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sl- g raiders host tool corporation wn will have a iwvfac- in operation early in april sykes fool corporation canadian subsidiary of a large british firm has purchased a partially completed rac- tory built by delrex developments which wilt house a manufacturing and sales organization for gear producing mach ines and tools the property on the- south side of no 7 highway in the eastern section of- georgetown com prises 54 acres adjoining the new ba service station negotiations for the purchase have been going on for several weeks last week lord trefgarne chairman of the british firm of w e sykes ltd whose factory is in staines middlesex was in town to discuss final details with rex reslop yesterday john t golby managing director of the overseas firm and vice president of sykes tool and broughton parker general manager were here to direct planning for completion of the building program the company came to canada in 1951 and exhibited at the trade fair in toronto each year ascertaining a demand for their product in this way production has outgrown capacity of a plant established in montreal and sykes plans to make georgetown its central operation sales offices will be maintained in montreal and toronto we came to georgetown because we believe industry will have to move from concentrated areas said mr golby in an in terview with a herald reporter your town appeals to our firm as one with a great future mr golby said he had been impressed with mr heslop as a man of integrity and vision and that the sykes firm is pleased to be the first to locate in delrex the company will have aninitial staff of 25j 30 rnen all skilled or semiskilled workers the yrotf may fieach 1 50 within a year if present plans materialize several experienced men are expected fjorenglancu and the plant will have a general manager chief engineer chief designer a planning staff and a service and installation staff they will be seeking mechanics machine opera tors and clerical staff locally manufacture will be in gradual steps as the company learns the needs of the canadian market it will be in a position to manu- facture- specialized machines for the domestic and us market will manufacture precision gears and components and act as a sales agency for machines and equipment allied to the gear production industry but not manufactured by the firm in england sykes builds the famous sykes double headed gear generators which take up to 66 diameter manufactures gear nobbing machines gear shaper cutters and other types of toots al lied to gear production it has plants also in paris france- and syd ney australia rs hap enuns and his jfa carrie flyers wil be in town this monday february 18th the occasion for the visit nrill be the raiders in jured flayer benefit game this charles dr is game is an annual affair to raise funds to pay expenses for injured players during the season at the moment the raiders have two play ers out of the jirietap frank ptash- nik with a fractured collarbone and fred kentner with a badly injured knee ralph hawes oflkers unteer chosen at a jb jn stoeor- ges parish hall tjrarsday ralph k hawfula prince ind fred hue captains fooor d gilmer jr and and jim lieutenants ed hall jin stewart stockfish the meetingwaieonocted un der chairmanship vjof reeve stan allen assisted by pr fred harri son who is also- member of the new brigade further offices in the organisation ate held by har rison wood public relations offi cer john elliott st john uason officer and j8hn a henley se cretary a subcommittee has also been set up to write the constitution and bylaws composed of chief hawes mr elliott and mr hen ley what council did what council- did mayor opposed seek tenders for ambulance by a slijm majority after mayor armstrong asked for a recorded vote in order that he could op pose the motion council on moo- he said equipment in the present ambulance would be total loss in a newmachine as it could not be adapted blake inglis hap promises to have his full team on hand including such stars as bill forhan dick cherry and big john chasczcwski who are con sidered future boston bruin sars in a few years charczewsici is one of the best junior defencemen in canada and is expected to make that big jump that few players make from junior to nhl in one season of particular interest to local fans wil be seeing how the raid ers high scoring line of bod varey blake inglis and ron dixon stack up against junior a players this high scoring trio have amassed a total of 78 points this season in- i i ft- day voted to call for tenders f orj- cr ern hyde pointed out that purchase of a new ambulance for the newlyformed ambulance brigade the motion caused a lengthy discussion centering around pres ent tight credit with cr garfield mcgiivray leading a minority fac tion which favours purchasing the ambulance being used at present by the m firm mr mc clurc has offered this to the town for 9000 estimates submitted by reeve stan alien showed that a new ve hicle would cost from 3400 to 4400 depending on what equip ment the town demands and the model which council would choose economy is in our minds very much at present said mr mc giivray as he pointed out that tkttax rate is due for a boost this year and a new purchase would increase it by almost an- other miilr r he was strongly supported by the mayor who said that under normal circumstances he would not be in opposition but that he questioned if a debenture issue would be approved for this and the whole exepnditure would have to come from current taxes he pointed out that uje mcclurc rihachine might well be used as an auxiliary ambulance in- future when and if a new machine is bought georgetown is the first town in ontario to have this service find every eye is on as said or alfred sykes he said coun cil would be severely- criticised if they put an old vehicle on he road and scrapped it ayear later i agree with econ but sav ing a dlinenotojgend a dollar later can rha eeon- wnyr an tteeve a flans opinion the mcclure ambulance has only gone 28000 miles though it is five years old and it has new tires he could only vote for a new machine if the brigade de manded it he said deputy reeve doug sargent though expressing some doubt said he would side with a majori ty decision of the ambulance com mittee which favours a new mac hine cr walter gray who sec onded the motion for tenders in timated he was not 100 sold on the purchase when he said the advertising was not committing council to a definite purchase the vote found the reeve de puty and crs sykes gray and harrison in favourwith the ma yor and crs mcgiivray hyde and hale registering opposition council is arranging with the hydro commission to rent a gar age on cross sl where the am bulance will be housed cr hyde questioned thought of a 300 ex penditure for heating this build ing but as property chairman was put in charge of investigating somftorm of beating to ensure that the ambulance is ready for instant use at all times reeve allen expressed concern that when the system is function ing there will be problems when calls are received from surround ing parts of esquesing township georgetown should hot spend money to provide service to an other municipality he said yet there could be severe criticism- if calls were turned down h would lie best he said to immediately seek some financi arrangement wtth aetownslup bud varey eluding 39 goals they are cur rently running one two three am ong the raiders players in scor ing they are also one of the fast est lines in the senior b group other players who should have no trouble holding their own against the flyers are art white tommy fyles dave irons bill chard and nick ferri who have all played junior a calibre or higher another highlight of the evening is an all st p wee game at7 oclock the georgetown all star 8 and 9 year olds tackle the mil ton all stars frank connely and jack gudgeon are in charge of this game and it should be quite interesting so lets have a good turnout and cheer the raiders and future raiders to victory time of the gamesarc 7 amtuso at us suggestion council wpl be invited raider players scoring gnu gls a pts blake inglis 22 17 13 30 bud varey 27 11 15 26 ron dixon 22 10 13 23 frank ptashnik 16 8 15 23 junior beaumont 21 u m 22 jamie cunningham 19 6 13 19 dave irons 18 9 7 16 bill chard 18 7 7 14 lou fawcett 20 3 10 13 bud haines 15 5 4 9 george grasby 21 5 3 8 pete bradkin 18 3 5 8 nick ferri 13 3 5 8 art white 10 2 5 7 jerry inglis 16 3 3 6 tom fylcs 5 1 4 5 fred kentner 6 1 3 4 murph duggan paul barber 2 1 0 1 5 0 1 1 qldest man dies george hemstreet oldest milton resident died last wednesday in his 104th year he and mrs -hem- street celebrated their 75th wed ding anniversary last year and had lived in their present home for that long for a discussion with a tentative date set of march tilth the press should be invited too so a full account of the dis- baqnesncassioa will be available for the to meet public said cr harrison v town may instal own gas pumps with mayor armstrong express ing opposition council on monday decided to contact a number of oil companies for contract prices on gas and oil which would be used in town vehicles dispensed through townoperated pumps the matter was proposed by crs hyde and harrison with mr hyde offering his opinion that the town could save 1000 to 2000 yearly in tfiis way i dont think any service sta tion operator would object be cause of the saving involved for the town and they will be 100 behind it sajdjir hxfesrake station business is pfsm around on a rotating n basis he said and there will soon be some 18 stations in town which means a dealer will sell to the town only once every eighteen months he said if private business finds it profitable to operate their own pumps i think we should investi gate too said cr mcgiivray cr gray wondered why a large town like brampton does not have the system if it is a good one mayor armstrong said he ob jects to any such idea on several grounds garagemen are taxpayers he said and deserve a share of town business town operated pumps would have mixed blessings he argued for someone responsible would have to be in charge and he could see possibility of adding a town employee to be a garage attendant new uniforms were ordered for the police force a budget of 1000 was accepted and passed for the planning bd a community centre board was established composed of five members of the present board of parks management and two coun cillors new board members are harold mcclurc art scott clar ence king bob lane ivan crab- tree and councillors hyde and gray the board is necessary in order to be eligible for a 5000 govern ment grant on the swimming pool and will be entrusted with operating this town utility which was presented to the town by the swimming pool committee recent ly cr hyde- expressed his feeling that the parks board has enough to do in carrying out plans for arena renovations and favoured naming a board of other people whom he felt could devote more time to the job he was told that the parks board members are agreeable to taking this added utility into their operation rosemary jordan new red cross society locally was completed- at a successful fan meeting on thursday at north halton golf and country club presejntatives of various organ isations were presento hear speech by mrs a c mckenrie a red cross branch officer rev alex calder acted as chairman for the business meeting and thanks was expressed to a faithful group who have kept the charter going during the past few years these including mrs r t paul mrs floria nod- well and mrs j h chamberlain miss rosemary jordan was elecs ted president and other officers are john elliott 1st vice president mrs j h chamberlain 2nd vice president mrs douglas marshall secretary and mrs ernie rawson treasurer one of the first activities of the new executive will be participation in the annual national financial campaign scheduled for march mission roup studies asia at the february meeting of the womans missionary society of sl johns united church roll call was answered by a bible verse on prayer mrs w n brownridge pre sented a challenging devotional mrs a m nielsen had charge of an interesting study on south east asia and was assisted by several ladies a number of ladies signified their willing ness to join the nine oclock pra yer circle what council did reduce sefijepl fflgel s for 7500 wage saving a 7500 sflvihg to the public treasury was effected monday when council lopped three employees from- the payroll as part of a cur- the weather mr editor some of the temperatures in this weeks summary make one think can this be spring dont worry though it will cool off again ern batkin rain 0 08 at home ltcol alex l noble will be at home saturday february the twentythird from two to five and from seven to nine on the occa sion of his ninetieth birthday the elms norval 220 date max- min monday feb 4 34 29 tues feb 5 38 0 wed feb 6 44 1 tjiurs feb 7 38 28 fri feb 8 38 12 sat feb 9 39 16 sun feb 10 38 19 average 38 15 engagements the engagement is announced of kirstin marie leslie to robert harold heaton the marriage will take place on saturday march the sepond at eleven am in sl albans church glen williams what council did consultant now says town needs a hospital dr harvey agnew natmade aki meeting last week at which it teratlons to the hospital report presented to county council last fall reeve stan allen told geor- sitown council at their meeting onday it is not quite what we would like but we realize that dr ag- new had to save face as much as possible said the reeve as he explained that a hospital is now recommended for georgetown the controversial report drew strong criticism locally when it appeared originally the agnew report recommended a hospital extension at oakville new hos pitals in burlington and milton and suspension of any present plans for a georgetown hospital though admitting one might be necessary at some far future date the reeve reported that the county hospital committee had a deddedto aproaetr cil with a proposal to subsidise the various hospitals with a deben ture issue which would raise funds to be reloaned to the towns the county has no debenture debt andt its excellent credit standing should make such an issue pos sible he said a 500000 debenture would be shared on a lbed basis and paid for on an a basis he said oakville would be a loser in one way because they would pay 453 of the issue and re ceive only 368 but urgent need for hospital facilities which that town cannot finance might find oakville in favour he thinks georgetown would pay 686 and receive 147 milton 5 and 116 and burlington 303 and 368 under the plan rent econonv drivel acting ftpf adyiceof the aamin- istratira committee it was decided to dispense with the scry jc of the secretary in the engiheers officer and to reduce the worts staff by twtf a tightening credit situation which has resultetcin reduced buil ding activity in town also led coun cil to have town engineer douglas- wilson reassume the duties of buil ding inspector and dispense with the 500 salary paid to harold campbell mr campbell will con tinue to be employed in the engin- eers office at the same time council shifted clifford hibbert to smew position he will do clerical work in the pol ice office mornings and in the en gineers office afternoons extra caretaking which the enlarged- municipal building entails will be arranged by allowing william nor- ton of the works staff one day off his regular work for this mrs thomas eason was given a pay increase of 750 weekly to make her salary 45 the motion was passed over objections of cr ern hyde who argued that while he agreed that there is justifica tion for the increase he could not vote for it in view of the gneral payroll eul fire chief jack harlow asked authority to send men to two train- ing schools in toronto a 105 bod- get was authorized for this wedding in preston weaving prizewinner fifth straight year mrs ern batkin wildwood has won more fame this year as a weaver at the 5th annual exhibition sponsored by the london district weavers guild she won two first prizes mrs batkin s entries of upholstery for a chair and weav ing done on an inkle look were the best entries hi their class which attracted competitors from all across canada mrs batkin has been i a consis tent winner each year since the competition wasinaugurated she la a member ot the local arst crafts of georafetowqu- i dont want to be quoted as being against dogs its the strays that worry me said ian cass pres ident of valley hill ratepayers complaining that packs of dogs con stitute a menace in the swanek sub division reeve i stan allen agreed with mr cass that hebas nsm otitef complaints that the dps cajtchi not ma otslsystno that he would bring the matter up the next day at county counco we must either enforce the by law or throw it out said the reeve a letter from g tenhagen say ing he is still interested in buying town property on james sl the old wading pool site was answesed that council is not considering sale of this at the presenttime i hope we can assure this man that in future no property will be sold without being advertised said cr fred harrison private sale hasnt gone well with taxpayers in the past mayor armstrong said he agrees that property should be advertised but that council cannot set policy other than for 1957 and can give no assurance that a future council would advertise it is within a councils right to sell to any buyer he said mr and mrs kr addy who were married in st johns angll- n church preston recently are making their home in toronto te brfite shirley wallace is the daughter of mr and mrs john walker wallace preston her husband a university of toronto engineering graduate ti the son of mr and mrs jock addy glen williams funeral service here mrs alexander dobbie a funeral service was conduct ed at the- harold c mcclure fun eral home 34 edith street on friday february th at 2 pm for mrs ellen scott dobbie who died in the hamilton general hospital on wednesday february 6th mrs scott was eighty three year old and had been in ill health for many years never hav- i ing- fully recovered from an at tack of scarlet fever which she iiiffered shortly after fier marri age born the daughjeraf rachel and william scott in ljmehouse she attended schools in the dis trict and lived at hbme until her marriage to alexander dobbie- sixtyfour years ago she was a member of the presbyterian church a few years after her marriage she and mr dobbie mov ed to acton and then to hamilton where they have lived for many years owing to her ill health she was unable to take a very active part in community affairs mrs scott is survived by her husband alexander and one son william j of lakewood ohio she is also survived by a bro ther and sisters mrs robert lane limehouse mrs angus mcdonaldr acton mrs william hall acton mrs edward hill georgetown and joseph scott limehouse she is predeceased b a sister mar garet and a brother john and two brothers who died in rev alex calder eon the service pallbearers percy bill clifford mcbonam james dobwaqor conward dobbteraod bobertlane interment was in tireenwootf cemetery geor ii