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the georgetown herald we may i ith 1949 the georgetown herald serving the commtuiltles of fafcouqetown glen williams norvax l1mki10u8e hornby ktewarttown ahhgbove baxxinfad terra cotta subscription kato 2 so a year single copies cc each advertising lutes quoted on application walter c lilewn publisher and editor mary h- jmehn associate editor garfield l jwcgllvray staff tcsllo m clark harold davison w corey herrinuton jr vie herald la printed each wednesday afternoon lit the office on main street georgetown authorised nasocond class mail ppat office dcpty otfnwa members of- the canadian weekly nowspapcri assoelntlnrw and tho ontario quebec division of uio c w na the editors comer a merchants organisation once again a movement is on foot among george town merchants to establish an organization which will promote their interests and at the same time be of pub lic benefit oyer a year ago an illfated reorganization was attempted of the retail division of the board of trade which died soon afterwards due to the apathy of interest shown we are still convinced that a lively organization of merchants can accomplish much if and only if a majority of merchants are interested in sup porting it and in holding office we would suggest to those who would once again make the attempt at or ganization that they drop for the time being the nom enclature of retail division and make it a clearcut or ganization for merchants who maintain recognized bus iness premises later on perhaps associate member ships could be granted to others but we feel that only those who have stores and who deal in selling retail goods or services to the public would make a homogen eous entity thre are many advantages which could be gained by a livewire group at present some merchants think that the thursday afternoon closing should be changed to wednesday to conform with other towns in the dis trict this point could ije debated and decided upon by the association dollar days and other special events could be planned a credit bureau might be established cooperation could be given in checking on hawkers and pedlars who were not abiding by the new town bylaw which regulatesthem by licence merchants could be encouraged to improve their premises and even the writers pet dream of having main street merchants band together to keep the street free of waste paper and refuse might be realized we urge all merchants to give every support to the committee which is attempting the reorganization it is a sobering thought that while business among lo cal merchants isgood there are thousands of dollars pent each week in brampton guelph and toronto and there are dozens of farmers who shop in other centres who could be encouraged to come to george town at least occasionally old dogs you cant teach an old dog new tricks goes the saying and we are inclined to think the acton repre sentatives on the north halton high school district board are putting themselves in the old dog category at a recent board meeting the following motion was presented by the two acton members of the board that in accordance with a letter dated april 7 1 948 from the deputy minister of education this board do now implement his recommendation to secure a per manent site and proceed with the erection of a satisfac tory central high school which will serve adequately the educational needs of the pupils of this district and that in accordance with die original motion of the meeting approving the appointment of this board that this site be at or near speyside on highway no 25 and that for the purpose of choosing this site a commit tee be now appointed with one representative from each of the municipalities forming the district to bring in recommendations and options for the approval of the board and that these recommendations be presen ted not later than the june nieeting that we engage the services of an architect and take the necessary steps with the department of education and the various municipalities to have erection of the building started as soon as possible the actonmilton papers report that the motion received some discussion but it was felt could not be dealt with at that meeting an amendment was passed that the motion be deferred until the next meeting the sponsors of thelfei6tion declined to withdraw the mo- tion georgetown is very close to joining the district and such actions as this by the acton members make t wonder how well versed they ate with current feel ing on the speyside location we have heard on good authority that a majority of the district board members are opposed to this location we have heard ourselves from die lips of a dept of education officer who is well acquainted with the situation that the department does not particularly care where a central school is placed and is not certain in fact that one central school wul ever be the solution to solving the educational needs of this district and it is disconcerting to find the acton men still rooting for a dead issue mmo regularly to the herald page 8 a county school board i l reeve jack armstrong of georgetown who is chairman of education on county council is at present propounding the idea of including the whole of halton in one large high school district with one central board to administer all secondary school affairs one merit we can ce in acentral board would be the elimination of a bone of contention whereby trafalgar township students are being taken from miltons back door by bus to the school in oakville at the same time there is a division of- the county betweon the more heavily- populated suburban districts along the lakefront and the rural and small fown character pf the north end of t the county it might well be that we might find a cen- j tral board heavily weightecfcand controlledjjy the south and that we would be paying higher taxes for educa tion with burlington- hnd oakville getting mofft of tho advaptages the qliestiofa is one which needs a good deal of discussion and tlioughrrfore anyaction is corltcmpla- ted t pot fourri j ffw readers mentioned the lick of editoriil last week which gies i little lift to tin editor to get back in the qroovi again this week the vacation was not exactly planned combination of plenty of copy and a lack of time made us decide to do away with the column for a week town clerk charlie willson who is an avici fisherman took a weekend off for a trip to huntsvillc for the seasons opening charlie says that he figures the speckled trout caught cost 7 78 a lb but we bet that wont keep him awij trom the rod and reel for once a fisherman alwa s a fisherman it was disappointing that so few took in the high school play las wiek fherc was plenty of work required on the part of the cast the director and all those associated with the play and it deserved two full hotises it is our opinion that moira kelly who had the starring part in the plaj has tin makings of a fnc ck tress she played he r role with a professional touch ranly seen in amateur theatricals an extra two pages which had to he included in last weeks i lerald threw the schedule haywire and some overtime night work was necessary in order to get the paper rolling on 1 kursday morning in the rush proof of a news item about the election of e v maccormick to a high masonic post was not checked and several inaccuracies occurred which were corrected part way through the press run for the ben efit of those who did not receive a corrected copy the item appears again this week also in the correction department is the fact that in council news the town foreman reported that 2200 gallons of water were used in one household in 24 hours rather than 220 gallons as appeared in print sorry to hear that our popular station agent v t cavanagh had a stroke last thurs day morning and will be confined to bed for some time we wish him a safe recovery bet the brampton kinsmen were gnashing their teeth last week they sponsored the personal appearance of sarah churchill at both brampton theatres in connection with the north american premier of her new film all over the town a toronto daily ran a wondecful story pp the event except for one little error every time brampton should have been mentioned the type read brant- ford y -rrr- directory dr j burns milne xhay dental stjhgeon georgetown n phone 80 dr clifforb re1d l ds bjyk- pholie 4j0 t open evenings main struct georgetown elmer c thompson insurance service 1 ire auto windstorm c p railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone hdw or j georgetown nielsen the c actor dsagleas therapist mth year of practice lady attendant mon toes- frl 23 pjtv wed sat 28 and 8s pjn over dominion store georgetown- phone 180 o lever and hoskjn chartered accountant successors to jenkins and hardy 1uq5 melrdpolllan bid 1 1 victoria street toronto el 6181 leroy dale kc m sybil bennett kc mill street barrister and solicitors georgetown phono 10 langdon and ayuworth barristers and solicitors nolaucs public klnneth m lanudon georgetown 11 madntyil aylawerth ba acton llkbl muk1uag money to loan ouicls luxy theatre 1 bids mill st phone u8w georgetown cooper bide phone m5w acton consult j a willoughby sons or compllte itlal e stats slrvice head on ich toronto 150 yonte st- ad 0005 city and country name i- arms and small acreage industrial and business properties tom hewson is your local representative nione 332w i frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 391 georgetown p o box 413 monuments domestic and forelrn granites best sandblast equipment for cemetery lettering ormnxevllle monument worki j orongevllle ont i radio repairing we specialize in this work 10 cars experience j sanfordson phone geouetown s4w monuments pollock campbell 02 water st north g a l t designs on request phone 2048 inspect our work in greenwood cemetery m salada a- j isms ja sm sjss m b fit k3 sfli mam sal lusomo dorothy ford shares the spotlight wltohevuryjeotfda and jimmy stewart in this laughpacked sequence from the ben bogcausburgcsa meredith comedy on our merry way at tho roxy theatre through united artists release payment ot 1949 taxes the first instalment of taxes is due and payable at the municipal building george town on or before monday may 16th charles willson tjjix fmww a splendid variety of materials frlexe beoete ateliatr vslear tapestry silk broeatelle silk and eettoa rev upholstering at its lowest price and highest quality dick the upholsterer operated by jack sudermann kaay payments arranged t day se we will be pleased to visit year heme with tsyts easapla vilas no obligation be quick phone dick phone 310 phoenix house o 0