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twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday evenino jan 22nd 195 hftst section haltonites see pearsoiy elected liberal leader g mcg as we left the national liberal convention hall in ottawa on thursday evening last we covers heard wis remark well it cer tainly shjbwsthe liberal party is not dead yetl and the press re- ports of the- last few days have borne out this fact it was the first time we had ever attended a convention of such magnitude and colour two great political leaders were vieing jor the honour to lead the liberal party after the retirement of a great leader for the past nine and a half years in the person of louis st laurent it was evident from the beginn ing that lester b pearson was the favourite and his campaign committee had deluged the con vention hall with banners and placards like from east to west hikes the best and buttonholed every delegate paul martins supporters were late starters with his favourite publicity we can win with martin and mr martin drew himself closer to the dele gates with his fiery campaign speech but failed to rally suffi cient votes while the convention is now history and seen by many thru the eyes of television only a few highlights are necessary f hon lester b pearson former external affairs minister who last week was elected leader of the national liberal party at a convention in ottawa swearing in ceremony for 27 defence police t twentyseven members of no 5 company civij defence auxiiary police toolttheir oath of office at swearingin ceremony in knox church hall here on january 14 others of the 65 man company which paraded in full uniform un- dcr sgl frank shannon had been the new leaders acceptance sworn in at a ceremony in hamil- speech was undoubtedly the high- ton a year ago light of the affair he assured ltcol john r barber as co- the canadian people that he ordinalor was in charge of the would probably make mistakes ceremony and magistrate k m but that whatever he did he langdon officiated as the men would not have to talk back to i tot lt pledge to serve sen- mr and mrs jack gilchrist andtatid mrs allen family of guelph were visitors on there were 23 persons includ- his conscience we remember the warmth in paul martins address whenvjjp said i too have flonour7macijpl have served canada at the unit ed nations and as minister of health for many years and if elec ted will bring the message of uberausm to every part of can ada i will visit every hamlet and cover the countryside from one end of canada to the other in iulogwg mr st laurent who was giving up party leadership hon lionel chcvrier in a terrific address that rocked the hall said louis st laurent stands in the shadow of no man living or dead the reception- for the new lead er was another highlight when box lunches and coffee were ser ved to that huge gathering the crowds attending the coni vention almost floored us and we mean this literally for we i stood for the whole show on bal loting night when the great coli seum was packed to the rafters j and every available sdot in the j b was occupied rflfijphcn there was the social side too when a hal ion delegate took all the group out to dinner at an exclusive hotel when the peel boys entertained the halton boys ior staff inspector p b creasy of the provincial police inspected the men ahd- spoke briefly rem inding them that they were join ing an organization which has established rules and regulations and which is proud of its reputa tion for service a police officer is a public ser vant he reminded the company who is paid by the public to sec that properties and persons are respected and laws obeyed i dont mean that a policeman must be soft but you are not given a uniform in order to shove people around either he said the halton company is inclu ded in a total of 870 men serving as auxiliary police in ontario he said and it is hoped to have ma ny more join stan hal mps was present with his wife and spoke a few words georgetown bras- reed band directed by bandmaster al fred ierrou played several selec tions rev kenneth richaruvjn have the invocation major jack adams represented civil defence headquarters brintfin greetings from his department guests with their wives at the ceremony included ltcol arth ur kemp and major ted conover of the lome scots regiment reeve doug sargent police chief roy haley leslie m clark leg ion zone commander cpl wilson till the wee hours of the morning eti ambulance service chiel and herald editor walter when we met mr pearson in his chateau suite and talked with his secretary the wellknown mary macdonald had time for a trip through the parliament bldgs and attended an afternoon session had to can cel an appointment at the royal hint due to time was inter viewed on a tape recording for the oakville radio station sym pathized with mrs ken dick when reservations at the lord elgin had been overbooked they did even- auallyfind accommodation who were there from halton oh yes mr and mrs ken dick and son ken george jackson milton dewart fleming reg smith rudy whiting pete waters oakville r hennessey burlington bob lawson jack lawson don ald lindsay maurice manderson and garfield mcgilvray george town and from peel bruce beer frank dolson vic vic- nally and others bichn coffee and doughnuts were ser ved afterwards and later col bar ber entertained guests at north halton golf club alfred pond retired aluminum co employee over 1000 given tq assistance fund 6olf club populir as winter sport centre gcitecausbntributions by dis trict people have boosted the jen sen assistance fund over the 1000 mark rev j- e maxwell nerval the fund- treasurer reports today that donations are stil coining in and mrs andy jensen whose husband and young son were killed in an audtolrain crash a few weeks ago will be materially aided by the kindness of pcopie who have ral lied to her aid mrs jensen and v 4yearold daughter bentc arc stirt hospitaliz ed fn brampton but 3re making godd progress to reco the fund has received wide pub licity in newspapers and on radio arid tv the kitchener tv stat ion used a feature story last week showing the doll house being made by norval scouts for the lit tle girl two canvassers mrs harold gojlop and hardy barn- hill were also seen on tv report ing in to mr maxwell as well as a number of other nerval district people who are involved in the as sistance plan contributions- jo the fund may stiil be turned in direclly to mr maxwell or at the herald office in town socio personal winter has been fortunate to lovers of winter sports in george town for in the process of loos- ing its icy blasts and spreading a blanket of white to harass motor ists and housewives who have to contend with liquid footprints on the kitchen boot and snowy side walks it has engineered a vejous transformation welcomed by outdoor types pf all ages in creating a natural sports ampl- theatre from the hills eulleys and ponds of the local goll course during recent weekends the young and the young in heart have been taking good advantage of this new playground and from early saturday morning until the last hour of sunlight sunday night the ski slopes toboggan runs arid frozen ponds are dotted with enthusiasts the week end jaunt to the golf course has become a regular thing i gamesareal home with many local families who have discovered that the fun and exercise makes for a most enjoy- oyer 1500 merchandise able way to spend the hours to- cethcr and be provided with a hardware robbery haul tonic that cant be found in botj a quantiy of merchanise ties valued at over 1500 was stolen from kirkwood h norval on the night of thursday the 16th or early friday morning tke theft was discovered by the owner wilfred kirkwood when he jerry inglis is one of the two defencemen who wfl be lost to the raiders for the next three weeks jerry and bill bingham suffered torn chest ligaments dur ing the past weeks play as raid ers gbt bounced 96 by meaford friday 123 by- colungwood sat urday and 92 by elmira last night raiders hope to get a new foot hold as four of tkfflftexrtlve 23 at yule party for halton manor staff a christmas party for the staff marilyn hcslop daughter of mr of halton centennial manor mil- a c kviv mn and mrs rex heslop heslop ct t011 was g in the lounge of i vissts be has enrolled as a grade 12 atudj thc staff house by stanley allen j ssdues iv the miuon vs ent at alma college st thomas t superintendent of the manor mcnl op saturday with mr and mrs geo leslie 56 queen st mr- blake leslie 46 market st is home from guelph where he was a hospital patient for a week percy b harrison 38 charles st former town clerk and treasur er of the public school board for many years has returned home from hamilton san where he was a patient for several months mr harrison is enjoying good health again and is happy to be tack with his friends in town philip 6 and michael 4 mn of mr and mrs jfan jones 34 edith si had birthdays last week and celebrated with parties their guesu were billy calder robin ord ann mcdermott gaye mc- farlane marilyn porter barbara burns and brenda muckart jjail walsh daughter- of mr and mrs john walsh 88 main st n celebrated her 11th birthday with aparty on january 11th her guests were virginia carol and lawrence allen carol mcgilvray patsy bowman mary macmillan linda howal and her sister carol and brother gerry home of mrs neelon with mrs mr and mrs murray moloy cjoot kdmunds presiding mrs hac returned home after a week p w snorti rcad script and she also gave a splendid fin ing mr and mrs alien and their daughter sharon at the party the staff made the presentation of a silver coffee service to mr and mrs allen and a sweater and a doll to sharon for her birthday celebrated on december 26 with mr bunn the manor chef dressed in a red and white suit and displaying a large amount of white beard acting as santa claus the members of the staff exchang ed gifts the remainder of the evening was spent in playing games singing carols and danc ing mrs allen served a delicious buffet suppejf christmas deli cacies and fun and informality reigned supreme mrs edith winney of the nurs ing staff and mrs hazel smith of the kitchen staflvwcreconveners for the party who report that the thieves entered the siorc through a back window included in the loot mlssinz from the store are a tv set rad ios toasters mixmasters and a number of other valuable articles anglican rectors attend oakville deanery meeting rev j e maxwell norval who is rural dean and rev ken neth richardson secretary of hal ton deanery attended a meeting of anglican clergymen last tues day at st judes church oakville canon f c jackson was lunch eonhost and the group heard a devotional address by rev w w jarvis of st thomas church toronto and took part in a dis cussion on stewardship led by canon a j jackson secretary of the stewardship department for general synod glen williams binoculars meat only loot in nine breakins the weather mr editor sunday morning with a- low mark of 11 degrees below zero makes the sixth morning this month registering below zero the average temperatures for the month so far are only one or two degrees from normal average and january is over half spent ern batkin date max min snow won jan 13 42 6 tuea jan 14 36 18 wed ajo 15 31 19 thurs jan 16 30 20 frl jan 17 25 19 1 sat jan 18 16 s sun jan 19 ib 11 average 28 11 1 ballinapad in new york courtesy of the in ternational harvester company for which mr moloy is a dealer mr moloy was one of four dealers in the hamilton sales district who won the trip on points for imple ment sales the other three coup les were from brookhn- goodwood and clappisons comers there the moloys saw the broad home a school will assist with operetta mrs george edmunds tne january meeting of the uodi v ballinajfad w a head glen williams home school asi the wa met for their first sociation was held last tuesday meeting of the year on tuesday vemng norton sr vico- afternoon of last week at the pdcnl was chairman for the evening minutes of the novem ber meeting were read by mrs desmond earl the home school executive who previously had offered their hirlp in the costuming of those taking part in the operetta ask- elect mrs dwbaxter arts crafts president mrs c v williams 36 main street south was hostess at her home when the arts and crafts of georgetown held their annual meeting and election of officers on thursday january 16th mrs leslie- clarkwas in the chair for the electron of officers who are founder mrs m h moyer past president mrs cyril brandford president mrs d w baxter 1st vice president mrs wallace thompson 2nd vice president mrs leslie clark treasurer mrsi alex reader corresponding secre tary mrs larry maughan secre tary mrs tom beer advertising mrs john glynn tea convener mrs wesley beatty displays mrs a m nielsen sales convener mrs r corbett craft convener miss lucy moles worth pantry shelf mrs w c reynolds social mrs s w orr night school represen tative mrs w c reynolds pro gram committee mrs alex read er mrs larry maughan mrs keith barber mss tom beer mrs a m baxter was welcom ed as a new member the enamel ling oourse taught by mr t j newman will begin the first part of march members who assisted mrs williams with the luncheon were miss adelaide lash miller mrs matheson mrs lingwood mrs alex reader mrs keitbr bar ber mrs arnou karlymrsd w baxter poured tea mrs cyril brandford thanked mrs williams and her committee ancial report sent to care finid and a for january mrs it meencry man conducted a donation was from the welfare quilting was planned v l t 7l 30th at the home of cd fo lo fl j p m p members the operetta the frog whi quu and lettcrs wcre sick members who were rcmem- operelt prince will be presented for three u n thc firs w february read from j mrs perry very humorous way show lif ataex n v h t wst 5 ci i j j i inn alio imrfssed hrr lhanks for ran- lady and took advantage of the event of the evening was a spelling contest from ulc two mrs william their stay to visit relauvi7innew lovely hamper w to the jersey niuos in new mails0 tnc ncw officers for the w i i coming year are presitfirnt irs v ot toronto eomonds 1st vice president mrs visited wtth her daughter and son- 1 t asurcrmr c me mlaw mr and mrs d kidd 57 nery assistant treasurer mrs byron street recently mrs mcencry secretary mr perry- gerry has just been reelected man assistant secretary mrs f president of the silver cross she smm welfare secretary has also been re elected kegent of the sir john beverley itohin son chapter of the iode mr- 5 gerry is a past ion also expressed her thanks for bcau and mrs tom the contest was conducted by funeral service was conducted on saturday january 18th at the harold c mcclurc funeral homcjjf 34 edith street for alfred pond in his sixtysixth year pond died in the guelph general order of the eastern star and hosmtal on thursday january- just heea prescntcd f 16 h where he had been a paf- diamo jewel a token of ent for the past five weeks preciation to her for having filled born n london england he j a thc offices in that ordcf ste came to caaada in 1916 and he was also tccipicni of jjj and his parents george pond and personal g at j u nany ki m pond se in to- l mrs m00 damage when cars collide at norval mrs secord ha1ght leaves daughter here funeral service was held in gait on thursday for mrs sccord haight 63 who died on january 14th she had frequently been a visitor in town with her daughter mrs russ kelly wife of thc north halton piously ill since suffering a stroke inr october a native of rockton mrs haight had lived most of ber life in gait she was the former cora binning she leaves her husband and six children augustus of yuba city california gordon of st louis missouri mrs lawrence lewin mrs jrjehnston and ron ald of gall and mrs kelly she also leaver one brother augustus binning pf fl frances mary nash ronto he married magdalene patcrson in tororito on july 11th 1021 she and their two children alfred james of oakvillc and lenora mrs stanley wright of 31 edith street georgetown sur vive him as do two grandchildren a member of thc navy during world war i he was later employed at the alumi num- company of canada- cpm which he retired last year he was a stationery engineer mr i j and mrs pondmoved to george un a 400 town last october and they lived lions broomball will the apartment at the home of feature hockey match cst hazlett milton ietachmenl oip investigated an accident at norval friday afternoon at 230 v whfn cars driven by ohvc rand- merchant olpn 14 barclay road downs view and fred fa runt 4fl trest- leikh street toronto collided 6n4 tary no 7 hfghway neither driver tras nrjnted in th mishap which resulted inatit miss hilda boyce it narrowed down to two finalists jane bous- kill and martin wheeler with mar tin being the winner in the spell- off thc meeting was then brought to a close with a further rcmin- j- dor from the chairman that thc r w shortll manse wmmuec scnk1 wou a iatc any he mrs j w snowandmrs starrct mak lhc jwjk malron of iho mm 7 j xr thc chidrcn in thc mairon oi the mclcan and mrs madill ppepctta pianists mrs r mcencry and mrs t given lunch was served st alban guud by mrs r mcfcricry and mrs in lhc ha wedncsday jonscn presidenl toen smith assisted by the hostess f evening for their annual meeting thanked thc guild members for with mrs jack lucas presiding their help and work during thc past year arid turned the meeting over to rev j e maxwell who was in charge of the election of officers for the coming year the i c1 jl had 4 wllltam pre market street they had been living in clfirkson where they were members of christ united church rev morgan mcfarlarie con ducted the funeral service pall bearers were ken walker mlmico robert malcolm locust hill tom forrester tbronftt bert ander- son clarkion arthur plentyl to ronto and w4uiam philips beanu- villc interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown an extra feature of thc raiders brampton hockeyjnatch in bramp ton next wednesday january 29th will be a broojn g hctwecn lions clubs fronttnetwo town thc brampton lions will also op erate a 25 bingo game between pe riods with the profits earmarked for lions club work in the neigh- bouring town local sports fans will want to attend this big even ing to see the lions perform on one of their rare appearances on ice euchre raises 100 for jensen assistance the benefit euchre held at the st stephens church basement on friday jan 17th was well at tended and a total of 10530 was raised for thc jensen fund ten games of euchre were enjoyed the prizes were all kindly donat ed mrs howard bradley arid mr george galbraith were the winners with the high scores thc low prizes were won by mrs a goodwin and mr harold dennis mrs pat flippancc and mr ken ella were the winners of the lucky draws lunch was served by thc ladies the members of st stephen guild thank all those whodonated to the fund and made the evening such a success police were kept busy conduct ing investigations over the week end in connection with a rash of breaking locally in which nine t attempts were reported however in most cases nothing was taken at approximately 810 saturday night the home of mrs e v mae- cormack 30 maple ave w was entered by burglars through side door while mrs maccof-m- ackwasout the house was ran sacked but nothing was reported missing half an hour later a breakin was reported at the home of e w binkley 6 valley view road entrv was gained here through a door leading into the house from the garage and in this case a pan of binoculars was the only article taken after the thieves ransacked thc entire house the trail of breakins next led to the home of mrs thomas hew- son 28 maple ave west where again the hdnse was ransacked and meat taken from a- freezer police chief roy haley and cst ted scott set the time of the occurrence at about 920 pm at about 950 pm thieves en tered the home of charles austin 75 norton crescent by reaching through the milk box and unlatch ing the door from the inside mr austin reported a quantity meat stolen from the refrigerator just minutes later ken porter of 13 norton crescent reported a similar occurrence thieves had broken in and ransacked his home taking only meat from the refrig erator the porter home was entered by way of a basement window at 1030 pm it was the same thing all over again when police investigated a burglarly rjeport from frank bishop 3s norton crescent the house had been ransacked meat had been taken and the basement window had been kicked in revealing the source of entry on sunday january 19th at 715 pjn cst nelson trafford sur prised burglars in the act of forc ing their way into the new ba station on the highway at the eas tern outskirts ot town cst traf- ford was making a routine check of the service station- when the men fled from the rear of the building in a car csl trafford chased the geta way car through norval to srief grove where it turned south on no 10 highway and made good its escape in the heavy traffic a check of the ba statoin showed that it had not been entered on monday january 20th stan- ley wright of 31 edith st noti- field the police of a break in at thc home of mrs w c ure 24 market street the house had been ransacked but again nothing was taken an apartment in the ure home rented by mrs alfred pond had also been turned upside down by the burglars at 345 the home of t r hig- ham 31 norton cresc was broken into and investigation revealing thc usual pattern basement win dow knocked in house ransacked and in this case nothing taken police believe the hreakins to be the work of professionals since gloves were worn and money seemed to be the object in each instance burglar tools had been used where necessary the st stephens guild met at the home of mr and mrs harold dennis on tuesday evening jan 14th with fifteen members pres ent the president mrs art plant opened the meeting with the guild prayer after the usual business plans were made for the benefit euchre that was being held the following friday night for the the young peoples group met thc secretary ireasurer and sew- on sunday evening at the homc convene ng presen of the gibson fanuly for the pur tneir npvtis for j r pose of organizing for the coming kenneth richardson was then years activities there was an asked to uke g chair fof attendance of 18 representing the cltxtioa ot officers for the coming three congregations of melville ycar ot are honorary ballinafad and churchill the president mrs kenneth richard- executive was elected as follows s presidenti jack j prosidenu ted freeman vice- v presidents mrs harvey cop- president beth mrfslerysccrc- 1 und and mid william korac- ury bertha watson treasurer treasurer mrs henry lorriman- r s w j rnrtry mrs jack hooper sew- the cgtt 6id its regular- ig converter mrs t hahres steir vera meeting on monday night with 15 convener mrs reg williams members present a bible study mr richardson thanked the of- based on the disciples was started ficersvnd members for 4heir sup- by mrs neelon and the girts all port and cooperation and express- took part by answering questions ed thc wish that the new execu- amt looking up passages of scrip- live would carrv on in th live would carry on in the same manner plans were made for the com ing bazaar in february with an apronshowcr to be held on wed nesday february 22nd in the beard f ill i n pariah hall plans were also made ture thc annual meeting of ballina fad church took place on monday evening with a very good atten dance encouraging reports ations and the congregation b quite pleased with the major pro jects this year namely the new windows arid the new heating for thc lunch to be served fol lowing the annual vestry meeting to be held monday january 27th mr richardson closed the meet ing with presidents mrs william bailey vicepresident mrs ken ella crctary mrs james ingram treas urer mrs glenn saunders work committee mrs alan harrop and mrs g l cramp sunshine com mittee mrs arvptttit and mrs arthur johnson reporter mrsl ed robertson auditory mrs bradley courtesy committee mrs george prestidgc sr and mrs john bussell visiting committee mrs cliff hunter and mrs john busseu mr maxwell asked the members to attend the annual vestry meeting that is being held in the church basement on jaii 28th and then brought the meet ing to m close with prayer lunch was served by mrs cliff hunter mrs alan harrop and the hostess the nest meeting is february 5th at mr and mrs ken ellas home late saturday night a car driv en by lou beatty of milton went out of control on the no 10 side- road below hornby the car miss cd the curve and rolled over in the ditch the driver received some injuries john david laursen son of mr and mrs aage laursen was christened by rev j e maxwell at the st stephens anglican church service on sunday the route of highway 401 is taking shape in the district ft takes little time for the large machines to push down trees and fences that have been standing- for years y alfred brigdcngeorge and bill bailey took theirnsh huts up to lake simcoe over the week end doug leslie dune robinson and ed robertson were up fish ing and caught some whltefish twelve members of theilornhy young peoples of the hornby united church attended a skating and hayride party at palermo on saturday night sponsored by the john ilaltuu ries ypu execu tive hornby united church held their congregational supper and annual meeting on friday even ing jan 17th about eighty sat down to a turkey supper that was served by the ladies mv c brown introduced the guest spea ker rev g l royal of the presbyterian church at norval mr brown acted as chairman for the meeting with miss betty may as secretary au the church groups gave ueir annual reports for 1957 n was quite that tfaecnurcl year fiurch had a succe