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the georgetown herald lx seventysecond yer of publication wednesday evening may 17th 1939 1 50 per annurnjn advance 2 0 to usa dr f l hosking elodrocnled bathing his 3year old son about half past seven sunday dooming dr frederick james hosking ell known physician of hillsdale was electroout ed the babys cries drew mrs hoskings attention to the fact that some thin was wrong hurrj ing to the bathroom she found her husband slump ed across one end of the tub with a sun lamp switched off on his chest the frightened child was the jaatjiat the other an immediate call was sent out for dr g e tanner of midland but artificial respiration which he tried immediate ly on arrival proved of no avail mrs hosking declared her husband had been in the habit of using the sun lamp on his chest for a few minutes each day while in the bath born in vermont on april 29 1906 or hos king was brought to can ada by his parents mr and mrs h s hodfclng when 6 years of age he lived in rockwood all his life graduating from the university at toronto faul of medicine in 1934 he spent one year as an interne in hamilton general hospital and then purchased the prac tice of dr c r rudolph hillsdale in 1935 surviving are his widow formerly edna may pear en rockwood whom he married in april 193a and two children bruce aged 3 j ears and wayne aged 14 months in addl tion to his parents mr and mrs h s hosking rockwood one slater and three brothers surrie mrs nell gordon guelph benjamin kirkland lake williams bathursu n3 henrj kirkland lake another sister a mission ary in angola rflfvl m toronto in 1937 dr hosking was a for mer pupil of georgetown high school ashgrove the song recital given by miss marjorle dawson accompanied by miss oatharine tees of toron u in milton presbyterian ohurch may loth was attended fay quite a num ber of friends namely mr and mrs c b dick and family mrs fred i wrlgglesworth mr and misi a j ruddell and family mother s day services were observed on sunday morning may 14 every one wearing a qower in her honor at the united church sunday school mrs frank wilson gave the special address and junior members of the sunday school sang speeding auto crashes tree two are killed one than was killed in stantly and another suf fered fatal injuries earl sunday morning hrhttx r speeding car plungv from the highway wesfr of here and smashed intor tree william mckee of ac ton aged about 28 the owner and dlrver of vbj car died lnstantlv of ter rible head injuries as the left side and roof of the car were torn off in the crash robert myers 35 of 0 florence st hamilton friend of mckee died se veral hours later in guelph general hospital the accident occurred at the western town limit of georgetown on no t highway about 12 15 am passing motorists notified chief marshall and dr paul of georgetown who removed the broken bod- from the wreckage and a georgetown ambu lance rushed myers to guelph chief of police w o- marshall of georgetown investigated and said he believed excessive speed was the cause of the acci dent an inquest will probably be held he said coroner dr j a mc- niven ordered the body of mckeen removed to the funeral parlor here when it was held pending offi cial decision on an in quest dr paul gave first aid to myers both myers and mckee were natives of ireland where there parents re side myers leaves widow and three children in hamilton mckee was drummer for the lome cots regiment of bramp ton the two men were proceeding west iron georgetown to acton when the tragedy happened their 1931 model coupe plunged into the right- hand ditch ran along on its sideor about seven ty five feet and then side swiped a tree the drivers side of the car was torn off by the tree and the windshield i roof smashed in the vehicle came to rest against a wire fence few feet from the tree choral society concert gladys ruddell from the clt primary class recited and in the sen special meeting or girls class miss marlon dick told i m rnn an interesting sor following at township council the church service rev j o totton gave the message and they were fa tenders for gravel received wired with ft young peoples choir- and contract let mlases joy ruddell and frances wrlg gaeoworth contributed a duet your slewarttown may 12th 1939 mothers bible j a special meeting of esquesing the yp8 held their regular meet township council was he d on man sewage system discussed by dr v williams moh correspondence ing in the evening a 8 o clock norval the wonwns association of the united church is arranging a concert for friday evening of this week when a number of competitors of the peel musical fesival will provide the pro gram refreshments are being serv ed communion services were held in the united church on sunday may 7 wit hthe minister rev f a gilbert in charge fourteen members were admlttted at the reception service on profession of faith n mothers dej may 14th the ted church sunday school observ ed its anniversary service with the scholars ailing the choir gallery twd anthems were rendered under the di rectton of the organist mr lloyd hustler during the service the in fant children of mr and mrs james laldlaw and mr and mrs macarthur we baptized mrs a laldlaw is visiting at the bone of her daughter mrs hall decorating and extensions are be log made co several properties in the village notts united church sunday may 2lst standard time 4d am the church school ii ajn sefrtee of worship rev cnas cumm- inf ba bj will preach meant rtsasaal united charch 1j0 pin tbe church school 230 pio servtot of worship rev chas cumming ba bo wilt preach day evening deputj reeve wilson councillors c h ma c w murraj and edwin harrop were pres ent reeve n a robinson presided v hp m tl the m n ites c tie last meeting were read aid confirm d of mr hlgglns of the depirtmenl highways attended the meettnn and tender lor supplying crushinz and hauling gravel were opened moved bj wilson and harrop that this council accept the lender of a baat of kitchener for supplying ciushing loading hauling and placing of grave on the roads of the town ship of enqueuing for the sum of 56c per cubic ard carried moved bv murraj and ma tha gtoac ran may 15 1938 i d o r rii ceonjp own hen d r o n o it deir mr edi or ir k ic i in n ng space in pa pi f r ni c is ic n rwir in tallatlon in georketow i ls apprecl n n ctrt p the coidi 1 j ank o tl o e inte ed l this rojec a rt linw of th t it ion will be r rntpd in llil niti ind mother n th e xi lsvut oi it c heiald it s piopovd iiis jpt r to di cum s nird aii at in aj of i sewer the clerk return cheques of tenders tano not accepted carried moved by wilson and hartop tha this council do now adjourn o meet monday june 12th at 10 o clock am standard time as a court of revision or at the call of the reeve carried monday proclaimed a public holiday in order to make it possible for all citizens to visit toronto on the oc caslon of the visit of their majesties king george vi and queen elizabeth monday may 22nd has been pro claimed by town council a public holiday in georgetown all citizens are respectfully requested to govern themselves accordingly the best qualified au lioriu in on lunlclpal sanitation dr a has iecentl ta ed before 1 georgetown council that instal a on of a sewer sjtem in george tr vn s long overdue dr beiry di rector of he dej artment of sanitary engineer n ontario department oi h alth tinder whose direction all er sj urns in the province are in stalled has examined the plans sub mitted bj the engineering firm of hagey and gray and passed them as satisfactory he further stated that the terrain of the town ensures a imple and inexpensive system as compared to many municipalities the ontario department of health very seldom forces a municipality to ac quire a sewer system instead it ad vises and cooperates the final de clsion rests with the municipal coun cil who are asking for the opinion of the ratepayers on may 29th your medical officer or health and sanl arj inspector are in a better position than most ratepayers to know 1 c un anltar local conditions arc judging bj conplints received so far this spring we will hap raore trouble this ear than ecr before in an in rreistnsrly greater number of instances mail propcrn owners are facing ex peases in making temporal changes which will help them for a few mon ills at which time they will be call d upon to make a further outtaj few specific examples cf the un wholesome conditions will be made in th e letters the public as a whole ls unaware of hem those who are c n en linn with them are ashamed to lis us the conditions under which the are forced to live there are alwns tliosi who are disinterested in improving general conditions and sat lsfied to lene the situation as it is provide thtir own homes hae satis ta ten sanitary arrangements the do nai realize that their system or that cf a nelgl bour may break down at am t me it must not be forgot ten tha an entire block of houses may suffer from the short comings of one house with the recent tendency toward decentramia on of industry and homes georgetown is in a favourable position to attract new industries and homejjuilders proximity to large centres good rail connections and the natural attractiveness of the town are strong inducements in stances are known when georgetown was considered and then passed by on account of the lack of a sewer system this is usually considered essential to homebuilders and industry who have been accustomed to them they locate elsewhere their presence here would decrease taxation from the public health angle the continued on page 5 opening baseball game here monday may 29th haltov county loop organiz ed last week georgetcwn baseball club was rep resented at a meeting of the hal ton count ba eball league held ln ac ton last week by messrs e coles j ritchie and w ritchie representfl lives were al o present from oakville milton and acton and a four team schedule was drawn up and league of fleers elected as follows pre ident e ryder acton vice president j black oakville secretar treasurer a white ac ton a triple chedule will be played with the first two teams meerf in a two out of three game series in the fin als for the league championship the team milshlntf in first place will have choice of games the first part of this schedule is as follows may 27th oakville at milton ma 29th acton at georgetown may 31st milton at oakville june 3rd oakville at acton georgetown at mllton jun 7th acton at milton june 8 h oakville at georgetown june 10th georgetown at acton june 14th acton at oakville june 15th milton at georgetown june 17th milton at acton georgetown at oakville f dates marked i 1 are evening games twilight games begin at 7 pm and afternoon games at 3 pjn dst balance of schedule will be announced later the opening game will be staged here on monday evening may 2sth at 7 pm so it will be a date for all sport fans to keep in mind acton will be the opponents while oakville open the season at milton on the previous saturda may 27th tliere was a large at tendance at the george town choral society con cert held in knox prea- bvterlan church on tues day evrin the splen did program rendered by the society under ifae able leadership of mr w e cpps was enioyed bjr til esoecially the choruses which were the best ever presented by this society solos by miss oapps mia mary feller mr thoa warnes mr alex mlc- nabb duett by mrs d d davidson and mla marie fleok and selection b georgetown string ensemble un der the leadership of mr wm young were also much appreciated miss dorothy moore of toronto was the elocutionist of the evening and her selections were heartily applauded as were thrttumbers of the entire pro gram mrs r t paul at cm was the capable accompanist of the even ing at the close of the program the members of the society and other tal ent were entertained to a delicious luncheon under the supervision of mrs w c bessey and mrs w g marshall in the sunday school room of the church the following officers were elected for the ensuing year honorary president mr a mac- la ren president mr t faram vlcepresidentmr thos wamea secretary treasurer miss madeleine erwin librarian miss ruth anderson committee mrs duncan miss mary feller mrs bessey miss harri son mr w leslie mr gordon price mrs sanford mrs norton mrs heat- lej miss joy ruddell leader mr w e capps pianist mrs florence paul gray coaches prepared for heavy traffic to toronto for the royal visit on may tend the gray coach lines are busy making preparations to handle the extraordinary heavy traffic to toronto for the royal visit on may 22nd all available equipment will be in use and it will be taxed to ihe utmost those going to torobfe for the oc casion should buy their tickets and signify their intention to the lee agent w h long on or before fri- daj may 19th