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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1951
Page
1
Visitors and locals gather for weddings birthdays and hospital news across town. Families travel to Toronto Detroit and Florida while residents update health setbacks and celebrate engagements and farewells with gatherings and parties.
Ray Whitmee was elected head of the Georgetown Lions Club at the annual meeting held last night at the McGibbon House. He succeeds Jack Armstrong who will relinquish the post at the next meeting, a ladies night at Hilltop Lodge Erim. Whitmee will be installed as Lion Chief at that meeting.
Rev. Alex Cowan solemnized the marriage of Bertha Schenk and James Donald Wood in Norval. The bride wore navy and pink nylon with pink roses. groom’s attendants included Harold Schenk. A reception for 35 followed at the bride’s home before the couple left by motor for a honeymoon trip to Vancouver, B C. The bride was an office clerk at Beaumont Knitting Mills. the groom works at Goodlet’s Economy Hardware.
Rev Alfred J Barker was ordained as minister of the Baptist Church at Georgetown in a ceremony last night after being chosen by the local congregation. An examining council from the Guelph Association presided with about forty delegates. sermons were delivered by Prof F W Waters of McMaster University, and charges given by Rev A A Barnes and Rev A J Williamson.
Lt Col John R Barber commands the Lorne Scots Regiment during a cadet inspection of high school students in Georgetown. Lieut McFadden reviews. Major Jim Buck leads the corps with a large staff. Ten demonstrations follow including Bren gun assembly and rifle drill. students receive a half day off.
Mr and Mrs PNell McCallum announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Elizabeth to Maxwell Bradbury son of Rev and Mrs WS Bradbury Walpoleee The marriage will take place at Boston Presbyterian on June twenty second at seven oclock
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tennant marked their 40th wedding anniversary at their John Street home. Married June 5, 1911, in St Mark's Church Tollington Park London, they moved to Canada in 1919, settling at Stewarttown before relocating to town in 1939. Mr Tennant works at the Alliance Paper Mill.
Cpl. Ronald Lawrence Edmunds 20 of Georgetown died in action in Korea while serving with the Canadian Special Force attached to United Nations troops. He sailed with the 2nd Battalion from Canada in April and is survived by his parents two brothers Allan and David and five sisters. Allan also served overseas in World War II.
The first June summary notes mosquitos remain abundant and May showed a 70 high average, six degrees above normal, with 24 days at or above the 64 normal. May rainfall was 2.30 inches, slightly under normal, and June begins with temperatures near 82 to 87 degrees and daily highs in the 60s to 80s. The Tennants family lists nine children residing in Ontario and England households, plus relatives and an adopted son named Russell Firestine in Toronto.
Ernest Schmid, chef at Chateau Frontenac Hotel in Quebec City, carved a 350 pound ice swan at Chambord Restaurant in New York. He led the kitchens during a week long gala celebrating Paris's alleged 2000th anniversary, highlighting his international culinary art to diners.
A large number of out of town guests attended the wedding of Olive Moyer and Arthur Reinhardt at St George's Church on Saturday. Delegations came from Toronto Hanover Pelough Pickering Vineland Niagara Falls and Georgetown among others with numerous relatives and friends listed as attendees.
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