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the georgetown herald sixteen pages georgetown ont wednewkiy evening may 23 1956 first section triple trio comes second injured car damaged wet pavement skid wet pavement was tbe cause of a bad accident on saturday may 19th on main at ontario street terry norton was proceeding south on main and started to turn to the right and skidded into the soft shoulder and it turned the car upside down into the east ditch terry was travelling at a normal launch hospital campaign with park victoria day festivities rate of speed when the accident oc curred it is estimated that the 1954 meteor suffered approximately 900 damage terry suffered face lacer ations about the eye bruises and slight shock social personal onirics studio the triple trio from chapel st school won this shield when they plac ed second in the north halton music festival in acton trio members are front left to right andrew oeboer gary teeter second row cairn babey barbara whitmee sharon swales th rd row marilyn aacfarlane joan craig jeanette and jud th stamp four at smith stone join 25 year club four emplo ees of the local smith st stone company received watches from col w e phillips when they became members of the twenty five year club at a dinner friday at the royal york hotel to ronto the dinner was attended by mem bers of the club who are employed with smith stone duplate canada and fiberglas canada there are over eighty mombers of the club new georgetown members are trygve wold harold larry ritchie herbert bullock and john macdonald mr wold a graduate of norway institute of technology has been chief engineer at georgetown since 1933 mr ritchie started in the ceramics department and after his return from armv service became a clay press operator mr bullock whose wife is also employed at the factory was born in england was first kiln fireman and now is a tur ner mr macdonald who hails from glasgow a former punch press operator is assistant foreman in the assembly room two oshawa men william mit chell and alfred red spencer were other company employees inducted into club membership the dinner and presentations fol lowed a reception at the hotel and litter in the evening there was en tcrtainnu nt by billy meek and a troupe of entertainers smith stone club members most of whom attended the dinner are bernard armstrong george chaplin william collier john judd daidson ron fdwards william em slic ilfrid ford fred gilmer joe hall jr ray harley william j hill mrs john holdcn syd hulme her bert hurlev robert jepson albert re rshiw clarence kine jack 1 ucas don mcphaii mrs walur rigg john a andy ritchie mrs ann scott f rnest simson john r smith clarence spence gordon spcnce fred spires miss flsic whilsmith bernard w ilcox club members also include ed hoart a k town man employed with the compam in oshawa and harold bickle former office minager hen who now is at head office in toronto engagements mr and mrs hamilton mclaughlin of ii r 2 orvil announce the en lavement if their diuthtcr barbara jean to james robert dray son of mr and mrs eorfit raj of r r 4 brjmpu n the marriage will take pi in saturday june 16th it 130 o clock irt norvil united church mis c i- itiehn lruslej sjtnt a few days this week with her son iml fjmilv mi tind mrs iter biehn mr chuck hyckie of kitchener was a week end guest with mr and mrs bill james main street south mrs stafford groat spent the holiday week end in ancastcr at the home of mr and mrs s c macken e mr bill devercaux montreal was a holiday isitor with hit parents mr and mrs harry devercaux park view blvd mr and mrs ross mcgill aurora visited for the week end with his parents mr and mrs roy mcgill church st riv and mrs r c todd colleen md tommv of niagara falls were holiday visitors with mr and mrs raham rarnell albert st mrs gtork hirnnj1 n wjs i l ft r m ilht r s ii in ii wdilc with mi md mrs unite huincd lh in riinnit at the old mill mr and mrs jack gudgeon and family of norrnandv blvd have just returned home from i motor trip to florida the staved at daytona beach umrene bjker mr and mrs merv cook and their daughter myrna spent the holiday week end with miss ba ktrs parents mr and mrs otto baker at heathcote fdward julius reader son of mr and mrs c alex reader was one of the fourteen babies christened in st john s united church on sunda may 13th hy rev morgan mctarlam tek end mii sis with mr an 1 mrs jack gunning charles st wire mrs gunning s two brothers mr j ick hk and mr and mrs robert hu j from indsor mr and mrs harry hay ward king strut and mrs william hayward eorti strut and mrs william bona thin charles street motored to buf falo f ir the holiday week end mr and mrs arnmnd swackhamer and son jimmy were here from ot t w for the holiday weik end visit inc with htr sister miss hilda erwin md his parents mr and mrs f b swackhamer mr and mrs stan wright os trandcr blvd spent sunday at nia gara falls and st catharines gordon bird who graduated from ryerson institute of technology with honours m electronics this month left this week for ottawa where he has a position with the defence re search board mrs thomas w arncs who has been a patient in hospital in the cih is remaining in toronto for a few weeks while taking more treat mint she is visiting with her son fred at 2 cumberland st thclma hunter home with her par enls mr and mrs oliver hunter nor val after completing her third year course at queen s university went to kingston saturday to witness the graduation exercises miss addte coventry had pleasant visits with relatives last week she accompanied her niece mrs e d shelcy birmingham michigan to markdale to visit her sister mrs martha mclnnis and cousins rose coventry in wingham and mary pearson in chcsley nduvv dtwhuist n i f mr an 1 mr ha m ixwhm t eehlr t i h s 7th hirlhhv t n llmrs la mi lhh his puru kuesls included kenneth bil bill v ison i hit irt 1 in 1 mit hail staines i uul tljrk ail and torte stiver jut printers ials m irko and his brother ar mrs c sargent charles street had as guests over the weekend mr and mrs bill donison their children diane and jimmy mrs bill ditch in id all of windsor mrs a reid sault st i mam mr and mrs wal ut sargent brantford and mr and mrs b cowlun and children from brampton mr and mrs garfield mcgiivrav ail and carol were sunday dinner ui sis of mr and mrs howard hei bun in kitchener and on monday ittmded a family gathering at the home of mr and mrs fd quenn kitchener when a farewell parlv was gncn for mrs mcgilvrays sister and her family of i ondon mr and mrs vk smith who left this week for their niw home in carlsbad new mexico the campaign for a hospital m georgetown was auspiciously launch ed monday when the hospital asaoci ation sponsored an allday entertain ment in the park with vince mountford brampton keeping things moving briskly the variety of entertainment included fireworks children s races old tyme fiddling a fashion show square danc ing exhibition and bingo in the ar mory plus such sidelights as com munity singing and a happy birthday salute to mayor jack armstrong perfect weather marked the day some funds were raised for the hos pital through sale of draw tickets on the delrex gift home bingo and rc- fresment and game booths and a healthy interest created in the hos pital palnmnt the day tot underway with a par ade to the park georgetown girls pipe band led the marchers who included girl guides and brownies rangers high school cadets firemen civil defence members and the boys from notre dame school during opening ceremonies mayor armstrong warden stan allen and hospital committee chairman john gunn spoke from the platform and in the evening rex hcslop whose delrex firm donated the gift house was called forward for a few remarks 90 year old joe martin exhibited his agility in stepdancing and play in the bones while the mayor and vince mountford entertained withia violin duit a colourfully garbed square dance set from the high school led the square dancing while girls from georgetown acton and oikville high schools modelled cloth ing they had designed and made them selves seven old lyme fiddlers competed in the afternoon with five chosen for the evening linals which were won bv roy renwick who received the lnrgest share of crowd applause others in the competition were dan cattcuzzi mrs george glassford far scott and bob mcgonnigal the bingo operated by legion members featured a variety of prizes donated by business firms and was will patronized i he fireworks jointly sponsored by the lcuon and town council were ttlonrful and provided a fitting climax for the day and the park was jammed with cars and people natural gas comes to georgetown rosemary jordan attends library assoc conference rosemary jordan librarian of georgetown public library attended the 54th annual conference of the ontario library association held in the mclaughlin public library os hawa on may 15th and 16th miss jordan attended meetings most particularly suited to the geor getown branch these were under the section of county and small libra nes the subject matter on some of the discussions was county and regional libraries in england basic reference material for town and village and panel on book selection in the children s section which she also attended one of the guest speakers was mrs eleanor estes b s author of the moffat books and her talk was most informative and helpful the grolier society entertained the librarians at a sherry party in the genosha hotel before the conference banquet guest speaker at the ban quet was c r graham director of the louisville public library they were also entertained at a coffee party after the banquet and to film showings of the mclaughlin public library the guest speaker at the trustees luncheon held in st an drews united church was professor h m mcluhan of st michaels col lege toronto he spoke on the future of the book the weather mr fditor there are two nights registering both the maximum and minimum frost in this weeks summary and averages are seven degrees below normal for the month of may era batkin date max min rain mon may 14 76 56 tucs may 15 63 39 32 wed may 16 45 34 02 thurs may 17 47 26 03 fri may 18 57 37 19 sal may 19 55 44 sun may 20 54 28 average 57 38 56 what council did consider traffic lights for highway main street an historic event occurred on tuesday may 9th when the first lines were lard which will bring natural gas to georgetown this summer work was begun at the corner of edith st and maple ave w and the gas line had progressed to 15 edith st the home of mr and mrs james car son when this picture was taken that morning in the ptcture are jim robertson who will be georgetown manager for united suburban gas co mayor jack armstrong town clerk john d kelly and town engineer douglas r wilson they are watching pipe being laid by f e shaw ltd sarnia pipe is laid about two feet below the surface priac ourtm studio further consideration is being giv en by georgetown council to traffic lights at the john st highway inter section and the main st four corners at a meeting thursday the town clerk wis isked to get quotations on traffic icluated lights on the high v n anil time operated lights for main street intn isinj volume of traffic at both places is making traffic lights more and more necessary and it is proh ibit that some action will be taken this eir to add this safety feature to ihc town decision was deferred on iclion to op n up t herry st which has been isked by i resident who is planning to build fronting on the street cr walter gray reported that cost of opening ihc street is estimated at 7100 exclusive of sewers council adopted the national building code which together with the towns budding bylaw will gov ern local building laws until a zon in h iw is idoptcd in cases where the code and by laws conflict ihe code will apph tenders were called for miy 28th for i bridge over silver creek nc- ccssm for the maple ae extension which will link the two maple aven tics this summer hamilton excavating one of five tenderers for the storm sewer which will rrlicc a bid drainage condition on king st was awarded the con trict for this work tender price is s21 827 v i carr land surveyor was en gaged to prepare a sketch of a pos sible public park area in the lower papermill region which the town has been considering maor armstrong reported that he mr carr cr alfred sykes and alex msclarcn the towns rcpresentatne on the credit valley conservation authority had looked over the dls trict that morning mr carrs sketch will determine who owns the land and council may then inter view owners to see if they would sell and at what prices allan norton owner of land on john st across which a town sewer line runs asked council to fill the property with sanitary landfill on his 100 ft fronlige beside the old shoe fictorv council is considering this but wants a longer term than the year suggested by mr norton police chief roy haley was grant ed expenses up to 125 to attend a 3 day convention of police chiefs in windsor the latter part of may town engineer douglas wilson said that it will be necessary to remove fic trees on main st n above henry st in order to lay a straight side wilk in the highway improvement program and council agreed that this hould be done i0de tours cedarvale entertain schoolgirls thirty six members of the i o d e met at cedarvale school on monday mn 14th to hold their meeting the recent ituth cvans presided a brief busimss meeting was held first with inous reports it was reported th it the opportunity sale realized 215 and it was voted to donate 100 of this to the community swimm ing pool fund membership of the branch was renewed to the united nations mrs robert hoare and ruth eans were named as conven ers of the bale which is being pack ed for the northern school miss gloria mortimer of the cans dian national institute for the blind spoke to the members about that organization and her talk was most timely for the members arc planning their annual campaign for the blind which will take place during the week of may 28th to june 4th it was decided the june meeting will be held at the home of mrs percy saxe it will be a picnic the ladies were taken on a tour of the school and then they enter tained the girtj with i program patsy willson and sandra scott de lighted them with their solo every one joined in a singsong and the evening ended with a lovely lunch o sandwiches cookies and icecream dominion day is the next pub lic holiday