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lalion from band lo council receives grant standing committees elected fire brigade officers ap pointed december relief account 11078 ci towrt council met- en tuesday even- in their first business session of jv the year memberspresent mayor josepjxglbbons councillors jos hal ft t cave a ecdpp6nh brown x mcdonald and s j mackenzie mr e b magjpughlen and frank mddonald addressed council asking i2or a renewal of their billiard 11c- eiiees mr a macnabb also address- ad council on behalf of the lome scots band in regard to their grant correspondence was read from mrs geo w davis and family hospital u for sick children mr fred ballantine in regard -to- use of town hall fire brigade ontario good roads assocl- fttion salvation army a e wilson fit co moved by mackenzie seconded by brown that the standing committees tor 1940 be as follows the first named being chairman flnenoehau crlpps mackixie rxtadsmodonald brown caye the reeve building and property mackenzie brown the reeve printing and industrial cave mac kenzie hall waterworks and fire crlpps hall mcdonald welfare light and police brown crlpps oave carried moved by mackenzie seconded by mcdonald that a grant of30000 be made to the lome scots band car- tied moved by hall seconded by crlpps that the billiard room licenses or hugney mcdonald and e r mag- lougbjen be renewed for 1940 a at fee of fl5j per tablescarried moved by brown seconded by mc donald that mr fred ballantine be granted the use of the town hall to conduct an athletic club carried moved by crlpps seconded by hall that on the recommendation of the fire brigade the following officers be appointed chief henry shepherd at a salary of 6730 per annum deputy chief donald latimer at a salary of -ai-eo-jr-annumliuck-drlver-and- caretakef wm ritchie at a salary of 45100 per annum moved by cave seconded by brown thatwe make a grant of 1540 to the salvation army carried moved by brown seconded by hall thatdrvb w appointed a 7 member of the high school board for the years 1040 1941 1942 carried moved by mcdonald seconded t mackenzie that the regular meetings of the council be held on the first tuesday of each month at 8 pm carried moved by brown seconded by crlpps hiat the treasurer pay the relief commission the sum of 11076 to pay december accounts carried moved by hall seconded by crlpps that the treasurer pay the following accounts john oliver ww 240 b c thompson court services 400 wm ward court services 400 x v macoormack stationery 146- georgetown herald printing 2384 1 davison gravel 1260 k c mcmillan coal 3625 vat w robb stationery 106 w c anthony sts 638 v b c thompson court services 646 commercial stationery 8c printing co 4900 hydro electric 72882 j schultz sts 280 t sinclair fire truck 3276 moved by mcdonald seconded by brown that we request the hydro oonumsstan to lnstal a street light i m the bth line at the foot or the hill carried moved by hall seconded by cave that we make a grant of 1500 to the boys band carried moved by cave secohded by cripps that wuham rmmrrson be appointed night constable for the town of georgetown by the month at a salary of 8000 per month carried- moved by mcdonald seconded by mackenzie that miss a ryan and w f bradley be appointed members of the cemetery board for the years 1940 1941 1942 carried moved by mackenzie seconded by bad that the sum of 236000 be transferred from- the housing special account to the current account to be applied on debentures carried moved by cave seconded by brown 1bat rev w g o thompson be appointed a member of the public library board for the years 1940 1941 m- and 1942 andthat mrs nellie gar diner be appointed for the year 1940 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of j m mbore carried moved by cave seconded by mc- danaki that bylaw no to appoint milk inspector for the town of georgetown for the year 1940 be now read a first time carried wlov by c sccuial b m kensie thabylftw no to appoint a milk inspector for the town of otorgetowafor- the year 1940 be now read a second and third times and anally passed and that the seal of the corporation be attached there to carried u moved by brown seconded by mc- donald that we do now adjourn fccttrried fear rail service to be piscdntinuep erln township sanest action citizens of erin township are quite disturbed over a report that the gran river commission- is negotia ting with the cpjr so that the com pany may not build a bridge on their elora branch at belwood citizens fear that jshould this bridge not t be built theojpr may discontinue the service over this line from cataract to elora deputy reeve edgar huxley of erin township said last night that the municipality would do all in its power to prevent the company lifting its tracks the company received a bonus of 40000 from the township for the building of the line ln 1877 the townsmp is served by three sta tions at erin hulaburg and orton should the line be lifted there would be- an area of 250 square miles in ai area where heavy snow prevails with out railway service from the credit valley line at alton and cataract junction to fergus and guelpn which is served by the cjfjr this is the only railway which -pas- ses through- erin township st georges womans auxi liary annual meeting the annual meeting of st georges womans auxiliary was held with the rector rev w g o thompson pre- siding the years work showed one of success and encouragement to carry on in 1940 the election of officers resulted as follows honorary president mrs w g o thompson hon vicepresident mrs m cof fin mrs e mcgulgan mrs f laws presidentjaraw v grant 1st vicepresident mrs d w bax ter 2nd vicepr mrs 8 walker treasurer mrs p f blackburn secretary mrs e e young doras secretary mrs e feller educational secretary mrs w bulllvant junior w a supt miss m oault babys branch secretary mrs s dewhurst living message mrs f laws e c d mrs j d kelly u t o mrs w bulllvant social service mrs a collins auditors miss lindsay and miss a thompson choir matrons mesdames w g o thompson feller maynard mathews pianist mrs b c mckenzie lorne scots band elected officers for year 1940 on frida evening la thelome scots banct twrpwelr annual meet ing and elected the following officers for 1940 honorary members mr b stone mr l e fleck mr j b mackenzie col o cousens col jas ballantine mr h c mcclure mayor jos gib bons president a macnabb vicepresident j scrymageour secretarytreasurer n herbert committee c landsborough b wilcox f armstrong g long librarians t herbert and j har rison acton mr samuel roszell of turner val ley alta called on acton friends dur ing the week at the annual meeting of acton fife brigade officers were elected for the year as follows chief r m mcdon ald assistant chief w chisholm captain j lambert first lieutenant w r e blair second lieutenant ivan harris truck driver gordon smith secretary treasurer ritchie very pleasant evening was spent on thursday last in st albanychurch hall when members of the congre- gatlon and choir of st albans church assembled in honor of a bride- tobe miss nora waterhouse games were played after which rev brooks spoke some wellchosen words and a basket of lovely arid useful gifts were brought in mrs frank marshall and miss carrie crawford assisted nora in opening the gifts after which nora thanked all and all joined ii singing for shesa jolly good pel a toclal time fuiowed when george finney elected warden of halton county george finney reeve of nassaga weya township was chosen warden of- halton county at a meeting of the council on tuesday at milton other mehtbejs of county c are burlington reeve john blair de putyreeve rex hume l georgetown no representative muton reeve dr c h bjeslop oakville ireeve john r byers de putyreeve c v hulmer esquesing reeve w a wilson deputyreeve c h may nassagaweya reeve g finney nelson reeve leslie kerns de putyreeve wm j robertson trafalgar reee njorman oisbem deputyreeve w s hall reeve a d mobride of caledop was elected warden of peel county by a majority of two votes over his op ponent stanley leltch reeve of erin vil lage was elected warden of welling ton county uorne scots band seeks support mr alex macnabb president of the lome scots band for the year 1940 made a very definite appeal at last nights council meeting for increased sppgqxtar the band he said the or ganization was having an uphill pull being almost 20000 in the red at the time he asked the council thirhvywrly giant fo50uutt in order toaaover the deficit and sought the support of the citizens ot the town generally he said it takes about 1200 per year to finance the band of which the town has been con tributing 250 the government around 150 the members their regimental payand the balance is made up of donations arid revenue gained from engagements the council decided that while they were in sympathy with the band they did not think it advisable to raise the grant to more than 300 and at the ame time asked the band to econo mize in their departments as much as possible council also expressed regret that the band did not give more entertain ment for the- publics pleasure but hoped they would consider this in fu ture mr macnabb promised the band would do this wrllij interesting news items from surrounding village i frank petch reelecled president of esquesing agricultural society at annual meeting held last saturday will start now to plan or 1940 fair directors appointed had agoodtair in georgetown last year one of he best in this dli- brlctr said president frank petch hv opening the annual meeting of the esquesing agricultural scclety th- attendance was down and thus a small deficit shows on the financial stated- merit but i abeileveirthe future loot brighter for the society he cohtiinii ed in his opening remarks prior ift the regular procedure of the annual meeting president petch thanked the georgetown men now in england with princess pats we undestand that about ten men from this district arenow in england with the princess pats regiment of winnipeg sailing- oh- rthe rsrb oraraawith the second division of the first contingent df the canadian ac tive service force the princess pats ra arrived in england about the first offficerstdirectorsarmemberrof th the year the list of men from this district includes captain gordon sutherland lieut arnott early pies reg blair c hilts and e shortul in a letter written home by lieut early he states the crossing was very stormy and although not seasick himself many of the other soldiers were they had christinas at sea and were all served the usual christmas dinner of fowl ashgrove 1 the newly appointed officers of the vfms for 1940 are as follows honorary president mrs totten president mrs walter browridge first vicepresident mrs thomas giffen recording secretary mrs john bellboddy assistant secretary mrs thomas giffen treasurer mrs geo nurse stewardship and finance secretary irs f ruddell missionary monthly secretary mrs p wilson supply secretary mrs c b dick temperance secretary mrs fred wrigglesworth pianist miss isobel wrigglesworth assistant pianist mrs a j ruddell auditors mrs fred wrigglesworth mr c b dick mission band superintendent mrs c b dick assistant m b supt mrs f- wil son baby band supt mrscecu wil son press secretary mrs f ruddell on the afternoon of january 9th the first meeting of the wiljs met at the home of mrs walter brown- ridge with the new president presid ing rev mr totten conducted the ceremony for the installation of the new officers mrs jas barnes took charge of the devotional exercises and mrs c b dick gave an outline of a chapter from the study book annual reports were received from each of the secretaries mtheci6eottke meeting a social half hour was en- joyed by all sixteen members of the bright star mission band held an interesting mee ting on saturday afternoon at the home of mrs c b dick it was their work meeting and con sisted of sorting sunday school ma terial for the missionary bale after the work was completed everyone en joyed tobogannlng followed by lunch the euchre club met at the home of mr and mrs lester miller on fri day evening mrs a j ruddell and mr p ruddell were the lucky win ners by miss a sboftlll and mrs r mc- ttnery miss shortjol gave anjntereat- lng synopsis of toe 6th chapter of luke which contained many splendid sug gestions for improving our dally liv ing monthly programmes- for the coming year were given out the members answered the roll call with thoughts for the new year it warj ji is flinty has surplus cut debt 50000 an approximate surplus of 3500 for 39 is revealed in an annual halton county financial statement the coun ty debenture debt is seen to have dropped 60000 during the past year the debenture debt has dec 340400 where it stood attb90000 year ago county officials estimate that halton will be f of debt by 1951 if it itahfe toavoid adding fur ther debentures in the next few years low lunch was served by eilss esther tay lor andmri a h at a special jneeungof the acton i and other winter sports 4b- i are not the only ones ajft- inow many farmers ailh ols- i nearly dry and aiaterfrhaat tm- aai art alio thantrm ing the estimates for the year were made af ter a careful consideration of estima ted receipts and expenditures the- am ount required for the general tax rate this year was 1215200 and the secretary was instructed to request this amount from the council this is an increase over last years amount of 10610d0 but is accounted for by the fact that last years estimate was 600 abort and a note at- the bank for this amount must be provided for this year decrease in county grxtfe is also accountable for a portion of the extra- amount requiredfree press canadas war loan 1a off toa good atarvand should be fully subscribed ballinafad we are glad to report that rev waddell who has been confined to his bed with a severe cold is slow ly improving mrs h mcjntosh of toronto spent jait week wittvher sister- mrs vannatter the mission circle held their jan uarymeeting at the home of misse bwlndlehurst the devotlonals were taken by muriel crossman and mar- geutite kentner a reading on tem perance was given by edith warne the topic was in charge of ethel swlndtehutsti r the annual meeting or the united church was held on monday after noon rev a o w foreman had charge of the meeting and gave the report of the stewards very encour aging were the reports given of all the departments dfthe church the treasurer reported all expenses had been met with a substantial bal ance on tiand mr j p t kirkwood was reelected treasurer with mr h hilts and mr r warne as cash sec retaries organlstmrs b vannatter j sun sc b b their annual meeting last monday the financial report was given by mr mr r shottlll miss b hilts the missionary convenor reported our al location to thetu se m fond had been reached short temperance andr mis sionary talks are to be given in the sunday school each month the birthday box is to be used in aid of missionary- contributions the new canadian youth hymnal is being used in the sunday school officers for 1940 are superinten dent mr r warn treasurer mr r shortlh temperance sect mrs r warne missionary sect miss b buts organist mrs j p kirkwood i the nmnbera of the w a met for thetf january- meeting at the the opening devotional were decided to take up a special collection each month which will be donated to the red cross all enjoyed a game of chinese checkers after which lunch was served the february meeting will be held at the home of mrs j kirkwood limehouse the regular january meeting of the presbyterian wmb was held at the home of mrs a j smethurst on thursday evening last week the girls lookout club of the piasbyterian church held a croklnole patty at the home of mr and mrs w lane on friday evening a ood time and a good attendance is report ed high scores were held by mr harry knight and mrs a j smet hurst while consolations went to mr norman mcdonald and miss lillian hugglns mrs minnie harding spent sunday with mr and mrs e beerman and family we are glad to see mr ed beer- man is able to be around again after three months in christie street hos pital where he underwent treatment for a shoulder ailment miss given hill rum also work with smith stone ltd georgetown church services were withdrawn owing to bad weather last sabbath mrs gilbert english held the lucky ticket on the girls lookout club quilt glen williams mr and mrs allan anderson and daughter of toronto were week end quests at glen haven the home of mr and mrs roger gugot we are pleased to report that mrs p g wagstaffe who is a patient in st josephs hospital ouelph and underwent an operation last week now progressing nicely mr and mrs tom beaumont i toronto were week end guests at the home of mr joseph beaumont miss vivlenne ouyot who recently underwent an operation in the private patients pavilion toronto general hospital is now convalescing miss gertrude oaln pupil of the cooper nnd meeks dance revue of new toronto was among the many dancers who entertained the soldiers in the music building in toronto ex hibition grounds last wednesday right and was gteatly applauded th annual meeting of the ladies oirild of st albans church took place in the- parish hall on thursday after noon the secretary gave a very the jrsuter presented an excellent good report of the years work and financial report the rector rev w g o thompson whtt presided at the meeting commended the members on their years work and called on them all to carry on their good work the officers elected for the coming year are honorary president mrs o o thompson preldent mrs gujwt v mr arttuw- beaumon secretary mrs hepburn jr treasurer mrs jack mcmenemy sewing convenors mrs hadley arid mrs t haines sick committee mrs george preston and mrs crawford for 1939 approximately 9000 a 1500 decrease from 1938 the statement showed childrens aid society child welfare costs total 6300 due to an increase in the number of wards cf the childrens air society in board ing homes hospital accounts were lower in 1939 because the province is now bearing the entire cost of indigent patients in tubercular sanatoria the report pointed out ninety acres of land in nassagaweya to form the beginning of a county forest was purchased last year by halton at a cost of 741 improvement and maintenance o the county road system was the lar gest single expenditure of county council in 1939 five miles of bitum inous pavement was laid on a stretch from milton to hornby at a cost 4950 per mile a start was made- on the widening of the th line trafal gar township by replacing gravel shoulders with four feet of pavement for a distance of one and a quarter miles north of trafalgar village approximately 50 miles of the coun ty road system were treated with chemical weed killer last year about 1000 cubic yards of salttreated sand have been placed around the road sys tem for use this winter in ice control purchase last fan of 9000 feet of snow fence brings heltons total snow fence footage to500o0 correspondents wanted the hetald b destroas of oh- tahung country correspondents atam points not repmenteflras the m kindly apply earty st albans vestry meeting the annual vestry meeting of st albans church glen williams was held on tuesday evening the rec tor rev w o o thompson presid ed and opened the meeting with creed and prayers minutes of last vestry were read by mr joseph beaumont the vestry clerk reports were presented from the churchwardens st albans guild the sunday school and the junior ayp a all showing a satisfactory status the rector appointed mr arthur beaumont as rectors warden and mr montague merryday was elected peoples warden the board of management was re elected with the addition of mr ric hard beaumont the sidesmen were reelected with the addition of messrs ralph bludd harry trncy and richard beaumont the rector expressed his apprecia tion and thanks to the officials of the church and the officers and mem bers of the organizations for faith ful work these remarks were fol lowed by votes of thanks from the vestry the meeting then adjourned and a congregational meetlnft was declared open for the election of a lay dele gate mr joseph beaumont was elect ed to that office for a period of thrije- years the meeting was then closed with the benediction and the ladles of st albans guild served refreshments attention the red cross work room in the post office building will be open on monday next frpirft 3 to 5 pjn for being done by the ladies of the town on monday evening a shipment wol be made ready for polish relief wfll be bapfjuea to yom at oeee h yoa derfi atfws ram year iamoi phase tee that yavr dtotrfct is represented new local newspaper mentioned on sunday mornino radio broadcast thos w had their radios timed in to obl at 10 oclock txa sunday inornlng when a d andy clarke former news broadcaster of the globe mall gave his weekly broadcast of items taken from ontario weeklies e pleasantry surprised to hear their awn joofl newspaper mentioned- mr clarke 1s peclahsmg jn stories from ontarios weeklies and his fifteen minute newscasts are indeed interest- society for the cooperation they had given him- durinhls term of office he said he was sorry he could not show a ba on the books this year nut that the fair was gradually do ing better as over half of the total deficit of 12800 was carried forward from the previous year mr petch said the fair board of 1940 would have to concentrate on ways and means of getting larger crowds and l more extensive advertising the minutes of the previous an nual meeting were read by secretary oscar lerch and the financial re port given by treasurer p w cleave many suggestions asto how tba fair might benefit were brought be fore the meeting and win be given consideration during the coming year reports were given by the commit tee chairmen of all classes exhibited at the show and it w stated the cattle class showedcjul- improvement this class could be one of the best features at the fair if local cattle- breeders would only make an effort to show their stock sheep and swine classes shown were the largest in many years while horses and poultry were of a high standard regret was expressed in the pass ing of geo w davis who had been a valued director of the5ociety for some years delegates were appointed to the provincial convention and included the president and secretary and their wives together with the first and second vicepresidents the meeting then appointed elgh- ten directors to the society follow- lng which the directors chosen elect ed the officers other than the treas- urer and secretary from their num ber following are the directors of esquesing agricultural society for the year 1940 t j fisher t j brownridge spencer wilson nelson a robinson herb cleave john bird l l mullin cecil chisholm hardug price craig rekl ojauepob anderson walter gray frank fetch a w mblintock thos l leslie garfield l mcgllvray w c cimntngham w c anthony t frank petch was returned to office of president herb cleave again elect ed first vicepresident spencer wil son second vicepresident oscar lerch secretary p w cleave treas urer j h bingham and j d god frey auditors the meeting was held on saturday afternoon last in the mcglbbon hotel georgetown nassagbwaya reeve would have religious teaching i would like to see more religious- education given in the county reeve george finney of nassagewaya town ship stated recently more religioua education should be given throughout canada he asserted he succeeded george gordon as reeve and is a candidate for the war- denship of halton although he has served only one year 1936 on county council when reeve of nassagewaya mr finney s well experienced in mun icipal life he has been secretary- treasurer of school section no 8 la nassagaweya for nine years and ser ved on township council for six years he is interested in the county refores tation project begun in nassagaweya last year and hopes to see it expand for the conservation of both timber and moisture reeve finney came to canada rrom derby england 33 years ago to take up farming and has farmed in nassagaweya for 20 years kas knit socks for soldiers op three wars mrs janevbennett who lives in georgetown is busy knitting socks for the soldiers through the red cross organization on the same needles with which she knitted socks for the south african boys the boys of the great war of 191418 and now fo the bo th sauuud gr war mrs bennett uses a knitting pig which only knitters of long standing will understand or ap- preclato it is a leather strap that fits about the waist add holds a needle in a stationery position she manipulates this device with great skill and her work is excellent in every re- speot we wish to pay homage to a lady who has seen so many winters andstfll persists in doing her bit la the cause of liberty and justice mrs bennett is a member of the salvation army and takat hat place in the street avrtcaa