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tw hmuj wednesday bral sept srd mm page s the georgetown herald erring the communities of ocotgefown gunwuiams notval umehousk hornby sttwarttowtt tauinafad j ashorove terra cotta walter c biehn subscription rate 400 a year single copies 10c each advertising rates quoted on application the herald is printed each wednesday a the office al 22 main sl georcown publisher a nd editor staff garfield l hcguvray bob baskerviua leslie h clark dave bastings corey herrington jr terry harley mrs aileen bradley authorized as second class mall post office dept ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario division of the c wn a editorial comment accept progress fast ty say we live in a fast world and there tier indication of it than the speed with which people accept scientific progress as com monplace take break ng the sound barrier as an ex ample on august 23rd georgetown had its first experience when an avro arrow streaked across the sky rattled windows and brought people into the street to see what was happen ing and it was only a few years ago that f rst breaking of the barr er was so spectacular that a movie was made to cap tal ze on t now every day we hear two or three cracks the doors and w ndows shake a little and we go on about our da ly obs w th nary a glance at the sky sputnik is the same when russ a f rst challenged outer space everyone had their eye cocked on the heavens for a glimpse now every day or two a sput nik or ts american version passes across the sky seldom to be noticed by people who have already become used to such phenomena watching a new mov e the other n ght f i r and spice i ay hu wmumw tt wautm bate i bwbambttlj nert week we take our holidays big deal a whole week personal ly my idea of a real holiday would be to come down and hang around the office all week bogging the beautiful inner knowledge that there was no paper to publish on thursday but my solkttews family will have no part of anything as simple s that the best is none too good for door eld dad my wife b da rndnad that im tjolne to net away from it all and gat rid of all my med in black and wh te there was a momentary annoyance as we realized it as not in techni color and we thought back to that wonderful time many years ago when we had our very f rst glimpse of techn color in the lon chaney movie phantom of the opera and realized how we have come to expect coloured movies as the rule only a few years back nstallation of a tel ev sion aerial n town was newsworthy enough to rate mention n the herald now if one not ces at all t is the house w thout ts tv mast which iooks odd several months ago we were wakened ar ound midn ght as a d esel eng ne made its f rst run from the c ty and shunted n the fre ghtyard w rh a great commol on it wasnl many nights until we slept soundly unaware of th s new no se n the queen street scene and so t goes one tern of progress replaced so rap dly by another these days that even the f rst tr p to the moon w ii be headlines for only a few weeks we wager so hw trip woa cancollod the little devils wore isi hod for one to snake op f yeo over spent your holidays if around the cnr the heat bain oously in a kid on each arm opposite directions by well it just old friend of milestone in school history school opening yesterday set several new records in georgetown enrolment at the high school set a new h gh in numbers when over 400 students registered a fourth public school came into existence in sp nt if not in body as students who will at tend the new park school registered n the after noon at chape st school where their school will meet until the building is ready later th s year and for the first t me a roman catholic separate school was added to georgetown s edu cational facilities when a proportion of children of this faith enrolled at the new holy cross school familiar face gone just as a teacher carves a niche in the mem ones of students so do others whose work purs them in close touch with school affairs particularly so was the case with jack ev ans who during 28 years of service as caretaker at the high school was as much a part of the staff as the teachers many are the anecdotes which recall his affection for the generation of students who passed through the portals of high er learning he belonged to the old days when a hand bell signified the opening of school and he always had a soft spot for tardy ones and gave an extra couple of rings until they reached the safety of their classrooms he prav ded a nowhere has the town s growth been more not ceable than n our schools only a dozen years ago one school served the whole pwn and it was qu te a newsworthy event when a second school was bu it now w th f ve schools n operat on the school board has started plan ning already for a s xth in the eastern part of delrex neighbouring communities have seen ust as startl ng progess one room schools n the glen stewarttown and norval have been re i placed by much larger structures transports ton to high school has become an accepted fact and there s a certain amount of transportat on to public schools as well k nd of middle ground between teachers and pupils being in on many of the pranks which plague a teachers life and using hs own good ludgment whether the culprits were caught or whether their exploits would become part of the unsolved mysteries which add to a school s tra dttion mr evans reta ned his interest n the school and when he was able he would stop in to rem msce about old limes his death last week fol lowed closely that of former principal ralph ross whose tenure of office covered many of the same years polna to have a real holiday youve been working hard in that heat all summer she says now don t worry about the kids and me weve beenon holidays since school stopped you never get a break this year you plan to do just whatever you want to yes poor old daddy says kim we go swimming nearly every day and he has to work and hugh chimes in with his sympath etic yeah dad you sure work aot donf you you hardly ever have tima for any fun why dont you hava a really good holiday this used to touch me deeply how thoughtful they are i would think how sweet the tears i would well up in my eyes and i d get a big lump in m throat as i realized how lucky i was to have this unselfish loving trio for a family i that was th first coupla of times they went into this song and danco now i just emit a loud resonant snort and snarl h sural poor old dad 1 hope youve all got your lists drawn up of all tba places you want me to tak you on my holidays i burn with shame when i rccol lect what a wide ced innocent i was the first time ni wife pul led that ou do whatever you want after all it yolr holida routine i took her literal i made plans to fish golf lie ar j ound and read a little and do s lot of eating and drinking i nor malt haven t tune to enjoy well she began with ominous calm as i revoaled these crazy ideas if you want to be an absol ute selfish pig and run around en joying yourself and leave me stuck hare with the kids who haven t gi van me a minutes paace all sum mer go right ahead that ear i recall i had a dandy holiday taking the kids on joll outings getting meals and loo king all over town for them to get them to bed while their mo ther spent a few das in the city roughing it at the royal york next year when i got the poor old dad working so hard waltz bafor holidays i was a little ca- giar i askad th old girl whera sha wanted to go this yeer no where at all she said all i want is for you to have a good rest and enoy your so i planned a weeks- fishing trip with some f about 1w miles from home the day before i was to go both brats developed runny noses and slight fevers that was in the days before salk vaccine and it as made quite clear to me that if i went i wouldn t even be home for tbc funeral when they both died of polio where was horn happened that an hers was spending that week at a swanky resort and wanted pany so mom was sitting around in a brand new 18 bathing suit beside the pool at a posh summer hotel thinking how nice it was for dad to have a chance to real ly get to know the children on his holidays ir jeaulij cjlot harper method zluurnt 31 mb vi north c ror n on i trlrtihan ur aptinlnrfr- tkiatelr 3t 1 or marjorie potter 87 native of scotch block a scotch block native fir mar jorie j potter 87 died at san diego california oh august 16 she was born oh the present hector bird fuen the youngest of a family of elshhdren of jamej mcpherson and jane fraser four of whom pursued medical car eers other members of the fa mily were qr john mcpherson akron ohio tr james mcpher- son tonawandany dr william mcpherson buffalo ny mrs may mccall tonawanda n y and elizabeth niagara falls ny she went to buffalo to study medicine and took her degree there it was there that site met end married dr wlulanrpotter they both practiced medicine in niagara falls and later in san di ego until retirement when they went to live at le mesa califor nia dr potter died a few years ago mrs potter was a cousin of alter t evans 21 mountain view road roads resurfaced extensive resurfacing of roads in various parts of town are ap preciated by motorists several have also been widened contribu ting to traffic safety directory j burn milne dental surgeon xbay mill street tb 7 2871 dr john r kerby practice of dentistry xray triangle 73841 m street georgetown hows your iq today s insurance problems answered question what ii ssigned risk in auto insurance answer when a person is unahle to obtain bodil in jury and propcru damage insurance through regular channils his application can be submitted to the assigned risk plan b an agent contributed in the interest of sound insurance by john r barber james p evans john t armstrong earijr rug designs live on local girl is camp i champion at artaban a georgetown girl roberta ifawes daughter of mr and mrs ralph hawcs 2 college street came home from camp artaban last week with the coveted cup awarded to the allround junior gtrl champion roberta was one of five local girls attending a two wrik camp at this anglican resort at ancas tcr as champion she keeps the cup for a car and has her nami added on a plaque as a permanent rcmindtr of the honour she was one of 78 girls competing other girls from town who at tended camp were jane brad ley 17 flgin st lynne ritchie 15 i nion st nn lorrainc noble 118 cuelph st and karxn kor jmcjc of 1 n williams community centre field day saturday will be a big day m town when the comumnity centre association holds a gala field da sports beauty contest and dance arc among the feature attractions 2nd annual lions jamboree friday and saturday sept 1213 in georgetown arena 150 free prize each nite bingo games fish pond free balloons for the kiddies a century later the rug de signs made popular by an itin erant new england peddler are still available to those who want to hook their own rugs the de signs were once sold by edward s frost a- mid nineteenth cen tury machinist forced outdoors by health who manti pictured the first commercial hooked rug patterns making copper and zinc stencils of the more attrac live patterns he ran across m his travels he printed them on burlap sold them to housewives and soon had a flourishing trade he mad 750 stencils in all from which 180 patterns were pos sible thirtyone years ago mrs charlotte k strstttoa of mont p e 1 e r v t and greenfield mass found the 3v4 tons of stencils stored in a basement and revived the business the greenfield village craft shops in dearborn mich now own the frost stencils and will con tinue to make the original pat terns available to hooked rug enthusiasts above mrs slrat ton assists craftsman tom hire tn setting up the now- shop this is the tenth early american craft tegointo full production at greenfield village the 200 acre outdoor musoumof amen cana founded 29 yi ars ago bv the late automotive pioneer henry ford dr k w mccauley dentist 6 aaa n street north tr 74641 tf s m faibuk ro optometrist mcnamara jewellers georgetown for expert eye care consult o t walker oculist prescriptions filled hearingaid glasses 12 main st south brampton gl 14474 res gl 16243 hours 9am to 6 p m daily friday 9am to 9 p m evenings by appointment georgetown animal clinic c w sayan dvjwl 106 guelph street opposite armstrong s garage tr 7 2741 monuments pollock campbell designs on request inspect our work in greenwood cemetery phone 2040 62 water street north g a lt tom van sickler b a barrister solicitor jl notary 36 main st s tr 74531 dr williams bldg maurice manderson barrister solicitor 61 mill st tr 7 2464 roxy theatre building lever hoskin chartered accountants 51 main n brampton glendale 14824 44 victoria st toronto phone ejt 49131 hewson ord helson barristers and soltchwrs 39 main sl south beside knox church 120 guelph st hunter bldg no 7 hwy george c hewson john d ord frederick a helson tr 72246 tr 79781 a m nieben of chiropractic and 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