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w l the georgetown r e georgetown ontario wednesday s 7 1949 mayor gibbons announces retirement t what council did on tbeuday sept- bth accepted with jregrctytho reslg- nation of arnott early as assessor in view of his appointment as ven dor of the liquor stqrc which will be established here moved by goodlct and hill appointed mayor joseph gib bons os assessor pending his re signation as mayor moved by goodlet and mccum- ber following the reading of a letter from the liquor control board con firming mr early s appointment mayor gibbons said that he was 1 e onnlu interested in the question and asked that council appoint an acting mayor for the balance of the meeting reeve armstrong was appointed and the mayor vacated the council chamber while the sub ject of a new assessor was under discussion the reeve said that the mayor was interested in the praltlgnt and that in his opinion the town could hire no more capable man mr gibbons hod given faithful service for a number of years in council and while he was not en titled to compensation for this the fact merited consideration several councillors expressed similar thoughts and p recorded vote found all in favour of the appointment a letter of resignation was then read from the mayor asking that it take effect as of october 3rd tbis date was chosen he said be cause the municipal act states that j the mayors chair becomes vacant after october 1st council may ap point a sitting member to the of fice for the balance of the term and in this way no election would bo caused a further motion was then made by davidson and good- let accepting the resignation not only with regret but with thanks for the faithful service and untir ing efforts of the mayor down throough the yeors a bylow was next passed ippolntlng mr gib bons as assessor commencing oc tober 17th at a yeorly salary of 2200 a further motion appointed mr early assessor until this- date at which time he will become ass istant assessor at his present sal- ory until his duties as liquor ven dor commence gave permission to clarence i phillips to remove a tree from in front of his residence on academy road moved by mccumbcr aci dav idson passed a bylaw outlining the recreational piogram for town and establishing a 7man recreation commission to administer lib af fairs on recommendation of the fin ance committee hired mrs ailecn bradley as assistant to the town clerk on a parttime basis she will receive 12 50 a week working hours to be 1 3c to 5 week days and 0 to 12 saturdays moved by ooodlet and david son mr goodlet in moving this said that up to the present clerk will- son had been paying parttime help himself and that lost year his net salary from the job has been only 1000 there had been much extra work added since mr wlllson took the position and it was only fair that he be given adequate help oir finance committee recom mendation 100 was given to town foteman em hyde for extra time worked on major construction and his services in sewerage and llerworks outside working hours moved by davidson and mc- cumber i mr davidson explained that the finance committee felt that a request or more salary could not be met under this years budget but that mr hyde bad given service above that required and the committee wished to acknowledge this in a concrete way decided that all town officials take their vacations in complete one or two week periods as applicable moved by mccumber and davld son appointed miyor gibbons dep utyreeve goodlet and cr mcnolly am a committee to plan some sult- e recognition for the lome scots bind in honour ot their first place win at the canadian national ex- hbltlon moved by davidson and mccum ber approved a new survey of the orr subdivision which replaced previous survey when mr s w oct requested tw moved by davidson and mccum ber will hold a speclol meeting to dis cuss town financing in view of in creased expenditures which had not been budgotcd forh55mityreevij goodlct suggcsed this isjjjaw of an extra man being cnwloyednat present by the town foreman w hyde said that if meters were allte be installed by the yearend jt would need this extra hem y police chairman davidson read a letter he had sent to commissl6ncr w h stringer outlinlnafttve points which the committee fcltwerc nec essary to ensure proper policing in town these included strict enforce ment of the 2hour parking bylaw elimination of double parking dur ing rush hours on main street pol icing of public gatherings without special requests to the police -pat- rols confined to town limits except in case of emergency and stricter enforcement of the hawkers and pedlars bylaw he read a reply from the commissioner saying that inspector knight would soon visit the committee and reported thot csterdu this meeting had been held and council had been assured that their requests would be met will extend ihc ewer trunk line to service fred harrison s property on the highway is soon as financial irrangements c n be made to take care of it moved by davidson and arm strong asked engineer roberts to speed plans for the pumphouse so that tenders can be called and construe tion work commenced cr herbert explained that due to a serious water shortage the use of hose had to be denied to residents and that the restriction was still in force mayor gibbons said that he un derstood resurfacing work on roads uas to be commenced this week dangerous holes in the sidewalks were reported on draper street and main street north and it was left with cr mcnally to patch the worst spots an offer by s w orr to pay half the cost of a retaining wall in front of his maple avenue property was left with the road committee for consideration council comments by the bstander things got ol to a real old fash ioned delegation beginning at council on tuesday with a beef bout the bovs in blue no hits no runs no cirors a little buck passing though arnott is about to et out of liquid assets and into just plain liquids joe is going nut ol the beef business he ure has had lots of them in his many years of loyal service to the town ind in nis own w iy has pla- eca himself permanently on the eqord as an outstanding mayor ind citizen he deserves to be rec ognized as a good and faithful seivant of the people bet hell make as good an assessor as he did a mayor and the hours will be shorter too joe jack jim art cecil and especially tom made some very kind remarks about joe and they meant every word of it aileen is now a fix ture nice gal pleasing man ner with the customers and a big help to charlie ernie got seme recognition for all those jobs he gets earned it too the blue boys came in for a lot of comment golf roust be quite a popular night sport in our extinct golf course or is it town hall seems to have a holler than thou appearance roof especially poor old councillors took another rap on the financial end again what with so many clever musicians in and around us lorne scots did real noble and should be recognized even if it is going to hurt the budget again art gave some good reasons for saving what water is left a big aze could be bad without a def inite water reserve to heck with the geraniums and aspldestras sid orr changed his mind only a ladles privilege they told me ernie says roads are ready for the pavement in a few days were ready for it the pavement that is but definitely attending the wedding of miss rulb prummond and mr earl glover in barrle on saturday were mr and mrs isaac m bennett of town and mr and mrs d h lind say of acton the bride is a daughter of mrs bennetts niece accepts assessors position announcing his retirement as mayor after a term of thirteen ytrs mayor joseph gibbons his accepted an appointment a- asses sor he will vacate his office on october 3rd and assume his new position on october 17th appoint ment of a new assessor is nit is olated when arn6tt early resigned in order to take a position as ven dor of the new liquor store which is expected to open here about the end of the year prior to his first election as ma or when he ran ikninst the late j b mackenzie mr gibbons had sat in council for hrec years h was absent for two can when he retired in 1144 and wab defeated in the mayoralty race l harold ckuve in 1945 the next year he returned as ward 1 councillor and for the past three ears has held the office of mayor b acclamation lorne scots band win first at ex winning to honours in their class at the canadian national ex hibition last 1 hursduy the lome scots band brought forth r hptttjur to themselves nd the town the turnt scots scored 7 of a pos sible too points port c olborne had 200 and woodstock 242 to add to the laurels two band mem bers won gold medals joe wilcox for cornet solo and fred let t for i uphonium solo members of the band who played under the leadership of bandmas- fci alf perrott were conn t cli ulcs 1 indsloroukh acton slan fay milton vic artci hi imp- ton joe wilcox jat k armsti onn jim golden doutfla peck trom bone ra ariuw acton harvey c uthbert brimpton bruce mcker milton ken allen acton william rinslic ian emshe alio george smith acton norman marchincnt h ti old wheeler ernie froraravc joseph carter sax iphone nor- n m hfrbtit cyril brandford i uphoujum krod lecce bramp ton c urk wnecler jim burns i i harold cuthbert bramp ton arthur herbert kenneth mc- dnnild clarinet nino braida acton uoy king franjc carter ii i vt j kim enu i y thompson nk kiddall drums arnold c uthbert brampton ed peters saturdays the day or glen williams fair plaks almost completed for big fairnext week hots show promises jto highlight 103rd annual georgsr town fair hall exhibit expected to be top robinson and guthrie baby show combined thk the e- the weather week mr editor we hnvc certainly had a of srand exhibition weather now that we ore into september i looked up the first frost dates for the past six years and they are as follows 1040 oct 3 1047 sept 20 1d46 sept 3 1b45 sept 18 1044 sept 21 1043 sept 12 heres hoping the gardens will icmain intact for some time yet ern batkin dale max mill rain aug 20 79 flo aug 30 77 11 aug 31 74 54 04 sept 1 so 52 01 sept 2 71 41 sept 3 bl 44 sept 4 84 02 10 avlrage 7 m r 28 15 nnv son dk in toronto hospital donald waynl allen baby son of mr and mrs charles allen normandy boulcwud died in tor onto sick ch ldren s hospital yes- tcidaj morning the baby who wis born in guclph on august 27 weighed a little over three pounds it birth and had been kept in an in cubator at the hospital he took turn for the worse on monday and his parents were advised that it would be better to lake him to toronto where better facilities were available for his core a neighbour don barragcr offered use of his car ond a fast trip was made to toronto but efforts of doctors in the city failed to do any good he is survived by hi ind one brother larry parents hit wipton opticians daughter marries recent wedding of local inter i st took place in grace united church brampton when kcltha joce walker daughter of mr and mrs orton t walker became the bi ide of gregor hugh mcconnell on of mr and mrs edward mc connell or loronto lne bride a f ither is a brampton optician who maintains an olflce in georgetown the brides attendants were mis scs llettj mcconnell mary lhcjnc ind mm in firmer and jimmy mcginn nf loiontcj wis grooins- ra in vincent walker of laurel icmsin of the bride and donald m i of toronto wcic ushers miss hdith shct man was soloist the 1 eu i weds will lne in toronto the 103rd annual fair of queslng agricultural society prom ises to be a big highlight for next week end septcmtoir 16th and 17 president john bljjb and bis staff of directors have plans completed for another big fall fair in georgetown pork the park loo is getting the usual facelift ing apd should bo in fine shape for thefilg annual event the directors have injected a new idea into the fair this year and on friday evening the hall will remain open from 8 to 10 o clock for inspection in order that those desiring to nee the exhibits mayhove more time to brows paround a small charge of 23c will be made in order to defray expen ses a booth will also be open on fridoy evening at the hall on saturday afternoon anothar bitt horse show promises to be tlur highlight of the afternoons enter tainment als 1 there will be har ness races and music will be sup plied by the georgetown girls pipe band the livestock exhibit should be better this year due to closing entries to holton county breeders only the halton county poultry fan ciers will hold their usual success ful awn show while ilhet eaton co special for bacon hogs should see many entries in this class the baby show will be bigger nd better than ever this year combined with the guthrie baby show the robinson baby show ox hamilton will be held in addition prizes of m do vouchers will be given in each class as well as m voucher for a free baby photo there will be many other at tractions and specials including the herald special for the oldest person on the grounds and th mcgowan specialty shop special for the youngest child george town bakery is offering 20 loaves of bread for the best loaf of honwv mode bread so get a prize list now and enter at the grounds on friday morning early for the hall exhibit this saturday the ladles of st albans guild in the glen are pre senting their third annual fall fair because the parish hall is being used as a temporary sejteol classroom the fair has been moved this yeor to the lacrosse field and a marquee will be erected to house the exhibits which promise to be more numerous than ever an ex- 1 client prize list is offered in such classes as knitting fancy work fruit pickles flowers vegetables school work and hobbles among the many specials are one by wal ler rlgg for the best collection of flowers grown from plants and seeds purchased from his green house a 2 prize by the george town dairy for grade 2 health pos ter featuring milk and prizes don ated by georgetown merchants for the best decorated bicycle tricycle ond doll carriage in addition to the prizes given in the- baby show by the t eaton co photographer albert simson will take pictures of the winners in the two classes there are prizes for the oldest and youngest rt tending the fair a 10 prize for the winner of a soft- ball tournament and races for this younger children booths and games will also bo on the grounds the fair get underway at 1 30 and a large crowd is expected to attend to support the ladles in their ambitious undertaking mr and mrs edwin whson and bui have returned from a vaca tion spent with her mother in wood stock and in orlllla with his par ents mr and mrs c h wilson t sliovfkr iilli iilrl for former resident mrs allstair burnett formerly ann bowman of toronto was honoured by former neighbours and friends at a miscellaneous shower held by mrs a a mcdon ald queen street on august 26th many lovely gifts were received ind a dainty lunch served the happy occasion brought to gether many old friends who hadnt seen ach other in years they included mrs harold mlchle mrs wilfrid mcdonald mrs harry brown mrs c o english mrs george leslie mrs hazen grah am mrs gertrude laldlaw of burlington and mrs walter tor rance and a greataunt of the bride mrs nellte clark both of burling ton mrs leslie young terra cotta mrs hugh black mrs alex hume town mrs art wilson mrs syd hunt mrs k c lindsay and ruth mrs h barber llmehouse and the bride mother mrs wil liam bowman brenda dawson has returned home after spending two month holidays with her grandmother mrs j eves qt terra cotta recent guests from georgetown at mr and mrs wilfrid hunters valley view cabins at huntsvllle include mr and mrs w sinclair and mr and mrs william korzack- mr and mrs harold wsuon of toronto were week end visitors in town with mrs charles watson and miss uhlan watson farmers leave for west to kelp harvest crops seventeen fanners from the brampton and georgetown district left last week for the west to assist 111 harvesting operations after arrival at the form labour pool in winnipeg they will be assigned to various positions in the prairie piovlnccs they will return homo between october 15th and novem ber 30th cs w nolson manager of hte dstrict unemployment insurance commission office which is located in brampton said that so indivi duals bad applied to make the trip but a quota of only 17 was isked from head office and names wero selected in the order recei ved those making the trip are b n thompson and ivan how ard mornings mills gene and ralph blakely r r 6 brampton jamos speers fred bull and les lie storey caledon fred swltzer r r 1 norval norman doherty e taylor and h doherty r r 1 albion john r glrdhouse rr1 malton w g clark rrs bramp ton russell carr georgetown archie gelbralth rr4 malton frank snell hnneywood and 1111 williams brampton georgetown baptist cbureh rev chai r gower minister 10 a m mastered by or master of circumstances ham sunday school 7pm a fortune wasted 8 pin wednesday prayer meeting and bible study if you have no church home worship with us v local people injured in auto accidents two accidents last week in- olcd local people on thursday mrs john cordaro had a narrow 1 scape from death when she was thrown from c car driven by her husband which was in collision with a truck at the intersection of 7 ind 10 highways near bramp ton in hamilton over the week end a car dri en by jack hamil ton who foimerl worked at scott motor bales was imolved in a col- lis on the corduro accident occurred in the early evening on thursday mr and mrs cordaro were return ing home from a buying trip to toronto where they had purchased dishes and utensils for their new restaurant whih they have open ed in town when turning onto no 7 a truck owned by the mont calm construction company trols pistoles quebec struck the cor daro cor causing extensive dam age mrs cordaro was thrown out rnd it is believed that the truck passed over her while she was ly ing on the pavement but luckily she was not touched by the wheels she was treated for shock and bruises and was able to return home but is still confined to bed- mr cordaro suffered a wrenched arm the truck which was pro ceeding towards brampton from orsngeville was not badly dam aged jack hamilton suffered facial lacerations and possible head in juries in the hamilton accident ivon huffman a passenger in the car had minor face cuts the two boys left town last week to work the tobacce harvest at delhi and intended driving west for the har vest in the prairies georgetown united chart rev john m smith minister sunday school 10 am the sunday school and congre gational picnic is to be held on saturday september 10th at stan- icy park erin cars will leave the church at 1 30 morning worship 11 am the red sea evening worship 7 pjn presenting credentials our ev ening services win be based qn a study of oelatlsns please bring your bibles