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richard e might junior cwossa speaking winner in um cwossa public speak- big finals held on friday at st jeromes high school ini kitchener blchard aright of georgetown district high school in winner of the junior boyi competition friday ev- ents were the culmination of district and regional ptelimtn- aries in which fortyone schools liive participated richard quip ped bis way to success apeak- log on humor in a dull world for his prepared address for his impromptu be drew as his topic a subject on which be is quite conversant the value of having brothers and sisters blchard- is the eldest son of mrs and mrs robert clay of mountalnview road and has two brothers and a small sister to lend authority to bis observa tions the junior girl winner was susan little of centre dufferin high school in shelburne both susan and richard participated in the same regional competi tion for which georgetown dis trict high school was host in february last year susan then in grade 9 was defeated in the district competition by pat ricia llnce of georgetown who placed third in the junior girls finals this is the second year in which georgetown bos en tered the cwossa oratorical competitions richard enright and pat unce legion notes junior boys auxiliary is possibility at legion branch 120 award accident victim 21000 by ralph hiwh at the general meeting held on thursday march 24th the subject of a junior auxiliary was discussed to some length the president broached the subject by pointing out to the members that the idea of such an auxiliary or something sim ilar has been talked of for a considerable time around the rooms and that he felt possibly this was an appropriate time to bring the subject to the bership v a junior auxiliary would b e formed and made up ofaensof legion members the disparity betweens sons and daughters of members i remarkable inasmuch that dau ghters can if they wish join the branch ladies auxiliary while the sons at the present are unable to take part in the many activities of the branch bylaws okey it the general bylaws of the royal canadian legion permits the formation of such an auxil iary under similar conditions rules and regulations as those laid down to be observed at the formation of a ladies auxiliary approval must be obtained from provincial command be fore a junior auxiliary can be- come effective members seemed to be quite interested numerous questions were asked and most received answers some questions will have to be answered after ad- vice from higher authority has been obtained it was decided that no decis- ion would be sought for at this time but that the members should think about the subject which will doubtlessly be dis cussed at the april meeting nothing new a junior auxiliary is by no means a new venture many branches throughout the domin ion have their junior auxiliaries it is thought that the mem bers of a branch junior auxili ary would have to form their own executive and that the ide al bylaws would need to be drawn up they would certainly expect ami receive help advice and guidance from the branch thirtyeight teams travelled from different parts of ontario on saturday to try their luck and skill against each other in branch 120s 500 dart tourna ment new members who have not as yet been initiated- and first war vets should keep next fri day evening free the branch is holding its initiation and vimy night on that date officers for the month of a- pril walt brandford gordon spence fe stoner toronto peter dugan a streetsville shoe store operator whose legs were broken when a car backed into him on the georgetown golf and country club parking lot in 1064 has been awarded 21000 damages in supreme court mr justice edward a richard son approved the settlement donna caton 18 was behind the steering wheel of the car which was shunted backwards by accident crushing mr dugan against the clubhouse wall j the accident happened after a fashion show at the clubhouse in which shoes from mr dug- ans store had decn modelled the qlblloitovvrj herald thursday march 11 1m6 page 3 limrhouse darby in new book north halton doctor the whs met at the home of mrs roughley on march 10th mrs junes noble read scrip ture mrs kirkpatrick lead in prayer and mrs rougnley ob liged with a piano solo tis so sweet to trust in jesus plans were discussed for the easter thankoffering meeting on april 14th mrs gordon booth reviewed darby of bella bella by hugh mckerllthls book proved especially interesting since one of the missionrriee there was dr george darby- from neigh bouring nassagaweya twp- who went to bella bella bc fn 1914 his energy seemed be yond belief and during his years there be was doctor min ister justice of the peace and councillor lunch was served by the hostess after the meet by we extend sympathy to mrs a c patterson and other mem bers of the family bf the late gilbert sinclair who passed away a week ago at the age of ninetysix also the sympathy pf the community goes out to miss ruth mcbride whose father mr james mcbride has passed away at the age of eightyone misses joy patterson and el- eanora kara were hostesses for a miscellaneous shower for ann a bridetohe at the home of eleanora on friday evening and mrs calvin mcdon ald of elrawood and their chil dren visited her parents mr and mrs kirkpatrick on sun day of last week the sixth meeting of the limehouse hostettes was held at the home of linda linham on saturday march 19th with eleven members attending we were very pleased to have mrs squire the home economist for halton and peel counties attend this meeting she gave us many good tips on how to make our exhibit more attrac tive the group work was decorat ing tea cakes and setting up a table for a buffetstyle lunch eon the next meeting will be bold at the home of leader mrs brown on march 26th georgetown deputy heads north halton urban board georgetowns deputy reeve james l young was appointed chairman of the north halton urban board at the monthly meeting last wednesday in georgetown however charles menefy deputyreeve of mil ton and the 1965 chairman pre side over he meeting since deputy reeve young was unable to attend only five meiabers out of the three councils of acton mil ton and georgetown were pres ent mayor les duby of acton mayor joe gibbons of george town cr art speight of geor- etowncr percy barr of mil too and eputy reeve charles menefy of milton realist the benefits the discussion centred on the establishment of a regional development association for halton peel york and ontario counties the only counties in ontario without such an assoc iation mayor duby of acton a member of the citizens com mittee told the board that acton had committed them selves to membership in the central regional development association he explained that the asso ciation could operate if only a few municipalities came in but he felt sure the rest would follow suit when they realized the benefits regional dev elopment is an association of municipalities investing a few dollars that the provincial gov ernment matches dollar for dol lar up to fifteen thousand dol lars to help each municipality utilize their resources stated mayor duby 10 prom here on an eight per cent per cap ita basis the costs would 910 to georgetown 380 acton 1875 to burlington 900 to milton 350 to esqueo- ing 200 to nasoagaweya and 1876 to oakvillo according to mayor duby halton county would be assessed a flat 1000 a token amount showing their backing of the project added deputy reeve menefy mayor joe gibbons felt that both county and municipality participation was paying twice but the acton mayor explained that the depl of economics development wants the small municipalities to run then- ban board saying each gained own show with only some sup port from the county a large public meeting will be held march 31st tonight in richmond hill high school where municipalities will be ex pected to give their decision on regional development associ ation the urban board mem bers present all are planning to attend explain purpose at the request of deputy- reeve menefy and mayor joe gibbons mayor les duby will address both the milton and georgetown council to explain the purpose and methods of formation of a regional devel opment association the smalt attendance at ur ban board meetings is not due to lack of interest claimed yor duby but due to lack of each councillors time he ur ged the continuance of the ur- jim young much from the discussion of mutual problems deputy reeve menefy felt nassagaweya and esquesing should be included and thought every effort should be made to have them become members for the best in try the georgetown herald 22 main st s telephone 8772201 hepatitis epidemic appears to be halted the spread of the disease hepatitis has been halted in north halton and it is unlikely that further cases will crop up this is the view of dr archie bull medical officers of health who said yesterday that no new cases have been reported during the past few days doctor bull said the disease which has hit 18 people main ly school children usually spreads during cold weather with the onset of warmer wea ther it should die out altoge ther i think that it is pretty well at its end he commented during the spread of hepati tis water sources in north hal ton were checked and found to be clean and a personal hygiene campaign kept the number of cases down the disease affects the liver but is not usually dangerous cases were mainly restricted to see page6 for the big news on whats happening the evening of april 20 why pay more the usual complaint is that taxes are too high but we are complaining that georgetown taxes are too low why prices are up all round recent increases in bread milk and butter are in everybodys mind ask any parent about the prices of childrens clothing books toys too the cost of living has gone up 6 since 1964 but our taxes havent altered in that time if we ara not prepared to pay mora wa must maka do with lass from our tax monay it utt wont buy what it did thro years ago we have to cut down on police roads sewers industrial promotion cedarvale and other projects to make georgetown a better place to live in do this for two or three years and some people who now live in georgetown will go elsewhere people who could live in georgetown will prefer not to come deteriorating municipal services will cause property values to drop and in a few more years georgetown could be the halton coun ty slum georgetown is not in a vacuum but in the most prosperous part of the second most prosperous country in the world georgetown has to compete with twentieth century ontario cities and towns for industries and pooplt it will not get them if its standards are below its competitors the following figures are from the ontario annual muni cipal report for 1964 the latest available and show the tax rates per head of population for the towns between 10000 and 15000 population children between the ages of 5 and 15 the spread was centred on the brookville area where ten youngsters went down with it in jess than a month for fast action ndltif1e ibtik sirvice consult a member op the brampton reol estate board beautify your home for with flowers and plants fresh beautiful blooms direct from our own greenhouse free deuvefty rosedale floral e pearce proprietor flowers wired anywhere 32 albert street more com peragte mimmumtiuage more profit btdunrttdtdd wsm doo a new product from imperial oil for we with fttrariw 65w as a ostcrocrgtakt tin comtrol 862 is an emulsifiable light mineral oil it is used at the rate of 1 gallons per acre with 15 to 2 lbs of atrazine 65w which effectively controls quackgrass and annual grasses controls broadieaf weeds over a longer period c0rntr0l862 has undergone repeated plot tests and field trials oyer a threeyear period and is now fully farmproven ontario tests have shown yield increases of over 20 bushels per acre when an oil- water emulsion is used with atrazine at 1 5 lbs compared to atrazine in water only order your requirements of corntrol 862 now be ready to go when the weeds are ready to grow if corntrol 862 oilavailable only from your imperial so a gem r j dumper 29 sargent road georgetown 8774552 town orillia whitby toundas trenton preston lindsay georgetown cobourg population tax par had 14854 11947 14243 14185 14112 12365 11375 11374 10020 11799 11354 10853 10412 9982 11057 11102 georgetown was not overtaxed in comparison then it is undertaxed now wtrare told that with the new industrial issessment round the corner all our troubles will be over next year if it were true that would be no reason for not paying our way now but can we be sure it is true industry pays taxes like the individual in return for services and providing new services as georgetown should know is apt to be expensive georgetown cannot afford everything its people would like but it cannot afford to put off till omorrow what should be done today it will be tbat much more expensive to do tomorrow this is the second in a series of advertisement paid by a group of- taxpayers concerned for the future of georgetown lit you too are concerned let us hear your comments write today to john bellatny herald box 19 at income tax time its reassuring to know that nearby there are 6 loaning companies 4 auctioneers 12 public accountants 1 addingcalculating machine suppliers 1 ambulance service and just about any shop or service you can think of i our locality has a lot to offer good shops good services good people so look first to home for your needs let your fingers do the walking through the yellow pages to find the above people and rnany others everythings here in town