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wednesday evening october 29th 1947 bank of commerce buys 60000 town bond issue tenders qbrt opened at a oouneu meeting specially called for the purpose last wednesday night the- canadian bank of commerce was highest tenderer with 10366 and two issues totalling teojdoo were sold to them tenders had been asked lor 30000 in 3 per cent 10 year debentures for war time housing and 30000 in 3 per cent 5 year debentures fox i artificial ice in the georgetown me morial arena the new debentures issues raise the total debenture debt incurred by georgetown this year to 435000 in june 375000 in 3 per cent 20year debentures were sold to fairclough and company of toronto at a bid of 102 68 eight firms bid for the two issues on wednesday with the royal bank ot canada offertngi second highest of 10180 for the bonds mayor glb- r remarked that it was gratify- to have the two local financial institutions express their faith in georgetowns future and financial stability by offering such attractive bids for band obligations of the m hp y other bids received were nesbltt thompson jte co 10104 falrclough co 10084 dominion securities 100425 j l graham co 9951 andeson co 9047 beh gouln- lock co 990 the debentures wltt bear an issue date of november lh in the royal su tender an atfaraative bid on bonds to bear interest at 2k per l sm per cent was included council members thougflt unfair to consider this 1 ttie fact out tenders had per cent only mayor for a show of hands majority ruled mat only the would be considered accepted the tender of the highest bidder he canadian bank of com- 1mildlvv merce to purchase debenture issues dlttof ws for wartime housing and 30000 for artificial ice insta in the memorial arena moved by armstrong and thomp son authorized mayor gibbons to ap point a committee to work in coop eration with the engineer c r ha- to negotiate a deal with central mortgage and housing for sewerage faculties at npj and no 2 housing projects the mayofc appointed fin ance chairman win p thompson and property chairman thomas what council did wednesday november 22 moved by maclaren armstrong or hale reported ths ments were being made to have the names of those who lost their lives in world war n added to the pres ent tablet on the cenotaph but that this could not be done before nov ember 11th a discussion took place to whether service rank should be included and council was of the opinion that it should not reeve maclaren said he was buil ding a new garage on his property which would include a workshop and that he hoped to cooperate with the high school and make it available for shop work for students under supervision of the staff he initia ted a broader discussion on tbe pos sibility of interesting local manu facturing firms in a trade training scheme in conjunction with high school training a request was received from the board of parks management for re placement of the present w water pipe into the building with larger pipe to take care of the artificial ice plant citizenship is topic of address by mrs o r flindall sirs o r nmdan of balllnafad obose practical attsenabjp as the topic for an address to the local council of woman at their meeting tn toe pubbc xjbrary on friday af ternoon she said crtteertihlp fe composed of many phases and that it is a personal matter with each of us what our contribution towards ood rtttwrnsmp will be mrs r t paul the president introduced the speaker and mrs james ballantlne thanked her for the talk at tbe business meeting a dona tion of s6 was voted to the poppy jpund a series of books on tbe work of the local council was ordered to nominate a state of officers for next year a committee was appointed mai h a staunton as convenor mrs a r vannatter and mrs j b mackensle they wfll bring their re port to the december 6th meeting at 1be borne of mrs r t paul otmpbeuvnv holstein- brings 40000 at stratford sale w a wingrore oatnpbelrritje re- etvd 400 for a bred heifer at the annual fall special hotstem sale kteld october 21 at stratford this ftig a daughter of sprlnkbi rag apple prince was purchased dadt e brawn woodstock a total of 26305 for a general average of 4983 was realised on the sale of 74 head at this sale top price of 1 was received by bancroft farm oshawa from arthur f thompson tjnyton for tbe fouryearold hei- ter princess josephine pabst top price for a bun was 560 paid by ev- erett c oxby rotfcbay to james c srown newcastle 30 m fem ales averaged 403 13 bred heifers 43s2 io heifer calves 258 3 open tearungs 333 and 18 bulls 336 jbale managers were a b brubach- r and sons bridgeport salvage proceeds go to british relief crippled children proceeds of 75 from the sale oi 8w tons of newspapers and maga zines collected last week by george town public school pupils have been donated to two worthy causes 05 to british relief and 20 to the crip pled childrens fund the school thanks all those who saved their waste paper another oouection will made early in the new year canadas fastest plane one hour and 48 minutes flying time was slashed from he trans- continental flight record recently when a new pressurized north star skytlner of transcanada air lines flashed across the 2345 milcstram vancouver to montreal in just six hours and 62 minutes to set a new mark the new north star shown in upper photo spanned the dis tance at an average attitude of 20000 feet and speed of 342 miles- perhour with no discomfort to the 30 passengers and crew of sijc in tbe lower photo reconstruction miatster c d howe congratulates capt herbert w seafcrim tca flight operations director who pilo ted the plane at front left ft j symington kc- cm g 1 c president who with mr howe was a passenger on the record- brljking flight at right rear is capt ba rawson director f 1 c flight development who acted as cocap tain township council meeting an adjourned meeting of esueslng township council was held in nerval en october mtb with all members and reeve george cleave on a motion by ors reld leslie payment to the ontario oard of 90 for services as approval of a bylaw was authoris ed deputyreeve ounie and or bird moved payment of accounts msj3 to tbe pedlar people ltd for roofing and 047 to w e townsend lor freight on roofing paid by him tbe regular council meeting on november 3rd win be preceded by a court of revision to be held st uo pjn newly decorated church for knox anniversary climaxing more than five years of sustained effort and achievement knox presbyterian church will open its doors on sunday november 9th to a newly decorated and newly li ghted auditorium the cost of re novation is being born by the wo mens association and the ghflg fixtures have been installed through the generosty of the young ladles auxiliary reinstallation of the furnace with oil burner has been made possible through the property fund to which all members of tbe congregation contributed in ims the interior decoration of the aud itorium which is in charge of jos eph relnhardt toronto will follow the colour harmony of the stained glass windwa the celling is done in a very light green bordering on lv ory walls are in turquoise and all trim is in the warmer shades found hi the windows the mouldings and beams will carry clanna glace the centre mouldings deep blue green and the outer mouldings deep olive green the choir loft and window recesses will be finished hi corh pink the new lighting system will pro vide droplights hexagonal in shape with diffusion glass at the base and amber cathedral glass in tbe side- panels the lights will operate on two circuits so that they may be dimmed at will wall brackets in the ves and eatohu fixtures at the entrances will complete the new system services appropriate for the occa sion will be conducted on november 9th in the morning by the rev ross bc cameron ma of toronto whose father ministered to the can gregation for twenty years until 1934 and hi tbe evening by the rev dr a c cochrane of port credit whoso grandfather dedicated tbe building originally in 1888 guest soloist at both services will be mr ray oeddells of st andrews church kitchener silvers new store opens this friday established in 1939 in a store in the brooke block now tenanted by the golden gate cafe silvers de partment store marks another mile stone in 18 years of successful mer chandising wh its new binding an addition which doubles the size of its present store officially opens at 9 oclock this friday morning the new store will give silvers an area about 8000 square feet on one floor departznentallsed in accord ance with modem methods of cloth ing store operation archway con nect the two sections of the store and there are two entrances each flanked by new show windows with vitrollte and stainless steel front and red tile r entrance- ways tbe en- urejnterlor will be modern with stream lined display oases and will compare favourably with any store its type in ontario contracting on building and fixtures has all been done locally owned and operated by h silver clothing stores ltd mr hyman silver who founded the business soon outgrew his original location and tn 1930 erected a new building the present location with a 1350 square feet area in 1934 an addi tion doubled this and the latest ad dition makes the present store ab out eight times as large as the ori ginal brooke block store mr hulme on saturdays mrs ken da vidson and miss betty kmg help serve the weekend shoppers in erecting this modern store sil vers has shown considerable confi dence in the future of georgetown having always enjoyed the oonfl- of the public through fair and dealing the manage ment feels that with the growth of the town it is essential to supply shopping facilities on a par with those found in larger towns bowling league ver retired from active management cemetery georgetown of the store hi iso and his son mr i sid after has been manager hndainmnai dadcd that date another son nathan op- raovincial paper erates bis own business the manor dept store in new toronto the firm also operates a store in oriula ontario silvers at present has a staff of six fulltune employees miss lil lian watson mrs pete tost mrs mary jourdatn miss bertha fryer jack watson and mr ken card of thanks i wish to thank everyone for gifts and cards received during my illness in toronto general hospital and since returning home audrey sharpe mrs j a strang dies suddenly at salem while visiting with her sister mrs o yemen at salem ontario mrs john a strang passed away suddenly in her sleep on sunday october 26th mrs strang bad been a resident of geo from 1940 untl ber husbands death in july imc they lived hi the former mor- ley pqttit home beside hunters inn and after mr strangs death the pro was sold to the present ow ner mr joe prucyk formerly margaret e macoregor mrs strang was a native of the tor pendley salem district she was tn bar 80th harvey haxell field day held at norval public school under the direction of the teach ing staff misses margaret rossell and gladys mocrea a field day was held at nerval public school thursday pupils were divided into seniors age 12 and over and ju niors ages 9 to ll and the events included high jump standi broad and running broad jumps hop skip and jump so yd and 100 yd dash relay race ball ttirow shoe race shoe throw 3legged race wheelbar row race and bean race points were scored on a basts of first 3 second 2and third 1 wlluarn hunter and edith 1 amoto took the senior champion ships each with 31 points george grasby ib and eileen hunter 24 won tbe junior chamtponshlps total points of all competitors were as follows senior boys william hunter 31 sho teramoto 20 arnold hseh 17 jamie oun- donald jarvie 12 pe- i brlmfcy bastodo 2 half- way mark reached in norval soccer and softball leagues with excellent weather all last week norval recreation centre con untied its extensive fall sports pro gram of girls softball and boys s- man soccer alter getting off to a slow start the previous week the bluebirds won two games and tied one to pull up on even terms with the cardinals in the softttfu league only change in the teanj lineups was the inter changing oi jean grasby and mary carney the for mer joining the cardinals and the latter the bluebirds on mon day the teams played to a 14- all tie edith termanto buttrey and mary carney scored runs apiece for the cardinals and lorraine bastedo jean orasby and ona bastedo were heavy hitters for the bnieturds the cardinals mi nus the services of jean orasby took a hiinjjring on wednesday 18 2 with kmlko termanto jomimr the big three in the batting on friday the score was closer blue birds winning by 23 18 league standing w t l pts cardinals 2 2 2 6 bluebirds 2 2 2 soccer games continued close am ong the three evenlymatched teams but the league standing was rever- sed when the last place iroquois won two games to cop first place on monday they beat hurons 33 anile h scoring two anq don jarvie one with jamie cunningham scoring both huron goals scored 3 and jarvie 2 on wee when they won another game ag ainst iroquois 53 peter fendlsgr scored two goals for iroquois and mitch hunter one on friday hur ons and algonqulns played a close 64 game jamie cunningham 3 sho termanto and george orasby scored goals to win the game for hurons and mrtch hunter was the star for the losers scoring all four leagwe stanimg pts b 4 iroquois hurons akymcjulns both leagues are at the half wax mark in the schedule and after playing another two weeks a play off schedule wfll be arranged biuy mckenzie was team member of oiampinnahfpj lacrosse team year after her marriage she resi ded at south river st catharines blyth and barrlston she is survi ved by one son max of toronto the funeral service was held from her sisters home yesterday and in- torment was made in greenwood- mcmenemy 8 gunning 0 arnold 2 high single 239 gilbert mcnlcol remembrance day november 11th never allow busy everyday affairs to dim for a moment the memory of those who suffered and sacrificed for us give generously for your poppy lorraine jean edna adele sealer ghte edith teramoto tedo 20 ona orasby 7 mary carney buttrey 4 euen hunter bastedo 1 ina webb 1 joy blan- chl s jvnlor tiirls eileen hunter 24 pate carney is emlko teramoto 16 dorothy hudson 10 kathleen cascadden 8 mor boys george orasby 19 ross cunning ham 12 peter pomeroy 10 laurie reed 6 junan reed 6 bui don- aklsn 4 open night at public school next week education week will be observed in the georgetown public school by having an open night for the par ents on wednesday evening nov ember 5th the teachers of grades l ll m and iv will be hi their class- roamsfram 7 jo 830 and will bft glad to meet the parents and dis cuss the pr of their children on thursday evening a similar ev ening will be betd for tbe parents of the children in the four senior rooms a short programme win fol low in the auditorium tt will in clude a demonstration of visual ed ucation which the children are cetvlng through the use of the mo vie projector visit your school during education week georgetowns onta rio championship lacrosse team of 18s6 and 1898 wlfliam buty- mc- kensle died in brampton and was buried in the family plot in green wood cemetery george on sat urday october 18th born tn geor getown 72 years ago he was son of the late mr and mrs dan lflckta- hje lather was a w of tbe fbm of gulp and mnkenjse wbftch operated a carriage works later ow ned by mr john owetb of town on the site of the oveul nook ott main street mr muttemnw was a member a the famous 12 who in 1689 defeated orillla and next year dtmucatad their feat to take ampinnahlp ho nours again in a playoff with wi- arton when george was an im portant lacrosuu centre pour members of the team are ur- ig dr p r watson bob sad charles erwln of art bradley were the late hvraftl editor joe moore jack watson hed tj son bob scott save guthrie tom wheeler and bffl batten mr mokensle during his younger days hi town was also member of the town ban first tro he left town short ly after the turn of the century and for many years operated store in buffalo nt there are no sunning nilallnn an only brother jack left town and lived in qnesph windsor and cin cinnati ohio where tie died rev c o cochrane the graveside service at the tery pallbearers were bob char les and fred erwln dr p r wat son james ballantlne and j j gjb- bena the weather j- mr editor another fine week tt is hard to believe tbe following summary la written rn october ur mertoo lake publisher of the porcupine advance at thnmms vis ited m town last week with his uncle aad aunt mr and mrs a h feller and his cousins mrs walter btehn and mrs wuuam mcnally mrs k d sheley of burningham michigan spent last week with her parents mr and mrs john oweul 4 max oct 20 oct 11 oct aa oct 33 oct m oct 35 oct 26 avbkaqs idk 66