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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), December 8, 1954, p. 1

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the georgetown herald first section gawfttowil osstjsrio wtranfrhy 8a19s4 ten pages mr and mrs leonardcaruso w h- reid farmhouse will be heslop office headquarters the weather mr editor winter time by the elements yea hy use ralmirtir no however you look at it its cold anyway to re- vim use month of november the av rags matlmnm waa 4 decrees above tha normal of cjjh minimum av rase waa 28 wkieb la exactly normal tha rainfall waa on tlnch below the normal for november of 2 63 inches km ualkin date max win snow i lain kov 29 43 35 r 08 nov 30 38 30 b 1 dee 1 33 28 sis dec 2 s3 18 dae 3 32 riuirira dec 4 33 18 flumes dec 3 28 8 average 33 20 it 08 23 a georgetown merchant and his bride were married in st marys r c church bremp- ton and will bo living here after their return from a florida honeymoon they are leonard caruso and patricia bobbins mr caruso a member of the n g lacrosse team is associated with his brother enrico ih operating the caruso fruit market carolyn biehn is judged top public school orator carolyn biehn was chosen top pub- 11c speaker in the georgetown public schools monday when twelve students competed in a contest which was a feature of the home t school asso ciation peter townend gary teeter and margaret eaton also received silver cups awarded by branch 120 cana dian lesion and the four will enter the county terni anala here thursday against student from acton and milton- it will also be held in wrig glesworth auditorium each of the competitors delivered a prepared speechon monday then had the difficult talk of an extempor aneous speech on a picture which which they were allowed to look at for a abort time alfred skes scted as chairman and judges were mrs robert darou murt allison and don barragcr the winners represented four senl or classrooms which entered the com petition the students were kevin warcing dawn ficbig and carol n ntehn fromhirold henrys grade 8 jacqueline tost carol kovaea and margaret eason from william kin radea grade 8 robert salter sid ney fletcher and gary teeter from lucna campbell s grade 7 and simple tree spray may prevent fires georgetown firemen not only stsnd ready for emergency but have a genuine interest in tire prevention as well each year at the christmas season they are aware of the dangers of trees which become tinder dry in homes and which are potential sour ces of trouble one tip which they pass on is to never leave tree lights on unless someone is in the room merchants too are reminded that it is danger ous and foolish to leave a lighted tree in a store window overnight a suggested method of making a i tree are resistant is to mix a simple formula at home and spray it on the tree ingredients are 0 oz borax 4 ox boracic acid 1 teaspoon deter gent and a gallon of water it doesnt take long to do this and it will pay dividends in peace of mind elaine king james gooam and peter townend from mrs james evans grade 6 urs joe emmerson who is home l school president conducted a meeting in the early part of the eveninje a feature of which was presentation of a past presidents pin to sam pcnrice who was president during the first year of organization reg broom head made the present tion volunteers were asked to be pres ent at the arena on tuesdays after four tofsaut young skaters to put on their skates it was explained that the arena management has aet this time aside for skaters 10 years old and under with older children skating mondays and fridays a membership was subscribed in the children s record club on he kiiggestion of mrs gene green principal harold henry announced an open night at chapel st school next week parent were asked to fass on to their children a request n don costumes and march behind santa in a parade to the community christmas tree a change in meeting night in april will be made in order to hear dr hrillinger of hamilton speak on child ps etiology as he cannot be present on a munda classrooms of mrs james evans and mrs harold henry will have the prize pictures for de cember as they had the most par ent present at the meeting musical entertainment was provid cd by a triple trio and the grade 8 choir from chapel st school direct ed by kenneth r harrison at 1 sou hi wo couwci school atwticsnft tut recompaa dealt with j important items coming before es- quesing council at two recent meet ings have already been dealt with in herald news items approval has been givert to high school additions at acton and milton an agreement entered into with georgetown for tax recompense on properties which will oe annexed by the town in january has already been welt publicised fox claims totalling h0 were paid to john chlsholm acton 21 donald wilds acton 15 frank jones ac ton 0 william tuck georgetown 6 harvey sprawl acton kdward robertson hornb david stamp nor al 3 each school girls injured knocked from bicyde jaequrline morrow 1 1 sustained severe injuries when her bicycle col lided with a car driven by harold kagles smith l stone office employee thursday noon the accident occurred when jac queline who is the daughter of mr and mrs jack morrow victoria st was rounding the john st hill after passing through the railway culvert mr eagles was proceeding towards the culvert jacquelines sister sharon 7 who was a passenger op the bicycle was shaken up and had bruises on her left side knee and wrist jacqueline more seriously injured was taken to peel memorial hospital brampton and u still in hospital a bad gash in bar left knee required 20 stitches she had two broken bones in her left hand abrasions to the left side of her faee and an eye injury which proved not as serious as at first fear ed tha girls were on their way to scheol spectacnlar but without major damage was an accident later that day on queen st when a transport owned by mitchell transport hamil ton careened onto the lawn of her ald publisher walter biehn wormed its way between two large trees and came to rest against a terrace the truck driven by james mon ger was proceeding towards the highway and swung wide to avoid hitting a car driven by bud varey approaching the intersection on mc- nab st just as he swung the driver noticed an approaching car on queen driven by reeve stan allen and he ticked the bumper as he pulled his truck into the lawn the truck was damaged and also an ornamental stone retaining wall john ord is hew hewsoa law partner another new lawyer is coming to georgetown john d ord will become a partner with george c hewson in the main street practice which mr hewson es tablished a year ago after buying kenneth m langden s practice the partners will share office accommoda tion in the house beside the preeby terian church where mr hewson moved earlier this year the two lawyers were classmates at osgoode hall where mr ord grad uated in 1051 son of mr and mrs s a ord of port perry be is a nat ive of islington after graduating from hlobiroke collegiate mr ord joined the rcaf and served overseas three years as a pilot in england it aly germany and egypt he obtai ned bis bachelor of arts degree from the university of toronto after the uar then completed his education at osgoode hall mr ord has been working in the law office of croll itorins and shift in the cjty where one of the partners is federal member of parliament david croll he was also for a time work ing with g arthur martin a top city criminal lawyer at cullegr he took the coventor general s medal for pro ficiency in english his wife june scott and their son robin 2 are at present visiting in england with her parents who farm near shrewsbury snd will be coming home at christmas time mr and mrs ord are at present living a port credit and will be moving to georgetown in the future the huge farm home where mr and mrs w h- jud and tneir son craig now live will become the king pin of the delrex subdivision early fa january when it will he converted into an office bualams for rex lies- lops business enterprise a new home f the reids being built by mr heal op near charlotte mcculloughs home on the limebouse sideroad will be ready in the next few weeks and they will be moving there early in the new year mr hrslop then plans an immediate move of his complete office staff to the farm from rexdale and will follow this with a mass movement of all his machinery and supplies to his new georgetown base at present he has a temporary field office erected on the property mass production of at least 600 houses is expected to begin on the farm m msrch this will be the first unit of the subdivision which will at least double georgetown population and add dozens of industries to the town a economy start on a railway siding into the mth lurr farm may be made later this we k surveyors directed by wil ham carr are presently making pro- grca on their survey of the ten farms purchased hy the delrex com pany the industrial area on the north stde of no 7 highway is expected to be laid out by spring no specific news of new factories locating here will come till then mr heslop says though he already is in contact with several firms which are interested mr heslop has offered a 3acre site on part of hll property for a town garbage dump which will tie in with council s plans for moving the dump from the park the dump site will not cost the town any money mr heslop says commerce chamber promotes many things for public good social and personal if turn in mite boxes at childrens tea children and their mothers num bering about 110 attended the little helpers tea in st george anglican church on thursday i thl annual event i sponsored by the church woman auxiliary and wu convened by mr thos warne the wa served rerehment and lb d w baxter the president of ficially opened the tea the children brought mite boxes and tha fund realised were lent to tdlocessn head quarter lit hmmoeferuse lotto fcu1 held- 2 english emigrant mark 40th wedding anniversary a couple who csme here from england a year ago will he celebrat ing their 40th weddinganniversary on sunday mr and mrs samuel masscy king st who are parent of mrs stan wade were married in st stephen church sally llill in suburban bir mingham and spent most of their married life in another suburb sally oak since living in georgetown mr masscy has been assisting his son- in law as a cook at the corner cup- board restaurant quite a different occupation from hi former job in the austin motor works but one which be enjoys georgetown merchant gets his citizenship papers henry helfant operator of a mala st men wear store since coming to town three years ago became genuine canadian last week when he received hi eitlsenshlp papers in milton from judge robinson mr helfant who was bora in po land but spent most of his life in belgium etmvto canada after the war and lived brat in toronto mrs c e ilithn of chcslcy uas a visitor this week with mr and mrs walter ilithn mrs deri fiddler with mrs w ii smcllic of norval has hcen visiting in thayer illinois with mrs carl xlcglothlin mr jack harris and grandson jackie of detroit mich were week end visitors with mr and mrs d- spcncc of glen vtilllams james f evans who underwent a cartilage knee operation in a toronto hospital several weeks ai is back on the job again at his insurance and real estate office philip wade who has made a successful recuperation after a bad break in his leg several months ago in an accident is in brampton hos pital for a few daya this week he had a steel plate removed from the injured leg mrs jsck gunning was rushed to hospital by ambulance early saturday morning and ia in toronto general taking treatment for a hemorrhage beliovod to be in her head mrs gunning who has been assisting in the herald office for the past few weeks suffered a violent headache after returning from the hockey game friday night latest reports are that ahe is resting ss comfortably as can bo expected dinner guests attending the quarter century club of provincial paper ltd on thursday in the legion aud itorium included mr and mrs george t smith mia lena mcnslly miss marlon robinson mr and mrs fred mccartney miss ann rickey mr and mrs donald latimer walter louth mr and mrs albert carter mr and mrs barry hale mr and mrs jack fry mr- and mrs dick grace leonard manchtnent mrs matt beaumont mia jennie mcdougall mr k palmar mr and mrs orval rayner mr and mr thorns her bert mr and mrs steve eason mr and mrs wakefield ford mrs ches ter hill charlcv hill mr and mrs william merrill sam harrison miss jessie leavitt mrs roland haines mr and mrs arthur herbert wei lington greensward mr and mrs hugh dickie mr and mrs fred mc- nally mr and mrs wilfred gill mr and mrs bertie weston george bllck lsssc hornby alex kean mr and mrs henry ireiton martin cummins mr and mrs andrew dcwhurst nor man marehmcnt norman mcdonald mr and mrs ross duncan mr and mrs- harry shortill mr and mrs alex reader and mr and mrs walter biehn cyril clark wins chfngiitkousy reeveship deputy reeve alex mckinncy was beaten by councillor cyril clarke for the reeveshlp in chinguscousy township veteran council member wilbert wilkinson declined to seek a fourth term a reeve a member of council this year james mckane won the deputy reeve post by acclamation weir reid was the only council member seeking re election he was elected a 10ss eoueouneillor monday along with robert reid and edward blair nor man house was the defeated candi date four candidates were running for three seats on the east area school board mrs margaret ollff mrs mottle bovalrd and-graham-craw- ford jr were elected west area school board seats were filled by acclamation member are hyatt meclure john meculloeh and clure dolson georgetown chamber of commerce ha been interested in a number of projects large and small this year it ia not tha chambera purpose to esrry out any specific project but ra ther to encourage other public groupa in things which will benefit the pub lic at large so it ia that they were instrumental in sparking the town council and the womens institute to make improve ments in the park which include new stone entranceway facelifting of the ticket office and a aidewalk from charles street to the entrance another project designed to re lieve congested parking conditions downtown was creation of a parking area behind a section of stores with owner j j gibbens cooperating with the town council and mcrchanta to provide the land the chamber erec ted signs pointing to this free park ing area swinga on a playground on lower john street supplemented swings pla ced last year in the park and children havo had hours of enjoyment from this inexpensive amusement the chamber has worked closely choose speaker thursday for county competition hcv g u mcfarlanc georgetown mrs llszel orr acton of the high school teaching staff and rev ernest osborne minuter of the presbytcrisn church milton will be judges at the north halton urban schools public speaking contest to be held thurs dsy night in the auditorium of the wngglesworth public school at 8 p m winners of tho wednesday night georgetown competition will compete against similar winners from the public schools in acton and milton the final contest for the county championship will be held in milton in january all contestants are from grades 6 7 and 8 contestants speaking on thursday evening include carolyn biehn gary teeter peter townend and margaret eason from georgetown carolyn cook peter lswson sharon gervals and ellen jany of acton and wayne hardy peter bradley jacqueline briatow and robert lucas of milton in addition to the public speaking there will be a musical program by pupils from the georgetown and mil ton schools with merchants in providing decora tive lighting for main street during the christmas season irwin noble and chick jewell are acting for the merchanta in this and more coloured lights will be strung this year for a festive air now the chamber is deep in plans to encourage building of a hospital and a municipal swimming pool and can take some share of credit soma day when these become a reality advertisers dont forget that early copy help tha herald with early pubneauon son christened in brampton sunday edward robert pearce whoe ent mr and mrs- erale pearce are the new proprietors of the rosedsle floral was christened sunday in brampton thetwresnoayt in grace anglican church with rev c a johnson officiating the babys godparent are hi brotherernle jr and hi uncle and aunt gordon and eva pearce mr and mr pesree entertained thirty member of theftmlly after ward at a buffet supper at their home on albert street oaks take raiders in thrilling game the fans saw a good fast hockey game here laat friday night when the raiders clashed with the oakvllle team to produce a 7 to win for oakvillc the play uaa very cloae and the georgetown team displayed speed snd stamina there waa plen- ty of excitement mixed in with the scoring georgetown had ten penal ties including 2 of 5 minute dura tion while oakville played a man short 12 times when their players were penalised during the third period there was an altercation be tween the two teams resulting in a bulging penalty box filled with play era from both sides until friday night the raiders had chalked up a win in their opening game against milton and had loat ono to the markham team the following goals wore scored in the friday game 1st period 253 blake inglis from d bradkin and n fern 10 12 graham oakvillc ibm r martin fnm n ferrl at end of 1st period score george town 2 oakville 1 2nd period 6 38 jr beaumont 1030 raker from voyce oakvillc 12 sb blanehard oakville score stood tied at 33 at the end of the second period 3rd period 4 04 stewart oakville 425 stewart from baker oakville 1017 milno from dinning oakville for the information of fan here is the raiders playing schedule for the season dec 7 milton here dec 10 at milton dee 14 at oakville dec 17 oakville here dec 21 at markham gj deehsb- markhara here jan sst milton jan 7 milton here jan 14 markham here jan 18 at oakvllle jari aloalcvillehere jan 2s at markham jan 287msrkham here feb 4 at milton feb 11 at oakvllle

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