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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening january 15th 1941 i 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to usa georgetown coun held inaugural meeting dinner mayor gibbons host to municipal officials other guests outlines program of economy for 1941 clifford bradley new face on council judge munro guest at banquet georgetown e counrll tor 1941 42 held their firs meeting of the vear aj 730 last monday evening town celrk p b harrison administered the oath of office to the members mayor joseph gibbons reeve harold cleave and oourdllors a e cfuus n h brown k r macdonald james costigai 8 j maokenzle and cliffoid bradley when these had signed the dejara tton rev w g o thompson of st george s church of england represent tog the georgetown ministerial association led in a short devotional puiod a by law was given the necessary three readings and passed granting authority to the cle k treasurer to borrow ud to 48 000 to meet current expenditures until the 1941 taxes come in it was dcrldpri o continue to hold the regular meetings of the council at 8 pin on the first tuesday of each month and a motion was adopted to this effect mayor joseph gibbons in his lneu 9 gural address said that he had noth lng out of the ordinary to report as far as municipal spending was con cemed in the year to come there is no better way we can serve the citizens and assist in the war effort than to follow a definite policy of tax control and a revision of the tax rate downward he said be explained that this will allow citizens to pay increasing national taxes as well as not shouldering the town with a load of debt in the post war period the arrears of taxes and unpaid water services is one major problem which the mayor believes should be dealt with by the present council he iso stressed that it is not soon for thought to be given to the civil re- establishment of young men on ac tive service after the war has been fought and won mr clifford bradley new councl lor for ward 2 was welcomed to the neetlng by the mayor who exp us confidence that mr bradley would be a worthy representative of the dtfcoeno of bis ward after the meeting the council was joined by other guests at the mayor dinner which was held in the mc gibbon house an excellent meal was enjoyed after which p b harrison acted as chairman for an informal period of speechmaking rev w g o thompson expressed gratiflutinn that tb council had t more seen fit to open ttiefr year s work with devotional exercises i think it is going too far he stated when i call you ministers of god he invoked the blessing of god on the empire the town and the indlvl dual clunens of the town r b pbulls chairman of the high school board interspersed his remarks with humorous anecdotes he main tamed that the mayor betrayed scotch ancestry in his policy of financial cau won on the serious side he stress ed the value or practical education and the vital need of education for very young person to equip him for a place in the world mrs kathleen cleave chairman of the public school board told of the improved lighting system which had installed in 1040 and voiced her agreement with mr fouils on the need of education today dr c v williams mojl spoke of public health in georgetown he believes that lungs are of utmost lm portance as tuberculosis is one of our worst diseases today in the interests of the war effort he said 1 believe it is best to lay aside the question of a sewer system which i have mentioned from time to time col james ballantlne was present and explained the value of the civil guards which he heads in hal tot county by late spring he expect the county will have a force of over one hundred men competent to lead and instruct other groups reeve harold cleave introduced judge munro of milton and warmly praised him as an efficient public ser vant and an interesting public speak er mr munro gave a brief skelch of the history of municipal govern ment which began in this counry in 1788 when lord dorchester vaa gov ernorgeneral and had its real birth in 1839 wltn publication of lord dur hams report he spoke of the act of 1646 during the baldwin lafoitaine administration as the magna char ten of municipal institutions n this country w c blehn editor of thp george town herald praised the council for their effici administration of the town business which was reflected in the business like conduct of ihlr meetings h l hurt congratulated the coun dl on their election for a two year tevn when most municipalities had defeated the by law and ne believed tfals showed the confidence of the voters in the council hugh lindsay and h c dayfoot hydro commissioners spoke on hydrc affairs the measurement of hydro sue cess is by the amount of hydro used v thepast year has been an extremely success ful one said mr dayfoot pertnls 6ion from the ontario commission lias been secured for the construction of a new hydro building but no definite steps have yet been taken by the lo cal commission towards construction of the building counclllor clifford bradley w 10 made his first appearance as council lor expressed his pleasure at being chosen to represent the voters in his ward and hoped that he would not betray the trust placed in him mayor joseph gibbons was last on the list of speakers he spoke of the importance of religion health and education in a community while council meetings are not always- a model of peace and agreement he re iterated his oft expressed belief that the keenest debate brings out the best results we must try also he said not to let differences of opinion on muni cipal affairs lead to personal differ ences and carry them over into pri vate life the singing of god save the king brought the evening to a close margaret king married will live in barrie a quie wedd wagsolemniaed on january 4th at st josephs church acton when margaret alice da lgh ter of mr and mrs f g king of georgetown was united in marriage to harold patrick mlalone son of mr and mrs mp malone of re- gina sask the ceremony was per formed by rev p m malone s c c jt brother of the groom of st annes church montreal assisted by rev fr j l mbbride the bride was attired in a street length dress of convoy blue with black accessories and corsage of sweet heartroses with budleya and fern and wore a gold cross the gift of the groom the bridesmaid miss mar ton treanor wore dubonnet moss crepe and corsage of butterfly roses and sweet peas the best man was mr john cummins cousin of the bride the brides mother was attired in flowered navy crepe with corsage of better time roses following a wedding breakfast at hunters inn the happy couple left on a short honeymoon on their return they will make their home in barrie womens institute the georgetown branch of the yo men s institute met at the home of mrs m l near for the janua rv meeting mrs livingstone occup ed he chair and after the usual open jng ceremonies the minutes of the previous gueting were read a ij ap proved the roll call was answered by uses for stale bread the rrnin topic of business for d s russlon was a donation to a 1 ospl tal wing of a new soldiers lio pi il n england under canaoas war ft fort and before the meeting clu xl a nice sum was raised by the n mbrs trio were present mrs livingstone gave e rpur of he c ristmas hamper fund and mik cole a report of tlr tiower sent lo shut ins at christmas in plac of the reu ar cunert events an interesting newspaper clip ping lntiled the bend in the road vas read by mrs h cleave mr w c behn et lo of the georgetown herald wa present and gave a del ghtful talk on quebec and the customs of the french canadian people a ou of thanks wa endcred mrs near and mr blehn tfte- whi h a delicto s hinch was erved consist ing of three different winter salads which had been made as demons ja tions bread and butter cookies and ua the meeting clo ed w 1th ood save the king obituary william henry mtjllin william henry multtn the last surviving member of a pioneer glen williams family died at his home there on monday january 6th rr was bom on july 5th 1860 a son oj the late mr and mrs henry muuch his wife the former mary elizabeth dedrtck predeceased her husband one year ago surviving are three sons gordon r utloronlo william c london and clifford h toronto and one daugh ter madeleine at home the funeral service was held from his late residence on january 9th and was conducted by rev d d davidson of knox presbyterian church the pallbearers were ed ward townsend thomas leslie fred erlck thompson w a wilson john bingham and m merryday inter nent took place in greenwood ceme tery georgetown canadian trucks in england hh3t huge numbers of canadian made military vehicles are be injf shipped to great britain tracks are here shown being assembled in england after arrival from canada st georges wa annual meeting the annual meeting of the woman s auxiliary was held in the basement of the church on wednesday afternoon jan 8th the rector conducted the opening devotions and mrs w v orant occupied the chair after certain business had been transacted mrs grant asked mi ehompson- -to- take the chair excel lent reports were presented by the president the acting secretary the treasurer and convenors of all acttvl tie the rector commended the w a for an excellent year and express ed appreciation of the work of mrs grant and her officers and all the members elections then took place mrs woo thompson was elect ed honorary president by acclamation and mrs coffin and mrs laws honor ary vioepresldentb mrs w v grant was nominated president but asked to be allowed to decline mrs s walker was then elected bg acclamation all the offices were filled by aocla matlon and were as follows 1st vicepresident mrs c h bar ber 2nd vice president mrs mendl am treasurer mrs blackburn secretary mrs w g o thomp son dorcas secretary mrs matthews educational secretary mrs 3 mackensle junior supt miss m gault babies branch mrs dewhurst living message mrs laws extra cent a day mrs kelly united thank offering mrs w bulllvant social service mrs feller tea convenor mrs francis pianist mrs mackenzie choir committee mrs thompson mrs maynard mrs feller mrs matthews mrs t bulllvant aidkors miss thompson and miss llndsev- rectors representative mrs mac kenzle the rector then asked mrs wal ker to take the chair which she did and naked for the support of the branch as she assumed office and through the year a very cordial vote of thanks was moved and enthusiastically carried expressing the gratitude of all to mrs orant for her years of excellent service as president the benediction was then pronounc cd and the meeting adjourned hotelman dies once proprietor of station hotel in the hotel business in ontario fot forty years john edward kaiser died saturday january 11th at his home 112 westminster ave toronto sixtj five years of age mr kaiser had re ti from active hn5jnpss sev cars ago last winter he suffered a stroke and it was necessarj to amp i tnt his foot his wife the former l ry lotz died last march mr and mrs kaiser arc remembered in georgetown where i thev formerly were proprietors of liie station hotel he was prominent in masonic circles belne a shrlner nnd hiving served in the shrine patrol he wis a member of st patrck s and j stevenson lodges a p a a m and vts active in the work of the shr m for crippled children hf is survived bv two sisters a r lames buck of georgetown nnd mr i swinlnrer of mfehittan and one brnther wllllum kat er of london the funeral service wa heu fronv the home on t sdn with eitmb ment tn forest lawn ma isole im to ronto oforgftown ftrf brigade held 68th annual ball one of the best and most ecessful ances in the history of the george town fire brigade was held new years eve in the arena a record crowd danced the old year out to the modern and old time music supplied bv the increasingly popular doris hulls orcehstra mor cefrl v w odiim nohvai rifi e club tl e scores mide in the aggregate tnt mondaj nltrht were as follows h nurse 100 x 10 m atkinson 100 x 9 c meredith 100 x 8 c caes ew x 8 a w wilson 99 x 6 r w hall 99 x 9 w lisk 98 x 6 a b robert on 98 k 3 p stark 99 x 6 f hustler jo x 6 j downes 97 x 5 w wilson 94 x 1 grtffen 94 x 3 c cantelon 94 x 3 limehouse twins have 72nd birthday celebration sunday january 13th was a happy one for john w ntckell and james a nickell of rockey forest farm limehouse when relatives gathered at thebr home for a birthday celebration it w th s of the twin brothers who were born in their present home the farm is situated on the 5th and sth lines near limehouse their grandfather william niokell setued on lot 22 4th line in 1819 and ran a sawmill at rockey forest he was succeeded by his son james and altogether five generations have lived and worked on the old homestead the family have always been musl cal and it is interesting to note that of the second john of the third jim of the fount and jack of the fifth all played the violin mrs stanley wilson of eden mills with ler- h w p on sunday recalls her great aunt affffe nickell telling her that her grandmother mrs james nickell could not attend the opening of knox presbyterian church in george because the twins were born that morning among the pioneer settlers who armed in the district over 100 years ago were james hume joe sundlsh ron mcdonald john mccou john reed james dobble john mcpher- william of the first generation james son and george kennedy esquesing council held first 1941 meeting township officials named and bylaws passed number of accounts passed for payment stewarttown january 13th 1941 the council elect for the township of esquesing for the year 1941 met at ii o clock am and having subscribed lo the oath of office took thelrseata wm a wilson reeve c h may dep uty reeve g w murray edwin har- rop and george c cleave councillors the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed communications were read from de partment of highways the salvation army the ontario municipal associ ation the navy league of canada the hospital for sick children coun ty of halton ontario association of rural municipalities and ontario good roads association moved by harrop and murray that leave be granted to introduce a by law to appoint a member of the local board of health for the year 194v and that said by law be now read a- first time carried moved by cleave and may that by- low no to appoint a member of the local board of health for the year 1941 having been read a first time be now resd a second and third times and passed and the blank filled in with the name of j h bingham and the seal of tiie corporation be attached thereto carried moved by may and cleave that leave be granted to introduce a by law to appoint auditors to audit the town ship accounts for 1941 and said by law be now read a first time carried moved by murray and harrop that by law no to appoint auditors to audit the 1941 accounts having been lead a first time be now read a second and third times and passed and the blanks filled in with the names of jenkins hardy and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by cleave and may that we do now adjourn to meet at 130 pm carried moved by harrop and murray ttiat the treasurer pay relief accounts a presented by the relief officer 34301 officers elected by knox wa the annual meeting and election of officers of the knox presbyterian church womens association was held vesterday artemoon the various cir cles gave reports on their years work and the amount of money raised was most gratifying altogether it was a very successful year some of the valued members were lost to the or ganization in the past year these weer remembered in prayer the officers for 1941 are president mrs w marshall 1st vice president mrs w sinclair 2nd vicepresident mrs r b pou lis treasurer mre c slnclair secretary mrs e r robinson church property miss m lawson plow e a mrs doig pianist mrs cromar visiting committee mrs waldie mrs w cunningham mrs w camp bell mrs m williamson mrs b hepburn mrs cromar mrs j wu llamson miss a leslie the weather the firll two weeks of lanuary have given us good steady winter weather with very moderate tempera tures and two or three snow falls without drifting which has maintain ed a five or six inch snow blanket and there is still little or no frost in the ground last monday evening however the mercury took a subzero divogolng down to 16 before tuesday morning the first thing of that sort we have had since the first week in december following are the local records for the past week date h and l snow temp falls man jan 6 34 15 tuee jan 7 27 4 wed jan 8 38 2 thurs jan 9 33 23 3 inches fri jan 10 28 23 sat jan 11 20 19 1 inches sun jan 12 34 15 mon jan 13 13 10 esquesing electors decisively against two- year term ith three wards voting solidly against the measure complete results were for against 1a ward no ward no ward no 2a ward no ward no ward no wird no ward no ward no b 2b majority i gainst the by law 98 joseph ml lholland buried in dublin cemetery a highly esteemed resident of georgetown mr joseph fihniiynh beloved husband of alice mable mul holland died on monday january 13 after an illness of three weeks dur ation he was the third son of mr george mulhouand and catherine givens or the first line mr mulhouand came to george town twentyave years ago and was empfoyea as a carpenter by j b mao- krnzle son he was a man of sterlung character and beloved by all who knew him he leaves to mourn his loss his wife two brothers john of port arthur an jam of georg town also five sisters annie nellie and irene of acton mrs m h tray nor and mrs simon oreilly of owen sound the funeral was held this morning from holy cross church georgetown requiem high mass was sunj by rev father kehoe or rockwood inter rmnt was at dublin cemetery acto the pallbearers were joseph gibbons james wood del laird william cunningham georgetown arthur errlngton toronto lawrence gib bons acton light vote was recorded in the inic elec hi esquesing tow r ship on monday janu ary 6th as the entire council had been elected by acclamation the on y question being voted on was that concerning the two year term tor councillors a total of 150 votes was polled in the nine wards which com prisp the township in only one ward was there a majority in favor of the extended term and in that vard this majority was only one all the other showed a majority against js14 00 no 6 wesley brennan djfto moved by cleave and may that tha treasurer pay the road sheets as pre- aentexlby the road merintendenfc 275 19 carried moved by murray and harrop bat the treasurer pay hydroelectrlo po wer coram brampton ugttts at council chamber 6678 toronto stamp and stencil works 600 dog tags s200s beh telephone co ac count t3 00 i m bennett revising voters lists in 1940 839 60 town of milton to division court fees in 1940 8 00 walter lwwson to 500 kx com to 00 carried moved by may and cleave that the treasurer pay fee treasurer of coun ty of halton 50 hospital acoounto for 1940 33924 carried moved by cleave and harrop thai the treasurer pay th treasurer of ty rate for 1940 10 000 00 carried moved by murray and harrop that the treasurer pay election expenses 1a robt darling djao 14 40 ib thos robb d r os15 40 no 2a lome cleave djio el 400 no 2b clifford robinson tjtx 14 40 lindsay d jt o 8 00 stewart djto s15 00 no 5a manassah campbell djto 1420 no 5b m a mlno djlo- 513 00 wm a wilson attending re count on by law 3 00 george e cleave attending recount on by law 3 00 carried moved by muiay and harrop that tl e treasurer pay harry robertson stamps 3 00 clerk writing old age pensions in 1940 30 00 n r thomp son registration of mall 72 carried moved by murray and harrop that leave be granted to introduce a by law to appoint a weed inspector for the township of esquesing and that said by law be row read a first time carried moved by may and cleave that by law no to appoint a weed inspector for the township of esquesing hav ing been read a first time be now read a second and third times and passed and the blank filled in with the name of william campbell and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by may and cleave that lea ve be granted to introduce a bylaw to appoint assessors for the year 1941 and that said by law be now read a first time carried moved by harrop and murray that bylaw no to appoint assessors far the year 1041 having been read and time be now read a second and third times and pawed and the blanks fuleil in with tiie names of cecil ghlbolni for wards 1 and x and a w ben ton for wards 4 5 and 6 and the seal of c be a j va- carried moved by murray and harrop ttaa leave be granted to introduce a bjiw to grant permission to the reeve and treasurer to borrow money to ssmk he current expenditure of tiw town ship and that said bylaw be now readt a first time carried moved by cleave and may that by law no to grant permualop to tbe- reeve and treasurer to tarrow money to meet the 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