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the georgetown herald v georgetown onte wednesday much 23rd 1949 64 mills georgetowns 1949 tax rate budget highlihts estimated gross revenue 132096 income 36099 total net municipal expenditure 9599 increase from 7 1 00 fo 8900 in wages paid town em ployees due to hiring o extra rnan decrease in grant to recreational committee fronrt 1 564 to 600 1949 budget iricludesa deficit from 1948 bf 2900 and a public school board deficit from 1948 of 1650 phigh school expenses reduced 1500 public school ex penses increased 1550 due to plans for new room and teacher sewer maintenance estimated at 1800 a new item in the budget county rate increased from 7675 to 8800 surplus on water estimated at 4500 lions st pats dance is a big suc the third nnnunl fat patricks k storl mr p r blackburn dance of the lisfis club atcw a all und mls t pmcron mr large attendance of danoero to this anll mrs jlm rjobbie mr and mrs popular event in the rose room x 1 mi ailc m i crab- last trlday the st patricks motif soil conservation teed stressed by oac professor at farm forum rally o prevailed in the decorations and punch ind cookies were served an innovation this year was a floor show at intermission which feat ured joe murphy impersonator with johnny perlcins at the piano the modern aires played for danc ing mrs john bell won the birth day dance and lucky spot winners were mr and mrs bob hoarc and mr james lyons and hs sister mrs jack lawson guests at the dance included mr and mrs joe emmerson miss margaret hoore mr frederick hclson mr and mrs bob hoare mr and mrs ed hoare of oahawa miss ouve moyer mr art bern hardt mr and mrs lome clegg mr and mrs leslie clark mr and mrs art scott mr and mrs jim print of brampton mr and mr vern kirby mr and mrs j g collier miss margaret golden mr eugene hardle mr and mrs r mcmenemy miss margaret mccal- lum mr max bradbury miss phyl lis hams mr arthur mcallister mr tind mrs albert whitne mr and mrs arthur booth mr and mrs marshall timbers miss inez scott mr jack crichton miss grace green mr murray stamps mr joseph gibbons miss isobcl newhouse mr bill miluerc jr mr and mrs r licata miss ruth presswood mr tom dicken son mr and mrs les lomllnson miss audrey merritt mr bill an derson mr and mrs grasley al ian mr and mrs mack wilson mr and mrs gene green mr and mrs harold hancox mr and mrs- h e adams mr and mrs ernie rawson mr and mrs fred schultx mr and mrs harold wheeler mr and mrs hugo lyons mr and mrs geoff harris of brampton mr and mrs jack armstrong miss dorothy jackson mr john farmer mr and mrs vic smith mr and mrs spence mckinnon mr and mrs newton ruddell miss jean beckett mr ross davison mus agnes mcclure mr garnet island mr and mrs william mum ere mus a evans mr don von fleet mr and mrs wilt ford mr and mrs e w blnkley mr and mrs walter biehn mr and mrs riley brethour mr and mrs ray salter mr and mrs john ball mr and mrs john malcolm mr and mrs j e reld of toronto mr and mrs a zeravlev miss shirley muckart mr charles currle mr and mrs albert presswood mus dorecn appleyord mr ross dillon mr and mrs james h lyons mr and mrs calvin clark mr and mrs john gunning rttvand mrs j j jones of ntw toronto mr and mrs jack lawson mr and mrs kan richardson mr and mrs don her ring ton mr and mrs l mcclln- tock mr and mrs cecil hardle mr and mrs w e townsend mr and mrs l mackinnon mr and mrs it quinn mr and mrs p bn mr and mrs ross thomp- mr and mrs jack fry jr mr and mr jack brill mr and mrs bud buhop mr and mrs mervyn cook mr and mrs del beaumont mr and mrs bill bailey mr and mrs don barrager mr and mrs leigh bradbury mr and mrs har old hutchinson miss jean dickey mr harvey chappel mr and mrs harry lewis mr and mrs gordon wllklusoh wee mr and mrs rupert bciu m on t mr and mrs jol march n cut mr ind mri williim ham- lton mr and mrs james linton mr and mis bruce mackcnzic mi ind mrs ken nash rj and mrs alex j calder mr and mrs g little mr ind mrs mrs harvey clarke of brampton miss lois orr mr calvin vanzant mr and mrs george barber jr mr and mrs john s hughes miss betty grant mr elmer mccumbur mr and mrs george greensward mr and mrs b watson of bramp ton mr and mrs clarence ken nedy mr and mrs muart young mr and mrs- reg broomhcnd mr and mrs john h graham mr and mrs ernie curry mr and airs husscl thompson mr and mrs harold marshall miss b ncedham mr d brown dr and mrs w c stiles mr and mrs cliff hunter mr and mrs wheldon emmerson mr and mrs harold mcclure mr and mrs ken mcmillan mr and mrs fred chap man mr and mrs lome peters mr and mrs j l lambert mr and mrs bob lane miss brenda robinson mr louis butko mr and mrs ross duncan mr and mrs wilfrid hunter mr and mrs vern mccumber mr and mrs eric tomlinson o macdonald miss phyllis pusunka mr frank and crson a rally of esqueslmt farxn for- jjons comprising ashgrovc pipe grovr stone school chock line and bannockburn was held in es queslntj comfnunity hall at tw- arttown on mdnday evening wth the program under the chairman ship of robert j mclaughun the guest speaker was dr d m mcconkey professor of field hus bandry at the ontario agricultural college guclph who hat recently returned from china where ho spent two years on agricultural re habilitation work in the wor-devos- statcd areas of that country and as advisor to the chinese ministry of agriculture and forestry on crop improvement and noil conservation with the food and agriculture or ganization of the united nations he returned around the world studying conservation and the res suits of illuse of land and forests in india iraq turkey greece and africa he brought a warning that it can huppen here and that can ada must mobilize now and con serve ioie and soils clare burt secrctaiy of ontario i arm torums ua picscnt ind ex rplimed the work ind profit tss of foiutn iroups with p u tic ular cm- plnsi on the fc lie scho i movement which is spieadmj kiiss the pto nut after icfieshmcnt i ime- md folk dancing were i njo td under ins direction r s heitherington of hilton i eder ilion f lhlu1- tute showed omul films on soil t nscrwhon follow e 1 b 1 com munis ink 1 he misses mcdon lid of binnockbuin who were cel- cbritiiir their birlhd is wete l il led to the platform ind if 1 1 1 those mrs jt c butcliffe vfaff foameh town resident a former resident of george town mrs j ft sutcliff died in roronto on saturday mjttrch lthh born agnes bertha mo4s6p she was the wldbw of the late rev j fletcher sutcrtfe with her son carmah she lived in georgetown for two years jin the home on al bert street now occupied by mr and mrs gvaham farnell und left town in 1030 when he enljstcd with the royal air force while in town he had been organist at the united church and taught music in the high school und mrs sutcllffo was active in ladles organizations at the church flying officer sut- cliffe was later killed on active service overseas- mrs sutcllffe is survived by three daughters mrs w m har vey edith of mnlton mrs r r johnson lillian of welland and mrj c w hodgcrt florence of toronto the funeral service was held in st marys on tuesday with interment in bccchwood cemetery i orest what council did set the 1049 4a rale ttt 64 mlus l uw dohn hit 5u ease an increase of 4 nillm over 104s payment will be made in three in- tialmchbf due may 10 july 16 nd september 16 included 600 in the estimates as i jjrant tow ird payment of the sal ary of u recrcallonul director a delegation from ihe grc with milrtholl timbers and john mal colm as spokesmen told council that they had hired rev j l self of norya is parttime recre ational director at an honorarium of 150 monthly the appointment i on a trial basis subject to re fvlew at the end of three months they requested that council take care of thu salary in their esti mates council while in sympathy with grc aims did not feel that the tax structure would stand any more than 600 for this purpose officially took over the sewerage ystcm from the contracting firm deputyrcove goodlet asked that the engineer c r hagey submit i letter that everything was ace a good turn out of euchre pliy- to specifications and the cr- tended the euchre and dance lcrk u s iuctcd to obtain this ponscned m noral p iris hall last k tablfcb at fall i- air socilti euciikk 1 hui sd i bv the lsquisinc atri tulluid boeiet wiien 1g i ibles wilt in 11 1 pi ilwiihkrj were mrs c unpbcll smtl tir mr heit u uidson of cton mrs george iii ow n md mi sluninon of tor- i i to doris hulls oichcsti i i 1 ived r i d uu mi dftci c ird rccl icd wot d from provincial ii ci i td tl it no further plans hii i ts jtt been made concerning were informed tht the wartime housing jlan of normandy boule vard shows a park area and that central mortgage and finance do- not favour using this site for an industrial location town foroman ern hyde estima ted that damage to- sidewalks roads ditches and drains by sewer- igo installations would be 0500 if scott jacksbq will pay the town this sum council decided to assume liability for these repairs cr ly ons didnt believe the sum high en ough and thought it should be 5000 he voted against the mo tion moved by davidson and good- let petitioned the dcpt of highways to establish a car licence bureau in georgetown mayor gibbqns who brought up the subject said it was an inconvenience for people to have to go acton and milton both smal ler towns for these moved by davidson and good- let cr davidson favoured p lying for exti i clerical help rithcr than hav ing the town clerk pay for tlus the lower inner mill and tint the himself from his 2500 salary it omj in wis contintly surveying l be chirked against water cx- pendituies he said the matter i w n i cl irdnil fittinf i pc r itions it in to their pic cut smi oil sane ii ipp bnthday a duet g ilwi bay hi ii d i brief fiom the law firm r m son i oulds davidson and i imp wlio are associate counsel ith town solicitor k m lingdon meet milverton next in hockey playdowns sutton grimsby defeated in raiders march to champion ship lever scores shut out against them along the boards 1akfs new position in mh le roche after polishing off sutton and grimsb handily in the first two rounds of the intermediate b oha playdowns georgetown raid ers will meet some reputedly wor thier opposition thursday night in stratford they play milverton i or the lat sutton lunie just to mike them feel at home ken mc millan purchased the recording macnamara s band while tho greensbtrts were swaying to tho who won their series with walker- j rhythm of macnamara and his thomas beer weds aurora girl a recent wedding of interest took place in aurora united church on january 22nd when patricia am bilbrough daughter of mr ana mrs charles bilbrough of aurora was united in marriage wth tho mas eugene beer son of dr and mrs paul beer of r r 3 george town rev h howey performed the doublering ceremony given in marriage by her father tho bride was gowned in white velvet with peter pan collar and her veil was of heirloom lace which belonged to the groomu paternal grandmother miss judy beer of midland the grooms cousin was bridesmaid and mikj jeanne mel bourne of aurora was maidof hon our both wearing maroon velvet and carrying white carnations jfhc groom brother michael was best man and ushers were william kelly of ajax gordon bcatty of toronto and the brides brother eric bil brough of hamilton mr i harris was at the organ and during the signing of the register miss betty noble sang the lords prayer at the reception wldch followed in the church parlours mrs bil brough received wearing light blue wlui navy accessories with mrs beer assisting gowned in gray with navy accessories they wore corsages of carnations for a hon eymoon trip to the laurenthuui the bride changed to a navy blue gab- ardlne suit with navy accessories the couple have taken up resi dence on the beer farm ner geor getown mi melville parker of hamilton was a weekend guest in town with his aunt mrs d l herbert kdfth street mr parker is ontho head office staff of the bank of corn- miss elmu stringer mrjerte in hamilton ton with a return jnme in george town on monda georgetown 11 sutton 0 ld by chuck cuiric with 4 goals and with lever letting his first shut out of the season raiders handily eliminated sutton green shirts last wednesday in the local nnk outskated and outpliycd by a superior team sutton had few chances to score the twofame scries was marked by its lack of penalties only three occurring in the two games in the scoring field day kcmshead and junior beau mont scored two apiece with ferrl mclanson and leigh bradbuty get ting singles georgetown s xirlmsb 1 junior beaumont was the scoring btar when grimsby senators chan ged their by into the playdowns to byebye and took an 01 trim- mng in georgetown on saturday junior scored three with other goals by leigh bradbury nash storey ferri and kcmshead grim sby played their best in the kecond holding the home team scoreless while mason got their one goal bad boy mcsky supplied a touch of humour in the third when he left the ice to patch up a forehead cut and tangled briefly with a specta tor on the way to the dressing room geomoetown 7 grimsby z last nights game in grimsby was a bit on the dull side most of the spectators were from george town with their usual horns and bells along the best hockey was in the first period when junior beaumont nash ami martin gave raiders a 30 lead hui scored for grimsby in the second red mason notched the second grimsby goal in tho final then raiders scored four martin melanson patterson and storey the most exciting mo ment of the game waa when mesky and currle tangled in the last per iod it took the referees and play ers to separate them with both as- sessed majors for fighting sena tors were beaten by a faiter and betterbalanced club they showed promise at times but couldnt beat lever who played a goodjgumc in goal in both gumes band chirlie 4 goals currle was i beating h out of them with uic i same old ahclalitigh his father brought from ireland acton juniors deeated south river last thursday noght in acton to win their round and gained ano tbet step in the quest for the jun for d championship if unj of jou were wondering why referee kenny braithwaite made the mad dash for the dressing loom during the last grimsby- georgetown game it wus due to the fact he was losing his trousers we have heard of the odd ref losing his shirt but never his pants weston finally defeated bramp ton in their piny off intermediate series brampton were coached by jack blrtwlstle one of last year s stars here in georgetown also on the team were eddie bin- sell and art murdock heard someone calling kenny nash fleetfoot after the lions dance we will wager you werent feeling so nimble in the morning kenny after hitting the front page once or twice we were feeling mighty good and you can imagine the pock we received tills week when the paper was published and hext to births jeaths and mmorlroa on the last page was along the boards thinking it over though it s a better spot than between two ads walter runs each week at tention farmers and wanted dead or alive see where bridgeport vets are in some rural league up around waterloo those guys really get around from the report we re ceived it v the same old story penalties penalties tights and fights during their last game post dover beat mount pleasant in their playdown series and may be next on the list for the raiders the ports play their games in the hew slmcoe arena gconc louth for many years an employee of the provincial paper lower mill which closed last fall left on sunday for muie roche where he will work in the provincial paper plant there mr louth has been temporarily em- playcd at the coating mil since the other mill closed a weekend guests at he rectory wlhi archdeacon and mis w g o thompson were mlss isabel butler of kitchener and mlsi joan mc- master of orangevlue professor and mrs j e reid of toronto were visitors in town with mr and mrs john bell last week end mr reid is professor of elcc tncil engineering at the univer sity of toronto miss helen harrison of wood stock is spend ng a few weeks in town with her sister mrs w e wilson and mr wilson at their home on sarah street mr and mrs harry hayward of new toronto were in town for the week end visiting with mr and mri william bona than mr don wilson of old wyndham was i sunday visitor in town with rev and mrs john m smith he said was left foi later discussion when the witci bylaw is presented m lyor gibbon had had an en quiry ibout purchasing an unop ened road allowance cherry st between the hyde and hauptmann properties on ewlng street it was left for further consideration will prepare a bylaw under the amended hawkers and pedlars act to charge a fee to transient trader in georgetown moved by goodlet and- david- son a request from the grc to re move the bell at the old town hall was referred to the property committee cr davidson police committee chairman said that on march 5th he had been asked by constable sheffield of the provincial police- detachment for councils opinion oa provincial policing here he had submitted a report to mr sheffield outlining the way council felt cr hill asked what action had been taken about improving the road at the provincial paper mux mayor gibbons said that it was be ing taken up with the provinclol head office on deputy beeve goodlet a sug gestion the clerk was instructed lo purchase the necessary commercial water meters on recommendations of the town foreman moved by hill and herbert the deputyreeve said he didnt understand that mr roberts the continued on page 12 dinner and dance mark 21st legion anniversary a birthday supper and do rice marked the 21st anniversary at the local legion branch when members gathered in the clubrooms llrst friday the evening was ar ranged by a committee of the exec utlve including president david bowman gordon o brown wil liam roney alex taylor clifford hilts and roy wiggins with the ludles of the auxiliary catering for supper a special feature of the evening was the dedication of book of remembrance containing the names of deceased members of the branch with william roney as sisting the chaplain archdeacon w o o thompson in this solemn rite the book was designed and en grossed by miss dorothy stone a o c and will rest in a apecul recess which v as draped by harold c mcclure names in the book ore joseph s fry charlm mor ton edward barker leonard v greenwood james dark major l grant frederick knight arthur mcguigan fit lt w a m browne james young george james alfred btull cap dr o sutherland john ballontlno john ktoddart samuel hurst thomas scrymgeour charles ruddy dr robert learmonth albert j smcthurst group captain roy maxwell frederick yates howard lllllco frank golden nalcoas tuck mm william carney pr4 johnson james mackey mm lo col james hallantine dso wilson heaton john kmmaraon john jf tost nursing sister e thompson capt dr a w nixon jam mcveigh thomas hartaborft chester cole arthur slelghtholm fred broomhead clayton brad ley mr j k bays of the sarvic bureau was guest speaker at th dinner and outlined the work of tho canadian legion a toast to our fallen comrade wtas pro posed by lt col gordon browa and a toast to canada by rmvo george currle of ksquaslnc whloat waa responded to by mayor joaecfa gibbons of georgetown ll coll john r barber proposed a toast to the legion with lt coh joordon cousens and fred mccartney re plying david bowman praaldant was chairman for the evening and made the presentation of a lite membership certificate to mrs- thomas grieve the glauford or chestra entertained during the din ner hour and later played for danc ing und thomas worries sang