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v- pi flmim ak niad last n aawaa o t v t boy use as tte purchase operated lev fwfpenpte using the aftjmrttaee must fc fc a week hfrlvau yote to favour of aaung tenders for neavw nifejtedrsv opened monday before a motion by cra hyde and mcgilvray was tabled suggesting an oiler of 800 to harold mcctare for the amtalance being used by his firm the ambu lance to be painted white and a rotating flasher installed by the abeated debate preceded pass ing of the motion which on a recorded vote found mayor arm- strong pcpmfmcv0 surfat uhi hbl haieandgray favouring jhe idea mr gray and the deputy- reeve reversed their decision of a week ago to carry the motion 63 reeve allen and ore harrison and sykes maintained their- opposition to purchase of a second hand ambulance cr sykes who suggested ten ders be studied by the ambulance committee before any decision was made spoke at some length in favour of a new purchase he said a 1951 vehicle such as the one being bought could be pur chased in toronto for 300 if were starting an ambulance brigade lets give them some thing ty work with not pueof junk he said pointing out that ten drivers would send the am bulance downhill taster than a sleigh on en icy day money is tight he continued but the purchase is false economy this pile of junk is in very good condition remarked cr hyde and its plain to see cr sykes hasnt examined it mr hyde said that if the bri gade can be started for 1000 in stead of 3900 to 4000 it is a sensible way to oroceed ry everyone knows now i feel said cr mcgilvrayi our taxes will be taktoga jump this year end we just cant afford a new ambulance the brigade wants economy as much as anyone at a committee meeting last night a motion was placed on their books that they are satisfied to use the mdure ambulance last weekj three town employees had been laid off in an economy program he continued and coun cil would be ill advised to spend money they dont have to the new fire truck isnt paid for yet he reminded council rxxoted for that motion think ing it was because the town was overstaffed remarked cr harri son i didnt vote to lay off men to save a dollar mayor armstrong explained that while the layoffs had not primarily been to save tax dollars this entered into the decision to some extent there is some work which the townstaff might do which will not be able to be done with a decreased staff he said tm not in favour of using town money to buy a vehicle tilts age continued cr harrison t wouldnt buy it myself a famous man once said give us the took said cr harrison the voluntary service will save the town 7000 and the least council can do is provide them with top equipment i may get criticixedv for chang ing my mind said cr gray but as a member of the finance com- nutteexcantvote jbr a purchase we cant afford mayor armstrong said that he had talked to the town auditor re cently and council is faced with a 1956 deficit and half a million dollars in debentures to be sold a critical financial year is ahead he said and every possible sav ing must be made cr harrison pointed dot that a member of the ambulance brigade is investigating the possibility of having an ambulance donated by one of the breweries at no cost to the town and suggested the pur chase beatelayed until this is- in vestigated further deputy reeve sargent said that be would favnur this ifthe motion were withdrawn but unless it was be would have to support it he pointed oat that if drivers going to depreciate the old am bulance the same would apply to a new vehicle y r a spoke artome lengthrsaying that everyone is be considered tool be jald georgetown has been a tamed down f money to advertise itself as prospero towri to conl end it fa a reversal to teu peppto now that the town cant afford a 3409 ambulance he mentioned a herald editorial last week as be ing pebr advertising also were selling our town down toe river if we dont take this op portunity tosetjsornelgood pub- licity he said the volunteer ser vice will be the first of its kind in canada and he wouldnt wantj to see pictures in the papers of a second hand vehicle cr hyde said- the only thing which would persuade him to withdraw his motion would be getting an ambulance for nothing and that he hoped enquiries would still continue in that direction the reeve has been throwing a lot of figures about he said but what im thinking about are debts from last year that cant be paid at present rather than throwing out our chests about a new ambulance reeve allen said that cr hyde is apparently not familiar with town financing and that it isnt current expenses which cant be paid for but debentured items the vote was taken at this point with cr sykes remarking afterwards that he hopes the am bulance committee will be given more consideration in future than they had at this meeting harrison wood a member of the volunteer group asked if it is legal for council to buy a second hand machine without calling tenders and was told by the ma yor that this is in order ralph hawes brigade chief mentioned that volunteers at 4he sunday meeting had said they would use whatever equipment council saw fit to supply but this should not be meant to indicate they did not favour a new ambul- arrangements are being made to rent the hydro garage on cross street for 10 monthly from the hydro commission and for the present cr hyde suggested that a block beater be used to keep a machine ready for instant service with later discussion on perman ent quarters for equipment row cm w rti john d xatlly georgetown clerk treasurer for the past five years an nounced his resignation from office in a letter to council at their meeting monday stf kelly asked that his resigna tion be effective by march 311 accepting his resignation with regret council took no action on a successor at the meeting onjtin seven tudefs at st john united on sunday seven new elders were ordained to serve on the session of st johns united cnurtfe to elders ordained were dr gym brewster cecil eord bruce williamson erod van a j ai ross k if arnold john van wtossen- kefrto brown and ernie aicott 77v- tne4teum of the church at tended he service of worship in a body rev morgan mcfarlifne spoke on the subject the influ ence ofsa iy stressing the du ties laid upon he session but enipbasizing that the first duty of all eiders as of aq christian lea ders and christians is the keep- tog strong of the christian in fluence of their life and charac ter he spoke of the words of ernmerson who said your ufe speaks so loud i cannot hear what you say mr mcfariane took as his text ads s 1215 talents and gifts are important but the lent of living a holy life fa most important so concluded mr mc fariane charles mcletlan mr forest burial charles a melellan 72 who died at his home 22 charles st february 11th was buried in mount forest cemetery last wed nesday following funeral service at the gardiner funeral home there rev arthur leggett of arthur conducted the service and pallbearers were charles r ian and grant melellan stanley mc pherson john livingstone and mr melellan fanned in the mount forest district until his retirement ten yean ago he and wife had spent several months in town wpth their daughter mrs fred ross 140 guelph st and this year had tak en an apartment on charles st he leaves his wife ella living stone his daughter mrs ross two grandchildren murray and eleanore ross and two sisters mrs james ross and miss annie melellan of toronto halton united presbytery dinner meeting st johns the halton presbytery of the saturday night february 9 was sports night for sl johns church 5000 club several mem bers went skating while others went bowiing for the evening af- talkuigneeonomy but wondering bow many had really considered it cost of a new ambulance would amclunl to some l3 per f- ncaon to jtowr and apjreaij- i a 8year ppod la tsdtoul l olfat d9la9jatf cmt ibjtiv united church met in st johns j skating tsowlino united georgetown on tuesday ror 50s0 club feb 5th at 2 pan rev redvers brown of trafalgar conducted the devotional period after the de votional period rev m g mc- faiiane the chairman of presby tery declared the court open to conduct the business of the cnurch the secretary rev james hummel of freelton read the min utes and presented the agenda for the day new members and cor responding members were im duced mr alex maclaren spoke on be half of st johns church and wel corned the visitors for informa tion the names of ten clergymen were read and their credentials given these men are seektogi transfer into the ministry of the united church of canada their names will be presented at the conferences next summer for ap proval motions of congratulations were extended to the lynwood and we- terdown pastoral charges for their accomplishments in opening beau tiful new church centres f tian education work high points yof the reports glven were 1 dr h asbford secretary of the missionary and maintenance fund for the whole church report ed v the church had already received u07m0 f or 95fi and more was still to be received he also stated that halton presbytery stood second in th w church to percentage increased giving to the fund 2 r was a great pleasure to have dr h and mrs asmord present when their son a gradu ate engineer told of his decision to go back to college and trab for the ministry dr miller at cooksville presented him to mr ttcfariane who with tin consent of presbytery received him as a candidate for the ministry vntimt tb care and sup of hav- ton- presbytery 8 a fine enthusiasm georgetown st kits are bonspiel winners twenty rinks from st cathar ines dundas brampton erin hulsburgh fergus and george town competed for curling hon ours last thursday feb 14th at georgetown arena with the win ners of the 800 oclock draw not being decided until the very last stone a georgetown rink skipped by nels robinson finally copped first place with hutchinson of fergus second and overland of hills- burg third vera archer won the consolation prixe in the final draw the nels bond rink of st catharines was first bessey of georgetown second and ackroyd of brampton third with the consolation going to goldie burt main strbbt crash damagss car truck damage aineunttrui to an esti mated 600 resulted when a car and a truck collided at the cor ner ofmain and church streets at 415pjna last thursday after noon neither driver jun lyons 27 church st or era hyde 24 ewing was injured in the acci dent which knocked the hyde car onto the sidewalk opposite church street narrowly missing a fire hydrant the hyde car received aboit 400 damage while damage to the truck was approximately 200 cst nelson trafford investigated tiree breakins met thieves 100 lit was opeh- house to george town last week u far as ttdeyes were concerned v breistos were at the canadiafa legloi grand union carrellb tjsatbe maple leaf dairy and a total of about 100 taken in both the legion anil the grand union burglaries police could find no visihhv means of entry- since none of the doonr bad been forced indicating that either the buildings had been left open or a key had been used the largest amount of cash was taken from the dairy which was entered early friday morning an estimated 50 22 in bill and the rest in change was taken from the routemens pouches the thieves had to break a door panel to gain entry to the bever age room in the legion where they snatched up a quantity of money and cigarettes totalling ap proximately 50 in value on mon day 24 hours after the grand union breaktor the loss the main street foodstore was minor 40c from one of the tills and 3 cartons of cigarettes cpl james bilsborrow and cst ted scott investigated the weather mr editor maybe the heavy snow shown in this weeks summary looks like a lot but we will have to get a great deal more than that to equal feb ruary of last year when we had snow on 16 days for a total of 22 inches ern batkin date max min snow mon feb 11 28 8- tues feb 12 30 1 2 wed feb 13 40 25 6 thurs feb 14 30 25 fri feb 15 36 25 sat feb 16 35 18 suni feb 17 33 13 average 33 17 8 uronfiiire explains legion ter these strenuous activities they all met at the church hall for a short business meeting after the busi session the members en joyed a good lunch mr and mrs graham farhell mr and mrs del french and mr- and mrs merv cook were the commit tee who planned the evening the georgetown rotary club regular meeting of two weeks ago was held at fairview inn with a number of guests present after the regular business the guest speaker of the evening les clark 3 john s was introduced by jack muckart mr clark head of the can legion in halton and peel counties gave an interesting talk on legion hislory organiza tion and service and welfare work carried on by his organization in canada he was thanked on be half of the club by wheldon ern merson the regular weekly meeting of the georgetown rotary club was held at fairview inn on monday rotarian ralph hawes was ap pointed representative to the red cross society and a film on the coral reefs of australia was shown by ernie pearce a member of the fairbanks rotary club roger vincent was a visitor at the meet ing plans for the april minstrel show are going ahead on schedule steamer ernmerson era hyde ralph ursel and bill carr are lining up one of the best shows in recent lyears v what council did consultants recommend new jt 1s expensive and unfortimlate tinder preae cpmrtinr jgg a b the o tbarbype thing we can recornmend is b abandon r present sewage dis posal plantand tjauda new one to aenve fneold and ntni sections i of georgetown sah a presenting a report to council at jiondays meeting i mjc duttonwas speaking for proctor redfern ft laughlto to ronto consulting engineers who had been engaged- by the town to make a survey of the sewage system i he said the present plant on main st s is running 46 over the capacity for which it was de- signed built to serve 3700 peo ple he said it is being used fey 5300 at present whi capacity could be inc it would hot be economical he continued be cause it would not serve the ulti mate georgetown area and a hew plant would still be neces sary at some future date estimated cost of a new dis posal plant is 583000 a trunk sewer leading from the present location would cost 2474100 to construct making a total expendi ture of 830000 mr dutton said that if dept of health approval could tie obtain ed for a primary treatment plant only there could be a 300000 saving i was under the impression that we had water and sewer faci lities to serve georgetown for years to come said cr fred har rison expressing surprise at the contents of the report asked by cr walter gray how long the present- plant can oper- healqrnatandaeds ft slyaldnybe 6peitiab nrtev y v v y tne credit vlilley cserfsr tton aoihjorityluis used us horriblei example r reeve stan auen referring t the effluent which is dumpeovin tite cfv5sw mr dutton said if thedevelon- ment in delrex area had come in stead on the north edge of the town thepresent plant might have served with an addition j jlowever sewage does not run up hill he said and- a new plant should be located further south to service the whole town of the fu ture the plant is ten years- half para tor engineers at the time it was built told us it would serve a town of- nine or ten thous and people said cr era hyde theres something seriously wrong it is either bad engineer ing misrepresentation or there is some way the present plant tan be used that we cant- see cr harry hale pointed ou tha there is a terrific amount of snr- face infiltration into the system but mr hyde said this would happen with a new system as well he asked if the consultants could estimate cost of adding to the present plant to serve 10000 peo ple mr dutton replied that it would cost 120000 to double its stos and this would provide a 690000 gallon capacity daily still far from serving the town as it will be raiders bounce barrie jnr flyers monday 94 georgetown raiders came up wi th beat display of the sea son on monday night to trouncing the junior a barrie flyers 04 a game that was billed as an ex hibition turned- out to be the best game of the year as both teams turned it on fofabout 800 excited fans the game was a wide open hard hitting affair that saw the locals outscore the flyers in every period the game opened very fast with barrie notching the first counter at 412 on a nice play by norrence their lead was short lived as the iglcn williams birthday parties for glen youno people joanne crawford one year old daughter of mr and mrs charles crawford had her first party on monday afternoon to celebrate her birthday those who helped her celebrate were kevin townsend lorie hyde bruce lewis and her brother kim monday february 11th was the date of bobby bakers seventh birthday he is the son of mr and- mrs bob baker his party guests were margaret and alice neutel dean little tommy hay- ies isabel and aflneke tiesma scnelley williams jackie kem- bead and gertie gills i barbara and bonnie hill had a alentino piu4yensatardayeveip fng the guests were joy haines ante bouskul brenda norton el eanorhill pain and pat armitage hetty sargent joan crawford ka- and nancy korsack and their cousins jack and lynne barclay i i mrs percy saxe has her uncle and aunts mr and mrs j benson of seattle washington visiting s hef at present mr saxe is iy on a business trip to west coast for the oxford tore frame co toronto j jamie cunningham raiders banged in three in a row ron dixon bud varey and junior beaum6dt each getting singles norrence scored his second of the period for the flyers it 1412 on a set up by dick cherry pete brad- kin and smith of barrifi received majors for fighting just before the period ended but the raiders man aged to hang onto their one goal lead in the second period the raiders again outscored the barrie crew this time 3 to 1 junior beaumont and ron dixon each scored their second of the evening coach nick ferri scored the other on a nice play with bill chard setting him up brydson scored the lone flyer tally the third period was the rough- atrlbml icol alex l noble wilt be at home saturday february tna in sight and still found time to pick up two goals chard and dug- gan were the marksmen jamie cunningham nicked up the other goal hall scored the lone barrie goal of the period and the game ended 94 for georgetown it would be unfair to pick any stars of the georgetown team as every player turned to a bang up effort if they keep on playuurs- this type of hockey they should not have any trouble with oakviue in the playoffs incidentally the play offs will start friday march 1st it will be a best out of seven series with oakville the first game on march 1st will be played at the arena of the club that ends on the top to the schedule as it stands now georgetown lead by 1 point but oakville have two games to play while the raiders only have one left the remainder of the play off schedule will be drawn up this weekend and will be in this paper next week the lucky number draw for the 100 bond was won by norm brown main st norm notified the hockey club he in tends to turn over his winnings to charity with part going to the salvation army and part to other deserving organizations elmira meaford 22 georgetown 23 oakville 22 brampton 22 mdlon 22 orillia 22 p w l 23 15 8 13 9 1 10 12 10 11 10 10 12 4 18 t pts 0 30 28 25 24 23 20 8 limchousr church wa has bake sale euchre the wa held a very successful sale of home made baking and a euchre in limehouse memorial hall on saturday evening win ners at cards were mrs n sny der and nellson stark with sec onds going to mrs jessie mcenery and lloyd mcenery fifteen tab les el cards were played and the ladles served lunch afterwards- mrs campbell sinclair entertai ned her sunday school st her home on saturday afternoon fol lowing a tobogganing party marilyn patterson of rockvood spent the weekend with her cous in joy patterson here mr and mrs mcdonald of jdxkv land lake spent the weekend with her sister her husband and fam- uly the norman quibells the wms meeting was held atcy the borne of mrs a w- nortoi a ra thursday evnwrto toeextf est and best period or the nightrpve georgetown again butscortog their bpponeots 3to 1 in iws period the raiders handeli out some of triei hardest rjody checks seen to