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vssvrafie georgetown ontario wednesday evening october 20th 1948 what council did on- monday october 18 will hold u court of ovlsl6u to hear appeals against the ib4b as- sessniont on november 1st mem ber are gibbons wrutimee david onhlll hnd qowllot j cmrved by goodlct and herbert will hold a courv oirevilori to tear appeals against- tlio special local improvement- levy for bo- rs pn november 81b members are gibbons goodlct herbert wtalt- rnec and maclaren moved by davidson and cacle ren k accepted a subdivision plan of his property presented by s w orr moved by goodlct and arm strong john cordaro asked council to arrange to have sewerage servo tlio cellar in hlo main street building and the mattci was referred to engineer hagey mr cordaro also complained that he had paid a 10 building permit fee and thought this should entitle him to liovc the building inspector inspect the building occasionally it was explained that it was ihe inspec tors job to see that uie bylaw was carried out and not to judge tlio quality of the work done unlcs this affected the bylaw cr good lct said it would to a goovtldea for council to have a lotter from the inspector plating the byuaw had been carried out fire chief harry savings told council that on thursday october 2bth at 11- am the fire brigade with a representative from the fire marshals dcpt would check fire protection in the king street area the request had been made by smith and stone who felt tliero was not adequate protection in their plant area mr savings said he felt there was as much protec tion there as anywhere in town town foreman ern hyde repor ted that it was impossible to have the sidewalk lr the john street culvert much higher than road le- vol b it was too narrow the your uffc rev ross k cameron ma mjnutr of dovercourt fid presbyterian chttrdt toronto who will dolwer aerie of adjo talks on the subject of your lift over radio station chum your life sorle will deal iidth problems affecting christian la a world of doubts and feart tom wanes patrol chief at school road will be repaired in the cuh vert and this is the beat that can ijo done further discussion on water works improvements took place with engineer roberts present mr roberts said he had contacted the municipal board and that in view of an ambiguity in the wording of the act 4t might be easier to pro ceed by having the dcpt of health issue a mandatory order for the project mayor gibbons sold he did not favour this and again said he thought exploratory drill ing should comt first davidson if mr roberts thinks a new main will not bo necessary for some time couldnt we take off 20000 for this for the present roberts the money market is rising and it would be better to borrow the money now and have it in reserve when needed gibbons do you think there la more water close to the silver creek reservoir roberts there doesnt seem to be any near which could be devel oped as cheaply as new wells re member a 53yearold lino would be carrying to to town armstrong wouldnt it bo wiser to go ahead and develop the aux iliary system at once roberts no you have 250 gallons a minute from the lower reservoir and l0 utthc most from silvercreck if you did lose the upper you wouldnt be stuck in time tlie lower source will dwindle but not for two or threo years whitmee wovo adopted the engineers report m cant see any reason for all this discussion now gibbons 1 dont think our time has been lost weve been bet ting valuable information the main debate as far as i am con cerned will curie at the second radlng of the bylaw decided to extend water service 0v1 the highway as far as the jim schofleld and jim collier proper ties a request from mrs w j alexander for service on maple avenue cannot be granted at the present cr whltmeo criticized the lib rary board for not keeping the library up-to-date- he said the be a card system was obsolete and that with proper books and char- ge the library could he lf uip portlng a protest by a m nielsen that the ditch had been t his market strvol homeahd water was running fiom the road onto bu property was turned over to engineer hajfey atthe publicschool board meet ing lost wednesday the board de cided to take further precautions to snfefiuord children crossing the highway by appointing tom warnes caretaker at the school to be on duty nt the noon hour and ai four oclock to net as a patrolman the appointment will carry a yearly salary of 150 use of the auditorium by out side organizations was discussed and the board decided that in view of its use as a classroom this year it would not be possible to grant any such request should the re creational council desire the man ual training room for craft work it was felt that some arrangement could be made for this o t mckay v former resident dies at st thomas a ua live georgetown wher he was born 69 years ago olivet telford mckay died in st tlioimi on saturday october 16th after f lengthy jlhwyid- he was the so of the late william c mckay akut prances arbev i for many yfnrs he warf ussochi- r with hjs father in operating mkay brothers grorstore amf in later years 1iod worked at the- fxjyinclalcbioing nttll hii- left towrj three yonicrago to make hi home in st thomas with hi daughter mrs eric allan mr mc kay had beef art ardent golfer and lawn bowler he was active in mrisojiic circle and was master of credit lodge no 219 in 1040 he was a member ot knox presbyter ian church- predeceased in 1040 by ills wife lena holmes he leaves a daugh ter mrs eric allan margaret of st thomas and two sisters mrs p b coffin of georgetown and mrs dr f h moore of victoria bc he was nredeccased by two daughters marion and ruth following the funeral service at the mcciur funeral home on tuesday afternoon which was con ducted by rev alex colder a masonic service was held at the graveside in greenwood cemetery in charge of wor bro trygvo wold pallbearers were fellow lodge members walter t evans snm mackenzie r b foully ev erett cole alex kean and ross thompson bell telephone issue new directories largo increnses in the number tjf telephones iri service nre rcflccv ted in the new buffcovered telo- plionc directory mailed recently to tubscribttrs hare the alphabetical section of the book has increased by eight pages ta a totai of 1q0 nnd contains about 4b0q new arid trcylseck listing for the jtiany comx ynunuies it covers- w- misener cll telephone mwsfjcr tor ylti area points put the necessity of joking up num bers jh ijhe new diroctory before calling in view of the large num ber of rhantjes- he nlso urges sub- bcrlbers to bring their desk pads and fist of frequently called mirin- bcrsupio date by consulting the rtcw book to hvold calling num bers that have been changed the now outdnted greencovered dir ectory shoyld be discarded ai usual the directory lists num bers for many commimitlea in cluding brampton orangovlllo newmarket mlhon aurdra and other centres and was mailed sim ultaneously to subscribers at those points about 1300 directories wero mailed to subscribers- in george town r r gardiner succumbs to lengthy illness assessor arnott early was asked to report at the next meeting vjn dog tngs sold and on progress on the now assessments cr whitmee asked whether the board of parks could not also look after the park and suggested that two members be added to the board and haif of the onemill grant used for needed park main- tpnance gibbons the act calls only for a sixman board armstrong assuming the parks board should toole after the park what authority have we to tell them how their mill should be snent any more than to tell any other appointed board what to do our only authority is in the ap pointments whitmee actually the act does not cover the arena gibbons yes it does the parks board was formed because coun cil couldnt legally joperote the ar ena we asked the cemetery board if they would do it but they wouldnt so a parks board was formed armstrong i dont think the present board would accept respon sibility for the park whitmee then i feel they are getting a mill illegally davidson they have under taken to clear off a 30000 deben ture in ten years they work for nothing and i do not feel we should- interfere whitmee im not saying that im saying some money should be spent on the pork maclaren you are right but the boord has n big job at the arena and cant take on uny more gibbons thats the way i feel whitmee what is the answer then gibbons if you think the money is beinc used illegally you ihould satisfy yourself its my opinion that it is quite legal the parks board has come in for dls- cusloubut i know of no group who have made a better success of a difficult proposition the arena was costing the town thousands of dollars a year when they took over and they are making a financial success of it whitmee im not criticizing the board at oil but i think some money should be spent on the park armstrong i agree and next year i think a substantial sum should be put at the disposal of the property committee for tills purpose v maclaren i agree with this goodie t dont forget that tike taxpayer has to foot the bills and next roars council will have a harder budget than we a funeral service conducted by archdeacon w g o thompson was held inst tuesday for robert ross gardiner who passed away at his home on maple avenue on saturday october oth after a lengthy illness mr gardiner was a former resident of gait where for nineteen vears he was superin tendent of the ffrm of p w gardi ner and son ltd born in scot land he came to canada as a younn man and had lived in the west for some years before settling in gait he was active in the work of the gait horticultural so- icjety during hig ren i dencc thoro for the past seven years mr gardiner had been in failing health but his bright spirits and courage in the face of illness had won him many friends here he was well read and a good conver sationalist and combined a keen interest in worlrlnffairs with a love of the small things of nature he is survived by his wife for merly nellie sherman pall-bcar- ers at the funcal were four neph ews sherman scott of toronto charles scott of the oac guclph bill gardiner of gait and aaron gardiner of orillia alvin ben nett and harvey o- hawkes of golt following the funeral ser vice the remains were taken to toronto for cremation at st james crematorium social and personal wins coveted raf trortiy iode sends food clothing overseas countess of strntlimore chapter iode hns been active in relief work for british war victims food parcels nre being sent to england by the chapter each month and at monday nightv meeting mrs jack armstrong post war convener asked each member to contribute an article of clothing for an over seas shipment to be brought to the next meeting the chapter will also send bibs and diapers to jn english hospital the regent mrs lawrence me- chntock presided at the meeting which was holj nt the home of mrs art scott mrs r h irelond reported that the chapters entries in the fnllfai hnd been well worth- while mrs ern batkln said that a 43 pound bale containing clothing and other useful articles had been sent to the adopted school in hallburton christmas parcels ju hf sent to thf tr subscription to the canadian geo graphic ten dollars was voted to the poppy fupd three new members were wel comed into the chapter mrs ken whitworth mrs william reynolds and mrs ron little mrs w g o thompson effcred her home for the next meeting mrs stan grabb and mrs calvin clark were joint hostesses with mrs scott fjlt gordon mcdonald a imembcr of the royal air force for the past year flight lieutenant gordon mcdonald of georgetown has won the clarkson acrobatic trophy according to word received here by his parents mr and mrs- alvin mcdonald the trophy is offered for competition in each training course and gor don li the first canadian to win vhe honour in several years he was one of five in his class of mixtytive to be picked for the competition which includes all forms of flying including a forced landing he is n veteran of the last war where he served for a year as an instructor at camp borden went from there to england and at the close of the war was serving in the india and ceylon theatre when commissioned he was the youngest pilot officer in canada his father n veteran of the first war served during the last con flict with the veternns guard fulicut mcdonald was married to lois nielsei of georgetown before going to england and they have just become parents of a baby son he has been stationed mr apd mrs j grant of ot tawa spent a few days- this veelc in town with mrs w v grant mr and mrs- ernest j edwmrdi of toronto were weekend visitors with mr and mrt- arthur spelgmt mr and mr roy vanclusen of tara arc visiting h town this week with the mcglbbons- y miss torothy mcllntook pfjiwi onto spenj the weekend in town with her sister mrs william schenk v mrs j jd torrle and miss lain nic young have returrjeef home af tor several weeks visit with friends in huntsvlllc miss virginia chapman spent the weekend with friends in town and attended anniversary service at knox presbyterian church mr and mrs tom hewson and mr and mrs j s hughes and owen visited last week with friends in rochester new york mayor and mrs joseph lake of pbwassan were visitors in town on saturday with his brotherinjaw and sister mr and mrs a h fel- ler mr ben young of terra cotts has returned home from a visit in the west with his soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs doug thompson at hussar alberta- mr and mrs warner freur and family of detroit michigan and mrs w m mccorkindnlc of toronto spent last weekend with their mother mrs c frcure sunday visitors with mr and mrs walter biehn were dr and mrs sydney biehn mrs kelvin biehn and joan of mimico and dr and mrs donald biehn of fair field connecticut mrs william bullivant and mrs- joseph shields attended the meet ing of maggie waddcll rcbckah lodge in oakville on thursday ev ening as guests of mrs harold simpson vicciiand of that lodge david mcnally son of mr and mrs william mcnally celebrated his third birthday on sjitlirdajr when he entertained jimmy goodu let stephen saxc jocclyn bell diane schenk and carolyn and el len biehn it little rissington near cheltcn nrforhistrftinlngondiios boo mrs er robinson posted to an auxiliary air force squadron at hendon in london fire destroys barn this morning county masonic night held last night in georgetown was an out standing success with visitors pro- sent from all county lodges a bnrn on the oth line owned by the inglis brothers george and james was destroyed this morning by fire which broke out about 530 am the barn which was empty was on the property known as will logans top farm which was rec ently purchased by the two broth ers luckily no wind was blowing and there was no danger crcatod to surrounding buildings which include a house occupied by mr and mrs archie lflwr and family hydro consumers your cooperation is needed to save power for industry power interruptions are costly to everyone but especially so to factories employees are idle material is wasted time is lost nil inull not u very pleasant situation by saving power at every opportunity every day you are helping to maintain full pay envelopes and maximum productlohlngeorgelown remember no saving u too atmdl save sotno electricity ovcy dyl georgetown hydro commission bus mileage guess is on the nose bob lnne local trucker la the winner of 50 for guessing closest to the correct mileage on the girls pipe band bus in a unique contest sponsored by the band bobs guess of 74500 310 wns almost the ex act mileage rtirlsiered on the speedometer when it was unveiled on main street on monday evening by provincial- constable j w sheffield the contest was part of a lucky draw to raise funds for purchase of the bus which will transport the band to their numer ous engagements next season clarence kenedy won three tons of coal offered as a lucky draw prize when mayor joseph gibbons drew his ticket number 1720 the band played a short concert before the draw the band has travelled over 1000 miles in the bus since it was purchased curlier this year and it is interesting to note that since the band was organized by r mag- loughlrn it has travelled 12000 miles for vniious engagements three recordings have been made one of which was featured last wednesday over station ckoc hamilton they have often been photographed by amateur movie funs and rumours arc that thoy may be invited to perform at an important american function next year and mlptf brenda robinson havo returned from vacation trip to boston mass where they spent several days they travelled by bus to montreal unci through vermont returning home through new york state visitors last week with dr and mrs r t paul were their daugh ter mrs william kelly and child ren ann and puddy of pickering and mrs pauls brother r s hel ler mrs heller jano and nancy of st catharines celebrating his fifth birthday hut week barry hayward son of mr and mrs william buryward georga street entertainod some of his friends ot a patty those present included bonnie wright carol lane freddie harrison douglas mcguvray donnie clark and judy bonathan painting exhibit draws art lovek8 an exhibition of painting by local artists was held at the home of mrs a g m bruyns on satur day afternoon the majority of tile paintings were by mrs bruyns her self and included water colours pastels and a few oils most ot which reproduced scene familiar to residents also displayed were oil paintings by winnlfred watson and mrs j b milne and woodcarvinghmr paul beer the concensus of opinion was best expressed by the remark over heard there wasnt a square inch of mediocrity in the whole little how hope theyll do it again will heckivk miutauy medal david bowman received word to day that he would receive his mil itary medal at an investiture neat month in toronto celebrates 97th birthday this weefc mrs robert hill glen william grand old lady is receiving th congratulations of friends ot tlta occasion of her 97th birthday which she celebrated on monday october 18th mw mil cnoy good health and is active around her home born in the scotch block she has lived all her life la the district she has a family of seven children catherine jim bert and mrs e rogers of oen williams edward of toronto mrs andrew ml no of limshouae and mrs jack forgiuon in baskatcha- wan her husband died eight yeara ago v the weather mr editor this weeks summary shows much the same as ut week with just a light droj lr both the max and the mln temperatures there were four days with dribbles of pretty soon that rain will be of snow ern bauda date mbx7 miri halo oct 11 40 s5 oct 12 56 4s 04 oct 13 m 42 10 oct 14 58 sb oct 15 s7 30 oct 16 82 31 m oct 17 s3 40 m- average 88j17 ssu2 81 this is a i 2page paper j vls u fi r iiwiwv4wtoi friwi jjmv awa