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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1967
Page
5
Attendance records fell as roller skating remains hot with 435 paid admissions on Saturday. Arena limits show 265 pairs rented, 139 spectators, 31 skaters own skates, and 139 rented. Arena plans add skates as popularity rises with live bands boosting the scene. Arena manager Don Gosling notes growth since opening night three years ago.
National Veterans Week events started with a Legion Branch 120 hockey dinner. More than a hundred guests attended as Ralph Hawes and David Bowan led tributes to Frank Conneely and his work with Legion kid hockey while Pat Patterson delivered remarks on developing youth and the sport.
The Georgetown Lawn Bowling Club announces its junior section hopes to begin activities on June 29. Formed three years ago, the group promotes the sport as inclusive for all ages.
In Georgetown Industrial Base Ball League action Standard Products crushed Luckless Combines 31 to 1 as Charlie Davis led SP with a trio of hits including a triple and two doubles. McGibbon Hotel upset Benson & Hedges 12 to 5 after trailing 14 at one point, with D Whiting pitching for McGibbons and Dave Ferguson on the mound for B and H. Industrial Softball games are played at Georgetown Park each Monday and Wednesday.
Georgetown resident Wilfred Ray mond Webster died at Hal fon Centennial Manor on June 13 at age 71. A WW1 veteran of the 117th Battalion he worked 23 years at the Provincial Paper lower mill and seven more at Orenda engines in Malton. He leaves wife Beatrice Ling, daughters Ethel and Pearl, sons George and Robert, and sister Mrs. H E Lodge.
Vermont relatives and grandchildren Richard, Marlene and Michael Keegan, Robbie, Cheryl, Kevin and Mark Webster mourn a father and grandfather. predeceased by a son William and siblings. Funeral June 6 at St. Albans Anglican Church Glen Williams with interment at Greenwood Cemetery Rev Harold Liewell officiated. church choir and pallbearers Fred Tucker, Wm Hill, Wm Ganton, Clarence Walters, Delmar Majnery, Herb Preston Sr. participated.
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