Georgetown Vets to Receive $50 War Bonds as Recognition
Georgetown War Recognition Committee plans to award a $50 war bond to World War I veterans based in or connected to Georgetown. Up to 3000 potential honorees, funded by public subscription possibly totaling about $25,000, with presentation timing to be arranged for next spring. A memorial debate favored a pool or Arena extension. a hospital or pass tickets to recreational projects were also proposed.
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Georgetown
Ac Georgetown
Georgeown
Herald
Ite
Weather Wobble Marks Week With Warm Spells And Storms
H L Hutts weather log recalls a week of varied skies with brief warm days and cool nights followed by a violent electrical storm and rain. The forecast expects warmer weather ahead. Rain totals show 0.50 inches around Aug 7 to 11 with daily readings listed.
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Sun
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Blood Donations
Wim. R. Anderson expresses gratitude for expressions of sympathy, floral tributes, and blood donations received during bereavement.
Ashgrove WMS Leads Morning Service
The WMS ladies led Sunday morning worship with Mrs. Thos Giffen conducting. Miss Joy Ruddell sang Stranger of Galilee and Mrs. H Caldwell spoke on The Christian Life. Announcements include no service this Sunday and August 25 reopening. Birthday wishes to Mrs. Giffen on August 18 and Mr. Henry Wilson on August 19. Visitors Joan and Marilyn Wrigglesworth with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wrigglesworth. Mrs. Caldwell’s daughter Mrs. Archie Kerr and Betty Ann from Acton attended. Food appeal urged: waste not, share with the hungry.
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WMS
Thos Giffen
Joy Ruddell
Galilee
H. Caldwell
Thos. Giffen
Henry Wilson
Joan
Marilyn Wrigglesworth
Hornby
Fred Wrigglesworth
Caldwell
Auction Sale of Household Furniture Poultry Equipment and More
The J A Strang estate offers a public auction at Maple Ave Georgetown on Saturday August 2 at 2 o clock. Items include MacClary electric range Chesterfield suite dining set roll top desk and electric appliances along with poultry equipment garden tools and assorted hardware. Cash terms. Frank Petch, Auct.
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Maple Ave
Kincaid
Frank Petch
We See This Week Highlights Local Changes and Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Trygve Wold sail from Norway tomorrow on a trip to their homeland. Riverview Crescent opens with four new Smith Stone homes occupied by Bark Binkley Malcolm and families. Memorial pylon and flagpole to be ready for Fair Day. W O Brownridge wins Lions Dominion Day and Civic Holiday prizes. Brigadier Wallace drives a Smith Stone staff house Buick to work. Post Office receives paint trim. Sykes barn removed and white picket fence added. Harry Goldham displays glass from Dr R T Paul garden. Tom Parry leaves Georgetown Dairy for Alliance Paper Mill.
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Riverview Crescent
Smith & Stone, Ltd
Bud Binkley
Jack Malcolm
Gail
Waldo Diggins
John Emmerson
Binkley
Mr. Malcolm
Brampton Lions Jamboree at Huttonville Park
Brampton Lions Club hosts a two day jamboree at Huttonville Park Thursday and Friday with races pony rides fireworks and evening entertainment including The Modern Aires Stan Portch Orchestra Georgetown Girls Pipe Band Beauty Contest with M C James Hurrell and several local acts. Demonstrations by Toronto Ornamental Swimming Club led by Evelyn Buchan are planned for both nights.
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Brampton Lions Club
Huttonville Park
Modern Aires
Stan Portch
Georgetown Girls
Lions Fun Parade
Gordon Vivian
Roy Ward Dixon
Peel County
Hollywood
James Hurrell
M. C
Brampton Citizens’ Band
Alka Seltzer
Toronto Ornamental Swimming Club
Evelyn Buchanan
Huttonville
Doris Frances Smith to Wed John Charles Burt at Ballinafad Church
Mr and Mrs Frank Smith announce the engagement of their daughter Doris Frances to John Charles Burt son of Mr and Mrs Gee Burt Hillsburg Ont The wedding is planned for the end of August at Ballinafad United Church.
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Frank Smith
Doris Frances
John Charles Burt
Engagement announced for Helen Elizabeth Young
Mr and Mrs Ben Young announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Elizabeth to Douglas Arthur Thompson son of Mr and Mrs R T Thompson of Olds Alberta. The wedding date is set for June 22.
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Ben Young
Helen Elizabeth
Douglas Arthur Thompson
R. T. Thompson
Olds
Alberta
Helen
Douglas Thompson
Calgary
Alto
Georgetown triumphs as Acton fall in final intercity game
Georgetown defeats Acton 4 3 securing third place in Halton Intermed OB A standings. Bill Bryden pitched seven strikeouts and a seventh inning squeeze. Scotty Patterson homered late driving in two. In a separate tragedy John Russell Brain, 15, died in a No 5 highway crash near Trafalgar. several relatives injured.
Social and Personal Notes From Local District
Social and personal items list visits and holidays among residents including Mr Cecil Hardie at Bracebridge and Mrs J McDermid in Seaforth. Trips involve W E Scott of Galt and the Trent Valley to Ottawa plus Meaford and Stanley Park Erin. Notables attend weddings and gatherings while a few suffer health setbacks.
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Cecil Hardie
Bracebridge
J. McDermid
Seaforth
W. E. Scott of
Galt
Wilson Leading Batter Over .300 in Georgetown Season
Georgetown Intermediate team completes season as scorer Jack Harlow lists batting averages for eighteen players. Everett Wilson leads with a .377 average and 23 hits in 41 at bats, followed by Scotty Patterson and Tudor Beaumont at .376. Last week results include Georgetown 4 Acton 3 on Aug 7 and Acton 8 Milton 7 on Aug 10.
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Georgetown
Jack Harlow
Everett Wilson
Scotty Patterson
Tudor Beaumont
Pet.e. Wilson
J. Patterson
R. Beaumont
B. Ritchie
B. McMenemy
A. Ritchie
G. Chaplin
L. Ritchie
L. Evans
W. Bryden
R. Ward
Norton
G. Lane Aurte
W. Wheeler J. Bertwintle
C. Walters J
Bernard Braden Seeks Vancouver Ties with Canadian Oddittle
Radio writer and actor Bernard Braden considers Vancouver his hometown while working on a project about an Oddittle Canadian community named ebdout. He has penned 13 plays linked to the topic.
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Bernard Braden
Vancouver
Businessmen Lead Industrial Softball League Standings
Businessmen maintain a perfect 4-0 record as they defeat Dayfoots 23 to 3 and Smith and Stone 16 to 11 in recent games at the park.
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Industrial
Dayfoots
Smith & Stone
Weston Lads Play Baseball Here Saturday
On Saturday at 3 pm Gordon Alcott brings Weston lads under 16 to meet a Georgetown group for a baseball game in the park.
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Weston Lads
Gordon Alcott
Georgetown
Engagement of Helen Meredith to Emmanuel Karn
Mr and Mrs Charles Meredith of Limehouse announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Agnes to Emmanuel William Karn son of Mr William O Karn and the late Mrs Karn of Montreal Quebec The marriage is to take place in the latter part of August.
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Charles Meredith
Limehouse
Helen Agnes
Emmanuel William Karn
William O. Karn
Karn
Montreal
Quebec
Legion Picnic Echoes Small Town Sports At Stanky Park
Legion notes from Branch 120 report a Saturday picnic at Stanky Park Evin with races for children and adults. Winners include B McGuigan J Dickenson A Henney and J Kerr plus Mrs Day Mrs Murphy and J Murphy. A bountiful lunch followed, organized by Mrs Tom Grieve.
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B. McGuigan
St. B. Wiley
A. McGuigan
J. Dickenson
D. Herrington
B. Tennant
P. Day
M. McGuigan
A |Henney
Kemaheads
J. Murphy
A. Henney
J. Kerr
Day
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Murphy
J.murphy
Kematread
Tom Grieve
BMission Circle Meets at Joanna Shortill Home
The regular BMission Circle meeting was held Friday evening at Joanna Shortill’s home with the president leading devotional exercises. Mrs. Lloyd Swindlehurst spoke on Women of today and Lydia Snow read a piece on Christian Stewardship. The gathering closed with tea. Messages note Miss Shortill’s return from a six week McMaster University course and a vacation by Rev. and Mrs. Flindall. Sympathy extends to the Brain family after the untimely death of their son Russell in a Saturday accident.
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John Russell Brain
Cragh
No.5
Trafalgar
No. 5
William
Mary
Donald Phillips
Marilyn Phillips
William Phillips
St. Joseph's Hospital
Toronto
Gordon Hutton
Lakefield
E. A. Moss
Waterdown
Sunnyside Park
Brain
Phillips
Roseland
Arthur Brain
Norval
Milton High School
St. Stephen's Church of England
Hornby
Harold
Gordon
St. Stephen's Church
H. Leigh-Pink
Ernest Price
Jesus
St. Stephen’s Cemetery
Willi Noble
Bert Gastle
Foster Brain
Lloyd Ellenton
Ross Brown
Earl Wilson
Duncan Robinson
John Currie
Fraser McNabb
Glenn Stringer
Don Humberstone
Ernie May
Irvine Thompson
Jack Marchment
Guy Orr
Earl McDowell
Joanna Ghortill
Lloyd Swindlehurst
Adiss Lydia Snow
Joanna Shortill
McMaster University
Hamilton
O. R. Flindall
Leslie
Winnipeg
William Cassidy
Peter Cole
Lula
Ellen Robson
Ottawa
Ida Till
B. Shaver
A. Brain
Russell
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Alex McGregor & CO. OF
Georgetown Girls’ Pipe Band
Mrs. Trygve Wold
Norway
Logan & Haines
W. O. Brownridge
Milton
Brigadier Wallace
Tom Sykes
Mill Street
Mr. Sykes
Harry Goldham
Tom Parry
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Halton
Acton
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Patterson
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W. H Murdock
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Jack Young
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P. L. McGilvray
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Wilfred Hunter
George Scott
Detroit
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E. D. Sheley
Birmingham
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St. Joseph's Hospital, Guelph
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Holme
Harriet Hartwell
Walter Carpenter
Carpenter
O.ac
Marilyn Rush
Harry Stockford
C. Preure
Brampton
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Anthony
Queen Bt West
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Millie Livingstone
Tottenham
Jack Bailey
PWL Pet Businessmen
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Stanky Park
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