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iiaim al ni 1 imtffdq s iraq trip for y rtikiv r- esi le fs atnn needs trill toaerlirlfjoto an balance brigade v snthttsiasm is high after an inl- lal meeting friday n a four man committee of volunteers was named by those present ralph e haves us prince charles drive is chairman with members harrison wood john elliott and john hen- ley ten vohmteess at fridays meet- u5f tsavflnc been supplemented with 31 according to mr wood who acted as spokesman in outlin ing progress at mondays council meeting some so per cent of these men have first aid training it was reported at the meeting friday several poyfprto solutions to operating and ambulanceservice were fully dis cussed these included a police- eperated system which did not find much favour with those present operating uuhn the fire depart- ment in which fire chief jack har low coul give n opihhhhaslt had not been discussed with firemen a subsidised private operator and a townowned vehicle manned by mr woods srthata he is- corf- john service can fjswsfe niwis-insoftb- mlj united church increases missions by 550 ftdetf ted out economies- which could be made and the fact that any revenue accruing would be turned over to the town treasury it would be another faculty draw residents and industry georgetewn- opined v urging caution in approaching the question or alfred sykes ask ed if there is provision in the muhv icipal act either to establish a mrav icipal service or to subsidise a pri- vate operator without a vote of ratepayers the need for ambulance service is not quite so dire as pictured on the front page said mr sykes td venture tb sly that tdflit tast 80 per cent of calls there is no rush within an hour or soand no one has died here jet because he couldnt get to ahospital at the same time mr sykes said he would welcome the st john or ganisation to town and would do everything possible to help get it established mayor armstrong reported that harold mcclure has promised to continue ambulance service until the town finds a solution and ex pressed his pleasure at seeing so sad from london to the east and many men interested in the project- wttt spend some time in london the annual meeting of st john united church was held on monday evening at 30 pjn be ginning with a deuctaus supper prepared by themembers of the wjl and served by the wa ma- aasted by members of the young peoples union adlowing the of appreciation the ladies for tike norman laird of wiwgr iwapki nlon conducted a levotkmal period a time of riv in memory of departed taken in death was obs and concluded by a prayer by the m tom trouten sang -r- blind ploughman and tommy lad a delightful part of the even ing was seeing on the screen pic tures of important occasions in the church year acting as secretary for the evening was cecil mcnamara mr mefarlane chaired the meeting after the minutes had been- ap proved the printed annual state ment for 1956 was circulated and pointed to high lights in the churchs financial year the giv ing to missions was up over the previous year by 55500 receipts for current expenses showed a marked increase also the an- nual statement as printed approved by the meeting ernie forgrave the sunday sch su was called wneiflospek about the work of the sunday school he gave high lights of the- years activities and praised the faithful and able lea dership in the school the sun- day school including cradle roll now has an enrollment of 520 members jthie report of the nominating committee was approved the following p were elected to the church session dr o m brewster cecil ford bruce wil liamson ernest alcott fred boss john van winssen kelvin brown reelected to the committee of stewards stuart young tom trouten vernon mccumber mar vin cook new members added to the cprhmittee of stewards dave hastings trevor williams richard hsgaoi william- fleming earilince cecil davidson gor don hallitt new members added to the trustee board are messrs claude kentner james evans hector bird graham farnell mr mcfarlang expressed the appreciation of the church for the able leadership that had been given throughout the year by leaders of organisations mem bera of organisations and commit tees board and spe ippoln ed officials of the church ater madaren moved a motion of ap- predation to rev and mrs mc- faxianefbtrtfie readership that they had given to the e with mr forgrave taking the ifflfpawi iacimm bounict foe wpi this is an ytpi of what peo ple will do when they are dedica ted to a certain service said reeve allen who said there would he the same type of enthusiasm among st john members aa there is in the fire brigade or fred harrison sam there js of their worth britain a aeeond meeting is slated for wjigglcswartfc school jadj sodol and personal mr and mrs jack horan and blair hamilton were sunday guests with mr and mrs j r mr and mrs gerry moody of toronto were weekend visitors in town with mrsr moodys par ents mr and mrs james dobbie 10 young street sunday evening- guests with rev and mrs kenneth richard son 60 guelph st were rev and mrs g g russell tilbury mr russell is secretary of the general board of religious education of the- anglican church russ kelly pro at north hal- ton golf club with his wife and sons john and bui is leaving saturday for a threeweek motor trip south they will be staying at hollywood florida mrs avgrm brayns formerly fcyklk do vriks his last journey abroad took him for an 8month stay in pakistan is again mr acardri e canutbtifc 56 a retired volted died in tlrenuui following a mo- inthe village was a passenger in his wife which was in collision with a halfpton truck thecar smashea into atree and knocked ddwii a hydro pole cutting p in the village for three hours v mrs camfbell who is the for mer margawit black daughter of mri hugh black 28 church street h in hospital with serious injuries trapped ta taewreckage for almost hwmvah p by citizens used crowbars to force tbe- spencer wslsiw noyaf district farmer ras for a sec ond term as preddeht of thebs- queslng agsicultural society be ter as georgetown fall fair board the annual meethtg was held in es community hall on saturday evening january 26th with the best attendance yet for the yearly affair after a few brief opening re marks chairman wilson called on the directors to give reports on the various classes at the fair while the over all picture showed exhibits somewhat smaller in 1856 the quality was outstanding and went a long way toward mak ing a successful fair the treasurers report showed gate receipts totalling 133x63 and grants from the province county town and township to talling 1182400l 6ther donation he wilt travel by plane to new york thence to london england on the return trip where results of thea survey vu be compiled jfrelyn on saturday his parents were hosts at their farm home at a party for neighbouring friends college acquaintances and a num ber of company officials- a to ronto man bui baker is panying ike on the trip michael were not seriously hurtt mr cantnfed was buried at ma ple on saturday following a funer al service vnday evening in a belleville funeral home a graduate of mcmaster univer sity and native of campbells cross he had held ministerial posts at plaiafieu end in quebec northern ontario and the states surviving are ids wife and three children and sandra an only brother diedhast year differing dninions were ojn a number of erthaius on question of monday w stire ben pi petitinnwaa iabv tgjcuiku vmopdayaaknig to enuorservew hours jfbr qtorgotbwn food stores pat vance ncting for nine of the eleven food merchants who signed the petition exut that it is their wish to close mon days and open all day thursdays this would replace the present thursday half holiday mr vance explained that ori ginally it was plannedto canvass all merchants but reception among other trades had been only lukewarm and the food men decided to petition on their own they had ascertained that it is in order to set hours for this cer tain class of business he said twisted metal truck driver hed- leyshort and two passengers itf the carmrs joan maybee andther sonto tl neiglibourhood of s765j0o total prize money paid balumamjp of s3 charles street has moved- rhockey with the team from the from wetasuwih alberta to sioux narval school chapel street being taken- fads south dakota mrs bruyns has made her home with dr and mr ale bruyns since her hus- banaraeath mr and mrs don barrager 18 main st s were in ottawa last week whererthey attended a con vention of the canadian research institute of launderers and dry cleaners they stayed at the chateau laurier and n highlight of their visit was atrip to parts of the national research council herbert ford was a recent weekend visitor withjhis parents mr and mrs cecil ford of vic toria crescent he has been em ployed at bolton for the past month and has returned to his employmen the recent visi tors with the fords also included mrs fords niece and her hus band mrr- and mrs ralph craw ford of boltauv and on sunday dr and mrs o m brewster and family and mrs brewsters mo ther of shelley st completely negligible the first call 4 blase at the glen williams home of ernest kittson originated when sparks from faulty wiring ig nited a portion of an unused attic another glen williams resident charlie gibbs held the flames un der control with a garden hose un til the firemen arrived smoke was still belching out of the top storey when the township truck pulled up in front of the house but mr gibbs action left the brigade only clean up duties to take care of the sunday call was soother chimney fire this time at the home of george graham r r 1 geor getown the flames which broke out in the overheated pipes at ab out 10 oclock at night were quick ly doused by georgetown f before any damage could be done chapel street winners norval hockey game last thursday after school cha pel street school played a game of tile winners with a score of 51 goal getters for chapel were bobby korsack with two keith wood pe ter townend and wayne hutchin son with one each the boys were pleased to hear their score announ ced over the hamilton tv station on the early evening sportscast society auxiliary mission band sunday school and the womens association totalled 41x7840 two projects were completed in the past year and many new problems were discussed the old furnace in the manse had been replaced and new coloured glass windows were put in the church and will be dedicated at a special service upon completion of the two memorial windows mr r warne acted as secre tary for the meeting and mr neelon as chairman opened the meeting by reading the 13th chapter of 1st corinthians known as the love chapter officers elected for the coming year were as follows secretary mr r warne treasurer mr f j shortill trustees appointed for 3 years messrs f w shortill r mcenery claernce snow elders messrs a mckay s lindsay r warne f w shortill j p kirk- wood stewards- messrs t gibson n sinclair g sinclair e mc- enery parsonage committee messrs t gibson e meenery archie lawr organist miss lillian shortill assistant mrs j blacky choir leader mrs n sinclair auditors mr floyd shortill and mr john black anniversary com mittee mrs t gibson and mrs it mcbnery and along with other miscellan eous erpenses left a balance of over 200 on the years operation mrs frank chisholm and mr roy currie of milton district no 5 directors were present at the meeting and lir currie acted as chairman for the election of ofb- t r were a follows ho presidents stan hall mjj and mayor john t armstrong honorary directors mrs herb cleave frank fetch herb- cleave keh mcmillan craig reid t h price w g marshall and w c cunningham presidentspencer wilson 1st vicepresident wilfrid bird nd vicepresident robert 4txwerwinsenw wi cle directors john bird mac alex- frank wilson t j brown- ridge james fisher spencer wil son oliver hunter graydon ches ter garfield mcgllvray nels robinson vera archer jen coxe will seek bylaw reedl nexl knox presbytef ian has successful church year the 96th annual congregational meeting was held in knox pres- out f or the 1858 fair was 323865 byterian church hall on monday when a tasty dinner was served by the ladies to150 attendants rev alex calder was appointed chairman for the meeting which followed and jim ritchie secre tary reports given by secretaries of the various church organisations indicated a very fine year in giv ing the treasurers report w g marshall noted that the surplus was the largest in the history of the church the stewardship and budget re port was given by budget treasur er jim ritchie fs000 wasgrven to the general workof the pres byterian church in canada and overseas and other aspects of the work of the church day merri av behalf of grand goldhams saunders n wirt kays ooly said mf yanee are giranpa sam meltser ton brothers said nqt oppose a that be felt it request by all would be bad for store feels a tnnrsday and open night mightbe geousi- 0f closing monday is business why not close the first four days of the allan norton who fears a monday might be just shopping day out of town jamon go continued on page 3 farm hews t a bund corner collision involves two vehicles an accidentatihe intersection the t lin and no 27 side- as martin corners re suited in 200 damageto can driv en by lloyd jessup of georgetown and gord flicker norval late sjun- church day afteiiliban r- r wellhaiv jur fricker vwao u travelungtsouth on tne tenth lne nor llrjessup westbound on lb ijmf li h fihl ert app tot rj2aitejitanmmnir make plans for seed display day j e w owing to the shortage of seed grain in halton the officers and directors of the halton soil and crop improvement association have decided hot to attempt the usual seed fair in 1957 however we understand from maurice c beaty president of the associa tion that in place of the competi tive seed fair that- a seed dis play day will be held in the agricultural hall at the milton fair grounds on saturday march 23rd this will provide an opportuni ty for those with seed for sale to have it on display and thereby contact prospective buyers only lots which are backed by govern ment grade which includes germination test will be allowed on display this means that those who have seed grain for sale should get their samples away at once to the plant product ion service 86 collier st toron to each spring sees a rush at the seed testing lab with the result that those who wait until march rarely if ever get a report i back in time for the county seed day outstanding programme the junior farmers will have their usual programme of inter- club educational displays and a seed judging competition in the morning in the afternoon ar rangements are being rnade to secure two of ontarios top agri cultural speakers one of these is to be professor n j thomas of thesoils dept at the oac thooo mile tour sell hepburn alex jkeadry bob burke and august spttxer new memerbs elected are a e taylor sam reid howard graff dennis brossnand andrew murray other board members continuing in of- fice are john mcanre richard f g packer harry deyereaux elmer hill james linton bob lane manley densmore george coul- ing and frank brown mr mar shall was reappointed treasurer alex hume herb cleave and win t cromar were elected trus tees mr and mrs dennis brown stewards gerry mccraeand sam mackenzie auditors and jim ritchie budget treasurer total amount given for all pur poses during the year was 27000 it was noted with pleasure that against a changer in ing out that business tyw oo f trade mr goodlet said he think the food men have enough consideration to petition and suggested merchants attend a meeting a majority decision could hen mr vance replied that eat first day a general petition been circulated there been 4 signers put of 40 i ed and this had censed the eision tooapproach food aaem xuradver thursday morning and our doors at noon that bob caldwed stating the i food by jack sirterx rho said h days uv for te a every dlali m town town said jim buck and of town- thursday mr goodlet disputed the terg inn signature en tie tion and saia the signer legal right to sign for the tm in favour of satisfying majority when the law allows and in this case it does mayor armstrong but he out that the petition did not full wording of the desired law amendment he that the petition fay include allowances for closing christnuw hours etc mr vance agreed to have a many new people in the congre- gation were present at the meet- 1 petition drawn up for ing- tion at a future council raiders take split ptashnik is injured professor thomas recently re turned from attending anjjnter- national grassland conference in new zealand mr thomas dwvthe nets for the raiders ing his ten weeks tour touched australia new zealand italy and great jbriluuuj an usoated a4 last week the raiders played a home and home series with oak- ville and got an even split last wednesday in oakville the raiders came up with a very impressive 83 victory when they returned home on friday oakville turned the tables beating them 21 it was the last league game of the season with oakville and gave them a 3 to 1 edge in games the game in oakville was a very wide open affair the raiders scor ing four times in the first period with only one reply from the oaks in the second period blake inglis picked up the only two goals of the period to give the raiders a 61 ad vantage going into the last frame the two clubs broke even in thfc last period bothheams notching a pair blake inglis was the big gun for georgetown with his three goal hat trick the other five goals were spread around bud haines bud varey dave irons and frank ptash- nik scoring in the istperiod blake inglis then scored three in a row bui chard picking up the final tal visfsfssst al rennlck blasted ah threeoals for oakviue pastfred lawrence who again placed a great game in in contrast to wednesday game the game in town friday night was jufery jdmeothecldiikr afjtf akvule team managing to eke out coupled with hut practical dovto ulctdry the game itself waqfr to j awn farm knowledge would of secondary imporiance as the ral- be a hjgwlght at anyagricultural jttvj tlirthaayl dark- lost t ptainnlk fpravnw the sidelines it leaves short handed it raiders are having me same i luck as last year e in the game itself oakville the jump on the raiders jack idson scoring for oakville at 1556 mark the second period i two minutes old when george by tied up the game with from tommy fyle and ptashnsfc the third period al rennirk gefct clincher for oakville on i effort he beat the two totvndeiehcemen easily then i ped it past lawrence at 15 the raiders tried hard fcj next 5 minutes but could hardy in the oakville net played acensational game lawrence at the other end equally brilliant georgetown 1 ed up two foolish misconduct i idties in the third period which i tainly did not help any friday night in town the ford knights make their last pearance of the season tab should be a rough and tough i so lefs getputjuid seeiftf 1 ders can tumble the the league ehnira oha stt b oroupc 6 xo e o til bramptou 16 rajo mi m