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thegeorgctown herald wednesday oct 12th 1949 fhe georgetown herald x pervlng the communities of twokgktown own williams noevai uiuhoosk bornby btswattown ashgmove bauunfad j tekka ootta latijptlon rate 2jk a year single copies 6e web advertising ratei quoted on application walter c biehn publisher and editor mary h blehn asiodste editor oartleld l meouway staff leslie m c3ark doug oalhwell r corey herringtoa jr the herald la printed each wednesday afternoon at the office dtt main street georgetown authorized as second class mtffl post office dent ottawa 1 members of the canadian weekly newspapers associations and the ontario quebec division of the cwjja the editors corner halt its the law at time of writing bn tuesday morning we are still not too sure whether the balance of this weeks paper may not be written from a comfortable roonf in the york county jail which would have certain ad vantages for the tuesday after a holiday is always a bit hectic around a newspaper office and we might be able to turn out a much more interestinpt newspaper the crisis has been caused overa matter of six dollars which the toronto police department claim one wal ter charles biehn has not remitted for a speeding of fence last june the said wjcb in turn has a letter from the ontario motor league which slates that the case was withdrawn in view of the explanation offer- 1 ed at the time up to the present our only experience with those ominous blue papers headed warrant of commitment upon a conviction imposing a penalty in the first in stance has been with printing and proof reading the form which is used in halton county and its amazing how different the type appears when one looks at it objectively after its delivery by constable jack shef field looking much sterner thnrr he has on pre ious visits to this office first of all we are struck by the time allowance given by the toronto police to an offender the letter was mailed from their office on october 7th and the warrant advises that if the fine lr not paid by october 3rd the defaulter shall be impris oned and kept at hard labour for five days minus four days to pay up or ese hard jabour ughhhl good thing we spent the last two days raking leaves from those prolific queen street trees or we could never stand the gaff our last spell on record with hard labour was on the latrine brigade at the horse palace not counting of course the times we helped move the lions club piano so if the editor is missing from his accustomed pot in the office for the next few days derrt think he is off to jasper again to renew acquaintances with the bears hell be one of those dollar a day men down at the don or wherever it is that they keep characters who drive 42 miles an hour along the lakeshore and get caught j1re prevention week this week has been proclaimed as national fire prevention week and citizens are asked to look over their premises with a view to cleaning up any condi tions which might constitute a fire hazard this is doubly important at the present time when town water supplies are at a low ebb and a serious fire could be a major catastrophe in town fire chief harry savings tells us that he often notices during a fire inspection check that merchants on main street are careless about accumulating rubbish at the rear of their business pre mises it is realized that this is usually thoughtlessness combined with lack of time and merchants are particu larly urged this week to check on this and make sure that they are not offenders by a recent enactment the province will be pay ing 25 per cent of the fire costs of municipalities and we can expect in the future a close check from queens park on the efficiency of local brigades and fire condi tions in municipalities we can all help our local brig ades to be one of the tops in the province by doing our hare to eliminate any fire hazards before furnaces are lighted for the winter make sure they have a good cleanout as many of the minor fires in town have been caused by defective heating systems the use of un approved cheap oil burners is another dangerous prac tice as in the burning of 1 leaves and rubbish without supervision or on windy days georgetown has been fortunate in having low fire losses for many years lets keep it that way by con tinued vigilance pot pourr1 adding to the seasonal oddities in the herald window last week was a branch of raspberries from the garden of mrs john r scott emery street an addition being completed at the mcnally lane com pany plant near the railway station will give more floor pace to this growing local contracting firm the lome scots band is planning a giant concert in the roxy for the last sunday in the month the band ha had a tough job of financing for these past few years and will make this the first of a aeriesvof concerts to ri money for band purposes last week seemed to be our week for errors in the esques- ing council notes we said that licences for the deer hunt this fall wbuld be sold 80 per cent to town ship residents and 20 per cent to other county residents this should have read 20 per cent to residents of the awwkjp within ths township in copying an item from the milton paper we also erred in saying that seymour english who was awarded a dominionprov incial students aid bursary is attending the university of toronto seymour is in fifth form at milton high school this year entertained a fellow publisher and his wife mr and mrs tommy lee and family of inger soli on thanksgiving day and enjoved a dayof shop talk with the former star reporter who is doing a good job of producing a bright weekly in that town mrs lee is n sister of harold wilson who made headline news by driving a speedboat faster tjran eser before at plcton recently calvin marshall who came to town a few months ago to workin brills department store has moved down- the street to steamers inn a perfect 29cnbbage hand was recorded by mr james crabtree while playing a game on ttianksglving day with his soninuw e m brownlee of valley fieidqflebec a vifitor in town lastveek said he wishsd thatcentrui mortgage housing wolild do sonje painting at the wartime houses on the highway the original paint job is peeling off and the houses are losing their origi nal trrm appearance jsnt it wonderful to have smooth roads to drive over in georgetown after many rtfonths of bumps council member are looking happj too for they have borne the brunt of much unwarran ted criticism when it was necessary to wait for the sew erage excavations to settle before anything could be done a sample of what would have happened to the road repairs had they been tackled earlier can be seen on lower main street where a portion of the new pav ing collapsed it will have to wait till next spring be fore n permanent surface can be laid georgetown is not alone in its water shortage walkeiton was in the news last week when rationing had to be put in eftect to conserve dwindling supplies greater tor onto is bicommg greater and grcau r according to a former local man rilcv brethour who is now selling real est ile for a i oronto firm i arge nt v developments are opening up outside the lity limits and he is only one of lumdr db of salesmen who are dealing in the new houss for whirli then si ms to he a ceaseless de mand page o directory dk j burns wou 1 xray dental surgeon georgetown phone so li utlmhimltl dr clifford reid t d djo s uknxiht phone 410 main stseet open evenings ceorgtowta elmer ci thompson insurance svick fire auto windstorm o p railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone hbw or j georgetown h- leroy dale kg m sybil bennett kc mill street barristers and solicitors georgetown phone 10 i langdon and aylswortb i barristers and solicitors ft notaries public kenneth m iandon georgetown ubt mohtoage money to loan nielsen xlss ctnropfectf dnulew tberastat su year of praeues lady attendant v laon ues syi 34s pja wed sat a and 80 p ovlsr dominion store georgetown phone 1b0w o leverarirhoskin chartered aeeonntaala successors to jenkins and hardy 1805 metropolitan bid 44 victoria street toronto el 9131 orrices iu bldg mill st v theatre phone 88w apple dam saturday is boy scout apple day georgetown consult j a willougbby a son for complete reac estate service bead office toronto 1s8 yonge st ad 0805 city and ceantry tsantes farms and tfsomu acreages industrial and bnslnees properties tom hewson is your local representative piione 332w f jack says even with our high standard of liv ing and our medical advances the death rate is still one per person i jack armstrong representing the mutual lifeof canada georgetown frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 3di georgetown p o box 413 attention farmers we are paying the highest prevailing prices for dead or crippled farm animals horses cattle hogs telephone collect for immediate service gordon young limited toronto adelaide 3636 guelph 3334 monuments domestic and fareign granites best sandblast equipment for cemetery lettering oransevule monument works orangeville ont dr c w ssyers dvm veterinarian gaelsdi street opposite armstrongs garage phone 11 ft schultz electrical construction industrial commercial and domestic wiring distributors for renfrew machine products cream separators milking machines scales wood and coal ranges fred schultz phone 531w ms general haulage sand gravel fill cement blocks cement charles hancock phone 115r7 itai furnace work and eavestroughing good worknunship at reasonable prices don houston phone 547w geo radio repairing we specialize in this work 16 years experience j sanford son phone georgetown 34w monuments pollock i campbell 83 water st north o a l t designs on request phone ana inspect e work in greenwooa cemetery fjre teaches a tragic lesson this is fire prevention week fire prevention is everybodys job walter t evans company insurance agents georgetown kitchener upholstering now is the time to have your chesterfield suite reuphol stered completely rebuilt for as low as 8900 rap one week service phone 643 georgetown mcnally lane co ltd contracting lumber building supplies shingles walmoard plywood siding cement gyproc lath tile and hardwood flooring elgin street o v i