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the georgetown herald wednea february 14th 1945 the georgetown herald news of t oaoaarrowh noivu olen niuum unxaoiis mwakttown a8hosove bajxinamd mu com acton bumfton tauron snbaoxiiptiiaif batb duk ubmm states and orsnes 300 e mi suope adverusiim rate will be quoted on sppucatloo telephone no i o biehn publisher u lcothlvray kary h bikbn harold darlson of me oanartlsn weekly newspaper association and t ontarioquebec drrbson at tbo owjta the editors corner k a balanced budget in the rush of business at christmas and new years we neglected to make any comment in this cor ner on the town interim statement for 1 944 for the benefit of those who did not see the statement we dont think its too late to do so now the period covered by the statement was from january 1st to november i 5th and thus the yearend figures must be based on estimates as it happened this year the actual facts proved better than anticipated and in place of the estimated 1 800 there was a sur plus of 3200 this was due to better tax collections than expected and savings in some departments the interim statement for georgetown as pre pared for the nomination meeting gave evidence that the 1 944 council would end their term of office with a balanced budget and a surplus of 1800 this as we previously mentioned has been bettered considerably current assets include a 4800 bank balance and 12500 in victory bonds both of which will be used to offset expenditures and payment of balances owing the different boards the large share of- the bonds will have to be sold to do so a fact of which council was quite aware all through the year mean while councils action in supporting the 6th and 7 th victory loans which took place during their term of office has been ofmaterial benefit to the war loan drives and was appreciated by loan officials tax arrears cpntinued to drop in 1943 the statement showed 1 1 000 in uncollected taxes this year the figure has been sliced in half water rates too with 827 in arrearages are 300 less than a year ago total current assets stand at 26860 with current lia bilities amounting to 17670 to give the estimated sur plus in the neighbourhood of 1800 on the receiptsgnd expenditures side of the led ger we note 1944 tax collections of close to 53000 dog taxes have risen from 1 55 to 184 showing that the towns canine population has grown while liquor control board receipts have by decreased from 402 to 356 which may or may not indicate that local citi zens have been more temperate in l44 the govern ment subsidy of two mills in place of the previous one mill gave the 1944 council another mill to pass back to the taxpayer another moneysaving item was a reduction of 1200 in the amount spent on streets thia latter was due to difficulty in securing a contractor to do the necessary work on sidewalk repairs ralher than an effort on the streets committee to cut down on ex penditures all in all the 1 944 interim statement is once more proof that georgetown is a good town that its municipal affairs have been capably handled and that citizens each and every one are doing their part to keep the town on a sound financial footing friday is stamp day for the next few weeks grocers all across can ada are cooperating in a war savings stamp campaign designed to interest their customers in the advantages of the regular purchase of war savings stamps unlike two previous campaigns this time merchants will be featuring the slogan friday is stamp day and special efforts will be made on the fridays during the cam paign to interest customers in buying a war savings stamp with their order an objective of twelve million stamps has been set for the forty thousand food merchants in canada and local merchants are hoping that their customers will each and every one help georgetown to keep up its good record of war service and buy a substantial amount of savings certificates as a practical way of avmg money regularpurchase of stamps and certifi cates cant be beat every sixteen stamps purchased means a 4 certificate which is worth 5 seven years from now an interest rate of better than 3 callup regulations clarified effective on jahuary 1 5th and pertaining to rcaf personnel discharged from that service subse- quent to that date national selective service has issu- ed instructions designed to clarify the status of these men for military callup ithose exempt from military callup are a men discharged after service with any ixranch of ihe canadian forces overseas or after service with the royal canadian navy in international waters b rcaf members who have been on oper- ational duty on either of the canadian coasts c graduated aircrew personnel who are trana- rlerad to lite special aircrew reserve of the rcaf nd are available for immediate recall to that service under a hoof in paris over in oni corner of obci play- under a root liv paris and lta a house studios theres a pause in re- favourite vrtci the parisian aongatreu hearsal while gabrlelle singing star who is heard every sunday over uv of music for canadians and j cbc dominion network at 830 pjn frank wluls took over a song its when required all discharged men from any service who do not come within these classifications are liable to call up if medical category is below that point at which the army will accept his services he will be liable to direc tion to essential employment in civilian industry correspondents wanted qne of the features of a small town weekly newspaper is the district news gathered and submitted by a faithful band of correspondents their weekly columns are appreciated by editor and readers alike it is impossible for the editor to gather all the district news himself and without help the herald would be much more localized to georgetown proper the readers particularly those overseas are anxious to read about the activities of their friends and the weekly columns from neighbouring hamlets are almost as good to them as a letter from home we are anxious to make the herald represent the district as a whole and to gainer more news than we are doing at present lack of news from norval is par ticularly noticeable and as we have several norval boys in the armed forces who count on this newspaper to tell them about the homclown doings we are particu larly anxious to have some publicspirited norval citi zen give us a helping hand at the same time there are other outlying districts which also suffer from lack of reporters and any help that readers can give us will most certainly be appreciated three veteran georgetown industrial ists retire january i si of this year brought important changes to the industrial life of georgetown in the re tirement of he dayfoot brothers from active control of the dayfoot shoe company and the relinquishment by mr barnet stone of the general managership of smith c stone ltd all three men have been actively asso ciated with georgetowns industrial life for many years and will be greatly nnssed in their capacities as business leaders it is fitting that their names will be carried on by the new firms and that we shall have a constant reminder of their contributions to community life the dayfoots both of whom have homes in town will be with us as citizens but mr stone who has made his home in toronto for several years will continue to live in that city we hope that on occa sion he will come back to georgetown for a visit and renew acquaintances in the town where he has seen his original small manufacturing plant grow into one of the foremost in its field and become a part of a large nationwide corporation health week message by the governorgeneral the menace of disease is not lessened but aggra vated in time of war it is stated in a message sent to the health league of canada by the earl of athlone governorgeneral of canada we are approaching a critical period in the physical life of our people said the governorgeneral who is patron of the league it is in our power to set up barriers of resistance against epidemics and adopt measures of health that will be a leading asset when we approach the hard work of rehabilitation the message asked support of the efforts of the health league a voluntary organization devoted to health education from all who wished to have a part in building up a healthy and virile nation 1 am greatly impressed with the progressive effort and widening influence of the health league of canada the message said this organization of which i am pleased to be patron is putting forward an increasingly valuable programme of public service to prevent disease and improve the health of the canadian people the message was sent to the league on the eve of the february 4th opening of health week a league project the leagues object in sponsoring such a week is to draw attention to canadian public health problems and to urge citizens of the dominion to get interested in these problems as they affect their own communities and the nation at large 1 dire f k watson dr jl burns muc dental soaacori mil oeorgotown psjom so dr cuffowd red pbone 41 open eta pbone lav or j owiatojwu monuments mfimrmg and miltinwr pollock rngham galt designs on requeatpbone m8 hwpect our work in greenwood nielsen the chromtactom ml s e magwoott ottos attmn dmsma man ota one and saw nsr at loam end 1 leroy dak kc m sybil bennett bjv buium and solicitors ami straet qeorgetown phone 18 kenneth m langavn barrister soucltor notary pabllc pint mortgage money to loan omoe gregory theatre bdg mh1 street phone 88 georgetown xa wllloughby bead oftlcb toronto 1h toon street adgaoaa established forty teen oonaols oar anttre city depert- nant for tbat bases ki the cuy tom aaaimi a year leas walter t evans jb company twentyfive yean established protection and service fire life automobile insurance windstorm accident travel agency ooean steamship and tnim lakes member toronto real estate board phone 183 office main st n gray coach lines timetable now in eptsct deysubt baring time lbave oaorustloww por toronto t axl 44 sub o mm asm por london ft tj wml otasa xkltmpjb oakvbxe moirtjitimt work i 1 radio repairing we specialize in this work 10 years 1 j sanford son rhone georgetown j frank petch licensed auctioned prompt b phone 301 po box ua qualified oobswrrnam for better olu foundation garments reasonably priced anyone wlablng a fltttnat ar further tataanmoam or can st the boon ouehib st oeorvatown c n r timetable dajueht savin time oolno bast 701 i i umu 1dj0 pusenger mad acmll tm i paswdier sunday only ul passenger daily gat i into train was formerly oyer but now atopa going west pmaa and mao 840 panenver bat only u3 i f eager dally except saturday and sunday 6jb i dauy except sunday 7jj passenger sundays only 1l j dally except sunday ixflt ooiwo north pi 11 mil and man us i an important meeting of tba nawlr- organlaod brampton sbtmtiaty lojft grab an organisation for tba young people of tbe town waa held in aba mmdotpal ban on toaaday rat fifty attended and maa x ml kb- patricfc waa m tno dbatrv tbe par- paw of the maeunc waa to ajajafcik fwittiaty asbapmado