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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
7
The report lists numerous local residents and relatives attending the third reunion of the Cation Bia. Pool of Toronto travelers visited Englehart and Delhi for weddings and family gatherings. A car collision in Glen Williams left Linda Walker with a severe concussion requiring Brampton hospital care.
Summer baby clinic schedule lists sessions at Legion Auditorium on July 10 and August 21 and 28, ending at 3 30.
Five county Orange lodges plan one of Georgetown's largest parades on July 8 with over fifty lodges expected. The procession starts 2 p.m. from the park, travels via Parkview Maple and Tyers to Main Street, then returns to the park. Grand Lodge speakers and Mayor Ern Hyde will address visitors. The Georgetown Girls Pipe Band leads, bands from lodges march, and prizes honor best decorated business pieces and lodges. the focal lodge operates park refreshment booths.
Police investigate a break in at Bill South's home on Tyers Avenue. A smashed basement window and a blood trail led from entry to living areas. Fingerprints and blood samples taken from two purses await arrest. Police expect the suspect to bear a hand scar.
A Sunday two car crash at the 9th line and No 20 sideroad in Glen Williams sent three people to hospital. Edgar Snow of Norval drove a 1959 Chevrolet and Robert Walker of Georgetown drove a 1935 Buick. both vehicles sustained about equal damage. Robert Walker and his wife Daogis Walker suffered facial injuries and lacerations, while Linda Walker sustained a head injury and leg bruises. all were treated in Brampton and released. The collision occurred around 1 pm and was investigated by the OPP North Halton detachment.
Georgetown announces the new sewage disposal plant is operating since June 20 and will host an official opening ceremony and public viewing on July 17. Dr Don Peipon, public works chairman, says the plant provides top rate service.
Lieut Governor Keiller Mackay officially opened the fair as Mayor and Mrs Hyde attended a neighboring municipality’s invitation. Dr. Jim Emmerson noted the mayor’s participation with his party from Branch 120 Canadian Legion including Bob Hedley Harry Bottoms and Gordon Reid.
Miss Winifred Campbell passed Class B in an extra mural Western University Child Psychology course. Sympathy to Mr and Mrs Wm Mitchell on the death of their last surviving brother Frank Mitchell in New Zealand. Communion services by Rev Norman Young at Limehouse Presbyterian Church. Sunday School discontinued for the summer. church services resume July 2 at 9 30 a.m. until fall.
Prime and chip work on East Georgetown roads will begin within a week after council deferred a decision on bids pending a quote comparison with Milton and county jobs. Dr Ian Cass urged quick action for gravel and dust control at Weber Drive and Delrex Blvd. and warned delays could raise costs.
A quotation attributed to Dr Hyman Judah Schachtel offers a lesson in contentment. It frames happiness as valuing present possessions and circumstances rather than desiring what is missing.
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