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the georgetown herald t six1kn pages authorized as swand class mail pest ofroa dp ottawa oecgoctown ont wednesday deccmbtirnl 1958 fwst section municipal elections this monday l baptist minister speaks at home school meet rev uoyd whin of first bap tist church gave the historical background of christmas traditions and explained how people should celebrated the day when he spoke to members of the home school association of wngglesworth school on monday mr whan was introduced by graham farnell and thanked by robert mcmenemy a variety program by school children drew a large attendance to the meeting which was conduc ted by mrs william ritchie prin cipal william kinrade introduced the program which included songs bj the senior scsoo choir and individual choirs- from the four scnior rooms and a solo b viv len pcrrj kenneth r harrison directed the musical part of the cening grade 8 students presented a humorous pa which was dirtc ted and introduced b ginnj lee the cat included edith baumgar tner joanne poot philippine mac donald carroll farnell ann lor raine noble ole poulstrup rus sell bradley joe harris and jim tost supper and euchre for farm club family night despite the wintry night some sixty five sat down to a delicious supper at snelgrove hall on sa ur day nov 29th where the terra cotta farmers clulrheld their an nual family night a committee under mrs s r dolson mrs don dolson mrs w f hunter and mrs herbert dol son was m charge of the supper following which the club presi dent mrs fraser macdonatd called on clarence aoderson for a vote of thanks mrs pete dick spoke briefly on the new hospital plan the remainder of the evening was devoted to a euchre party with donna dolson taking first and carrying prize and mrs harvej puckering second jack mcdon aid and clure dolson won first kand second and fraser macdonald the carrying prize for men an hour nas spent in dancing with music pouded b mr and mrs don dolon a eori crawford in charge of tht pro gram were ltod cnchton wilfrid leslie and clartnce ynderacn a group of offki afterwards left to r earl lince o c c coy i who took part in the remembrance day parade were photographed by bill hardman it in the picture are bandmaster alfred perrotl parade marshal henry shepherd capt lome scots and tom barber and john lenz members of the guard at the cenotaph win gray cup tickets in hamilton lucky draw the closest anyone in this dis tnct came to the grey cup game barring their tv screens was mr and mrs gordon currie of acton several members of the currie family purchased tickets from the hamilton kinsmen on a draw which wou d gie them two tick ets to the game tla transporta tion two das expense free in van couvcr and 75 and mr currie mas the i uck winner unfortun ately mr and mrs curru were tin able to lakt adxanlagt of thur win as far as the trip was concerned but did benefit in a lesser degree by taking a cash substitute mrs currie is emplojcd in the mm s department at sihirs stort here and mr curie is a former emploee of tht local brewers retail store onu 16 shopping das left it fore christmas jennings allen wedding saturday in st johns re morgan mcfarlane officia ted at the double ring ceremony in s johns united church on sa turday november 29th at three thirty o clock when shirley grace allen daughter of mrs ford a lflf and the late mr allen 90 mam sl north became the bride of gordon douglas jennings son of mr and mrs gordon jennings 16 back street the churchnwas decorated with jello and jyronze mums mr norman lairda a the organ robert allen main street n gave his sister in marriage she chose a gown of floor length net over satin fashioned with a fit ted bodice and bouffant skirt and long lily point sleeves her finger tip veil fell from a rhtnestone ti ara and she earned red roses and stephanotis miss jean allen was her sister s attendant gowned in blue chrome spun nylon fashioned with a bouf fant skirt and fitted bodice with a large bow at the back waist top ped with a bolero jacket she wore a light blue feather cap and mit tens to match her flowers were yellow and bronze mums duncan baxter brother inlaw of the groom was the groomsman don alien brother of the bride and jack kay brother in law of the gioom were ushers the wedding reception was held at the jack 0lantem where mrs allen received for her daughter in a pink lace over taffeta gown her accessories were black and she wore a pink carnation corsage she was assisted by the grooms mother in an ensemble of black wool with white accessories and a corsage of pink carnations for their motor trip honeymoon local horsemn have c wins at winter fair local horsemen made quite an impressive showing at the royal winter fair two weeks ago harold bennett 39 water sl won three ribbons he had the s place colt for foaled 1958 3rd in the brood mare class and 3rd in the maturity don dark of nerval took first for two year lds the bride trj tiled in j mi of winter white tweed with b aik ac cexsorics and a corsage of red m es mr and mrs jtnnuus ai1 make thir home in giorgctown he is emplotd at the matcal mo- or sales and sht at a v rue an honoured guts at tht wed ding was the brides great unci mr j m fletcher from brampton guests also attended from bramp ton georgetown kitchtncr and tt hit by mrs charles milton of cooks ville honoured the bride with a miscellaneous shower prior to her marirage bowls 279 game new high single mrs cyril brandford rolled a 279 at the lucky strike bowling club on monday to take over the lead in the lady golfers bowling league from mrs doug davidson who set the previous mark at 271 mrs davidson was also second on the dav with a 251 and mrs ron kitchens 247 was good enough to give her third mrs scotty herkes and mrs ken nash are currently deadlock ed for third pace for high singles on the season both have respec- able 265s also out in front of the high triples race for the season with b68 mrs brandford carded ml on monday to lead the day s com petition in that department mrs ken nash and mrs ron kitchen were far behind with 586 and 583 eleanor spitser has the seasons second high of 650 while mrs nashs ott has her in third mrs ron khchen leads the high average race with 193 eleven pts ahead of mrs len ward and mrs cyril brandford who are tied with 172 third with a 171 average is mrs herkes mrs boas duncans chop chops stayed on top of the league with 39 as the standing went unchang ed eleanor spttxers chumps are second with 35 mrs herkes ro- ckettes third with 23 while mrs len wards squibs trail with 15 points slippery roads cause many district accidents bad driving weather was re sponsible for a rash of accidents reported to the county detachment of the op over the weekend an estimated total of 650 re suited in two accidents on friday on no 7 highway west of town the first occurred at 1 30 p m near sihcrcreek where an tast bound car driven by alexander spurrell of toronto skidded on the shppcr road and knocked off a number of guard rails on tht north sidt of the highway si 50 damage resulted from the mishap investigated b cst raj andrcss at 4 15 on friday cst dave hard was called to investigate a idcsvipe on tht highwa tu mi les wcl of town imojwnj ur drittn b y c brown of vanklcck mill and wm j orvis of win turn damage here was jppruxi matih s500 thomson publishing o tnitk lrucn bv franklin fdwird chmj of 113 clarence si brampton wa- damajud to tht cxt nt of jb lit si 50 when il missed thi cor nc r dl sil t crrtk and struck 3 uii p 1st on w inccnjv o jfith pdsner in tht truck philip smn of lt k mif r slrett bramptun sufh n d tlu st injurn in th snali which wa- hhmed in a oipptn mad c t dave mard mustijatcd a 1955 volkswajjm owntd and dm in l raymond white of r r 1 irin suffered s500 damage a hen it rolled oicr in the cast litch afur skidding off the snowj 7 h line just north of no 7 hwy the acidenl occurred at 6 55 on sunda morning and wa invcsti sated bj cst wm bennett there wirt no injuries teams closely grouped in industrial bowlim with the industrial bowl league starting its second series we find one of the closest races that anvonc could wish for with no 2 legion silvers and kent ners winning 7 points and the lea ding smith stoncrs only 5 the four teams arc closely grouped ss has 58 points legion and sil vers are one point behind and kentncrs one point behind them there is also a dandy race be tween the next four teams kay 3 have 44 ramblers 43 anderson s and glen 42 high single honours last week went to jim peardon with a 343 closely followed by frank fergus on 340 she lawr 338 nick brown 323 george webster 313 andy ritchie 30 and bill james 304 high triple was rolled by geo barber with a dandy 831 other good triples were egan madsen 823 prank ferguson 814 andy ritchie 796 harry moss 780 nick rrown 777 archie pollock 774 george webster 763 earl cuth- bert 761 ted- scarlett 752 dick fullerton 742 in the high average race george webster climbed to the top- with 227 followed by frank anderson 226 nip shipway 224 george bar her 218 harv chappel 214 sid williams 213 lou brandford 211 note due to very little interest in the bowling party scheduled for thursday the committee figured the best thing to do was to call it off and run a christmas roll the nights of december 17 and 18 expect 25 floats for santa claus parade what council did ask guidance ruling on candidates qualifications the dept of municipal affairs will be asked to dear up an ambi guous point in regulations about elected officials having business dealings with a municipally council decided to ask for a rul mg when cr era hyde brought up the subject mr hyde said he was not criticizing the town clerk who is returning officer for the election but he felt there was a misundcr standing in advising a potential candidate that he could not do business with the town if elected mr iide said he interprets elec lion regulations as saying that tom reed chairman for the lions santa claus parade has plana well in hand for even bigger and better parade this ear at the present time it is expected that there will be twenty fie floats par ticipatmg and it is hoped there wll be more than that so if anyon is interested in entering he would appreciate it if they got in touch with him or any mtmbtr of the li ons club the parade route will be similar to last years f rming up at prince mrs terry norton is new car lucky winner mrs tt rr norton 1 ijin st s wiv ht iuikv winnir of a 1959 ford at tht annu 1 l n i urnc scots thristrnas pam lu id salur d i tnmj nt the rmoun the li jm nmr d h th enmpam a is inidi in mi k n murru mri norton hu haul i- i mim ik r nf the i retown rintmjcnt o lciitl unfavourabk w tat hi r tloxi to mx1 roinpam pt rsonnt i th 11 wi t s itid jirl fru nds inrt i tgion repttsintatnes atttnded tht pjrt a turk buffet hih luhtul tht tninl and numtrous noviltv prizes and tov instruments wire kivn iwav lo tht winntrs of cartons luck draws and spot dances the recipients of the toj msli ument s fnrnit d an orchestra which entertained under the dir ection of the draw winner mrs norton the mock musicians gave wa o records however for dancing which was enjoyed for the remain der of the partj lt mclean was in charge of the dance while cpl john lenz headed a decorating committee christmas trees and red and green streamers provided a christmas theme for the infor mal affair charles drive at windsor road and moving aong guelph street to main st from the monument of course the star of the show will be the old man himself santa claus with his sleigh laden with candj oranges apple etc which will be given to each child last ytar he treated fifteen hundred children and he is coming prepar td for two thousand this ear all membtrs of the uons club are silling ticktls on their annual draw first prize this car is a doll dressed in ten si bills and second prizt is a doll dressed in fie si bills there will be a num trous turkis and chickens as fur thtr prizes the lions art an ious to sell as man ticktts as po sihli 10 hi p santa laus defra the ctr mounting ipt ns of the i hri nia trt its family entertains for mr mrs s h lindsay a district couple celebrated thur 67th wedding anniversary last weekend mr and mrs s ii lindsay whose anniversary was on tuesday december 2nd were the guests of honour on sunday at the home of their daughter mrs hattie price r r campbellville residents of r r 1 limehouse since their marriage they have been active in their church school and community and mr lindsay was at one time school trustee on the occasion of their 65th anniver sary some one hundred and thir t guests called at their home and congratulations were received from a former prime minister mr st laurent stan hall mpp and mrs hall who brought a cerlifi cate from the province and a tel egram was received from the queen attending the turkey dinner on sunda were mr and mrs w harding limehouse harding price 1 imehouse mr and mrs cahin miller and jack guelph mrs isaac bennett georgetown mr and mr bob cunningham and bill strettsvitle mr and mrs morgan madill r r 1 lime houst mr and mrs d ii lind sa acton mr david cook of urgc own and bilh price the mail bag appreciate support for highland ball mcdowell farm fox proves to be rabid mr earl mcdowell received word that the fox shot on his farm last week was definitely rabid the hunters were out saturday morning and david locke of mil ton shot a fox miss scott and miss reed from the toronto teachers college were student teachers at hornby pub lic school last week mr and mrs f a anderson attended the annual beekeepers convention last week it was at guelph this year sincere sympathy is extended to mr and mrs john bradley and family mrs bradleys father mr george leonard of wetland passed away last week birthday greetings to jackie kingdom who was nine years old on december 3rd also to mr lew sampson and mr glenn saunders on december 3rd to mrs howard bradley on december 4th and hr- ken oneill on december 4th mrs miller celebrated her sev enty fourth birthday at the home of her daughter mr and mrs orville grexton on sunday nov ember 30th mr and mrs fletch er kendrick and family of port town onl december 1st 1958 mr rdiler i would appreciate space in our titled paper to txpress m deep appreciation for the public sup port we rectned in our first ven ture of promoting a highland ball in georgetown vie in the band were thrilled at the large turnout and particu larj for the ver manv complimcn tary comments on our endeavour to bring this form of dance which is a little unusual from our stand ard canadian dancing worth of mention is the fact so many of the scottish gentry and the urnc scots in attendance added so much colour to the affair by don mng kilts in addition in thank mg the public for their kind re sponse i should like to thank the lions club of georgetown for their excellent cooperation and encour agement in making the dance such a success and of course our thanks are extended to the many merch ants in town who were so kind as to donate prizes and help us in many other ways we in the pipe band arc a com parativcly young group of girls and therefore i think that we feel doubly proud of the fine response that the public offered us in their support it is indeed gratifying to receive this response and 1 hope that we shall be able to bring further en tertainment of this nature to our friends in town thanking you on behalf of the girls for this opportunity of ex pressing our gratitude i am yours most sincerely barbara alcott mckay scores four in junior c win linn t s contribution to the lo i junior h rk i cub bob mc rj was his oid scoring st f ag i nn last night popping four goal- hret of the n in the last period is corpetown rolled u a 10 3 nimz oer the richmond hill or u s in junior action it the ar na th hewts tasil cnershad iwtd the opposition in the hustle lepartment and had the big per centage of the play in everj per md penalties and there were 27 of them were incidental as the locals controlled the puck c en when shorthanded mckay s lincmates harrison and baxter were more than spec tators while he was building his impressive tally harrison coun ted three himself and baxted add cd a single ward and riddall stood out for the rest of the team and ran the total into two figures it was georgetown 3 richmond hill 1 at the end of the first per credit and miss peggy lee were guests mrs miller received a happy birthday wish by telephone from her son bob and family from vancouver donny leslie had eight teeth pulled by a dental specialist dr dore in hamilton on thursday november 27th mr and mrs edward robertson celebrated their thirteenth wed din ganniversary on monday de cember isl mr and mrs lew sampson vis ited with mr and mrs don wood- beck of oaiingwood on sunday an employee or shareholder of a limited company is not bound by he no business rule town clerk c g benham said he had hesitated to give an opin ion on the sections of the munici pal act which appear off the back of election qualification forms and the town solicitor had been consul ted and the candidate had been advised it would be better not to seek election mr hvdc said that neither he nor the candidate had any thought of making an issue of the matter but that he thought for future reference a ruling should be ob tained the act is certainly arabig- uos aaid major armstrong in one section it appears to say you can do something and in another that jou can t appearing again lo ask for a decision on whether he could build a house on an academy road lot which is industrially zoned paul dore was told that the matter would have to be left to the 1950 council to decide reeve sargent mentioned the possibility of the town exchanging a municipallyowned lot on shel ley street for the one on academy there were various opinions ex pressed bj councillors as to whe ther the town has power to refuse a permit while the zoning bylaw has still not been officially passed 1 complaining that a 185 assess ment nse is not fair because her property had been damaged when the town sewerage system was in stalled mrs robert waldie mc- nabb street was told that council has no jurisdiction over assess ment and the court of revision is the proper group to approach a letter of complaint from p t iack 35 nor i crescent was relaved lo ontario hydro mr iackej expressed concern about i danger to children from a water i pool on a hydro right away near his home maor armstrong said that i while it is hdros responsibility to look after its propertj the town ha- a moral responsibility and that he would be interested in the town engineer making a report so that council could point out am thing which needs doing fo the propertj owner urban board party at hilltop lodge- the north hatton urban board comprising councils from milton acton and georgetown held then- annual banquet and party at hill- op lorihe erin on friday some tifty members and their wives were on hand at the annual festivities emceed by the vice- chairman joe hurst of acton mu sic for dancing was provided by the john waldon trio of guelph tod 41 after tifp corvess with a pair and coopeffeathered the or iole nest the same two teams g6 at it again in nobleton on friday with midland the visitors here on tues day december 9th st andrews united church held first service sunday the newly formed sl andrew s united church held its first church and sunday school services nov ember 30th in harrison public school which will be used as tem porary quarters until a church building is erected at the moun tainview road and sinclair ave corner the church is george towns second united church and will serve the eastern area of town detained by car trouble alex ander bhindford who will be stud ent minister was unabje to arrive in time for sundays service at which dt crossley hunter toron to was guest minister a congre gation of over 100 heard dr hun ter express his pleasure at the lo cal pioneers who have embark ed on the challenging- work of bull ding a new church miss margar et mcfarlane daughter of rev morgan mcfarlane of sl johns united who is supervising pastor was organist the choir directed by mrs kelvin brown sang as an anthem saviour like a shepherd lead us sundays church school attend ance inall departments totalled over 90 boys and girls heading the committee which is organizing the new church are kelvin brown 16 gibbons place ys chairman and frank bishop 39 norton cresc secretary mr blandford a native of australia has been in canada 4h years during which time he has recei ved hu bachelor of arts degree from ml allison university in sackville njb last winter he served in the alberta alma charge in new brunswick at present be is studying at the un iversity of toronto and next year intends continuing his the ological course at emmanuel col lege toronto visits with relatives during tmp to west miss mary sayres 31 george st has recently returned from a six week visit to the wesl her brother mr fred sayres motored to georgetown for a visit and she returned to klncaid saskatchewan with him visiting there for a tune and later visiting with her sister mrs olive marshall in t- ber alberta miss sayres made the return trip by plane