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georgetown business women support minimum wage change kre maureen walker u in the chair for the regular meet tat of the bustnem and profes sional womeni club on mon day evening at the north hal ton golf and country club af ter tb usual business median- aula of um meeting a discus- aloa on the amendments to rulea of procedure were dis cussed fttese amendments will be brought forth at the annual convention to be held in april on the 22nd 23rd and 24th and the president who will be the delegate at the conference and wanted the clubi instructions on the voting for or against these procedures one dealt with the change of fees to nat ional from 1 00 per member to 9200 per member and the other with the changing of the annual conference to a blan nual conference the club in strutted the president to vote for both amendments in lieu of the one dealing with an increase of fees a not ice of motion was presented to be dealt with in may regarding the local club fees increasing them from 7 to 10 a resolution also being dealt with at the st catharines con ference dealing with the mini mum wage act where it states that the board being the in dustry and labour board with out written order may grant written permission to an emplo yer to pay to any employee who is handicapped a wage fixed by it lower than the nun imum wage the north tor onto business and professional women i club request a repre sentation to the government of ontario to amend section 4 of the act by provision for an interpretation of a ban dicapped person guidelines wi thin which the board must work a joint application to the board by the employer and the employee and employees right to counsel to a hearing and an appeal the local club is in accord with this a notice of motion was pres ented to add the words assoc date members to the section of the constitution dealing with membership and the addition 710 pm hot water douses your dinner dishes double quick get more hot water when you wantitwith natural gas gall your plumber dealer department store or united gas of a paragraph designating the status of an associate member plant were discussed for the lnterclub meeting which will be held in april with repres entatives from the various local women a organisations in town plans were also finalized for the forthcoming dessert bridge on the 31st of march to be held in the legion auditorum mrs walker miss jean mac kemde and mrs alleen bradley will attend the provincial con ference in st catharines on april 22ndj and mrs bradley will attend the national confer ence in victoria bc as a del egate on july 10th and mrs clarice king will attend as ad observer the meeting closed with the club benediction armstrong district vp of omea jt armstrong georgetown hydro has been elected a dist rict vice president of ontario municipal electric association he was elected m toronto during the 57th joint annual meeting of the omea and the association of municipal elect tribal utilities attended by nea rly 1500 delegates from across the province tells town w i to take stock citizenship and education was the topic at the meeting of geo rgetown women s institute on march 2 and mrs sam walker gave a splendid paper on senior citizens mrs armstrong also gave an interesting paper rem inding members to be conscious of their responsibilues two world wars and a revol ntion in housekeeping methods have made it possible for mauy women to work outside the home she said but women should take stock of what it means to be a true citizen of the community roll call was answered with a modern idea in education mrs wilson reported on the ashgrove anniversary luncheon which some of the members had attended mrs thompson and mrs bussell reported on an en joyableeveohig held in the hos pital cafeteria which they had attended at the invitation of the hospital board crowning victim daniel gayn0r herald visitor one of the two edndale men who drowned in the credit r sunday while practising for a sayak race was well known to the herald staff daniel gaynor 2 was man ager of retail advertising for thompson newspapers ltd and in this capacity made frequent visits to the herald a member of the thomson newspaper group his sudden death came as shock to herald employees and to another georgetown co wor ker thomas rush mclntyre cr who worked under mr gaynor in the thomson head office ad vertlsing department require two trips to douse barn fire children seen playing in the vicinity of a barn on mountain view road south are suspected to have touched off a fire in the building sunday firemen doused a blaze that originated in the mow early sunday afternoon but had to return at 10 o clock at night when flames broke out again the first instance resulted in damage to a beam and the sec ond in damage to joist and one wall total damage was about 200 the barn is located on a farm that is now part of the metro politan halton development holdings treacherous road in the hun rgy hollow area prevented fire i from taking the shortest route to the fire they detour ed through norval and up a sideroad but even then bad road conditoins hampered the truck it s a good thing it wasn t a serious blaze fire chief lr lewis complained those roads are so bad we just could not make good time it was the second fire scene two days on saturday fla mes discoverd in the back kit chen of the residence of engleby 78 river road 100 damage rotarians sponsors act to check membership slump the georgetown rotary club which had a peak membership of thirty at one time since it came into being eleven years a go currently numbers twelve but club officials are predicting brighter days in fact they re taking steps to insure a health ier situation twenty two members pros pective members and other guests monday night heard guelph rotarians explain how rotary functions and how it has affected their lives when they discussed the organization at an informal meeting at the home of georgetown president ed burman 77 windsor rd on hand from the royal city were president allen westcott vicepresident pat o brian past president allan whitwortb and first year member donald jjar low the guelph club has more than a passing interest in the well being of th e local club they sponsored rotary s move ment here in 1955 the guelph club is one of the most influential in the province with a membership of over one hundred rotary is too often thought of as a service club mr whtt worth told the gathering this is part of its purpose but it is much more than that he said he told the other guests that fellowship among represents ives of all vocations in the com muiuty is the organization s prl ncipal endeavor if i had not been allowed to page ib thvraday march become a member i know i could never have had such en joyment in meeting new peop le mr westcott confided he said rotary has been the major influence in his life since he ar rived in canada from england in 1951 mr westcott said the organ zation includes some 600 000 in its membership in 131 countries it was founded by paul harris in chicago in 1905 the meetings were held in places of business of the vari ous members and from this ro tation came the club s name rotary offers an opportunity to give four kinds of service mr allan whiworth explained club service vocation service community service and interna tlonal service mr harlow said that since he became a member less than year ago he has learned enough about the work of the rotagy to make him want to always retain his affiliation during the discussion mem hers revealed why they are such and guests sought answers to whatever questions had not al ready been satisfied two of the georgetown rotar ians present bud bishop and bob burns are the only two members of the charter club still on the roll the meeting followed a chili dinner prepared by the rotary als wants new school name have centennial theme canada 100 confederation be opened in 1966 we could de public school dominion ten tennial sir john a macdonald and sir wilfrid launer one of those five names would adorn georgetown s sixth public school if georgetown public school trustee gudm sigurdson finds sufficient support from his fellow board members norval a tb clinic was held in nor val parish hall on monday and thursday february 28th and march 3rd about 30 volunteers from the district assisted in de livenng the cards and at the clinic with mrs ormie carter in charge the clinic was well attended by families in the dist net mr sigurdson listed his choi ccs at a meeting of the public school board wednesday night ar he disagreed with a letter writ ten to the board by a ratepayer cecil davidson who suggested the name of a former george town school principal and board member annie ryan and her sister kathenne ryan who was also prominent in local affairs be perpetuated by naming the school now under construction ryan public school j i feel that we should take advantage of the fact that can ada has a centennial in 1967 and although the school would dlcate it the following year he said if we call t dominion ccn tennial for instance we could give each of its three wings se parate names he proposed mr sigurdson s proposal did not gain overwhelming support i from his fellow trustees you might get a better name if you limited your area to draw names from to halton county trustee harry shortill suggested at least the name would mean more to the local people he opined i realize your reason for wanting to tie the name to can adas centennial and its comm endable but maybe some of those names have too modern a ring to them offered board chairman john mintern no action was taken on sel ecting a name although wric trustees favoured a contest am ong the pupils 6as makes the big hot difference williams rlectrk i heatmo ov wood on fvmacaa 1 bgin st 1773112 wm garbutt puimmno heatino h bgin st t77ml jacksons the family clothing cntre mt taefer fashion mm were brimming with the excitement of springi come greet the season here see and enjoy ml the 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