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i page 2 the georgetown herald wednesday evening november 26th 1930 nieto i lyqns at lot 2t con 5 chingua- cdusy township on saturday nov ember 22nd 1930 wllltam george lyons in hlx 75th year buy health of your grocer your grpcer rrashealth to sell the kind of health that comes from liht nourishing easily digested foods you wih find it in every package of shredded wheat pat it every day withjiuik or cream and you will bt healthy arid strong ready for every test of mental and physical endurance all the bodybuilding elements in the whole wheat grain nothing added nothing taken away and so easily digested its delicious with v fruits shredded with all the bran of the whole wheat nwcuuoun thnnro mut cobvahy utsx big reduction in all the latest novelties in millinery velvets fand felts from 150 up misses claridge herald block georgetown voting next monday on cemetery debenture by law and daylight saving who can vote all property ounicrs in town should casv their vote in favor of tile ceme tery debenture bylaw next monday the cemetery has been vastly improv ed by the outlay and though rhe- what larger than was at first antici pated it was worlc that was absolute ly necessary we say vote for the bylaw because if it is defeated there follows are only two alternatives vis 1 rais ing tlo000 next year by direct taxa tion which would mean an additional 8 or 9 milk on our assessment 2- having a special bill put through parliament ft validate the issue of dc- berilures the first would make our taxes pretty high next year and we feel they are high enough now and the seoond would add very materially to the sum already expended only property owners are erititled to vote on the cemetery debenture bylaw voting on monday next dw 1st at the same time vote wllt toe tak en on daylight saving every person entitled to vote av municipal ejections caryvote on the daylight saving by mackenzie mayor cleave reeve mayor reeve and four coiin- tlllors by acclamation school trustees and hy dro commissioner also elected another election for coun cillors there was only a fair attendance ot ratepayers present at nomination meeting on friday evening and while considerable interest was manifest in town affairs very jtttle critlcisn wesv offered regarding the work of the council of 1930 at the close or nominations clerk heath reos tlic ilsi of nominees as s obituary margaret crawford an old and respected resident of this community in the person of margaret crawford widow of the late james clark passed away at the home of her daughter mrs j c cook lot 20 con 11 esquesing on nov 17th deceased was in her tord year she is survived by one daughter mrs j c cook and four sons edwin flanders ont pred and frank of toronto and robert of georgetown the late mrs clark was a presbyterian and the funeral service on wednesday after noon last was conducted by rev mr mcdonald of norval the remains be ing interred in glenwilliams cemetery the pallbearers were five grandsons jack land clifford cook wm a and kenneth clark cyril mckinney and one nephew thomas clark if i i oak k s atoosvav at aboaax tv goodbye georgetown were through i this is positively the last week by saturday night everything must be cleared out of our store winter apparel left on hand will be sold below cost h goldstein gibbefts block main st georgetown tambcymcmbcimck kk a n- e- kktsebo william g lyons william g lyons warden of peel county in 1901 and a highly esteem ed resident of this community died at his late home cheltenham on satur day nov 22nd after a lengthy illness mr lyons was in his seventyfifth year and was for many years a mem ber of chinftuacousy council he was a lifelong resident of the district born on the fourth line west chingua- oousy son of george lyons one of the first settlers his wife predeceased him sixteen years ago mr lyons was a member of union presbyterian church three sons mercer and pred at home and george of ryley alta and two daughters miss matat and mrs jane ecclesof brampton survive together wtttf two brothers hamilton lyons of georgetown albert lyons of bramptofvanov two sisters mrs william henry of chel tenham and mrs jostah townsend of cheltenham the funeral was held on monday afternoon to cheltenham cemetery and was largely attended the service was conducted by mr mcdonald of nerval the pall bearers were james mckane a mo- donald wm hunger geo leslie jas lyons thos ljmehouse too late for last issue mr wm lane is adding a fine new garage to his propeny on the hill mr and mrs jas oneill and child ren of toronto visited with mr and mrs james oneill over the holiday mr and mrs stringer and children of milton visited mr and mrs ohas meredith on sunday mira nellie davles of toronto is spending a few days with her uncle mr e davles miss davles has had an attack of tonsultis and is recupera ting the womens missionary society of the presbyterian church held their thankoffering meeting at the home of mrs john newton on thursday november 13th quite a number of the ladies of knox church wm3 of georgetown attended the meeting as well as an unusually large number of the ladies of limehouse church the speaker for the meeting was mrs kenneth maclean of wingham mrs maclean brought a wonderful mcsiage basing her topic on the text for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that who soever believeth in him should not perish but havo everlasting life pure food store 3 lbs pure lard 47c 2 large titi banner tomatoes for 21c 2 tins crosse blackwells baked beans 25c 2 tina crosse blackwells spaghetti 25t crosse blackwells chili sauce per bottle 29c large bottle heinz tomato juice 25c heinz tomato juice per tin 15c carnation milk small in 6c 10 bars comfort soap 51c 5 bars pearl wrtite napthasoap 21c 4 cakes infants delight soap 23c extra good quality broom only 39c while stressing qoda great love and his unspeakable gift our faith and ultimate ending eternal life the speaker brought a truly missionary ssage pleading wlh her hearers trial they give of money talefits aha time unstintlngly no gift is too small in gods sight and the need was never greater than now vivid word pictures cf missionary activities were given to illustrate the points taken and a deep and lasting impression was made upon all who listened mr and mrs wm oowdy left last wednesday ror a weeks holiday with friends in detroit mch mr and mrs creemore recently of the 1st line esqueslng have taken up residence in our village mrs wm mitchell and doris visited friends in toronto the past week for mayor j ff mackenzie by w f bradley and wm ashcnhurst leroy dale by h stocklord and joseph glbbetts for reeve donald mclntyre by wm ashenhutst and ii redshaw w c bessey by m l near arid h stockford harold cleave by walter anthony and leroy dale councillors wardooe joseph gibbons by wm h long and s harrison- harold cleave by jos watson and m l near w qbessey by s walker and r j robinson ward two george w davis by w h kenlner and e s thompson c j cummings by s b groat and james mccartney ward three albert b parr by f d mcnally and m williamson f d mcnally by w c anthony and w f bradley a j oneill by l w dann and w emmerson trustees ward one samuel harrison by wm cook and g b sayers ward two john d kelly byw h kerttner and g w davis ward three angus duncan by f d mcnally and wm ashenhurst dr gollop by wm ashenhurst and w f bradley hydro commissioner h c dayfoot by w h long and r b foulls the following have qualified and are elected to their respective offices by acclamation mayor j b mackenzie reeve harold cleave councillors ward one joseph gibbens ward two george w davis c j cummings ward three albert b parr this leaves two vacancie in coun- 11 and another member will have to elected in ward one and ward three this will mean another nom ination the date of which will be announced later public school trustees ward one samuel harrison- ward twoiohn d kelly ward three angus duncan and dr gollop dr gollop will fill out the unexpired term of mrs l f deni- son hydro commissioner h c dayfoot purchase one if a member of 1931 councils he would do his best in inter ests of ratepayers councillor george davis chairman fc of the charity committee explained v the expenditure in his department he had done his best to keep down r the cost for lratigent patients but v there were certain cases over which h the council had no control and hos- liital tees were very high jk w f bradley jchalrman of the housing commission reported good progress in connection with his de- itartment all deeds and agreements had been registered and everything jj as fat as the town was concerned was it absolutely qecure v m e mcwhtrter chairman of the v pemetery board spoke regarding the work and expenditure at the cemetery j he thanked the womens institute for h the 500 donated to building the bates the expenditure had been considerable but the cemetery had been greatly tmiroved and he beltcv- ed the revenue would meet bdth 9 interest and principal of the sioodq a debentures x mr r b foulls chahmar of the j public school board spoke regarding 9 the expenditure of school monies and c the new and very necessary addition k which had been erected thero was a very small debenture debt upon ft jhe school property trie board were endeavoring to do their best for the education of the thlldren under lh best sanitary conditions possible dr c v villoma medical officer 9 of hearth congratulated chairman v foulls and the school board on the x erection of splendid new lavatories the obi ones he said were disgraceful i the town water at present was be- j ing anahed once a week ana was hood thosewrip drink water will be pleased to know this our milk sup- 2 ply has greatly improved and is one of the best in the county there are v still a few nuisances in town which 8 are hard to correct without a sewer- age system m eacmayor leroy dale who was g nominated for mayor regretted he was unable to be here last year to thank the ratepayers for the honor if they pad conferred upon him in the past he also wished to thank his x friends for the many kindnesses ex- y tended to him during tus trying ill- v ness and to deny reports circulated regard ce payments to hospl- v tal wrtieh were ab untrue this k was no year to increase taxes and have q surplus of s5000 he had done his best when a member of council for s the town and believed all councils had done what they thought best for the s municipality he had no thought of x leaving town as reported h seasonable specials seasonable specials ofered by d brill co at prices that will enable you to plirchase high quality merchandise at what is usually asked for inferior goods j norval 50fi ball finals acton ladies and georgetown men winners in final in the final games v the softball league held at the arena last evening acton ladies defeated ocorsetown ladifes4by a score of 15 to 0 in the mens game georgetown were the winners defeating aoton by a score of 6 to 4 tttere was a good attendance of spectators and the games were quite snappy at the close of nominations on mo tion of mayor mackenzie clerk p l heath was elected chairman of the evening and called on the following who addressed the ratepayers mayor mackenzie thanked the elec tors ror the honor conferred and the members of council for their splen did cooperation in the work during the past year the council was prin cipally a oheottng organization to secure the money from the ratepayers to meet axed expenditures for town debentures educational purposes county rate etc they had very little money under their control he re viewed the finances and business of tho town briefly but said as each chairman of the various committees was responsible for his department he would answer for same he gave chief marshall considerable credit for the faithful performance of his duties by conserving the town water supply and saving power at the pumping station the housing commission had been revived and had done splendid work during the year the cemetery board had started with a handicap of 3000 indebtedness they had done 8000 worth of work at the cemetery and the council would require to issue deben tures for 1000000 to cover same or collect amount by direct taxation they had made a good job at om cemetery and it was in the best in terests of thevratepayers to support the bylaw on monday next reeve mclntyre thanked those who had hmlttated him and gave isher review of the work done at county council he spoke regarding the in creased expenditures for old age pen sions mothers allowance county rate education etc as in the town there were a great many expenditures over which the county had no control he also spoke regarding town affairs and especially the roads leading into and around the town if a representative in 1031 he would give his beat councillor harold cleave chairman of the finance committee explained ery fully the expenditures for the liart year and reported a small bal ance on the right- side a goodly w mount nf the htk iitm hud hfrn there was a large attendance at the norval young peoples meeting in the parish hall on monday nov 24th the hymn onward christian sol diers was followed by a scripture reacting by miss louise humphrey and prayer by rev r s boyd after the minutes were read the president turn ed the meeting over to miss alice gray 3rd vicepresident who in a pleasing manner welcomed the visi tors anil announced the following splen did programme piano solos mrs c moreton vocal solo mrs w o m browne violin solos mr jack thornp- son the main event of the evening was a debate resolved that women should have equal rights with men the affirmative was very ably pres ented by mr jack thompson and mr l p curtin of georgetown while the negative was creditably upheld by mr w fiddler and mr c early the judges were dr hall and mr o farr of brampton and the critic was mr o graydon also from brampton mr l f greenwood was timekeeper and introduced the speakers it was most interesting to listen to the clever and learned speakers from george town and while it is hardly fair to compare the two sides the norval boys deserve much credit for the man ner in which they presented their side of the question while the judges were reaching a decision mr thomp son again favored the audience with violin solos accompanied at the piano by mrs w f bradley violin solos are a treat seldom enjoyed by the norval society and mr thompsons selections are always particularly en joyed mr o graydon in a very witty ad dress commented on each debater and announced the decision in favor of the affirmative mr c early con gratulated the winners and mr thompson replied in his able manner mr fiddler thanked the critic and judges for coming over from bramp ton he also told the ladies present that he hoped they would not feel offended at anything he had said during the debate this caused a good laugh mr greenwood gave a reading and told several stories a mens chorus consisting of messrs o hunter m laird c early w fiddler l p greenwood c moreton and j ismond accompanied at the piano by mrs kitty sang the bells of sic miss gray thanked all who had taken part and the meeting was closed by the singing of tiie national anthem those taking part in the programme were entertained to refreshments by miss qray in the wa room mext monday evening the guild of knox church georgetown are to be our ladies winter coats broadcloth and rippleshecn fabrics in- cludinhnared and belted models lavishly trimmed with cara cul or opposum reduced foy quick sale to 19 75 another group of furtrimmed coats in broadcloths and tweeds reduced to u slis ladies and misses- dresses smartly tailored and dressier models tweeds jersey and canton crepe as well as satins specially priced at t qc silk and wool hosiery just arrived in the seasons newest shades will go auickly at arc ladies millinery embracing all the nev features of crown and brim lines plain shades and- new color combinations substantially reduced and variously grouped at 150 to 3 50 junior and misses hats in good shades and styles of felts- and some velvets special qq mens wear mens overcoats chinchillas and tweeds good 2000 values for 1150 men s overcoats better quality including genuine barrymores reg to 3500 at only tl 75 another group of mens overcoats slipon and ulster models good materials and patterns reg 2500 to 2700 for q 50 mens suits finest quality serges and worsteds plain blues stripes and g w priced to sell at 2500 to 3000 reduced for this sale to si 9 75 mens oxfords extra fine quality no i calf must be seen to i be appreciated reg 700 for 495 space does not permit us to list in detail but many lines of ladies mens and c shoes are substantially reduced for quick sale vflec d brill co corner mill main sts phone 167 georgetown s 9boflkx dflnomrvgolscx mobbfl ii lis about watches ask foster he knows you will not be disappointed lf you buy the watch we tecotnmend we have a well equipped repair de partment and know how to operate it new christmas goods arriving daily watch the window foster the jeweller queqn st west sooth side brampton new raisins currants dates figs peels nuts etc now in stock choicest quality only a e farnell deirrery fkmto no election in acton acton last board at the nomination in friday the council and school were elected by acclamation as fol lows reeve amos mason counclllorsfc hanson dr nelson c h harrison e t thetford school board mrs d m wilson rev p a sawyer jas hudson wm norton j m mcdonald havlll mrs geo poppy day fund the canadian legion georgetown post acknowledges with sincere thanks the undermentioned donations toward ibm poppy tuhd previously acknowledged s324b0 john mcdonald sao curling- club 1000 norval softball club 1000 for every man who is able to meet bis creditors uiere are a down who are unable to dodge tbelrs collected during the past year and the nnancial statement was one of the best peraented to the ratepayers in years re had served three yean in oouncll and would be a oanrtldstt for the reeveahlp if elected he would work in the beat interests of the town councillor w c beosey chairman of streets and walks said he had ipent five years in council and had been chairman of streets since 1b38 all he had to spend on 17 miles of streets was 2 mills out of 80 and he had not exceeded hte budget the streets in town were in good shape and chief marshall deserved con siderable credit fofsame he believ ed he had saved the town money by opposing the purchase of a ss900 road machine and using the old road grader john street had not been imhved because he could not get the support of other members of ooun cll councillor a b parr chairman of the waterworks showed a profit in his departments operation during the year a new wall had been built at stivercreek reservoir- and through the efforts of chief marshall all water from springs was now going into the reservoir and this saved considerable expense for pumping councillor cummings chairman of building and property committee spoke regarding hu department the work of draining and levelling the park was being done to provide work for the unemployed and to improve our town playground it would cost some 3500 60 men were how on the unemployed register antf- the work too late for last issue norval young peoples society held a devotional meeting last monday night in the basement of the pres byterian church the opening exer cises were a hymn jesus calls- us oer the tumult scripture reading by miss muriel tlsdale prayer by rev b mcdonald and the reading of he minutes fby the secretary were fol- loved by a most interesting program i ssxap solo wilfred les vocal sjls duet hiss oatherine macpherson and bars 8 d mcolure address on miriam rev b mcdonald solo mr chester early piano solo mrs king miss elsie mcolure conducted the meeting in a very pleasing mariner and thanked all who had helped to nuke it such as success the closing hymn was the churchs one poun- aatlon followed by prayer by rev b macdooald at next mondays meeting there will be a debate resolved that wotpen should have equal rights with men radios see our new 8tube atwater kent radio before you buy insurance special rate to farmers on automobile insurance newcomers to welcom asaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassawwabaaaaaaaaaaaasa f kersey georgetown madame florence main contralto formerly of winnipeg teaches the art of singing in all hi branches pupils any age by appointment phone 358w georgetown unutfiltu ovu red rose tea c5sftst ot stewarttown me weekly meeting of the aypa was held in the orange hall at stew sullown the devotional period was conducted by mr boyd continuing the rtory of st pauls missionary jour neys the minutes of the last meet ing were then read and the evening was open to busmeam it was consid ered that the ay do something for he christmas concert the education al period opened with a reading by aars p jenklnson and miss ruby tennauit favoured us with two songs the social period was spent by play ing games and singing songs the 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