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ten pages g ontario wbedy- august 4th 1954 ten pages ballinafad chtrd wedding choose local cadet sails today for dukes honor guard european tour what council did a younf gaorfrtown imy cadaf who u chows to apanavuw lum- tat at tha training achool at bant wlu have rurouar thrm when ha u one of a guard of hon our for the duke of jmlnburgh at the british empire games in van couver 11iu uardmsn head cadet at csortatown high school this year la the fortunate younf man the honour guard comprise members of tha hree armed services and it may he the saroe one in which an other georgetowner lutc cadet george lfcclure with the navy on tptfwert eoaat this summer will appear bill will have the rank of lleul enant for the occasion l la one of three members of hit family in terested in the army ills father bob aerved overseas in the last war and brother ilud is with canadian troops in germany a cearfetown farmers who rur ed recently dean leslie is aalliog aboard the s s scythla today to spend aeveral months in britain and on the continent f mr leslie will join a 2sdsy1our which start from antwerp bel- glum the fifty members of the tour will travel from there into germany switzerland sly end rraneei vlaltinc major cities and seeing historic sites after the tour he intends to spends some time in the uriilsh isles on his own and will be re turning o new york aboard the queen mary in november mr leslies farm in the scotch block is now owned by bob kelly and his father l n kelly officials of the sportsmens show deve fulton guelph mr and mrs kenneth allen acton sign the register after their mnrringe in ballinafad united church the bride was dorothy marie warne daughter of mr and mrs robert warne r r 2 acton and the groom is the son of mr and mrs charles allen acton they are motoring to the west coast for their honeymoon coronary fatal on ottawa vacation trip vacationing in ottawa john s hughes died suddenly on monday mr lfughet who had just arrived in ottawa on vacation from his pos ition at the a v roe co ma ion suffered coronary he was burled in greenwood cemetery this after- noun follow lug the service at the mcclure funeral i pome surviving are his wife wllen kempher one son owen a member of the toronto police force a sister mrs it e- mayo toronto and bro thers frank of norval and james of toronto mrs hi j jam ward is s4 today widow of a georgetown bailiff mrs william ward is celebrating her mth birthday today at her home on john street asflgrove institute ladies see shakespeare play the season is getting along wheat is pretty well all harvested soon the binders will be cutting the epring crop and its quite noticeable how the evenings are closing in n wednesday morning july 28th thirty womens institute members and seven visitors left ashgrove corner at nine oclock by bus and arrived at stratford at eleven they bad lunch and then at 230 went to the shakespearean play and saw ne taming of the shrew after wards all went to the basement of knox presbyterian church where they were served a delicious dinner before leaving they toured queens park ah the ladles affreed it was rand days outing and the suc cess of it jtoes to mrs percy leslie and mrs leslie g iff en who planned ahead and made the necessary ar rangements for everyones comfort throughout the day mr and mrs hartley anderson and children peter virginia and baby robert from montreal have been visiting with her parents mr and mrs arthur ruddell master jim peddle of milton is with his uncle and aunt mr and mrs claude picket velma lane marries local hockey star haiders hockey star itene martin and velma lane were married in acton friday evening at a cere mony performed by itcv it 11 armstrong in acton presbyterian church manse the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs wesey lane georgetown and the groom a smith and stone employee is the son of mr and mrs donat martin callander for her wedding the bride wore a powder blue silk shantung dress with white accordion pleat insert white straw hat and white accessor ics and a corsage of white carna tions her attendant mrs fred lawrence wore darker blue silk shantung with bertha collar and full skirt navy accessories and a pink carnation corsage mr law rence was groomsman mr and mrs martin will be liv ing in georgetown when they return from a honeymoon trip stewarttown mrs uwion has returned home after a visit with mr and mrs j hunter norval mr and mrs patterson were vis itors for the holiday with mr and mrs ca grnt of toronto congratulations and best wishes for a happy and successful life to mr and mrs morris cook i jean nine humpheys who were married in st johns church saturday af ternoon visitors with mrs bally at the weekend were mr and mrs ed ward batly toronto mr and mrs p r dally dawn and stephen of islington wins iso prize in lacrosse draw george ward of town won the iso lucky draw prize offered in a fundraising raffle by the ng lacrosse club the draw was made at a recent game in town elaine pries becomes mrs carl petterson jur and mrs carl hewitt petter- soo who wore married here satur day in 6t georges anglican church mill be making their home at 1261 lake oreese port credit after a honeymoon trip in atlantic city and the eastern states thbrldegroom son of mr and ms joseph pettecson onlcvllle is employed with the port credit weekly the bride elaine emma fries daughter of mr and mrs eg- mont pries 12 victoria crescent is a member of the office staff of the xtv- roe company at mellon t summer flowers decorated the churoh and archdeacon w g o thompson officiated jack crleh- iton was organist and soloist glenna doherty sang the lords prayer be ljathe ceremony aid o perfect xove while the register was sign- gibbens parking lot provides moreparking the weather ur editor- july was indeed a dry month with rain on only iv days for a total ortjnly67 of an ins h- which is over 2 inches below normal average for the month of jujy thc minimum average for the cnonui was w which is 3 degrees below normal and the maximum average of so was exactly normal iiut we can re member that there were some hot sticky days in july km batkin lands fine pickerel at fenelon palls in case she is too modest to tell hydro uicrlntcndent gerry mccal- lum reports a fine 23 v pickerel caught at ken ion kails last week end by mrs pharea vannatler it was one of the beat fish taken from the lake this season mr mccallum knows irst hand about the catch for he shared in the eating with his wife he was visiting his parents mr and mrs m h mccallum ills mother has been in 111 health and mrs vannat- ter sent over a fish dinner for the family date ma mln rain july 26 88 m july 27 st 80 july 2b 87 81 july 2s 71 ml 28 july 30 80 so 00 july 31 82 57 21 aug 1 78 52 average 83 58 58 glen williams guild presentation to rector a presentation of lawn furniture was made to archdeacon and mrs w g o thompson last night by membes of the junior altar guild of st altons church the archdeacon spoke to the girls at the meeting about their duties as guild members a corsage was pre sented to mrs thompson by presi dent betty lucas and the refresh ments featured a birthday cake with 70 candles in honour of the arch deacon who is retiring the end of august hornby glen play for championship hornby and glen williams will meet later this month to decide the championship of the rurul girls oft ball league the trumi ended the season tied fur first plat- each with 7 wins and 3 losses and a sudden death playoff to decide the standing saw hornby the victors hornby then went on to eliminate 3rd place pal ermo in- two straight games klnal league standing was w hornby 7 glen 7 palermo 6 omagh 4 llaltouvillc 3 norval 2 camp quarantined in polio scare things are back to normal at camp norval ymca camp follow ing a weeks quarantine after a young camper was taken to sick childrens hospital with symptoms of polio the youngster suffered no 111 ef fects and was fully recovered a few days after admittance to hospital and no further outbreak of the dis ease occurred a georgetown boy was in camp at the time and was allowed to go home with quaran tine imposed on his home during the danger period reopen grocery store on main street north closed for some time because of mrs dorothy swans lllneas the grocery and confectionery store on main street north will be reopened friday by her brotherinlaw ar chie glrard the store was opera ted for many years by mrs swan and her mother the late mrs loud mr glrard will call his place of business north knd grocery and confectionery mr and mrs glr ard their son teddy and daughter mrs cecelia jones moved into the house adjoining the store last week they were operating the present dlckeson store on water st when they left town twenty years ago and have since lived in paris col- llnwood and cat heart shortage of downtown paxstiaf spaca mafe be alleviated this week when an agreement for use of land owned by j j olbbena is signed by the mayor and clerk acting ior tha town monday iuhl councillor looked over the property and remarked oh the- generous gesture by mr bens to use the land fur the next five years at a nominal rental fee of 13 this year he will net 9150 as taxes on the property are 1350 cost to the town to convert tha land which lies behind a large business block owned by m bens is estimated at 5076r bull- doxing and some fill if the owner wishes to terminate the agreement before fle years expires he is to psy the town 50 all town oil contracts presently held by 111 11 uailey brampton will be turned over to w h kentner i son who have installed a local ser vice in view of the company pay ing heavy taxes in town new water mains will be laid of joseph street and orchard blvd to service the new mcnslly subdivis ion a brief exchange of words be tween road chairman norton and itceve allen resulted in a defeated motion to move some hydro polea on chapel street for road widen ing the reeve opposed moving the poles until next year when the ac tual paving is done and the funds can be taken from the debenture issue this year cost of moving would be in current expenses mr norton was supported by crs mc- gilvray and sargent in maintaining that the poles should be moved at once to allow the road to settle be fore paving l t pts j 14 3 14 2 1 13 6 8 e 1 7 8 4 spitzerleslie wedding saturday at holy cross firemen called to norval grass fire the fire siren sounded twice on civic holiday it was used in the morning to summon local firemen to milton for a mutual old demonstration as part of the firemens convention later in the day a township call was received to fight a grass fire at norval which threatened a wheat field rev fr v j morgan officiated on saturday morning at the wed ding in holy cross rc church of margaret mercedes leslie daughter of mr and mrs william leslie 42 main st s and benno spltzer son of mr and mrs paul spltzer lirne- house the bridegroom is an avro employee and his bride is employed at smith stone the bride wore white nylon with lace ovcrsklrt and jacket a pearl studded juliet cap with fingertip veil and carried white carnations her attendants were her sister klr- stln leslie as maid of honour and miss daphne wrong toronto as bridesmaid they wore blue nylon ballerina gowns with matching tulle headpieces and carried nosegays of red carnations the grooms brother herbert spltzer was best man ushers were his cousin george spltzer and mr d wrong toronto mr leslie gave his daughter in marriage mrs william carney was organist and mrs robert beeney soloist receiving afterwards in the par ish hall the brides mother wore night blue taffeta and black acces sories and the grooms mother navy blue crepe and lace with navy ac cessories leaving on a honeymoon trip to the states the bride wore a blue unen suit white accessories and a corsage of pink sweetheart roses mr and mrs spltzer will live in li m chouse iiand plays at lix1ion convention the lome scots band under the leadership of wol alf pcrrott par aded as a feature of the dominion convention of the canadian legion in toronto on sun flay they played for the march past when general crerar took the salute the bride wore french ehantuly 1 lav over white taffeta tter gown frww styled on ptfaces lines with l halter top and fitted longsleeved llace jseket a machine uce cap studded whh riiineetones knd pearls a tulle illusion veil completed v t f wi and sjephanoht ajttsjflisiwaretlj lldvs fran pries and the grooms sister mrs stuart smltherom they wore taffeta waltzlength gowns with lace bodices taffeta and lace hats and lace mittens identically styled in mauve yellow and green and each carried a bouquet of bronze mums another sister of the bride gall pries and the grooms niece deb orah den ni son were flower girls they wore white organdie dresses little lace tiaras and lace mittens and ctrried nosegays of tea roses and sweet peas mr pries ffnve bis daughter in marriage and the grooms brother robert petterson was best man ushers were the brides brother wayne pries and be grooms bro therinlaw stuart smltheram the brides table at the reception in the oddfellows hell was decor eted with summer- flowers and candles and centered with avtlered weddinc cake receiving the tuidee mother wore dove gray taffeta black accessories and corsage of red roars r tha grooms mother wore deep tan natural acceaaeciea and yellow rose corsage for the honeymoon trip the- bride wore blue linen wit white aceeaorlea and corsage of red rose v r ballinafad qosing exercises end vexation bible school vacation bible school for chil dren af the three churches was held lost week st churchill with sn at tendance of about fifty the jun ior class was in charge of mr russ assisted by mrs russ and marie kerr and the primary class was taught by shirley thompson with beth mcenery shirley klrkwood and helen allan as helpers the theme of the study course was jesus increased in wisdom and in favour with god and man on friday night the closing exer cises of the school were held and the handcraft and work books were on display the children sanff a song of welcome this was followed by a film showing the leslie bell singers in their practice sessions thewrsh lpscrylccjcdby mr 1 peww crane pldtsith6 of the conodttm natfenol rattwoys new 0tky hole j in tfenbwal the busy scene above lefr thews medeewioof afewporory large liom wlm h sew tft hotel easd ww hrfem avtoheti mjibjb is a 2frterey office jwbdah which rtte rajway prep q t erect the oreo b shaded fw develop wewtfi pitai i jm russ with the untor closs each tel ling some incident in the life of jesus a bible quiz was conducted by shirley thompson among the primary class this walpfouowed by aeveral more action songs mr rua then showed another film entitled 1the bee hive which gave us all an interesting picture of the dlf- ferent activities of a swarm of bees mr c kendry expressed the appre ciation of the parents to mr russ i and aji who helped to provide this time of happy fellowship for our chllclren- cookies and sandwiches were served by the churchill lad les to close a pleasant eventagv- mrr peoples of peterboro was guest speaker at our church service sunday morning he took as the theme of his sermon the import ance of gods word and added much- to the service with singing a solo vcalverjr covers a1l mr and mrfc archie lewr jean peter and siurleykirkwood are apendlngf e week at victoria har- bour at uhom