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ac y georgetown ommuq wbnosday august mm 1957 first section 3tnur council did runder dcion for several weeks the question at disposing of jmuiifcipely owned property- fron ting on maple ave behind the georgetown dairy was settled at mondays council meeting- when decision was mide to sell- it for 2900 tou allan norton f hotioaj for the sale was made by cr fred harrison chief opponent of selling the land when mr nor ton first approached council seve ral weeks ago mr harrison explained that he is opposed to selling town land wi thout it being advertised in this case while no formal advertise ment has been inserted in the news- paper the matter has received sufficient news publicity he said that the advertising requiremrnh had been met deputy beeve sargent and or hale were opponents both claim ing that they could not agree to selling property until it had been advertised by tender the motion gives mr norton a 90 day option which can be termin ated if the land cannot be rezoned as commercial property a bylaw for the sale has also to be prepared and passed before the sale is fin alized the option was included at the insistence of cr era hyde who said it would not be fair to sell land presently zoned residen tial but on which most council members have said they would prefer to see a commercial build ing mr norton who was preseflt at the meeting said the land would be worthless to him unless he could erect a commercial bui but he is willing to take a chance on the planning board resoning and would hoy it on the under- standi that he would no be a lowed 16 exeet msmang v deputy beeve sargent said that he would oppose the sale because although the land has been publi cized it has not been advertised the idea of advertising is to bring it to public attention and in this case im satisfied that the pub lic knows this land is for sale said cr harrison he pointed out that the land is in a serviced dart of town and that tax revenue from it would be welcome in the town treasury when reeve stan alien pointed out that the motion as originally presented placed no restrictions on the use the property would be put to it led to a sharp interchange between the reeve and cr harri son the reevesaid htydoes hot favour more houses- in am already crowded school area i cant agree with the reeve said cr harrison verjrday we issue permits for more houses it hes against houses why is he only against those on this property youre just talking now rep lied the reeve tve never said i was opposed to housing where it is properly planned we dont need houses in this area if you want to sell this land for housing say so 1 think we are getting involved remarked cr hfeguvray if v want to pot strings on this proper ty we should have it rezoned- oth erwise we should sell it and let the buyer db what be likes at this stage cr harrison with drew his motion for sale replacing it with a new motion which allows an option mr and mrs harry the weather mr editor rain at last and what a grand rain too without a storm the to tal of over 1v4 inches is more than we have had altogether since the 29th of june wonder if it will be a wet spell for the exhibition ern batkin register strong protest against date man aug 19 tues aug 20 wed aug 21 thurl aug 22 frl aug 23 sat aug 24 aug 25 average max 80 79 76 71 82 78 67 78 rain 43 46 50 02 40 41 trace 56 j49 60 4 48 469 two injured when car rolls at brampton james graham 33 king street e and his mother mrs florence gra ham escaped serious injury when mr graham was driving towards town on the brampton bypass a week ago sunday night his car went out of control on a curve rolled over and landed in a ditch totally wrecked both mr graham and his mother were injured and taken to peel memorial hospital for treatment they nave since been release from hospital mrs craham had a bro ken finger bruises and abrasions and mr graham a badly cut hand lindsay photo studio streetsville mr and mrs marry donald moore who ore living on the grooms farm at orton were married last month in ncxval united church the brkie ruth hunter wilson is the daughter of mr and mrs m guy wilson norvel her husband is the son of mr and mrs eerl moore orion strong objection to a proposed rate increase by the bell tele bhoneco was registered fey geor getown council monday a motion unanimously will be for te the board of transport oners whiehmust approve any increase in rates according to the bell brief resi dential phone service here would increase by 40c a month for 1 par ty service and 25c f or 2party ser vice business service increase would be 9qc and 50c the company says increased op erating costs resulting in inade quate earnings have forced it to se extra revenue of 24 million dollars next year ter a letter from the company was readi the request certainly should be opposed said reeves allen who with deputy beeve sargent pres- driveway problem was brought to ented the motion of objection the company is making so much mon ey they dont know what to do with il cr harrison said the bell firm is not in a competitive field and that he is opposed to a rate increase the humane society was graft ed permission to bold a tag day in georgetown september 13 and 14 complaining thta after he had put his driveway in shape a iculv- son crescen- was told by road chai walter gray that work has not been finished and that the entrance will fae okay another the matter was only briefly dis- ert installed by the town made it cnssed at the council meeting af- impassible ron brighty 28 hew- les dickenson patricia perry wed at st georges church dlcke played ceremony mr and mrs w l milliere of mount forest were guests over the weekend with mr and mrs h scratch 31 henry street mr art herbert guelph street spent a few days recently visiting port elgin southampton and wiar- ton mr and mrs murray mckinlay of toronto are visiting with her sister miss hazel harrison charles street mr aud mrs william f hunter terra cotta are on a three week motor trip to the west coast mr and mrs jarvis horton of hensall were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs walter biehn 26 queen street mr and mrs john r barber 4v4 market street spent a few weeks recently at their cottage at port carling mr and mrs john frost tony mr and mrs bill hazelwoed of christopher and denise 20 maple what council dh plan location change for town nomination meeting hanover who formerly owned the horseshoe grill on main street n j were visitors in town last week doug tucker 93 main st n terry harley 15 john st w and doug black and glen dance of mil- j ton are spending this week at port j sydney lodge on blary lake mrs christopher mann arrived by plane at malton on monday- for a indications are that the munici pal nomination meeting will this year be held in wrigglesworth school auditorium at mondays council meeting mayor armstrong said the public library has outlived its usefulness as a meeting place and that larger quarters will be needed this year hopes to secure the school aud itorium for the meeting council discussed polling booths and poll clerks briefly preparing to set up machinery for the decem ber elections when cr harrison mentioned thta in the su delrex area there had been a lat rash to the polls last year cr harry hale sug gested that polling hours n i- opening an bono later ha the morning and continuing until 8 pm the area contains a large number of voters who work at when cr hyde said pie had been confused about to vote mayor armstrong pointed out there was no r for con fusion at every voter had receiv ed a primed card in the mafl re laying this iaforautioa twelve applications for female office help in the mmririgwi of fiee were reviewed and seven lad ies chosen for interview at a meet ing next week their subdivision mr warren asked about progress on the proposed storm sewer in the subdivision and was tom that it has been approved by the munici pal board and work will start as soon as loan funds become avail able from the omic investment corporation ave have returned frmo a vaca tion spent at their cottage at hon ey harbour mr and mrs leigh bradbury and sherron 21 market st aivd mr and mrs matt todd and peter 103 prince charles drive spent a week recently at wasaga beach sharin harley 10 durham street is spending this week at camp her- visit in town with her daughter j mosa near goderieh her cousin mrs john frost mr frost and fa- 1 heather arnold 50 henry st at- milyv2c maple ave w mrs mann i tended the same camp last week lives in cardiff wales miss frances deans 33 edith st has returned from a vacation spent at bay view park honey harbour her sister mrs ted beam nancy and donald of toronto were with her mr and mrs h j newman and miss rosemary jordan r r 1 have returned from a vacation at lake cathacoma in the kawartha lakes mr and mrs lome s campbell sutton west were with them mr and mrs joe downie of valley association k c wi barking dogs came on the agen da again when ian cass 46 hewson crescent complained of this irri tation mayor armstrong said he is sure a word from the police will work in most such cases he reiterated his opposition to an antinoise by- law saying that he would hate to i hewyon crescent ad mrs own be faink every tune there was a noise ie sutr nepiiem from jud be taken to court baty mrs thon braiding lar- p o- terry left monday for a nee investigate motor trip which will take them to mexico they expect to be away- several weeks mr and mrs alan cornish and son dennis 35 mclntyre crescent motored to edmonton alia on a two week trip where they visited with her sister mrs norman eteid- ford they returned via the states and saw yellowstone national park and other points of interest mrs wesley fsebtg victoria crescent motored to washago to visit with mrs e gladstone at her summer home mr fiebig and their son wayne joined them wednesday and they travelled deep river while at deep bver they went ter visit the world geride cantp at doe lake winch their daughter was attend- ag mr and mrs f svan 17 street and their culdren terry and santa with us mr j mr and mrs harv lee toni ginny and charlene 7 normandy blvd have recently been on a mo tor trip which took them to lake placid white face mountain and ausable chasm mr and mrs john bell and their daughter jocelyn 79 main st s have returned from a vacation spent ini the haliburton highlands and at salver bicrh lodge winder mere mr and mrs jack hart who mo ved to st- catharines recently when avmmt causss car accmmemts toiatht have welc the heavy rain on saunday hot it canoed grief for a foiled by wet slippery pwnl at aus ant bncycling nader the john st culvert jerry rnodinnt t jehn street nbidded into the front of a ear driven by bob web ster 6 ratarivew rd and bnaised his note when he feb from bit bike there was a nu or accident in the mnnu at the mi- by fred wes is agk net for of dedisnni mr hart was transferred there as bank of commerce manager were weekend guests in town with llr and mrs john bell 79 htain st s- mrs ray thompson and her daughter margaret king sc have just returned from a 7 week trip by train and boat to medicine hat calgary where thye snw the stam pede banff lake louise vancou ver victoria and seatlle valerie daughter of mr and mrs ron kitchen 102 guelph st spent most of this summer visiting with her grandparents mr and mrs j t glynn in toronto and mr and mrs n kitchen in owen sound miss victoria webster of wind sor spent two weeks recently visit ing with her sister mrs keith bar ber mr barber and family king street east on friday mr and mrs danny webster of windsor were also visitors with the bar- hen mraad ibrs vrtn torrance gre wese an renently vthoe there fr tor- rev kenneth richardson offic iated at the marriage in st geor ges anglican church on saturday of patricia aim perry and jeslie kenneth r harrison wedding music for the hich took place at three oclock there were white gladio lus on the altar k the bride daughter of mr and mrs willard perry ben lomond st john c njb is employed at the georgeview open kitchen mr dickenson a local stone mason is the son of mr and mrs james di ckenson kingston for her wedding the bride chose a floor length satin and lace gown with lace bodice fashioned with a peter pan collar embroidered with pearls and sequins a satin pillbox held her fingertip veil she car ried a white prayer book topped with white butterfly roses and ste- phan otis finished with a shower of white ribbons and lily-of-the- vaoey she w bracelet of her ternal grandmo ther miss beverly warren was her cousins maid of honour and bren- da hulme was flower girl miss warren wore a ballerina gown of blue nylon tulle with matching ac cessories and carried a colonial cascade of queen elizabeth roses and yellow shasta mums intersper sed with pale yellow net and gold and blue streamers brenda also wore blue nylon trimmed with lace a blue bandeaux and carried a nosegay of queen elizabeth roses and blue pompoms interspersed with pale yellow net the bride was given in mauriage in the double ring ceremony by her unde mr stillwell grant 4 bard lane arthur everett was groomsman and ushers were brim bastedo and tom mccolgan at a reception which followed in the odd fellows hall mrs still- wen grant received for her niece wearing an american beauty vel vet dress- white accessories and a corsage of white roses the grooms mother assisted wearing a pale bhie dress navy accessories and a corsage of pale pink rosettes the brides tibie had a dainty arrange ment of pink and white net can dles and clusters of glamellas for her going away outfit the bride wore mauve dotted glazed nylon white accessories and a cor sage of white roses and stepanot- is mr and mrs dickenson will be living at 30 albert street limehouse face arm burns in flash fire mr newton ruddell suffered painful face and arm burns when caught by a flash fire from burning rubbish last monday he is in milton private hospital where we wish him a speedy re covery the a c pattersons spent last week at bracebridge the jas nobles visited in the sudbury district and manitouun island last week mrs mills attended the funeral of the late mr gowans in toronto on thursday mr harold kara and the e karns spent a few days on manitoulin island recently mr and mrs e e russell and john of toronto visited her aunts t mn newton and miss ivens on sunday relations and n few friends held a shower at the home of mrs p spitzer on wednesday evening in honour of miss marie armstrong a bride of this week the leferinks visited at port dal- housie on thursday mrs john brown holidayed at sauble beach last week the gisbys visited at stayner a week ago miss jean thompson of the shieling is on a six weeks holi day in great britain mrs bird of toronto visited her sister mrs sinclair recently services at limehouse presbyter ian church will be resumed next sunday with the return of rev alex calder from holidays attention by a letter from mrs w edmjston jdisley sasav owner bf a property mn murdock st lower ing of the sidewalk bars- a drive way entrance she said de cided that the town would supply the necessary entrance when there is a driveway on the property to hook- up to reviewing the road program in progress cr walter gray drew particular attention to resurfacing of victoria st which has long been needed he was pleased to state that the cost would be y 3000 instead of the 5500 origin ally estimated mabel maynrd loses mother momfmiwi an after an illness of three weeks mrs robert lowell died nt the home of her daughter mrs arthur b rrington toronto on thursday august 22nd mrs lovell was the mother of mrs mabel maymard 5 arietta street georgetown altho she died in her ninety first year mrs lovell was very active and alert and took a keen interest in all that went on about her mrs lovell came to canada and settled at the forks of the credit as a bride seventy years ago from torkshire england she was there when the railroad first went thro she was a member of the angli can church and was quite active in ehnirch organ hrarjons after her usbands death twelve years ago she lived in toronto with her dau- gter returning every weekend to hex old home on the forks of the credit she is survived by her two daughters mabel mrs maynard of ceorgetown ethel mrs arthnr xrringtcn toronto and three sons on of acton fred and jim both of toronto nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren funeral service was conducted t the yorke bros chapel 2357 loor street west on monday mor ning august 26th at 11 oclock interment wns in fairview ceme tery acton six grandsons were pallbearers 4 emagement bit and mrs m paige r r 2 georgetown announce the engage ment of their daughter patti to william hadley son of mr basil hadley the marriage will take place on saturday september 21st at three thirty oclock in st geor ges anglican church georgetown terra cotta newlyweds father dies suddenly while son b vbhinj a vacation visit with hip rather in new brunswick had a sad end ing for al currie 10 elixabei st mr and mrs currie and their three children were visiting with dr a ross currie 78 at rich mond on august 14 during their visit dr currie suffered a sudden fatal heart attack a luchmond native son of llr and mrs andrew currie he was a graduate of philadelphia dental college he served in france dur ing the first war with the army dental corps and afterwards prac ticed in everett washington and in vancouver bc dr currie was for a time with the public health service is british columbia snp- ervising dental work in the schtools returning to richmond when he retired he took a keen interest in community nnd church work pco- moted anuteer t adt pio neered in work for retarded chil dren r he leaves n son and three iradchildre and brothen and of walowsf belttgnwras wr vwq sffftat vaotf snof- orod lo lfan maritime for irttir harlannnaor after wmlfnniritgn july 271h in ih hm crr