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fei aaijj iil v t t wv- ft- 7- ifta w j il fvtsf section georgeto jjrostionr wgywl jfciajiprfc of team- inmu fteafcbjt r danger of metrotanvpporopto tistftt qommon explained hama oppinhanh latter lavwia introduced ldoog sargent to his jnwerh assessment joseph gibbons wha was dinner chairman intro duced au those present mr will- thanked by reeve stan allen for hisspeech the toronto area has expanded faster than any other major dis trict on the north ansericancoo- tinent said mr willson immi grants continue to favour this as a place to live which increases the taboursupply and buying power in tbe district which- in turn makes it that much more de sirable an area for industries to locate he stressed that the commis sion is interested in the toronto economic area rather than artifi cial bonnoarigsrmetropoiitan tj- tsnto heswcl is considered to stretch to ajax in the east and north to aurora brampton and f imcajrejr armstaong jfrokef developments whlcji pa ysjuwmkv loth 1w f pages s v y sivac m m last weekend saw one of the most enthusiastic meetings held of the local progressiveconservative association in many years with an extra large turnout it- was held at the home of the president les lie m clarkdue to the hall which had been rented being unavailable due to a mistake in rental dates the meeting opened with president welcoming all present for braving such a blustery evening to attend it routine busine w dis cussed and various motions made theieadihg topic was the coi ing convention and enough cars were arranged to handle any num ber wishing to go downho milton it was urged that anyone wishing to attend the meeting should con tact the president or an member ofjhe executive who would be hap- georgetown j j pyo arrange transportation his office deals- inshrct cpntv tnemt the number of delegates dence with companies looking for from town is 29 and a list of dele- locations and is just as interested gates and alternates was discussed in dissuading location of a busi- 1 the president mr clark before ness which has factors against it the meeting ended thanked those succeeding as it ts in promoting present for their fine support and those which he feels will best fit loyally during the campaigns in the into the area the commission employs four engineers and its yvarioos jobs include market staj tistics financial studies of cost- of operation in various localities wage rates tariff information and a hundred and one questions which industrialists might ask the four main factors in indus try location are nearness of mar labour supply transporta- facilities and availability of raw material- he said onethird of all canadian buy ing power is within a 100mile radius of the city he said there are a quarter million workers liv ing in this circle find a large number of small companies manu facturing a great variety of pro ducts wage rites are advanta geous too bcihjg slightly below the provincial average he said success of the commissions work hesam is shown by 500 new industries locating in a years he had been head of the group however he felt that- after eight years it was definitely time for a change and that they should think very seriously about a succes sor to head the organisation while he would always support and work for the pc party he felt that a change in the presidency was desir able and also as he had been elec ted first vice president of hal ton county pc association he did not feel he should hold two offices at thesame time j the eke thing he felt most proud lltfck t blue ntont with rewtteredjianj the new united suburban gas sto is art attractive addition main street s the storeisin the rrnodelled premises last occupied by modern meat markel mutward reeve of brpn- elected- halton countys ss7 warden at the first county until meeting yesterday in mil ton mr millward succeeds george town reeve stan allen who held the office last year n it ja the first time that the cbun- freov harrtsont tys newest municipality has been honoured with this high office ckorgetowns 1186t council wis sworninto municipal ffioealaii impressive ceremony monday which- injaoded a religious pov tion cotddrted by rev morgan mctftrlane and rev alfredbar- ker fepesenting georgetown mmisteimfrassociatjuin v town clerk john d kelly ad ministered the oath of office fa mayor jack armstrong reeve stan allen deputyreeve doug sargent and councillors garfield mcguvray harry hale walter gray alfred sykes era hyde and in his inaugural address mayor armstrong said thatcouncil faces of was that in those past years as president with the same ward chairman officers and essentially the same group of workers that the conservative party bad carried each election with a majority in georgetown a motion was made to hold a general meeting shortly after the nomination meeting to discuss fit ing organizational vacancies and 25- to elect new officers for he nfew year period they employ 42000 parts of the community peopli and pay some j million j l dollars in taxes read the herald every week santa parade successful financially raise 600 gas stoves and fcbrlerators are prominently displayed in the interior of the new united suburban store which opened last month on main st s the business off ice is seen at the rear of the picture ray salter chairman public school board ray salter dickjtiddall chairman of the christmas parade and poultry draw reported a profit from this years activity of 61830 on tuesdayrjan 8th at the regular meeting of the georgetown lions held at the mc- tgibbon house directors elected by hospital group ron brighty appears witrtftrmpton players the amount is the largest profit in the history of the club and is a result of the combined efforts of the club members and members of the fire depl who spent many hours helping to arrange for the 25th annual parade don barrager campaign chair- man of the swimming tool fund accepted 5000 from walter gray towa jis the fund representing the proceeds of a christmas cake guess ing contest the cake was donated by vj gray j- the liens will journey to bramp ton monday january 28th for the joint induction of new members at the rrampton golf club which is expected to bring about 17 new members into the organization bill garner of barrie will be in charge of the induction this is also the month for the lions club public speaking contest in which high school students will compete for oration honours two- winnersjrboy and a girl will be choaqho go on to the regional contest next month john elliott is chairman for the contest a committeeincharge of the st patricvssjay dance has been chosen and is headed by chairmair jim turnbull the dance this year is being held on march loth in the- ttose room arrangements artralso there is particular local interest in the appearance of the bramp ton players here next thursday january 24th for a local man ron brighty 28 hewsop crdscept is a member of the cast the brampton group will present a threeact play pink string and sealing wax in knox church audi torium with proceeds earmarkod- for the georgetown hospital fund a light comedymurder drama the cast includes margaret goldthorpe bill and carolyn billings bob wil- lilwasjrtedjrcoteman flo fleury jean aexander and ten ester porduced by bee billings it is directed by robert cairns who has had professional experience as dir ector for grosvenor players mon treal the play is being presented to night and tomorrow at glendale school brampton and has also been produced at brampton train- ing school ladles of the wa r glen united church are planning a series of monthly showers which will pro a o the bei m foraelub ladies nfgntjsnialtor articles lor use in the knights trounce raiders poiitiacs visitors friday meaford knights showing their strongest team of the season gave the local raiders a lesson in hockey last friday night in be the league leading raidersts meaford looked like the best dub to show in georgetown this year the second- lace meaford crew had three new additions from owen sound seniors their lineup with a new goal keeper from sund ridge plus the pick of last years team they are going to be strong contenders for the years senior b championship coming into town on a juir game winning streak it was evidint they were trying to make itfiye altho the checking was very cigsc in the first period both teams managed to get some good shots on the net at 907 bill chard opened the scoring for the locals on a nice pass from jamie cunningham meaford tied the game up five minutes later j mcdonald scoring on passes from ray mccallurrtand charlie mcdon ald both goa t played well in this period tiny tim currie in the raiders netj in particular coming up with som great saves in the second period the heavy rhrcking of the meaford team be- gan to take its toll harry kaxarian bill mccomband e louttell scor ing three straight goals while hem ming the raiders in their own end of the rink when the raiders did the annual meeting of the georgetown hospital association was held in the conference rooms at the municipal building ontglcsworth and thursday january 10th the members of the association met to discuss the friesen report the election for the board of directors was held and directors for 1957 will be john gunn denney charles william kinrade mrs lloyd marks and mrs wil liam hamilton the directors will elect a chairman secretary and treasurer from their group there was an apparent note of enthusiasm and optimism at this wetting after the wednesday meeting which had been held with dr harvey agnew that there would be a hospital in geor getown in the near future possi bly two or three years ray salter was elected chair man of- georgetown public school board for a third- term when members held their first meeting of the year last week the board engaged james costi- get down the ice they were hand- gan 55 john st e as caretaker led easily by the meaford defence for the new harrison school lie i was one of twelve men who had applied for the prwition fred masterman was reappoint ed as the boards representative on north halton higri school dis trict board james f evans ctin- timics as board secretary and p br harrison as treasurer stan finlay is finance chairman rwith cecil mcnamara a member of his committee harry short ill is property chairman with edwin wilson and bob stcwardson com mittee members the board de cided this year to split the duties of the property committee mr shortill will be in charge of chapel st mr wilson of wrig- mr stcwardson of harrison the group with 45 minutes in tje cooler bill chard has looked quite impressive on bis switch from cen tre to right wing incidentally iris first switch in twelve years of ho- bill chard ckey last season in the firsfthir- teen games junior beaumont scor ed 19 goals this year 7 milton pontiacs are hard on coaches with murray- grenke taking over this week- it was their fourth in two season fred xentner had the blades on for a few minutes sun day and should be baclc playing be fore the schedule ends team scoring glem williams monthly showers will stock kitchen to be held sometime next month clarence heslop showed blue print for a citythe company film jlwfeul it jria tytltf thejut- j heslbp wasohe of the guests mat well attended other guests were jerry laym6wlkemerjral- church kitchen at a meeting jatmary 7th au smith of whitby the home of mrs bert bullock v twelve members attendedjind brought a ihutie bread tiay as eilbrst donation tfiey answ iumur sitrfwvra ittipi rev john aaron dilts roclcwopd minister dies minister oj rockwood and stone united chtirches rev john aaron puts 81 died suddenly while enroute to hospital on january 6th he suffered ajieart attack after conducting church service as usual that day born at wellandport he was minister at rockwood at the time of church union from there he moved to part rowan fonthill waterford belleville hamilton and then back to rockwpoa assisting at the funeral service on wednesday was r john formerly of town a close friend pfthe deceas ed for njany years rev morgan mcfarlane chairman of presbytery also attended the funeral iving are his wife a dauglp don thompson heads anglers and hunters the anglers and hunters held their anpdav meeting and elec tion tr officers at their club house hickory falls on thurs day evening january 10th officers for the coming year arc don thompson guclph streets president bill schehk normandy blvd vicepresident bob jcpson arietta street treasurer john koloski academy road secre tary this thursday the members will hold their annual venison dinner at the club house frank fxbud keptncr is in charge of the stew taming the word loyijo l termrs trcv mcintosh dunn- singlno thethraae mm5 ime t swui arnold of belie- offered by mmoto jag yule and george of guelph and loyal true blues party at jackolantern the loyal true blue lodge held their annual christmas party last monday evening nat tho jack jt lantern dining room when1we7ih tytwo enjoyed a steak dinner a social time followed with games and exchange of gifts in the third period ron dixon got one back for the raiders but thus ended their scoring for the even ing with meafords lead cut to a 42 margin they really opened up louttet mcarthur and ray mccal- lum scoring before the period end ed giving the kpights a 72 victory with dots and dashes the raiders in brampton tonight oriihyde lia here friday and a trip to mea ford saturday the raiders have three games in four nights fred lawrence has one of the best goal averages in the league 35 goals in 9 games for a 39 average pete bradkin is the lou fontinald of pen in cms gls a p m bud varey 13 7 11 18 13 frank ptashnik 12 6 12 18 28 ron dixon j3 7 8 15 23 b inglis 13 7 8 15 8 j beaumont 13 7 5 12 6 j cunningham nr o 8 10 4 bill chard 10 3 6 9 0 dave irons 11 4 4 8 14 lou fawcctj 11 2 6 8 2 bud haines 10 4 3 7 0 j inglis 11 3 2 5 30 george grasby 13 3 2 5 18 nick ferri 5 3 1 4 4 art white 6 2 z 4 10 f kentner 6 1 3 4 19 pete bradkin 12 1 1 2 45 paul barber 3 0 1 1 4 junior raiders scoring taaders as of jan 11th pen in cms gls a p m charlton 11 10 21 4 harrison 9 9 10 19 8 d richardson 8 7 11 18 8 thompson 9 8 8 16 m beckett 9 8 8 14 10 k richardson 5 7 6 13 26 pomeroy 9 3 7 10 6 hart v 9 6 3 s 18 cunningham 5 3 5 8 7 hyde 9 2 4 6 14 dance 6 2 3 5 24 dobbie 9 0 w 4 35 hutier 4 2 3 0 auger l 6 1 2 3 0 black 5 0 3 3 2 tucker 6 1 1 2 4 king 6 0 1 1 37 jbffleol periotl thfar seari economic icendltionspj agio restrictions nadng it predict what bnsinew m as present c it eertidn aat lomw expenditures must be kepimt mininwm he said abd w operate with the strictest i capital work most be necessary before we can w it and we must also keep a shari eye on current- expenditnrev it is the mayors opinion thai taxes have reached a mnrtf point and that only in sessment will leadto forther pni lie works projects he hoped that increased aid in costs of education will come this year from eithef the or provincial governments or both pointing out that education takes at least50 of the tax dol lar the mayor expressed the hopq that a beautificatipir parks and public properties could be undertaken this year i senior councillor garfield me- ghvray replied briefly to the mayors address saying he knew council would act in accord with his suggestions mayor armstrong was host af terwards lo council and civic of ficials at dinner at the mcgibbon house where william wilson gen- vz eral manager of metropolitan to ronto industrial commission plained the work of this ation georgetown became ber recently three are candidates conservative party county prog wilt meet in milton fri to choose a successor to the lite sybil ben- nett qq mp to lead the party in the next federal election three meq all residents of tte northern part of the county nave v announced their candidature a they are sandy best george- town rev g lockhart royal nor- val and mac sprowl acton mr best of the university ot toronto dept of botany operates greenock farm near stewarttpwn where he isa commercial lily grow er he is secretary of the county conservative association mr royal minister of the pres byterian churches at norval apd union for several years was this year elected a member of esques- ing school area board he is past secretaryof the masonic district ss and a member of the canadian leg ion mr sprowl an acton district far- mcr has been prominent in the young conservative organization as well as heading the county jun ior farmorsand taking an active part in other farm groups office supply firm locates on mill st georgetown office supplies op erated by two young georgetown businessmen have moved their place of business from 1 elgin street to 7 mill street in the muckart building this is the first business of its jcind in geor getown and district where office furniture and office supplies have been sold exclusively 1 the store is stocking airge variety of supplies many of which are available locally for the first time r community swi f donattonsr previously acknowledge 3918020 fairvipw inn jar of coppers on tc 948 verdun rebekahlodge 3rd 5000- f smith 4th 600 mn walter gray christmas cake guessing contest fibott 1955yajjilding permits totalled 1660000 whilexeorgetown bujldingregl stored a sharp drop iar 1956 over thb 1955 peak year there was still a healthy total of 1660000 in value of building permits issued the figure was somewhat less than half the 1955 total which set an alltime georgetown building record almost four million dol lars locally there was a lotat of 85300 issued in october major it ems included a 20000 mccoll- frontenac service station being con structed at the rexwayhlghway corner a 15000 office building almost completed by w f hontar read estate at normandy blvd and the highway and five houses ft m powers 37 byron st slfltioo imposition of credit restrictions halton apartments ltjj two by tho government last fall had a 10000 houses and jack sunnucks 10000 for remodelling jthe noticeable effect locally asit did 10 riverdrive 5000v mlscellan- elsewhere in canada but the drop eous items of remodelling garages in georgetown was not so sharp asjanif repairs totalled 8300 andjik in nejhbouring muriicipalitles georgetown dairy building main street which has been pi ased by he christian refoi eluded a house addition by frodtl church jp be used as a church acton for instance saw permit masterman 63 charles st a house value shrink from three quarters lasvvyear less than dne ibaxte te klngst milton iarett wmewhat better kettttft 8 ptum chafiead wel- with 008000 in permits coinparcd iter rem a nuulon and addition by phil pridham 58 john in 1059 1o 2800 btsand l erected by a m than- dne baxte te klngstg toihewhat betf tt 8 prsfc a permits conipared uerilojprine with ubobdoo the l gunnts maple i halton apts took another permit for a 10000 house d meades tor onto for a ul800 house wuujun carey 8 academyy roadv 6000 an iga s wa a 2000 and 1869 in miscellaneous renoyatlng december traditionally a slack month in the building trade bad only peamits to the value of 10j53 issued the only major one being ding fit larsen took ouulj for a 000- hoose 3tn toronto 1000 foj renjod t an mttcellaneous