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georgetown ontario wednesday may 4th 1949 what council did h ojmonday may 2nd j grpntcd pfcrinlsidoii to the olioim ciiib to erect ji bawjstautrtn thp park thp staiid will b crectod on th slti of thb prosbrit judges timd which will bo wrcckod- moved bywtccumbtfir and iyons paid 200 to gfcbrgotown recrea tion ccunmitutlon to apply on ttoe alary of the director rev j- l belt moved by mccumbor and hill appointed alf collins as weed in- apector moved by goo diet and arm strong discussed a new location for the town dump- this was caused by a letter from a firm of toronto sol icitors writing on behalf of their client mr wllf ford who com plained that smoke and flames from tho present dump at the park wvce creatine a nuisance and in juring shrubbery on property owned by him at the foot of maple avenue mayor gibbons said the dump was a problem which would have to be decided very soon as the present property was almost filled col a l noble of norval had offered the town a new site at low cost- a few years ago and this was a possible location esquealng township ne under stood had been talking of an in cinerator and there might be a possibility of the two municipali ties cooperating on this reeve armstrong said this idea might be discussed further with acton and milton also the clerk was instruc ted to answer the law firm that measures would be taken to over come the nuisance the mayor asked the property committee to report at the next meeting wfhat the cost would be to fix the gate and make the park entrance more presentable received word from the recrea tional group that they were adopt ing georgetown recreation com mission as the official name appointed assessor arnott early to attend the assessors conven tion in ottawa moved by goodlet and arm strong cr davidson voted against this motion saying that he didnt be lieve the assessor was doing a com pletely satisfactory job he had had comments from ratepayers about visits to the coffee shop in working hours deputyreeve goodlet said that the assessor had completed his assessments for the year and that he had picked up 2400 in sup plementary v assessments which more than paia his salary received word from mr jewett of provincial paper ltd that he would look into the situation of the entrance to st michael street which council claims the company had agreed to widen when a new siding was put into their plant will put a new street light on victoria crescent moved by mccumbcr and mc- nolly will make improvements to the fire siren on the old town hall at an estimated 75 cost moved by hill and davidson asked the solicitor to prepare a deed for an exchange of prop erty between the tmvn and e b tyers to make the property at the sewage disposal plant more easily fenced council had held a special meeting last kriday to look over thlii property and to go through the plant moved by davidson and arm strong the weather mr bdltor tho month of aprly this yr was very close to igbt ycfcrwlth regards td normal average tompcfaturcs bblng 4 degrees abovo normal for moyljnum arid 1 degree below nor mal for minimum hie rain pialy registered 135 just half- the nor mal average h seemed no though may had hard time on sunday deciding just what to start off with however tho following summary shows what may did for last year km batkln date max min rain april 25 58 21 april 20 63 35 06 april 27 67 40 trace april 28 58 20 april sb 68 28 april 30 77 40 05 may 1 ngc hon 72 40 17 1 aver 6614 3328 28 itu of hat 1948 date max min remark 1 64 32 clear 2 68 20 clear 3 64 36 clear 4 66 42 clear 5 66 44 cloudy 1 65 38 foggy 7 1 49 45 rain b 45 34 high wind 0 45 33 rain 10 56 37 rain 11 60 44 rain 12 58 47 cloudy 13 61 47 rainy 14 63 48 partly cloudy 15 70 38 thunder storm 16 73 46 thunderstorm 17 50 51 rain 18 50 40 partly cloudy 10 01 34 clear 20 67 30 cloudy 21 50 40 partly cloudy 22 62 37 partly cloudy 23 61 30 cloudy 24 62 37 clear 25 68 38 clear 20 69 32 clear 27 72 36 thunder storm 28 81 48 very warm 20 70 47 clear 30 73 43 clear 31 74 30 clear mildred eason is new teacher at georgetown school mlsa mildred ksason was chosen at a special meeting of the ijoard of education on saturday morning as new teacjior on tub george town wiblic school stiff- miss bason is resigning hor position as teacher at s s13 clay hill the end of june and will join the local staff in september where she will inrobablyjbo teaching gradc2f an addition to thp present staff was triad e necessary by the growing public school enrolment the new teacher who is vti daughter of mr and mrs joseph eason glen wilhims is a graduate of trji glen public school and georgetown high school she be gan hct teaching career during the war years taking advantage of a special ruling which allowed teachers to teach without attending normal school and take this train ing in summer courses she has been an outstanding tcaohcr at clay hill taking an active part in fall fair work and such extra acti vities as the annual christmas con cert iahkh on ahhes pike brigade called the fire brigade was called this morning when the tire on a bell telephone truck caught fire the truck had parked on the highway across from the old town hall and burning embers from an old bon fire cause the fire there was nd damage other than to the tire garage owners wife djied last week mrs raymond bowers dlfcu at her homo on emery s treat on tues day april 2fltih after an illness of severn months duration mrs jjowcrs was the former frances b lyman ond wus born 47 years- ago in believlhe a daughterof the late mr rtnfl mrs william lyman fol lowing hr marriage she lived- hn bancroft arid toronto moving to georglfown throe years ago when mi rowers- purchased the garage uuyinch4 of mr artlgr speight hieh he batfsinco operated as owcra motor salcrv they lived hi an apartment above the garage and jusj recently had m6ved into the former norman brown home on emery street mrs bowers is survived by hor husband and two sons gordon and gerald a sister mrs dr ernest frederick lives at centre island and a brother john lyman and a sister mrs albert boomhour at ceritrevilic archdeacon w g o thompson conducted tho funeral service from the home on thursday pallbear ers were six local garagemen ar thur speight art scott david saxe fred sinclair gordon har- ley ard cecil hardic interment was made in park- lawn cemetery- toronto e v maccormack elected to high masonic post geraldine tycr w will live in toronto check line forum barbara dickenson is brillonite winner miss barbara dickenson victoria street was present in the boxy theatre when her name was called last night and won the 30 jackpot offered as r- a brlllonite prize- next week the contest starts again with 500 added each week until a winner is declared holy cross church rev fr v j morgan 2nd and 4th sunday mass at 0 am 1st 3rd and 5th sunday mass at 11 am avs golden wedding anniversary celebration on saturday the check line far forum group held their first monthly social at the home of mr ond mrs ppnney 2harcc on frldny night about twenty five members and friends spent an enjoyable evening playing games answering a quizz contest and having a spelling match in which mrs fred brown movec to be the chairfplon speller mrs charles with mrs brown and mrs frank benner as cohostcsscs served a delicious lunch the weekly tuesday night got- togolhcr of the same group at the lucky strike bowling club is pro ving qultd popular with a goodly number of players piling up some high scores miss ruth bebner of waterloo spent the weekend with mr and mrs newton ruddell mr seymour english and sister miss mary spent the easter holi days in toronto spring seeding is almost comple- ted and prospects are fine for good j crops of fall wheat and hay qft- saturday morning april 30 nt 1030 anvat dixie rov fr heoly soiemnizid the marriage of geraldine augusta tyers daughter of mr and mrs t e b tycrs pi georgetown ond edward william mcnolliy son of mr and mrs sam uel mcneilly o qranhovlljc the bride woro a suit h skipper blue with white ond navy access ories and a corsage of red roses her attendant mrs eugene green wore a bluegrey suit with navy accessories ond a corsage of pink roses mr hugh mcmanus of cooksville was groomsman following the ceremony a reccp- tion was held ot the home of tho brides parents where her mother received wcarng a navy dress with navy and white accessories and a corsage of white carnations the grooms aunt mrs vlnce mount ford of brampton assisted in re ceiving wearing salmon pink with black accessories and a jporsage of pink carnations after a honey moon trip to niagara falls the couple will live laj cooksville where the groom is employed with the ontario hydroelectric and will- later take up residence in tor onto with members of verdun re- bekah lodge catering for a delic ious dinner mr and mrs james arthur crabtree marked the gol den anniversary of their wedding last saturday when members ot the family gathered at the oddfel lows hall their only son ivan was toastmastcr and called on sev eral of those present for a few re marks later the party went to the crabtree home orr guelph st where many friends called during the evening mr and mrs crabtree were mar ried in rochdale lanes england in april- 1800 and came to canada in 1011 for his ffrst year in can ada mr crabtree carried on the paper mill lousiness in a toronto suburb in which he has now been engaged for 52 yeors when fire destroyed this plant he went to valleyfield where 27 years later the provincial paper mil where iie was employed was destroyed by fire ond the crabtrees have since made their home in town where mr crabtree is colour man at the kallons of wattr had been used provincial coating mill four of their fivd children were present with them on saturday mr and mrs ivan crabtree ann and sue of georgetown mr and mrs e m brownlee valleyfield mr and mrs john h bertram and kathleen toronto and mrs james marsh and daughter joan of chad- derton england who are in can ada for a visit their oilier daugh ter mrs i m scott of london england was jiot able to be pres ent but cabled lowers for tho oc casion board of education discumet high school situation with department gave third reading to the hawk ers and pedlars bylaw establish ing licence fees for certain types of pedlars within the town and or dered tin bylaw to be published in tlie newspaper moved by davidson and good- let cussed with town foreman ern the ciuotmin of putting water in certain premises whore di hyde meter there were sueii difficulties ysput- ting tiie meter in an outside man hole leplaeiiic wnni pipes and where services hriinehed uoni the street line to- various parts of a property council decided to leave instlillaiit n ineri- nn sueii prop ertles until the last and discuss this with tile engineer mr hyde reported that most jif the meters were placed on main street asnn indication of how water can be wasted ho had visited one place where tf ineter hud been placed the previous day ond found that 220 discussed the employers liabil ity and workmens compensation insurance policy witiv mr cowan of general accident insurance and tiie present policy holder a e i wilson mr goodlet suggested that both companies lie asked to bid on lie policy and this will lie done were asked by insurance agent lieeiiian kersey why the above policy was split between himself 1 and walter t evans and co when both mr evans and e c thomji- mhi had a larger share of the town insurance council nod to nive any new business to mr kersey until this was eiualietl at a special meeting of the board of- education lost wednes day in the high school mr g l duffin executive assistant secon dary schools branyh department of education met with the board to discuss high school areas mem bers of the town council had been invited to the meeting also mr duffin gave a complete ex planation of the set up of north halton high school district and answered many questions put by the board members he said the department believed that one cen tral school was the perfect solution for obtaining the maximum educa tional benefit in this district but that it was realized that this might never be achieved and that the secondbest thing would be to have two schools the cheapest way of the road superintendent was achieving this would be to leave authorized to advertise for tenders hl present school at milton and to supply crush and deliver gravel b school in this end of on township roads forf10 tenders j district it was his persona at esquesing councu on wednesday april 13 assessor a w detailed report on added to the roll benton gave new assessments i funeral service held for joseph t marchment a resident of glen williams for over sixty yeors joseph thomas marchment died at his home there on frldoy april 22nd he was born at churchvlllc 88 years ago a son of the late mr and mrs john marchment a stonemason by trade he hod been retired for sev- erar years he was a member of the glen orange lodge no 348 and a life member of the orange order a staunch conservative in politics he was a momber of the united church predeceased twelve years ago by his wife the former martha martin he leaves a family of ten children mrs mary cooper mrs william klrby mrs jack addy walter leonard and borden of glen wil liams mrs a slllars of gerald- ton mrs l laird jr of norval mrs e c domm and mrs r e campbell of toronto there are 21 grandchildren and 11 greatgrand children mr marchment was the lasf surviving member of his fam ily rev f j dunlop conducted the funeral service frm the home on monday and pallbearers were six j ai m tayxjob of hornbv elected 3rd grand superintendent rt ex com e mcmaccormic geongotovn druggist wis- electad grlirid superintendent of weuliig- ton district at the p 1st convocation of the- royal arch masonic grand chapter of canada which was held in ottawa last wednesday and thursday mr maecormack who is a former 1st principal of hilton chapter rajm held the office ot district deputy grand master of wellington district but yearln that blue lodge one of george- towns most public kplrlted eltlwmsy in addition to fain fraternal affilia tions he has been active in such organizations as the public school board recreational council odd fellows and progressiveconserva tive association as well as beinat sales chairman for several of thai wartime victory loan campaigns he has appointed rt- kx- compu george c brown of norval himself a former grand superintendent ot the district as his district secretary at the convention rt ex comp c m pitts of ottawa was elected grand superintendent of ontario with rl ex comp a g n- brad- shaw of london as 2nd grand thl district was further honoured in the election of rt ex comp j a m taylor of hornby as 3rd grand president attending the convocation were ex comp elmer dron 1st princi pal of halton chapter rt ex comp george c brown ex comp trygve wold and comp robert lane vk and mrs h marchment celebrate sotk anniveraarjr mr and mrs henry marchment of guelph street celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary oat monday when members of their family gathered at their home to honour them on this happy occas ion the house was decorated with lovely bouquets of flowers and mr and mrs marchment received many cards of congratulation from friend mr marchment retired last year after many years as a faithful town employee seven of their family of eight were able to be present the only missing member being mrs queen- ie anderson of london those pre sent included mr and mra ken neth hunter mr and mrs john oliver mr and mrs earl march- ment and mr and mrs andrew hunter of town mrs clarence mc- donald of brampton mrs fred grandsons joe marchment normanvhuntcr and wesley marchment of marchment george cooper bob campbell bob addy and mervyn klrby interment was mado in glen williams cemetery acton mrs marchmcnts- sister mrs mabel jenkins of hamilton was also present as well as several of the grandchildren construction starts on lions bandstand social and personal to close at li noon on april 30th on monday may 2nd accepted the tender of stewart elliott for supplying gravel turned cheques to the unsuc- ccssful tenderers e armstrong lomph kerr and i c kiddell will prepare a bylaw lo include s s nn i in township school area no i council suggested til at niiitirics lie held in school sections not yet in the men to consider the adviseabilily of joining paid a nhe aid undsay miil 1 to a claims nt paid t p claim of lir to don- for tin- sheep killed n stark as valuator f for each fox shot v v robertson horn- harry hah asked dm the ontario stre led to take rare nf e condition and thi vci to the koadn co that 125 feet lt curlier be i pour draiii- was turned mnit tee mrs harry wiilkins appeared for mr w j alexander who is ill in linspitul to ask that water scr- in- be exteidcd to her jiotne on maple avenue council said thin would he limpldered along with the cxtanaion along tho highway both beliiu covered in the deben ture liiue by kathleen shaln norval 2 harold campbell georgetown c w swackhamer acton mclvin iieppird acton 2 john harris acton g h carton muiuh b a andiimin georgetown li f was liitl duncan llnbiiimin noial for 1 inxes shot in january opinion that georgotown would be the most suitable location for thin but the department does not give orders and it would be up to the i district board to decide on this he said thumn his opinion the only 1 tiling for georgetown to do wus to join the district i reeve jack armstrong pointed ul thai if georgetown joined the district they would have three i representatives on ui gio11 board as county education chairman he is interested in the pohsinility of combining the threv present county areas thi would overcome pres- i out difficulties in trafalgar where- students aiv being taken from close j i milton to oakville which is much farther away f 1 in answer to a question mr duf- liu said the department would not 1 sanction the buudjpg of n gyinnas- mm or auditorium at the school with its present enrolment mr and mrs jams nevill of krin spent sundav in toun wftn mr and mrs ernie hrowu and mr and mrs hanm mclaren mr max hughson of port ar thur former i v assistant chemist nt the provincial paper mill ben- wac i viitor in towi- veterhjtv mi and mu llovd smith and djiiiihler loiniino of port credit mi i the wefkend in own with mid m n i- jin-jl- visitor corner on with mr and sunday at mrs james their home ad accounts of 7j and he- of tl wiii paid- j k her the reeve mid clerk were auth orized lo hign the agreement he- tweeu acton and kiuiuenlnu con- twning annexation of a portion of township proporty to that village i t niw tiiipi ionic listings am i mivu- to i iilrr nlilih llii- i r all new tetcphpne suhhcrlbera added since the present tele phone hook was printed sueeted that these he ped- out and added to present phunc hooks we it is cllp- yuur iienr stewartuivn were mr and mrs james dar6y and mr and mrs vernon darby and family of fruit- land mr and mrs maurice hillock diaune and glcnnwright mrs a wright and miuicue llludil re turned to their home this week af ter enjoying u pleasant holiday at hullyuuhid ucach florida mrs j a tarwell has returned htiine from portsmouth lo spend the summer months with her par ents mr and mrs alvin mcdonald queen street mr taivwoli who is attending queens university kingston is with the hlak for ills summer vacation tieorge c atkins former pub lisher of tin oakville llecordstar was a caller at the herald this week mr atkins uold his busliwss recently to mr and mrs wilder ilreekenrldgo of new york illy cohstruction has started ontha new bandstand which georgetown lions club is erecting in the park mcnalljr lane are handling th job and the old judges stand has been wrecked she new bandstand will stand on this site it will stand about four feet high- with a solid platform mounted on posts with lattice work to the ground and when completed will bo painted at the club dinner meeting in the mcglbbon house on tuesday may 3rd several members of ancaster i ions club were guests and im promptu entertainment was sup plied by riley brethour and whel- don emmerson of the local club the application of a newmember walter richnrdson was accepted final plans were made for the tag day for lions food for britain on saturday which will be convened by fred schultz this is a hpaoe paper iimeiiousk couphg iixfiiratk silver wedding anniversary mr and mm ifrcd brown of iimehouse wore guests of honour m sunday evening may lit at a family party to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary about 35 relatives gathered at the home of their sou and daughterinlaw mr and mra ted drown folr the occa sion they received several lovely lifts including n silver tea service their granddntirhtor little betty ann brown prxjontcd them with a limujuet ofoowers for u buffet inchenn the toble was attractive ly decorated with daffodils and i candle tapors mrs fred mcnelly and mra george herrlncten ot y j georgetown poured tea il