Insurance Revisions Changed at Georgetown Town Council
Georgetown council approved a comprehensive municipal liability policy with A. E. Wilson & Co at 475.30 yearly. An alternative from General Accident Insurance Co at 321.60 failed. Council debated salaries for two town employees, with a 75 cent rate rejected. Additional items included hydrant repairs, grants for poultry and hall boards, pavement and sidewalk plans, plant visit invitation, and a tax exemption letter filed. A CN Railway widening request and a hotel authority fee receipt were noted.
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Georgetown
A. E. Wilson & Co
B.C. Thompson
McGilvray
W. G. Marshall
Council
Gibbons
Cleave
Goodlet
MacKensie
Wice
Donald Latimer
Corey Herrington
Georgetown and Halton
Queen Street
Smith & Stone
Legion
Grove
A. Maclaren
Canadian National Railway
John Street
Clarence Benham Lions chief for second year
Clarence Benham was elected president for a second term of the Georgetown Lions Club, a first in the club’s 16 years, during a dinner at the McGibbon House. Officers for 1946-47 were named, two new members welcomed, and guest Gordon Wrigglesworth spoke on Lions Club work in Ogden, Utah.
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Georgetown Lions Club
Clarence Benham
McGibbon House
Benham
Albert Tost
Jack Watson
J. L. Lambert
R. H. Ireland
Lorne Peters
Jack Armstrong
R. Licata
Harold McClure
Cecil Hardie
Stanley Grabb
Ogden
Utah
Gordon Wrigglesworth
Lions Club
Bonham
Philadelphia
Local weather notes hint at bountiful garden season
June defies frost with warm days and showers feeding crops. The farmer notes tomato plants safe if low temperatures stay away and lists recent readings from May 28 to June 3 showing temperatures and conditions across days.
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HL Hutt
Sun
Esquesing Debates May Sheep-Killing Dogs Costs
Township of Esquesing paid 678.50 in May for sheep killing dog claims raising a two month total to 1 035 50. Council approved payments to residents and officials and passed bylaws to adjust fence viewer and livestock valuers remunerations and to donate to WWI service personnel. Public holiday noted for Farmers Day attendance in Milton. Support payments and road account disbursements recorded. Court of Revision met regarding a roll assessment swap between Glenn and Davidson. Bridge tender for flood washed out site formerly approved.
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Esquesing
Stewarttown
W. F. James
Harold Early
D. W. Baxter
Frank Robertson
John L. Moore
K. C. Lindsay
A. N. Stark
Spencer Wilson
Meldrum Stark
Milton
Cecil Chisholm
A. W. Benton
Bell Telephone
Reeve Murray
Messrs
Glenn and
Davidson
Ontario Bridge, Co
Toronto
Lieut Grant Mimms Weds Overseas In Civilian Ceremony
Local readers hear Lieut Grant Mimms married overseas to an English girl. Grant grew up in Georgetown with his parents Mrs Mimms and the late Mr Mimms. Other social notes mention Rev R C Todd and family at Beamsville cottage, Jean Mackensie and Kenneth Mackenzie at Acton, plus visits by Crichton and Hyde families in Toronto and Weston from Niagara Falls to Frank Sykes home.
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Grant Mimms
Grant
Georgetown
Mimms
R. C. Todd
Colleen
Tommy
Beamsville
Jean Mackensie
Kenneth Mackenzie
Acton
Canadian Coal Association
General Brock Hotel
Niagara Falls
David Crichton
David
Toronto
D. P. Crichton
Ernest Hyde
Monty
Lynn
T. Humberstone
Harold Hall
Belle Wood
Weston
Frank Sykes
Brampton Golf Club Sees Busy Night and Rumors
Sid Orr reports on Brampton club activities as members discuss Willoughby possibly reopening next summer. Last Wednesday Mens Night saw Sam Mackenzie win low gross with N Cook runner up. other scores noted for hidden holes and a 61-member turnout promising for the season.
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Sam Mackenzie
N. Cook
Brampton
Billi Hooper
Marion
Jack Galloway
Elgie ‘Harris
Elgie
Georgetown Narrows Opening Baseball Victory Over Oakville 6 5
Scotty Patterson starred with two triples as Georgetown edged Oakville 6 to 5 in a shaky field showing. Pollack pitched well for Oakville but an seventh inning error on a pop fly doomed them. Georgetown cleanup included Chaplin with a third inning double and Andy Ritchie two hits. Attendance was light. next home game June 12 against Oakville. Oakville wore old Maple Leaf uniforms with Toronto imagery observed.
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Scotty” Patterson
Oakville
Patterson
Pollack
Georgetown
Chaplin
Bill Ritchie
Andy Ritchie
Milton
Church News and Local Notices
Rev. R. Todd and Miss I. Stewart announce children’s program Mrs. OLeary's Pig. Public worship with both services. Mr. and Mrs. Harbart of Brampton visited Norval friends Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton.
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H. ©. Harbart of
Brampton
H. E. Stapleton
Norval
St George’s Church Notices for Whitsunday Services
Ven W G O Thompson rector at St George’s calls Whitsunday services at 10 am Holy Communion and 7 pm Evensong. St Alban’s Glen Williams schedules Holy Communion at 9 30 am and Sunday School at 10 30 am.
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St. George's Church
W. G. O. Thompson
Whitsunday
St. Alban’s Church
Glen Williams
Bunday School
First Baptist Church Service and Bible School Schedule
Reverend J E Ostrom leads Sunday worship at 11 a.m with studies in Matthew and a 6 45 p m hymn sing following Sunday Bible School starts at 9 45 a m Organist is Miss M Cook.
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First Baptist Church
J. E. Ostrom
Miss M_ Cook
Holy Cross B C Church Service Notices
Rev W J Morgan to preach at Holy Cross B C Church with mass at 8 am and 11 am on February 2nd and 3rd, services to be held at the church in the morning and noon periods.
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Holy Cross
B.C
W. J. Morgan
Bondays
With the Anglers: Greorgetown fishing notes and prices
The column reports uncertain weather, trout catches on the Credit by Mac Watson and Ed McLean with fish around 4.5 to 5 pounds. It notes George South, Fred Stuckey, Frank Gibbons, Herb Wood camped near Durham with 40 trout caught, and Eugenia trips by Orval Rayner and Bill Tuck. It lists June brook trout delivery prices: 1000-Fry eight dollars, Yearlings sixty five, Two-year-olds two hundred ninety five, plus twelve cents per mile delivery.
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Mac Watson
Norval
Mac
Ed McLean
George South
Town
Fred Stuckey
Frank Gibbons
Herb Wood
Acton
Durham
Knox Presbyterian Church Services and Sunday Schedule
Rev Chas Cochrane presides at Knox church with Sunday School at 10 am and public worship at 11 am including the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Evening services drawn for summer months. Limehouse church holds Sunday School at 2 pm and public worship at 3 pm with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
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Chas. C
Cochrane
B.A
B.D
Anniversary Services Held by Minister Rev F J Dunlop
Sunday services scheduled for June 9 at 11 am and 7 30 pm at Glen and Mount Pleasant. Special speaker Rev J W Humt from London, a former minister, will lead. Choir provides music with guest soloist Miss Olive Rankine of Toronto. Worship services begin as announced.
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F. J. Dunlop
J. W. Humt
London
Olive Rankine
Toronto
Glen
Mount Pleasant
United Church Anniversary Notice
Rev. J. L. Self announces Daylight Saving Time public worship at 10.00 am and 11.00 am services. Norval Sunday School at 10.00 am. Public worship at 11.00 am. Services withdrawn this Sunday for United Church anniversary.
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J. L. Self
Norval
United Church
Anglican Parish of Hornby Services Schedule and Contacts
Anglican Parish of Hornby Rev H Leigh Pink rector lists St Stephen Cherob Hornby morning prayer Sundays 11 am except first Sunday 3 pm, Holy Communion second Sunday 11 am, W A meetings 2 pm Tuesdays at members homes, Sunday School 10 30 am, W A 2 pm Thursdays at members homes. St Paul Norval Evening Prayer Sundays 7 30 pm except first Sunday Holy Communion 11 am. Rectory Norval Ont address and Georgetown phone provided.
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Hornby
H. Leigh-Pink
L.th
St. Stephen's Cherob
W. A
St. Paul's
Norval
H. Laigh Pink
Ont
Georgetown
Ted Vahl Joins Smith & Stone Time Study Dept
Ted Vahl joins the Smith & Stone time study department in Toronto as of Monday, coming from Research Enterprise in Leaside. His wife will remain in the city while they search for a home in Georgetown. Ken McMillan cancels trips to Ormstown Lachute shows due to illness and will focus on the June 20 Georgetown Lions horse show.
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Ted Vahl
Smith & Stone, Ltd
Vahl
Toronto
Research Enterprise, Ltd
Leaside
George_town
Ken McMillan
Ormstown
Lachute
Quebec
Ken
Lions
Georgetown
Changes in Ownership of Brill's Department Store
Longtime Georgetown retailer Rev. Bourne honored at a 60th anniversary service. The Brill's Department Store sale to Jack Cotton closes inventory and prepares for renovations to expand merchandise, including a planned fur department. Cotton, a Toronto native and veteran, will run the store with family support while the Brill family plans a Toronto move.
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Brill’s Department Store
Jack Cotton
David Brill
Georgetown
Toronto
O% Brill’s
Cotton
Harris Cotton
RCAP
France
Germany
2Nd Tactical Air Force
Canada
Centralia
Deseronto
St. Thomas
Kitty Marks
London
Ashgrove Girls Shine at Milton Achievement Day
Congratulations to the Young People for their splendid showing at the Achievement Day in Milton on Saturday June 1. Ashgrove Girl's Club demonstrated well and Wilma Thompson of Hornby won the Ashgrove Women's Institute prize for the high beginner. Bill Alexander of the eighth line won the trip to Chicago.
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Milton
Ashgrove Girl's Club
Wilma Thompson
Hornby
Ashgrove Women's Institute
Bill Alexander
Eighth Line
Chicago
Millieres Celebrate Golden Wedding and Silver Anniversary
Limehouse residents praise Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Milliere as they mark their golden wedding at home. The couple wed on June 3 in Alderney and moved to Limehouse in 1906 where their family grew. Relatives from Georgetown Toledo and Limehouse joined the celebrations, sharing in and extending the double milestone with their son and daughter-in-law’s silver wedding.
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W. L. Milliere
Eliza King
William Milliere
Alderney
Channel Islands
Limehouse
Ontario
Wm. Milliere
Eleanor
Bill Milliere
Georgetown
Geo. Millere
George
Toledo
Ohio
Harold Scratch
Wim. Milliere
Stewart Town Honors Bob Lawson First Year Degree
Congratulations go to Bob Lawson who passed with honours his first year O. A. L. degree at Guelph. His sister Mary Jillian Lawson tied to Tonal Church Georgetown in a ceremony led by Rev. C. C. Cochrane. Mary wore the christening dress once worn by her father given by grandmother the late Mrs. David Lawson. Also visiting were Mrs. H. P. Lawson Miss Jessie Coles and Mrs. Hazel Lawson Paul and Peter of Acton.
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Bob Lawson
Guelph
Mary
Jillian Lawson
Emall
Douglas Lawson
Georgetown
C. C. Cochrane
David Lawson
H. P. Lawson
Jessie Coles
Hazel Lawson
Paul and
Peter
Acton
Firths Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Glen Williams and Mrs. Bennett hosted friends on June 1 to honor Mr. and Mrs. Walter Firth of Peterborough on their 25th anniversary. The couple received flowers and silver coins, with a buffet lunch, a wedding cake, and a party of guests enjoying tea, sandwiches, and euchre.
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Wm. Bennett
Glen Williams
Walter Firth
Peterborough
Bennett
Betty Garvin
Margaret Bennett
George Preston
Irene McMaster
Mrs. Bennett
Curly Wheeler
Euchre
Social and Personal Notes From Local Homes
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Calvin Miller and son Jack of Guelph Mrs J B Drummond and son Melvin of Barrie and Miss Ruth Drummond nurse in training at St Josephs Hospital Guelph Mr Joseph Shiek starts construction on a new Maple Avenue home and purchased a jet from Mr Walter Brownridge Mr Shields of B P Maurfin moves a farm at Victoria, married with son Brydon
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Calvin Miller
Jack
Guelph
Drummond
Melvin
Barrie
Ruth Drummond
St. Joseph's Hospital
I. M. Bennett
Joseph Shiek
Maple Avenue
Walter Brownridge
Shields
B. P. Maurfin
Victoria
Brydon
Pretty wedding at Ballinatad United Church in June
Rihoda Florence French married at Ballinatad United Church on June 1 with Rev. Foreman officiating. The bride wore white satin and long tulle, entered with her stepfather Donald Campbell, as Miss Marguerite Thompson played, and the ceremony included attendants Phyllis Craig and Lillian Shortill. Reception followed at the Campbell home, guests numbered about seventy five, and the couple planned a wedding trip to the United States before settling on Eramosa road near Guelph.
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Ballinatad United Church
Rihoda Florence French
A. O. W. Foreman
Day
Eramosa Township
Donald Campbell
Marguerite Thompson
Mary Howett
Phyllis Craig
Lillian Shortill
Mr. Maxwell
Montreal
Messrs
Delmar
Reginald French
Mary Thomas
Kitchener
Campbell
Mrs. McCluskey
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Brampton Club
Mr. Willoughby
Georgetown Tangles
Toronto Maple Leafs
Davison
Galbraith
Henderson
Snowball
Green
A. Ritchie
I W. Ritchie
Ward
Wilson
Ll. Ruehle
J. McMenemy
Church News
Rev. R. ©. Todd
Miss I. Stewart
G. H
Greorgetown
Sudbury
Orval Rayner
Bill Tuck
Floyd Varey
Eugenia
Bill
Limehouse Presbyterian Church
Norval United. Church
Norval and
Unien Presbyterian
Onto
N. A. F. Bourne
Provost Cosgrave
Rogers
G.B.R.E
Pigeon
McGill
Scovell
Bourne
Leslie Young
P. W. Raines
Young
Jack In
Brill
Main Street
Golden Gate Cafe
Main & Mill Street
R. C. Adams
Jackson
Credit Lodge
Halton
The
Red Cross
Boys' Band
Rehabilitation Council
Board of Trade
Anne Bonan
George Novak
Arnold
RCAF
Beatrice
University of Toronto
Bernard
Donald
Georgetown High School
Wm. Schenk
Glen the Brill
Mr. Brill
Ashgrove
Stewart Town
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