it was announced that walter thomson ontario liberal leader would speak in the county early next month cred masons hold annual ladies night the annual ladies night of credit lodge af am 219 grc was held last evening in st johns aud itorium the meal consisted of a turkey dinner with all the trimmings the meal was delicious and the ladies of st johns who catered cer tainly outdid themselves in provid ing it for the lodge after the meal was concluded the toast master wor bro camp bell sinclair ruling master of credit lodge proposed the toast to the king and the craft wor bro frank wilson proposd the toast to grand lodge which was rep lied to by rt wor bro de wade the present district deputy grand master the ladies were toasted by bro tom faram and replied to by mrs waltc rigg those who had prepared the meal were thank ed by bro fred chapman bro leslie clark then called the wife of the wm mrs cam sinclair and the junior wardens wife mrs wal ter rigg to the stage and on behalf of credit lodge presented them each with a beauiful bouquet of flowers the entertainment for the even- was supplied by the kansas farmer and his concert troupe powerful puffball tears up sidewalk seeing ti believing we thought sam walker manager of the brewers retail store was pulling our leg when he invi ted us over to see a mushroom growing through the sidewalk skeptically we arrived and there it was a fungus growth mushroom or puffball pushing up through the pave ment- just beside the exit door the oddity had not only broken through the softer ma cadam on the sidewalk prop er but had smashed bits of concrete from the footings ar ound the building it is truly remarkable when one realizes that the pufrball is soft to touch anrl has not the apparent strength of a root vegetable mr walker is allowing it to grow anrl we will be interes ted to see just what develops this is one for ripley the weather mr tsditor this weeks summary sliows aver age temperatures of almost normal for october the rain for three days is almost the total for a whole nor mal month of october but still no snow ern batkin date max min rain october 22 64 n 58 october 23 58 49 96 october 24 a 7 47 39 october 25 58 41 october 26 59 35 october 27 59 37 october 28 41 27 average 5657 39 193 skull fractured when struck by car saturday struck by a car on the 9th line saturday evening mrs clarence walters is hospitalized in guelph general mrs walters sustained a fractured skull and concussion she was walk- ing on the west side of the road- at ten oclock arid was struck by a car- driven by w c cunningham mr cunningham was dpivfng quite slowly norths he turned out to pass a truck which was coming to a stop in front of him noticed mrs walw tors and applied the brakes but could not avoid hitting her she was rushed to hospital for treatment of her injuries and is allowed no visitors this week forty years service present wrist watc miss florence anthony who ie- tiroi today on pension from her position at the alliance paper mills was honoured by fellow employees and the office stitv at the mill yes terday at a social nour between shifts she was presented with a wrist watch and bouquet of flowers by david crichton retired mill official coffee and sandwiches were served during the party which was a dou ble treat for miss anthony who cel- obrated her birthday that day one of the paper mills oldest employees in years of service she has been employed as a paper sor ter there for forty years miss an thony makes her home in town with deputy reeve and mrs kenneth mc donald the two ladies being sis ters george alcotts fifty years wed tomorrow mr and mrs george alcott are celebrating their golden wedding an niversary tomorrow these wellknown residents of town have lived here since 1919 when mr alcott was transferred to the georgetown station of the suburban railway they were mar ried in london england and emi- grated to canada in 1907 settling fjflst in toronto where mr alcott obtained a position with the rail way comparty he -served- overseas in the first war with the 19th bat talion mr alcott prides himself on be ing the oldest member of branch 2i canadian legion of which ho was one of ihe founders along with ltcol gordon cousens and tho- las grieve mrs alcptt is a char ter member of tho legion larlies auxiliary their seven children all reside in town with tho exception of gordon who lives in westorr where he is ieeroatioiiil director for a large factory they are lilly mrs kloyd varey of the bell telephone staff kdith mrs william hillier florrie uho is cashier at the roxy theatre ethel mrs frank king grille of brill- store staff and dorothy mrs dennis wright twelve grandchil dren and one greatgrandchild complete the alcott family circle fatima pilgrimage statue comes to holy cross church herb cook was once georgetown fair head president of the esquesing agri cultural society in 1927 and 1928 and interested in many community affairs thomas herbert cook died at his home r r 1 limehouso on tuesday october 23 mr cook who had been in fail ing health for some time was horn in piamosa and came u esqueing 52 years ago residing here until his death on march 17th 1926 he was married to edna may scott at elora they have resided on their farm near acton since then he leaves his widow one lumh- ter anrl one son eleanor of the nursing staff of sunnybrook hospi tal toronto and george at home three sisters and one brother also survive mrs frank mclarty of edmonton miss anna cook strome alta mrs i gibson of tuberose sask and george of strome deceased was a member of wal ker masonic lodge acton and was a past master of the lodge he was a member of knox presbyterian church acton blue mountain school board and the agricultural society rev k if armstrong conducted the funeral service at the rumley funeral home acton on thursday and a masonic service was conduc ted at the graveside in acton cem etery the pallbearers all masons were fred cole ouie moffat james burnett d mathewson a c pat terson and j a leslie flower bearers were sam lindsay m mad- m a b petrie harding price w harding stan matthews fred shor- till and wilfred mossop english classes here if enough students if there are enough interested new canadians to form a local class m basic english there will be one started in georgetown by north hal- ton high school board similar clas ses have already got underway in milton and acton new canadians interested in tak ing such a course are asked to meet at the high school in town next tuesday at 8 oclock when a mem ber of tho staff will be present to discun tho course with them this is a wondeiful opportunity for new canuadians to learn the language and custom- of then new count i v i las noble nd m mrs sam pishy an dinnerparty marks mayor cleaves 25th wedding date mayor and mrsjharold cleave cel ebrated their 2th wedding annlver- mucy on saturday when they enter tained a few close friends at dinner at hilltop lodge krin those present included mr and mrs lome cleave mr and bars kelson robinson mr and mrs w c marshall mr and mis cecil bardie mr and mrs w- oi mcdow ell and mr aid mrs arloff dilla and mr and bus amos mason ac- family reception held for 50th anniversary mr and mrs john bird sr of stewarttown celebrated their golden wedding anniversary quietly at their 8th line farm home on tuesday october 30th a reception in their honour was held at the home of mr and mrs thomas bird maple avenue on saturday afternoon which was at tended by relatives from acton dundas shelburne guelph toron to and norval mr and mrs bird sjie is the for- mer effle ann mclean were mar- rllm by rev g w milne at bal- llnafad they lived t korvsi sta- tion before moving to their present home in iiminorsk arthurhall family village newcomers we welcome mi and mis art ifill and children to the village taking an apartment in the sheldon liiiwr houc the horringtons rec ently vaoaud it to make their home east of norval mr and mr- w mitchell snout the weekend in toronto recently winners at the w a euchre held in the hall on friday evening were mrs stan matthews and mr stan matthews seconds going to mrs mr rred brooks nid mrs a c put teron received consolations sand wiches and pie chiefly pumpkin in keeping with the halloween season were served with coffee billie san ford spent last week in bed with tonsilitls mrs john scott and mr and mrs w shelbourne and girls visited mr and mrs krod toxc near hillslnirgh on sunday mr stobbs is laid up with an infected knee mrs robert patterson returned on sunday after a two weeks visit with her son mr and mrs elliott patter son near acton the sympathy of the community is extended to mrs cook and fam ily in the passing of mr cook last eki mr and mrs russell thompson visited the calvin tharks at wan- steadkver the weekend mrs gisby attended the funeral of the late a neale in brampton on monday mr and mrs walter linham and linda visited her brother mr frank longstreet and mrs long street peru on sunday the mcmillans attend harrisburg horse show after attending the pennsylvania national horse show at harrisburg ia last year mr and mrs ken mc millan wore so impressed thabilhis year they decided to go again this time accompanied by their daugh ter miss joyce mcmillan they made tho trip last week and wore once again thrilled at what mr mcmillan describes as the top horse show on the continent radio star arthur godfrey was showing his horses again and this year also helped with tho commentary last year the mcmillans were fortunate enough to e soatid near mr god freys box and he autographed a program for tin m this year every- n e got a similar favour for the horse show program carried a full page autographed picture several ontario showmen had their horses there including doug las cudney of winona who placed second in the jumper slakes others- wore abc farms ilranipton lance humble and lame- fyiiiueschinis uniform stock kami- gikn williams h f beaumonts have silver anniversary on tuesday the 2jlid mr and mrs jl v beaumont celebrated their 2th wedding num orsary rola- tnes and friiids called dining the evenmc and they received many congratulatoi y cards mi and mrs robert mcmenomy pent a pleasant two weeks at big ime acres lixlue gi avonhurst rec ently and enjoyed a trip in algon quin park mr and mrs wil liam braine who own this lodge on no 11 highway were guests with the mcmenemys here last weekend mr and mrs wellington riggs rita and gordon were weekend visitors with friends in fort erie delegates attending the 20th ann nual provinciil conference of the aypa at the church of the ascen sion hamilton were bob lucas and vera foist eileen prust represen- ted the georgetown group al the conference mr and mrs andrew wheeler and lorraine toronto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs john wheeler weekend guests with mr and mrs e bludd were mr and mrs harry reed guelph short column all sat and no pace teftwateacortt next 1 recent visitors include mr and mrs jos sanford of stew arttown with the mitchells on sun day mr and mrs fryer and the jack nobles at the jas nobles mr and mrs wilfrid greenlees marianne and lois and rev j e sutherland of campbeuville with the a w bentons on sunday mr a c bourne home from toronto university a mr alex wright home from tor onto fit sgt and jars byers formerly of ottawa with the routays ku hoc key saturday legion kid hockey is underway at the arena this saturday four local teams have been chosen and will play two teams each from the glen and norval there are many potential players not signed up they still can do so by reporting at fhe arena saturday morning or at d m timbers office sweaters have been purrhascd for the teams mrs clarence eccles peter alex shirley and sandra of burlington with the charles jones for the weekend dixie jones celebrated her sixth birthday at tier home on saturday with her schoolmates cousins and sisters as her guests they included trudy scott barbara currie dor othy kdrkpatrlck tommy sutton linda and heather clarke gloria latimer joy patterson barry and bruce leiyls jsloria and marsha jones r rev o p hossie he o p hossie minister of trinity united church kitch ener will speak at st johns anniversary services sunday morning and evening he serv ed as a chaplain in the royal canadian navy during the war st johns celebrates its 112th anniversary this year as early as 1836 methodist pastors visited this area and by 1840 congrega tions of the episcopal and wes- loyan methodists were worship ping in georgetown past masters receive orange lodge jewels past masters jewels were presen- tud to two former heads of royal oak orange lodge at the october meeting honoured were wor bro fred armstrong oldest living mem ber of the lodge who was treasurer for fifteen years and master for a number of years and wor bro david bowman immediate past mas ter who served a two year term the presentations were made by wor bio joe hall sr and kred minally past county master wor bros hall bowman and mcnally visits highland creek iol 934 to present them with a silver trophy for the lodge coming the farthest distance to parade at the july 12th celebration here this year they also assisted with the coiifomnu of the jnd degioe on a via if eight brothers last week joe ross president check line forum iih- iiis a s rhosi n pi trident and mrs ernest curry -ecretary- tmxiiei of tni k line koi um at the first fall mooting of the group in monday the forum mot t the home of mr and mrs george stvill to listen to and discuss the broadcast on cooperatives first of a series a good cooperative they learned oc curs when there is a need plus enough people with capital to invest in it and a good man to hire as a manager next week the denney harles will be hosts special devotions will be held in holy cross roman catholic church on thursday evening november 1 when the pilgrimage statue of our lady of fatiiria will be brought by rev fr patrick j moore sfjm by solemn procession from acton the statue iskone of three replicas of the apparitionrf the blessed vir gin who appeared to three young shepherd children on may 13 1917 at the cova dira near the village of fatima in portugal father moore yof the scarboro foreign missions is touring hamll- ton diocese with the statue from the tip of the 6ruce peninsula thru to hamilton and to dunnvilie in the south the statue was in fergus and elora last week and in guelph and acton this week a service is being held in st josephs church acton tonight an unique ceremony is planned for the statues trip from acton here a cavalcade of parishioners in cars will meet the statue at acton at 715 pm and conduct it to its allotted throne in the church here during the procession the rec itation of the holy rosary will take place over loudspeakers a shrine of flowers will surround the throne in the church and mary jean tuck er will crown the statue with a garland of flowers it is expected mhat the- statue will arrive at the church at eight oclock and at the service father moore will give a special sermon on the history of the apparition the parish priest rev fr v j morgan will also take part in the service of devotion the statue is transported atop a special motor panel truck built for the purpose and will be illumina ted when the blessed virgin appear ed to the young shepherds in 1917 she told them to tell the world that men must stop offending her divine son amend tlelr lives do penance and pray for their souls especially by the rosary she said that if her requests were not heeded that there would be another war more terrible than the last religion would be persecuted countries would be destroyed and communism would spread its ufcly reign over a great part of the world but she also promised that if enough people hee ded rter requests russia would be converted and there would soon be an era of peace she told the children to come ev ery month on the same date for the next six months and that on the last month october she would show thorn a sign and tell who she was on october kith there was an esti mated 70u0o people present in the valley many of whom came to scoff or at least were dubious of the chil dren s story the nowfamous mir acle of the sun took place on that day and the beautiful lady said she was the lady dt the rosary the sftatuevhich comes to geor getown is one of three which are travelling all over the world out side the iron curtain hoping some day to pierce even it terra cotta halloween party for 10th line schoolkkb the 10th line school held a hal loween party this week davie an derson betty jean anderson and brian elwood were prizewinners in the costume parade newlyweds mr and mrs harry deforest arc making their home in the village wc are glad to se mrs schleich er up and around again after her illness mr and mrs w hayward guelph were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs harvey puckering mrs ed stinerman spent the week end with mrs vlckers shirley mcnally has gone to toronto where she has obtained an office position with the crown life insurance company henry elwood is working in brampton with the brampton brick company a euchre party is planned in the hshi on november 2nd by the thim ble club with proceeds going to the building fund for the hall phone cable cut while working on a water main on mill street near the main street corner las week town workmen cut a telephone cable by mistake and telephone service in one end of the town was disrupted for sev eral hours including tines to the paper mills and smithy stone norval v sliced apples new industry at norval a new industry in norval is lind- nergurd limited the firm is lo cated in the former moreton wood products building behind the feed mill and is slicing apples for the wholesale trade at present that bulk of the sliced apples atepurch- ased by bakeries hotels and res taurants in the city but the firm la experimenting with small retail packages in pliofilm bags the firm bears the name of its two partners william lindner and walter gurd mr lindner is also associated with his father j f lindner in the apple products firm in glen williams and makes his home in brampton mr gurd who lives in islington is a member of the family which established gurda ginger ale this firm founded by his grandfather is now owned by k p taylor a talented musician he formerly played piano in art ball- mans orchestra and was music ar ranger for fhe bobby girnby and ellis mclintock orchestras he was purchasing agent for rca victor before entering the new business is married and father of a two year old daughter the sliced apples are being mar keted under the trade name orch ard fresh brand plana are beta made next year to enter the fast frozen field with such items m cherries and l aul 3 donf forget ontario day is thursday novembar st l 1 iil