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r- r h the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ont wednesday september 23rd 1853 twelve pages eorgetown prepares for 107th annual fair next week jprtrk being pftt in readiness randstand receives paint job j i georgetown s 107ti annual fall lair will go into fun swing next weekend starting on friday octo- the weather ijttr 2nd and carrying 9ver into the m jig day saturday october 3rd the fair grounds is being put in readiness for the big show the race track has been graded and the grandstand has been given a coat of paint in addition to this the toilet facilities planned by the chamber of commerce for the park are being rushed to completion in time for the fair last year s show broke a few rec ords one especially being the ex treme hot weather for such an ev ent and the other an outstanding cat tle shgpr this years fair promises to be x bigger than ever if the weathey man is kinder to george town fair than he has been to dis trict fairs fergus fair being rained dut completely acton and brampton suffering great- ly by attendance loss due to the wet day harding price president of geor getown fair for the second time bj more than pleased with the way things are shaping up for the big jtbow he says the cooperation of 4he directors leaves nothing to be jaesired and that there was an al- teost 100 per cent attendance at a board meeting last week th pres ident is hopeful of completely wip ing out the deficit which was occur red when a building was erected in the park for livestock it is hoped to have the hall dec- orated in coronation colours this year a large picture of the queen will grace the entrance and a rep lica of the royal crown will be shown by rosedale floral flags and bunting will add to the attract- veness of the hall the lady directors are putting jforth every effort to ensure a good ball exhibit of domestic science la jdies work and school work while many of the flowers will be over by that tjme it is hoped that some will preserve all the blooms they can the special prize list published in last week s herald should attract f many of the towns fairer sex in the- culinary art to start the fair proper the ball will again be open on friday even ing for those who wish to browse around at their leisure and look over the hall display following this the usual fair night dance will be held in the arena with the deb- onnaires providing the music due to standard time then being in effect the saturday show will liave to move along quickly and jud ging of livestockand horses will start at 12 30 sharp the cattle ex hibit will be an outstanding affair and the ever popular commercial calf class will be held again this year with a bui ova watch going to tfae winner in showmanship the bank of commerce is donating this prize and the royal bank is putting up the silver tray for the best jer- herd the light and heavy harness i fborse show in front of the grand stand will hold the interest of most spectators during the afternoon and will be interspersed by heats in the harness races walker montgom ery of orangeviue will act as mas- ter of ceremonies this year and we have had lovely fall weather lately and the cool nights will soon be painting up tie leaves just a reminder don t forget to change the clock this weekend em batkin rain date max mln sept 14 03 33 sept la 67 43 sept 16 66 44 sept 17 65 38 sept 18 63 34 sept 19 63 43 sept 20 i 52 average 66 41 ford employee saturday and f jj yews a tioolmaker end pattern maker with the ford motor company in windsor for 37 years w edwin glass 67 died on september 14th jft hotel dleu windsor he suc cumbed to a stroke which he suf fered the previous day mr glass wa born in george town a son of the late j a glass and ida search the family later moved u durham he is survived by his wife and one daughter jean glass of detroit mrs frank wat son of town is a sister and he also leaves another sister and a brother mrs clarence furlong windsor and william a glass durham dr and mrs frank watson and mrs edith glass were in windsor to attend the funeral service w thursday interment was in green- lawn memorial cemetery there li the judges for the horse show will a w glenney of newcastle gordon atkinson of richmond hiu and r j mcknlght of peterbor- ough a highlight of this show ftshould- be the western horses as a palomino class has been added tfie poultry directors too expect to coop a good exhibit for the poul try lawn show and for those who thrill to the carnlal side of the fair there will nty or e al the midway a fcrris wheel merry goround swings pony rides and bainpeart wedding in mtmaster chapel son of a former georgetown res ident george keith bain was mar ried on september 12th in hamil ton to helen jean peart daughter of dr and mrs harry elwood peart mr bain is the son of mr and mrs george j bain and his father was a merchant here several years ago operating the variety store now owned by clarence bain the divinity chapel at mcmaster university decorated with white gladioli was the scene of the even ing wedding professor h w lang of mcmaster university assisted by rev r arthur steed officiated at the ceremony wearing a gown of twilight tulle lace and tulle her fingertip veil caught to a matching headdress and carrying white chyrsanthemunis the bride was given away by her father as her sisters maid of honour miss margaret peart wore periwinkle blue satin and tulle and carried yellow and white chrysan- themums while miss lee fiddes cousin of the groom as flower girl wore canary yellow tulle and car ried a basket of bronze chrysanthe mums groomsman was mr doug las rooke and mr john keith of chesley and mr donald mcleod ushered providing wedding music was miss josephine meeker organ ist and mrs r arthur steed who sang welcoming the guests at the re ception which was held in the brow residence of the mountain sanatorium the brides mother was in a gown of grey crepe and her flowers were white gardenias in navy chiffon with lace and wearing talisman roses the groom s mother assisted for travelling the bride wore a turquoise suit with accessories of british tan and vellow rosocorsage a a hon m th c thomas palmer 17 dies unionvilje car accident mayor jack armstrong placet the first long distance call on georgetown s new dial system sunday morning when he chatted with mayor frank thompson of mil ton from the municipal office just after the changeover qeorgetoum got dials sunday morning at 657 pull coils release switches meet teaching staffs home school night teaching staffs of th two pub lic schools and members of the school board were introduced to a large attendance of parents when georgetown home school assoc iation resumed a new seasons ac tivities in chapel street school on monday sam penrice president of the or ganization in a few introductory remarks welcomed those present making special mention of newcom ers to georgetown and those hav ing beginners in the schools ken neth r harrison school music tea cher led in a sing song edwin wilson board chairman introduced board members and the two principals harold henry and william kinrade the staffs of the schools were introduced in turn by the principals mr bornhold associate inspector in walton spokr briefly of the mer its of home and school groups re freshments were served by mrs vern mccumbers group mrs newman starts nursery school here a nursery school for children ages 2 to 5 has been started by mrs h j newman who for five years conducted a similar school in tor onto the school is conducted each mor ning in the public library from d until 12 and is operated under the same name as the city school chor- ley park nursery school mrs newman an accomplished musician concentrates particularly on music with singing and march ing forming part of the course games and work with plasticine and construction paper also are on the program and mrs newman is teaching the children such practical things as toilet habits and cleanli- don t forget georgetown s big fall fair saturday oct 3rd states the couple will live in syr acuse new york where the groom will be continuing his studies at theunkerslt of syra these words were the signal for the important changes which took place in the georgetown telephone exchange at 6 57 a m sunday they climaxed an extensive project which gave the town and surrounding dis trict its new dial telephone system a representative group of geor getown civic officials and business men gathered m the new exchange building on main street to watch the conversion they saw the lntrl cafe dial switching apparatus take over the job of connecting local calls within seconds after the old manual exchange was cut out of service mayor jack armstrong and assess ment commissioner joseph gibbons officially opened the exchange mayor armstrong placed the first official long distance call through the new dial equipment when he telephoned mayor frank thomp son of milton mr gibbons called archdeacon w g o thompson in the first official local call handled by the dial apparatus earlier at the signal ipull colls a group of men wearing goggles yanked out the hundreds of tiny fuses known as heat coils which connected telephone lines with the old manual exchange and the switchboard was dead seconds later the words release switches was the signal for another group of men in the new office to free the dial apparatus for operation by pul ling out hundreds of little insula tors known as blocking picks im mediately the new dial switching equipment went into operation con necting calls bell telephone officials who were present included c b shaver west district manager b l sargant dis trlct plant suoermtendent h e howden district traffic superinten dent w o misener manager h a lilly plant wire chief and miss mabel chave chief operator the bell company entertained at breakfast afterwards at the mcgib- bon house thctr guests including the clerk and members of council chamber of commerce president honour miss chave hilltop lodge party girls of the bell telephone staff met for dinner at hilltop lodge erin on sunday to celebrate the cut over to the new dial system and to honour chief operator mabel chave who hns retired after 47 years service with the company miss chave was presented with a handsome piece of luggage an orchid corsage and a cleverly com piled book times to be remem bered which recorded some of the things which had happened during her time in town with pictures tak en at staff parties earlier in the day the group had watched the early morning cut- over then had breakfast at the home of isobel thompson present at the party were miss chave jean muckart jeanmne humphreys jean beaumont mrs william milliere of kitchener mrs george barber mrs floyd varey mrs hugh lindsay mrs graham porter mrs jack muckart mrs gene logan mrs r h jones mrs vern mccumber isobel thompson mrs ed malison iren fogg mrs mabel sowerby mrs ray whitmee mrs william bonathan pauline tyers mrs robert burns norma and dorothy olney lloyd davison buys thomas giffen farm one of the finest and best known farms in this district elmgate farm lot 14 concession 8 esquesing con sisting of 200 acres and owned by thomas giffen has been sold to lloyd davison of glen williams in 1829 the property was acquir ed from the canada company by thomas and john sparrow who sold it to thomas and henry reed hen ry in turn left it to his son percy reed in the spring of 1913 mr and mrs j a giffen of mayfleld pur chased the property and moved there with their family of five daughters and one son since his fathers death in 1935 mr giffen has carried on a dairy business there taking great pride in his herd of purebred holsteins the sale was arranged by j a willoughby son through the ag ency of walter fldler norval mr and mrs giffen are planning to live in georgetown and have started work on a new home which they will build on maple avenue beside mrs william whytes home l1mehouse rally day was observed at the presbyterian church services on sunday kathleen kirkpatrick and catherine norton reading scripture passages and juniors in the congre gation making up the choir rev a calder was in charge imrs d s mcdonald and boys of guelph spent the week end with the gisbys lieut and mrs r p bourne have just returned from a visit with her parents brig and mrs agnew at kingston fred chapman mr and mrs paul barber and the herald editor gorouna swings puny uct o yl i 1 iii 1 e jse knox church filled for young athletes funeral at no time in the long history or the esquesink agricultural soc lety has the ogan meet your friends at georgetown fair been more applicable engagements mr and mrs levi b bowman elmira announce the engagement fcf their daughter saloma to robert e john brown son of mr and mrs arry r brown r r 5 milton sthe marriage will take place in jjgmra pentecostal tabernacle on october the tenth at three oclock 7 mr and mrs george currie an- the engagement of their laughter margaret isobel to clay- horn son of mr and mrs b dick the marriage place on saturday octo- eventemth sorrowing friends crowded knox presbyterian church on monday at the funeral scrv ce for a popular oung athlete tnomns arthur pal med 17 who was kilkd in an auto accment at unionville on friday h died in toronto east general hospital of head and internal in juries early saturday shortly after a highway returning from a lacrosse game tom was one of georgetowns most popular young men he at tendedhigh school until last springv when be quit school to work at provincial paper ltd he was pro ficient in sports and played hockey and baseball with local teams born at straetsvule he later mo ved in toronto then lo geoie- town with his mother in 1946 if is ritath i the second tragedy for mrs pilmcr tom s fither arthur george palmer was killed in italy during the war where he was a member of a canadian paratroop regiment he is survived by his mother and orntag his maternal grandparents mr and accident mrs townley brocklebank of streetsvihe the funeral service was conduc ted by rev ale j calder six young friends of the deceased were pal bearers len murdotk jhn ed wards ross mcgul ron ritchie calvin king and robert webster fwhue others served as flower bear er interment was in hillcreai cemetery norval a georgetown youth was killed and another seriously injured in two motor accidents last weekend thomas palmer 17 died of head and internal injuries in toronto east general hospital where he had been rushed after an accident at unionville te friday night keith joyce 21 is in guelph gen eral hospital with a broken neck victim of an accident on the 4th line early saturday morning the unionville accident was a tragic ending for a lacrosse game at which tom had been a spectator he was a passenger m a car driven by ron breen which crashed into the rear of a stalled truck en route home from the game the car was a total wreck p c bill shearn of markham said that after the westbound truck stal led one flare was set out and a sec ond was being taken out when the crash occurred he said the truck was struck on the left corner driv ing it down tht road and over an embankment the truck driver lloyd barthol omew of guthri received cuts and bruises his helper who was put ting out flares was unhurt although bruised and cut by fly ing glass ron breen and two pas sengers paul barber who had play ed in the game and bob hill mir aculously escaped serious injury bob was able to come home satur day morning and paul who also had cuts on his legs returned home on sunday ron breen had severe facial cuts shock and glass particles in his eye but it is belicv ed no permanent damage is done to his eye he re turned front hospital monday night two lacrosse players junior beaumont and doug townsend who were in a car only a few hundred yards behind the breen auto were first on the scene and aided the in jured men the accident victim was a prov incial paper employee as are the two older boys bob hill attends chapel street public school suffers broken neek partially paralyzed and his neck broken keith joyce 21 is a patient in guelph general hospital follow ing an accident on the 4th line he was a passenger in a car driven by graham gillies omagh which went out of control driving south on a steep hill and flipped over gillies who had a deep cot over the right eye and another passenger walter eves who suffered shock and bruises have been released from hospital the 1949 car was dem olished dr w kenney acton attended the three at the accident scene and cst howard gunn was the investigating opp officer keith joyce who is employed at milton brick co has been making his home with his sister mrs har old brown r r 4 acton he pre viously lived in georgetown where he boarded at walter grays home bus car sideswipe two other accidents were inves tigated by cst gunn on saturday night on no 7 highway a mile east of acton at 8 50 pan saturday a gray coach bus and a car driven by thomas harris r r 4 acton sideswiped no one was injured but mr harris car was damaged to the extent of two or three hun dred dollars and there was minor damage to the bus sunday morning at 3 a m a mile and a half west of town on no 7 a car driven by allan green ac- t hrt the rearj of one driven by robert perrymcnt aurora a to- tal of 250 damage was estimated to the two vehicles the drivers and two georgetown girls who were passengers in the green car were not injured speaking to archdeacon w g gk thompson of st george church joseph gibbons former mayor who is now assessment commissioner placed the first local call through the new dial system on sunday young people elect officers at st john s the uyp of st john s church had its first official meeting mon day night the main business of the night was the electing of this year s officers the following were elected president leanne darou vice president beverly hyde sec retary treasurer sue crabtree pia nist beverly hyde recreation con vener biu whitney social conven er laura svans press reporter al len darby counsellor miss inman publicity agent ross mcgllvrav plans were made for a comedy to be presented in the fall the next meeting will be next monday au new members wiq bsv welcomed