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of pubucatia swemy- tuird year wednesday etening december 20th 1939 150 per anmirh in advance 200 to usa a vrymerry cfrftistmas xo all council pay county rate ot 7262 at mon meeung debenture bylaw for portion of p gjyen first and second readings ftci brigade given usual grant council met at 8 pjn on monday evening members present major gibbons reeve davis councillors hau brawn cripps mcdonald xyons minutes of previous meeting read ahdcaoflnned communications read from k m langdon b c thompson ondnfa general hospital a k wilson and co dr nielsen addressed council tn re gard to the charles st lot moved by thos l lyons and a k crtpps that bylaw no 3903 to repeal bytow no 3914 and 3900 of the ibwn of georgetown be now read a qrst tune carried moved by k mcdonald and n h brown that bylaw no 3923 to repeal bylaw no 3914 and 3990 of the town of georgetown be now read a second and third tunes and finally passed and the seal df the corporation be at tached thereto canted moved by j hau and thos l lyons that bylaw no to provide for the issue of debentures to tbe amount of 306214 to pay for tbe paving of portion of the connecting links be now iced a first time carried moved by g davis and a e crtpps that bylaw no to provide for an issue of debentures to the amount of 306x14 to pay for the paving of a portion of the connecting links be now read a second time carried moved by ae cripps and g davis that we accept tbe offer of a m njel- son of 13000 for the nw halves of lots 148 and 147 charles street and the mayor and clerk are authorized to sign the necessary documents car ried moved by a e cripps and j hau that the treasurer pay the county rate amounting to 726249 carried moved by j- ban and k mcdonald that tbe treasurer pay tbe usual grant of 400 to the fire brigade carried moved by a r crtpps and g w davis that tbe sum of 235 be trans ferred fvom the foundry hhg- fund to the general account carried moved by k mcdonald and k h- brown that the treasurer pay tbe waterworks dept the sum of 1150 for hydrant charge carried moved by thos l lyons and n brown that the treasurer pay the cemetery board the sum of 123576 being 1 iwiii an the assessment car ried moved by j hau and k mcdonald that tbe sum of 1100 be transferred from the current account to the housing special accountscarried moved by n h brown and g davis that any accounts tn be tween now and the end of tbe year may be paid on the authorisation of the finance committee carried that the treasurer pay the foj jno oliver sts t brown sts ah share in christmas it has been said that christmas brings blessings to rich and poor alike tbe rich that of giving and the poor that of receiving christina i the posseslson of all there is no barbed wire fence to keep anyone out all may share its wealth of good cheer and join in the g of the carols praise from the commonest blc come tbe richest delights health friendship love of home are familiar exam and furnish the very best blessings and some ofxthese are within the reach of all and bestow equal pleasure to all who partake trafalgar reeve announces retirement reeve victor hall of trafalgar town- hip has announced that he is retiring from municipal life he is warden of halloa county reeve of trafalgar township for the past seven years he has been the prune mover in several reforms in administration during his regime council has purchased a fire- pumper a weedsprayer a road main- talner a snowplowand has introduced the use of township tarslip vouchers built roadsst years in trafalgar township from the dayswben single wagon tracks formed tbe only thoroughfare in the township to the present time with 140 miles of surfaced roads linking the area together is the proud record of sam mclean for 50 years roads super intendent of trafalgar township mr ii has watched tbe town ship grow in population and has served under some ten different reeves he recalled tbe many changes that had taken place especially in the road sys tem coverinz some 9000 miles each year in inspecting and superintending the many repair iocs number of breakins over last weekend stewarttown safe blown open iwaihms places in town no less than five business places were entered in georgetown and district last weekend thugs entered the hard ware store of j sanford son at stewarttown on friday night and blew openthe safe taking about 40 in cash and a 50 electric drill entrance was gained by way or the front doax then the robbers knocked the dial off the safe and inserted ex plosives the detonation blew the door off mrs h barrow who resides across tbe road from the store reported to police that she heard men talking about 3 a an a few minutes later she heard a loud explosion but took no no tice as she thought it was the back fire of a car other residents also heard tbe explosion but likewise thought little of it tbe robbery was not reported until 8 am when sanfords son entered tbe store and saw the wreckage on saturday night the local hydro office was entered when thugs smash ed a window to gain entrance but nothing was stolen it is thought the wouldbe burglars wer interested hi moving the safe but were perhaps frightened away as a number of the sailing of the first contingent wtawa dec lo it was a grey december sunday when the fleet of passenger vessels with the canadian active service force first division on board and its accompanying guardian flotilla of warships set off to sea at times the sun broke through tbe clouds sometimes a squally gust ruffled the waters but the general conditions were favorable and the meteorologkal ex perts predicted that the ships would just nicely avoid a storm area which had been a recent centre of disturb ance this departure was quite dif ferent from the sailing of the- first contingent in 1914 the latter had gone out of valearoer with great ado embarked enahlpboard and supped down the 8u lawrence to assemble at oaspe awaiting the word to go when the time came for the actual depart ure downthe gulf of st lawrence to the sea that great fleet moved out quietly and with but few observers this 1939- setting out was under quite different conditions instead of the lonely bay tbe ships were gathered at a port and at a populous place it would be difficult indeed impos sible to estimate the number of peo ple who saw the ships q out but it can be said that ittwas verv large the secret of the departmw tlmehad been well kept but by the middle of tbe saboauusnorning it was evident to on lookers that action was impending tn- j creasing volumes of smoke bom fun- j nels being- regarded as a certain sign of socks stolen i then too there were early risers who had noted at daybreak several naval units moving into the fairway and go ing out to sea tw the observers were rewarded at noon when other naval craft proceeded down the channel and made for 1 open and soon afterwards the fin unit of the great passenger fleet m lowed in turn the others joined the parade until all had completed thetr majesttc course past the headlands and lroeeded to clear the land as each tessel swung out its rails upper decks foud around same the same night the brill hosiery mills was nels being regarded as a certain sign entered and a quannjttf of socks stolen on sunday night je thieves con unued their rampage and forced then- way into jack squlrejs service station stealing a radio ahtlfreexe afih a quantity of tobacco j c b dayfoot and co was entered on monday night and although a number of drawers were ransacked only a couple of pair of shoes were found missing the typewriter was carried outside but left behind chief w g marshall is m a desperate effort to track down the d mkpij thieves and is being ably assisted by j and rigging were lined with troops and night constable emmerson j from each there came great lusty cheers to be reechoed rrom tbe shore however one ship must have possessed a martinet as it passed the vantage point occupied by this observer it was noted that tbe decks were lined but ined with soldiers each wearing bis business man bereaved the sympathy of the community is extended to mr elmer c thompson in the death of his sister miss oeor- gia thompso at toronto last week favours tor kiddies at community christmas tree on saturday lions club bring santa to georgetown on saturday after noon at 300 pm draw also to take place halton protective association names officers for yea 1940 yea 1 halton county game and fisheries protective association recommended at a meeting recently that a twoday pheasant shoot be held in the future in halton heretofore the shoot last ed three days the association also suggested that the event coincide with the shoot held by tjrwj and went- worth county president j a grif fiths of burlington was hi the chair and representatives attended from an parts of the county discussion ensued as to the best means of interesting the yotmlgpeople tn the preservation of wild ufe in the county and it was decided to invite boysiscouts and young people to a meeting at which pictures wul be shown and a speaker provided it is expected that the meeting will be held in january plans for the annual banquet in february were discussed election of officers was held with mr griffiths being reelected as pre sident 1st tioapreatdent a patter- don bronte 2nd vicepresident colin smith burlington secretory leslie kerns free executive david wendover palermo richard sneath burlington william seaton burling ton john tuck freeman william ffl- man aldershot cecil breckon bronte ford rogers bronte gordon booth bronte joseph wickson bronte w h mcpherson bronte tom bullock bronte robert miller freeman saturday is tobe another great- day for the children whether w have snow or not old saint nicholas is to visit georgetown and wfll meet all the boys and girls at the com munity christmas tree at 300 pjm so parents bring your children to town early and you may shop before and after santa arrives georgetown merchants stm have fine selections of gifts to choose from shop in george town and you cant go wrong a great supply of can nuts and oranges is being prepared so that when santa arrives and takes up his place at the christmas tree he wul be able to give every little boy and girl a bag of good things an added attraction wul be tbe draw for turkeys geese and- chickens this is an annual affair when a large num ber of fowl are won by persons hold ing tickets purchased from m of the lions club its going to be a big time alright and tbe whole affair is under the aus pices of georgetown lions club card of thanks we wish to convey to our many friends and neighbors also eaqueslnc council who attended in a body and c company lome scots for beauti ful floral tributes our sincere thanks for the many kindnesses and the sym pathy extended to us in the loss of our beloved mother anna j murray the family newly acquired lifebelt and mustered at his emergency station for them the war was on jas mccartney sts w spence sts r barclay sts el harris sts c sargent sts c sargent sts jno oliver sts e harris sts jenkins and hardy stationery j n oven ban ww sts j b mckenrie son coal bldg 2875 p b harrison post exch etc 1050 tbe bristolco of canada ww 370 w g marshst postage exch usd w h kentner ban coal 1u5 harrison se crosflekl oal color lm p b harrison re old age pens 2250 jack tost park 70 x m langdon legal fees 2656 council adjourned 130 720 7j 720 730 6j0o 6j 3jb0 240 240 180 1ji7 13 43 piano recital the auditorium of the public school was decorated with a gaily lit christ mas tree for the annual christmas re dtal of the pupflsjof miss margaret dickie atcm saturday afternoon december 16th those playing ranged from begin ners including a fouryearold to grade 10 there was also a demon stration of r band work by tbe class of beginners who take lessons at the school those taking part were jane mime joyce macmbian margaret marshall bewde barley marion dickie mary woods ingfcborg arnold kathleen barnes peggy keoy june clarke doris ar baruto wfinains and helen blarahuin sarsst add oolar to the feattv i 1 last meeting ot esquesing council held on thursday date for nominations set money bylaw and account pauad t h m king george vi stewarttown december 15 1999 the december meeting of esques ing township ohmcfl was held on friday deputy reeve w a wilson councillors c h may g w murray and edwin harrop were present reeve n a robinson presided at the meeug the mlnutei of the last meeting were read and confirmed communications were read from a e wilson and co mrs duncan camp bell department of highways cana dian legion jenkins and hardy w r belyra and hydro etoctrjc power comnufsion guelpfa moved by murray and may that the treasurer pay relief accounts as pre sented by the relief officer 17295 carried moved by murray and may that leave be granted to introduce a bylaw to grant permission to the reeve and treasurer to borrow money tn meet the current expenditure of the town ship and that said bylaw be now read a first time carried moved by wuvn and harrop that bylaw nc 917 to grant permission to the reeve and treasurer to borrow money to meet the current expenditure of be township having been read a first time be read a second and third 1 times and passed and the blanks filled in with the sum of eight thousand dollars and that the seal althcor- poratlon be sttachld thereto carried moved by harrop and wilson that leave be granted lo introduce a bylaw to providvfor i pding- municipal elec tions for the year 1940 and that said bylaw be now read a first time carried moved by may and murray fast bylaw no 918 to provide for holding municipal secuocr for the year 1940 bavin been read a first time be no read a second and third times and passed and that the seal of the cor poration be attached thereto car ried moved by wuson and harrop that this council dvntrw adjourn to meet at 2 pm carrie3r moved by wuson and harrop that are do now adjourn to attend the funeral of the late mrs c murray carried moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay the road sheets as ited bjf the road superintendent 253600 carried moved by may and murray that the treasurer pay beu telephone co 38121 20 9112 140 30 municipal world ltd stnpuea 2jbs the ocon herald account to date sus h jenktoaon to t h w 50c on cbnatnau day decem tft sage to hi tenets th the met following the empire at 1000 am est hb laajecty the b3nw will broadcast a christmas me- emptre the broadcast wffl be heard in canada over tbe obc national christinas program at sjs am jkbt crescent street- lights sum de partment of game and flab special hun unina mj6 cor poration of oeorsetown stvawon court tjoata44qd town of moton drrtoioe court costa sjajst oarpontoon of acton dmawn orwrt costs jput 4 sanford relief account to date 30j00 supplies 30c3030 x ml bennett re vising voters lists 6580 l m ben nett supplies 175 stamps 375 530 secretary treasurer george town poppy fund 15j00 carried moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay board of health accounts j sanford account to date 32joq dr r t paul to attending mott convention 1000 l m bennett to bus fare advanced to w allan sept 29th 240 j h bingham meeting 2400 mileage 270 total 2670 iv a robinson meetings 3400 mi 300 total 2700 dr r t paul- meetings 24joo mileage 120 total 2s x m bennett meetings 24j0v total 2440 department of health of ontario insulin supplied to mrs cor ner 299 carried moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay g c brown in surance on motor grader tor nov t6l 1940 ssojoo renewing tax collector bond to december 9 1840 3730 dale and bennett account to date 14437 stamps for treasurer 1939 4524- carried moved by wilson and harrop that the clerk return band certiflcat r a bart to auto smith and co kit chener carried moved by harrop and wuson that this council request the hydro eleo- trie power com lstion of ontario to give hydro service to martin mo- v laughin properly which the town- hip had taken or but is now ownj ed by martin mciujghlin crried moved by harrop and wilson that t treasurer nay to fouowlrg ae counts n a robinson meetings 406 mileage 8jm commissicn sttao total 15100 w a wuson meetings 48jm mileage 480 commission 8000 total 13380 c h may meetings t4bjml mileage 1280 commitslnn 7000 to tal 13030 edwin harrop metursw 4500 mileage 1500 comnusslon 17800 total 13000 g w murray meetings 4bjoo mttease s16j0o com mission 7000 total 13400carrled moved by harrop an that this council tender to deputyreeve w a wflaon a very hearty vote or thanks lor batamjnb us to dinner at hunters hm wtdeb a was appreciated by ea member of the council the cfterk tnaattrer aat road enperintendeotcanried moved by hscrop and mislay that tbe reeve do now vacate the chair and it be taken by deputy vm moved by wuson and mar that tta thanks of this oooncaaxa hereby ten dered to reeve nelson a ft tor santa glaus to visit etown on saturday