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oeococtown ow whmbmy evfo july 9 m what council did church would purchase on maple ave ait offer to purchase property at the rear of georgetown dairy ltdv by grace baptist church was turned down by council monday previously others had made of fers for the property with jeounv dl finally deriding that no town land would be sold until a listing of all town property is made and anything to be sold is publicly advertised the cnurch which presently meets in v the odd fel lows hall off ered 5000 for the land to the byjaw recommended by the plan- ning board will be prepared al lowing certain forms of business to be carried on in houses such as household arts insurance agen cies etc providing no goods are displayed and no advertising other than a one foot square sign at tached to the house a business man is also restricted to using no more than 25 per cent of the house for business and can employ no more than one other person school board chairman ray sal ter told council that the park school is under construction and that the contractor hopes if no unforeseen delays occur to have it ready for opening in september mayor armstrong expressed dis appointment with progress in a wa ter exploration program for which an engineering firm was hired some time ago he asked for a re- purt from the company on what they have acomplished to date and cost to the town for next mondays meeting lateness of the hour- precluded reading of 23 applications received in answer to an advertisement for a police constable and this busin ess was reft over untu next week funikal service for thomas b mcalmni funeral service for bain mcalplne 84 of limehouse was conducted on thursday at the harold c mcclure funeral home by rev alex calder pallbearers were neighbours arthur benton william mitchell allan norton joseph scott of limehouse and wm j mcdonald and w o mof fat acton burial was in green wood cemetery georgetown plans taking shape for annual fall fair here the d of the esquesing agricultural society which spon sors ge annual fan fair met on tuesday evening in the municipal building to further plans for the annual fall show president wilfrid bird was in the chair and secretarytreasurer trevor williams reported the prise list was in process of being finalized and any wishing adver tising space in the booklet should contact him as soon as possible the advance prise bats have already been in the hands of ex hibitors and others for some time and it is felt that a larger number will avail themselves this year of the opportunity to show at this big event prise money is tempt ing and besides a large list of special prises will be published soon if you are a newcomer to georgetown you are invited to take part in the fair this fall which will be held on october 3 and 4 a qualified list of judges for all classes was selected at the meet ing and some changes made in the cattle classes to bring them on a par with other fairs a change has been made this years in the midway for the fair the t green a co shows of to ronto will be on hand to delight both young and old with their rides games etc hanover ckardi scefte cowanriem w a couple who will make their home at 24 queen st were mar ried on july ind in hanover weov dinc principals were florence laura riehl daughter of mrs laura riehl and the late gordon riehl of hanover and clarence lome cowan son of mr and mrs clarence cowan hanover he is employed with scott motors and the bride is a member of the tea ching staff of harrison public school rev bruce e seebach officia ted at the wedding which took place in salem evangelical unit ed brethren church bouquets of pink snapdragons and white- chry santhemums decorated the chan cel of the church and mrs elmore hallman was organist the bride wore a street length dres of white lawn white hat and accessories and carried a nosegay of garnet and pink roses miss margaret allison kitchener was bridesmaid wearing a blue org andy frock with matching acces sories she carried a nosegay of pink roses and blue carnations it was a double ring ceremony the grooms brother william co wan of hanover was best man receiving afterwards in the church parlours the brides moth er wore a navy crepe dress navy and white accessories and a cor sage of pink roses the grooms mother who also received wore delphinium blue lace with match ing accessories and a pink rose corsage leaving on a honeymoon trip o georgian bay the bride wore navy and white ensemble and corsage of white gardenias expect action this week on school debenture bylaw north halton district high school board may receive tentat ive approval to proceed with the plans for the new milton high school and additions at george town and acton shortly depend ing on whether the debenture by law is given a second reading by mr mcaipinehad attended pub- county council a special meet- lie and high schools in george- ing of the council for the purpose town and had lived most of his of reading the bylaw has been lifetime in the georgetown and suggested and may be held some limehouse districts time this week the bylaw rea- what council did town will share cost subdivision storm sewer council agreed to pay half the cost of a trunk sewer to its point of entry in the fobert subdivision on the former moore farm when the public works committee rec ommended this on monday a re quest by mr fobert for installa tion of a trunk had been referred to the committee two weeks ago the trunk line according to town engineer wm carr is the most economical way for both town and subdivides to service the proper ty mayor armstrong explained that the sewers which run along the propertys highway frontage are not large enough or deep en ough to serve the whole area if a trunk were not installed even tually there would have to hea pumping station he said i the project had majority coun cil approval though reeve sar gent and cr hyde declined to vote for the trunk line the reeve said it is putting the cart before the horse to approve a sewer be fore a subdivision plan is presen ted and that he could not approve a sewer line until there is a cost estimate he was supported by cr hyde who said a large por tion of the property could be ser viced from main street mentioned two weeks ago as a possible site for the george hospital cr gunn told council that the hospital board is now con sidering another site although no definite choke has yet been made several ratepayers brought prob lems to the meeting for solution jected to the town taking sot s00 feet of hta us for lost property a year ago for a it- anilar purpoae his objec was referred to the property cnanaahv tea st three weeks in the ditch beside home which he said are feet high ronald hetherington 58 shelley st had a number of complaints highlighted by potholes on rex- way drive which he claims dis turb his sleep when cars hit them speeding is common on the street he said and asked if the stop sign had been legally placed there by the town as a ratepayer had said it wasnt he also asked about bicycle legisla tion and whether the police have authority to stop bicycles travel ling on sidewalks road relief was promised by road chairman walter gray bicycles cannot travel on sidewalks he mas told t and council said legislation for through streets will be final ised soon when a report of the engineer and police chief is re viewed george stephens 62 rexway supopned mr hethering- tons remarks about speeding and suggested warning igns be plac ed on the street gerald rusk 20 norton cres cent also complained about the rexway drive road surface asked if a town strip from norton cres to harrison school could be fixed for a passageway- for school chil- drer and reiterated a previous re quest for rwkeaweek garbage collection he was told that the garbage change has been made and his other request was turned over to the property committee on cr hydes suggestion the cerk was instructed to write the garbage collector reminding him that twice weekly eodeetion should start june 1st and that in future this should be adhered to was r of mr cromart former farm en mom street south in this as a petential site for ding and the annexation of prop erty for a new milton high school from trafalgar were the main subjects of discussion when the high school board held their reg ular monthly meeting on monday at acton a letter from the dept of edu cation was read at the meeting giving tentative approval to plans for acton and georgetown addi tions and a letter from the tire marshals office also expressed approval mr barnett of the architectur al firm of barnett and reider was at the meeting and went over the plans for the proposed milton school with the board the next meeting of the board will probably be held on monday july 21st at milton carwr injured ia car roll two men ne a slmcoe resi dent the other from rjl 2 barrie were rushed to hospital following an accident bto no 7 highway at suvercreek eq wednesday july sad the men william van brocklin of 100 main st simeon the driver of the ear and john green of rjvbarrie were re leased after tgjtanr treated for min or- injuries the accukfpv occurred almost r service sta- brockllnscar times and clipped off a hydro pole before coming to rest on its roof damage- to the vehicle was esti mated at dose to 2500 mr van hi iif ejfr suffered head face and honjjifr lacerations and mr green ajkel injuries and multiple hnilaasil they were tak en to guelph general by georges town volunteer ambulance ser vice j the accident occurred at 725 wednesday ni a was investi gated by cat william bennett of the muton detachment opp picnic closes term at ctmnouacousy school parents children and teacher mrs lillian carney of s s no 2 chinguacousy west gathered at terra cotta playgrounds for a pic nic dinner on friday june 27th after a delicious dinner mrs carney presented each of her grade 8 pupils with a certificate and a book in honour of their graduation those presented were gloria trol ley judith clark donna ostran- der lenore dolson lena egyen- raam and robert copely also a presentation of silver dollar to gloria trolley and iowen macdon aid for perfect spelling in the past school year mrs eric leslie conducted a full afternoon of games contests and races which were enjoyed by au later the children enjoyed swimming in the pool hotspurs win twki with b sheppard and b allen the big guns for the waning team brampton hotspurs took two games from local teams in the junior soccer league last week xn saturday sheppard scored 4 and allen 2 in a 94 win from the jets with john adams get ting both local games monday the hotspurs ibtonke4 be wolves 7 q with sheppard and allen scoring three each and mike cann one goal what council did will engage architect for 5th publk school initial plans for a fifth george town public school took form at mondays council meeting when school board chairman ray salter asked approval to engage an arch itect and proceed with prelimin ary plans mr salter explained that the board wants to he in a position to move as fast as possible when building starts on 582 planned houses in the vicinity of the sykes tool plant the hoard is consid ering a twostorey building he said possibly 10 rooms to start and eventually 16 to 20 rooms cr harrisotf- questioned wheth er land given by delrex develop- mentsis large enough for such a school and said council shouldnt have to be in a position of having to buy extra land mr salter said the board bad approved of the land set aside for schools three properties approximately 7 acres each using a figure of 7 students per bouse although the figure is running somewhat high er in delirx and semidetached houses had not entered the pic ture at that time the 2storey structure is being planned he said not because of a land short age but because the board feels a school that large would be more efficient in that design crs hyde and elliott said they can see no rush to engage an arch itect when no house building has started and voted against engag ing an architect at t he present time cr sykes who earlier this year had criticized the school board for not moving fast at times said he is happy to see the board is adopting- a plan which might save valuable time when building starts and said council could be criticized if they did not support the boards idea council itself uses the same procedure he said pointing to engagement of water engineers two years ago to do exploratory work for future expansion asking for permission to estab lish a driving school in town gor don h was told that there is no legislation which gives coun cil control over such a busu and that it is not necessary to have council approval for such a business approval was given for erection of a house by mr storch on prop erty i n front of harry al lens home at 72 river drive the new house will be on the street frontage and mr allen is retaining a 27 foot driveway as an entrance to his house the plan is at variance with the building by law which requires a 50 foot street frontage for a house three councillors opposed the permit reeve sargent and crs sykes and gunn cr sykes said it would be setting a precedent for other property owners to do the same and that a building bylaw is useless if its clauses are not ad hered to cr harrison disagreed saying each case should be judged on its own merits approval for erection of a garage at his home was given to mervyn cook 5 normandy blvd subject to written approval from the adjoinihg property owner in recognition of long service uritcol mrmut omp commanding officer of the lome serf pari dufferln and hahon reg iment militia look on as ueulcol john r barber of georgetown honorary colonel of the reg iment offitiafes at recent regimental investiture carernonietat brampton receiving the cenadian defence decdralton for long service are mabr r g hardle of cordova ave toronto commander of a company port credit bandsman charles w isndsborough of acton a oometist ueul r h merchrngton acton c company g an overseas world war ii veteran meor hardle hes been with the lome scots since 1938 bands man landsborough has had 24 years wtlh the regiment in the lame scots for 10 years ueut marchingran served oversees with tba rcaf and look cotc training runaway car sends shoppers scurrying on friday night mcclure clan gathers 237 at stanley park the mcclure clan reunion was held at stanley park erin on june mjh with 237 members regi stering the clan sat down to a catered dinneratlzjo with vince mount- ford leading in a singsong grace was sung and then the queen jpre- sldent- hyatt mcclure welcon the gathering and called on vari ous members from a distance to speak a minutes silence was ob served in memory of those who had died since the last reunion there were various prises given to celebrate the day heather jane mcclure woodbridge was the youngest baby andrew mcclure of king the oldest man at 87 jl sadie mcclure brampton the old est lady at 83 mr and mrs cliff wardlaw vancouver had come the greatest distance mr and mrs witberspoon wereeelebrating their 39th wedding anniversary on this day the largest family was that of mr and mrs douglas mcclure chatham the new president harold mc clure georgetown gave a short address john mcclure george town and bruce mcclure brampton were in charge of the sports prize winners included girls 8 and un der cheryl haggerty mary dolson molly mcclure boys 6 and under david steen stephen dolson dav id mcclure girls 8 and under jean mcclure boys 8 and under bobby garton girls 10 and under margaret mcclure boys 10 and under jim archdekut girls 12 and under joan bailey boys 12 and un der robert j mcclure girls 1316 ann mcclure boys 1316 john mc clure married couples mr and mrs andrew mcclure there was also a hard fought tugofwar the reunion dispersed about 5 pm a vms dodge driven by henry duikar of copetown in wentwortay i county ran whd on main street during the friday night sboppinf rush last week when the cart brakes failed at the base of the main st north hol the brakes gave way at tha fat tersection of main and james stav mr duikar attempted down on approaching the heavy j traffic in the boajness i the runaway car left the road opposite maveal motors i ed the length of the block oh the sidewalk finally coming to a halt inst a light standard at tha intersection of main and wesleyan- streets opposite herrington paints luckily none of the item lying shoppers were struck by the vehicle mrs duikar n passenger fat the car was taken to the police ate- tion where she was treated tor shock by dr o m brewster duikar told police that tha 1 re in good working before the incident there were no charges laid damage to the left front fender bumper and headlight amounted to approximately 100 as a result of the accident which occurred at about 810 pjn cst ted scott investigated limehouse planning scouts cubs oftganrzatton at limehouse ji monday evening july 7th meeting was held at the home of mr and mrs edward findlay of limehouse for the purpose of forming a committee to organize the cub and scout movement limehouse this is sponsored by the school association a provisional committee was formed consisting of mrs edward findlay as chairman charles ja mes secretarytreasurer and ed ward findlay as vice chairman it is hoped to form a regular committee in the fall but this pro visional committee was formed to look after the summer activities for boys district commissioner dave dills is helping with the or ganization of the groupsor the sum- saleslady m yean lyla araistroikj retires main street shoppers said good- bye to a veteran saleslady of fifty- four years service at the end of june when miss lyla armstrong 7 john st e retired from the staff of garners store miss armstrong began her car eer of satisfying shoppers wants with the r c adams store where she worked for nearly six years she then became a member of the john mcbean store staff working there until the business wi to g l garner in 1850 in her many years of miss armstrong has seen many changes on main street the dirt v road changed to paeean tags added old ones torn down or renovated to keep up with the changing times such as parking meters instead of bitching posts mr and mrs garner entertain- ed members of their staff and mrs olive reid when they boo oured miss armstrong with afdin- ner party at their home 18 chip- per court on jane 30th and persentation to quote mr gar ner miss armstrong has been e valued and trustworthy employee it is doubted if there is in georgetown who can matchw miss armstrongs service record it is hoped by her many friends fellow workers and people whom she served so faithfully that she will enjoy many years of well de leisure robinsonalexander wedding vows in norval united church norval united church was de corated with tall standards of white pink and blue carnations gladioli and delphinium on satur day july 5th when mary louisa alexander daughter of mr and mrs mac alexander of r r 1 norval became the bride of gor don russell robinson son of wil liam robinson and the late mrs robinson of snelgrove the bride given in marriage by her father wore a full length gbwn of cloud white nylon organza and swiss embroidered medallions the bodice was fashioned with a long torso silhouette accented with leafy embroidered medallions to the portrait neckline offset with matching appliqued lace motifs trimmed with sequins and swath ed with draped folds or organza the short sleeves were shirred an the skirt was very bouffant her waist length veil fell from a small crown of matching material trimmed with pearls and sequins she carried a cascade of red ros ettes and white stephanotis three sisters of the bride were atendants mrs jean reid was ma tron of honour and jessie and margaret were bridesmaids all gowned alike in short solar blue silk organza over net and taffeta the bodices were long torso sft- houettes with portrait necklines edged with g embroidered medallions and swathed with bias folds of orgmnsa the short sleev es were idnrred and the skirts very bo they carried pals ted limaanm acted a ajawaa un for his hnther bui bahlann assisted by rev e nlchol mrs ruth moore was the organist and miss k coobobs was the soloist she sang because during the sign ing of the register and the lords prayer during the first part of the service the wedding reception was held in the norval united church basement mrs alexander recei ved for her daughter in a gown of pink lace fashioned with a por trait neckline and flareclskirt her accessories were white and she wore s corsage of deep pink carnation and white stepnanotis mrs jack dfaber fro sound an aunt of the j sisted her in a beige pink acce her t of deep pink carnations stephanotis for travelling the bride wore a pure silk print gown with white background and coloured bowers topped with a navy pure suk ma ching coat her accessories were white and her corsage was of white and pink spray orchids mr and mrs robinson travelled to white rock bc where they will visit with the grooms grand father the bride carried chief belonging to bet er mrs ward rncwefl carrircd it at her wedding fifty- eight years ago mrs who lives at r b 3 r