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t 7 gcorgetown ontamo wednesday evening october 1957 secoisg section milton teen dance featuring the top 50 from 105o chum town h a ifl every sat nite please hi wo jeans drive safely the thanksgiving holiday is a time- of highway travel for m people if you are travelling weekend use extra caution and help to avoid an accident which could mar the holiday for you and other motorists buy gonmtrx 5aahnl honia this year a better buy than ever the royal bank of canada monster bingo prizes galore door prize 500 hifi set 250 prize 100 prize prizes 75 50 awl 25 and a hatful of 10 prizes thurs oct lo at 815 pm georgetown arena large 26inch diameter pipe for union gas companys new natural gas pipeline began arriving at the western end of the line on monday the lire which will run from the companys under ground storage station in southern lambton county to a point near oakville will supply natural gas to such places as strathroy stmarys stratford waterloo kitchener guelph and hamilton plus a number of other communities- portables may be solution if schools grow beyond capacity under auspices of georgetown hospital association admission 100 harrison public school princi- t pal harold henry dropped a bomb into last wednesday nights meeting of the public school board with his observance that if the present rate of attendance increase continues kindergarten in the three schools may have to be dropped to provide more stan dard classrooms mr henry made the statement after inform ing the board that since the trans fer of fifty harrison pupils to other schools thirty new ones have shown up for classes the present kindergarten enrol ment stands at sixtysix still four teen off the maximum eighty for the two classes while other grades such as two and three arc just five and six pupils away from overcrowding it was pointed out by mr henry that new resi dents were moving in all the time and that there arc still seventy- five homes in the district not oc cupied faced with the problem of dropping kindergarten or again reverting to staggered hours the board is investigating portable class rooms as a possible solution numerous portables are being used in southern ontario to ease the crowding however recently a number of similar type class rooms in toronto were condemn ed because the individual space heaters needed to heat them created a fire hazard board member harry shortill indicated that he was in favour of the rooms if the beating units could be located on the outside lions invite rotarians as ladies might guests the georgetown lions have ex tended an invitation to the rotar ians and their wives to attend the next regular meeting october 15 which was declared ladies night at the dinner meeting in the le gion hall on tuesday october 1st club president dick riddall intro- j duced the zone chairman graydon clippcrton who spoke briefly to the club he was thanked by past president jim jones a short talk j on lions information was given by jack gunning members will be selling 555 car draw tickets on main st this week end as the club heads into the final month of selling the jamboree will be held in the armouries for two days oct 31st and nov 1st the club witnessed a series of rig four football games on film at the close of the meeting through the courtesy of molsons jim ro- bertson showed the 30 minutes film which was secured for the club by dick riddall a delegation from the streets- ville club included john adam- son dan richmond howard stewart william talton and bill cove other guests were george mitchell jim carney and ed mazinski japanese articles are displayed for ladies an interesting collection of articles native to japan was shown by mrs e snelgrove of erin who was guest speaker at the autumn thankoffering meeting of the w ms or sl johns united on wednesday afternoon in the church hall president mrs c junkin wel comed visitors from neighbouring churches mrs morgan mcfar- lane led in the opening worship period basing her inspiring thanksgiving message on the parable of the ten lepers mrs snelgrove whose husband is united church minister at erin centered her address around the text from matthew 5 verses 13 and 14 ye are the salt of the earth and ye arc the light of the world she stressed that each has a job to do a certain piece of work that no one else can accomplish and that we should do it to the best of our ability christians should encourage and help young people to choose the better ways of life she said there will be no darkness m our corner if we let our light so shine sandra sproule sang a solo ac companied by margaret mcfar- lane lunch was served and a social time was enjoyed get blue coal and be sure with blue coal youre sure of topquality hard coal tinted blue as a trademark blue coal burns clean and hot and theres far less waste than with ordinary coal less need to tend your furnace when you heat the blue coal way so dont be colorblind when you buy coal get blue coal today you can see the difference when you buy it you can feel the difference when you burn it rotarians planning barn dance for public the rotary meeting monday of last week was the farewell one at fairviewinn starting on october 7th meetings will be held at the north halton golf and country club the change was made to allow for committee meetings etc after the dinner a hearty vote of thanks was giv en to the proprietor and staff for the many kindnesses shown the tub during their stay atfairview a quiz was held about how well you kriow geor getown and a resident of one of the suburbs won it bud bishop of glen williams he was first and ralph ursel won the other public school enrolment i reaches near 1400 students pend on how many new children i move to town in the next few months and further changes may be necessary if overcrowding oc- curs in any of the three schools with enrolment in the three georgetown public schools approa- jching the 1400 mark a staff of 36 cademic teachers music supervisor and two parttime assistants is in i charge of primary education for j young georgetown this year j an influx of new residents dur fire hudett wetherald i ing the summer mace it difficult for the school board to predjet c act requirements when school op- ened the first week in september and there were difficulties to iron w h kentner son trianole 72851 georgetown bhiepcoal clean safe low ost heat m ktiiw prize given president bill carr gave details of the proposed barn dance to be held in the next few weeks an af fair which is hoped to bring out several hundred local and district people routine business matters were also dealt with as was the scheduled trip to the district meet ing to be held at the king edward hotel and a draw to be be held at georgetown fall fair a purchase of a lucky ticket was made on the car being raffled by georgetown lions club and bill maccof mack was the lucky winner there was an excellent attendance does the herald contain all the news you wodlduke to read if there is something our reporters are missing please teq us we want the herald to reflect all the news of georgetown and district i out before the present schedule came into effect a surplus of grade 3 students complicated the picture in the first week of school at the ziev harrison school u was decided to use a shift system for this grade and for a week there were two classes with two separate teachers using the same room one class from 8 to 12 in the mornings and the other from 1 to 5 afternoons a delegation of parents whose children carae under this system intcrviewjed the school board at a meeting on september 12th ex pressing their objections to stag gered hours the next monday a large attendance at a meeting of i the home and school association weer told by school boardchairman ray salter that the board was sur veying the situation and an arran gement was made later that week to again use the fire hall as a tem porary classroom this entailed a reshuffling of students and a group were transferred from har rison to wrigglesworth school and another group from wrigglesworth to chanel street school with extensive building of- new homes still going on in the detrex area there can be no assurance that further accommodation might have to be arranged before the end of this school year it will de- last of mcleod family sarah eleanor mcleod wether ald a member of one of george towns oldest families died at the age of eightythree on thursday september 26th in windsor she had been in excellent health but fell and broke her hip and died from the shock the old mcleod home is what is now known as i valleyview apartments and the family were merchants conducting business in the store we know as garners mrs wetherald was predeceased by her husband hubert in 1948 she is survived by nieces and a nephew mrs john bmcarthur helen windsor mrs c b hodg son port hope and norman b henderson windsor rev jdonald mtacleod officiated at the funeral service conducted in the morris windsor chapel 63 giles blvd east at goyeau street in windsor mrs wetherald was then brought to the h c mcclure funeral home 34 edith street georgetown on saturday septem ber 28th7 where rev alex calder conducted a service interment was in the family plot in creen- wood cemetery here enjoy a gams of bingo tomor row night in the arena and at the same time help ceorgetown hospi tal association xaise funds for out towns future hospital heeds see youtherel v o guaranteed certificates s term 12 3 or 5 years amounts 100 up enquiries invited halton peel trust savings co oakville wootworrh bjdg brampton 11 queen st e i mmnawr rxofticir s l twins woodworking sash frames plywood trim limehouse tr 72162 open evenings till 9 saturdays till 5 planning to buy or rent water softener make sure you get the simplest and most convenient service call bruce gummer roslyn water softeners makers of canadas wmostlliio of modern waffer softening and condmonino afm1ances fully automatic units available phone fr 72266 rof mote 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