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georgetown herald wednesday january 12th 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy leave prefl coun industry for dainpfmml standing l v georgetown ppuncfi met tor feituigural meeting on monday e aimiiy loth at 730 pjn mayor old cleave was in the chair wit fieeve k r macdonald and efdars o bnullcv 8 w oct a govtsy j armstrong tfaos sjnd wta thompson taking their oabe 1944 council- clerk p b harrison administered the require oath at office mayor caaave gave his inaugural address and the council settled down to business at inaugural meeting in tnx rate need of labor and removal mayor harold cleave taking the mayors chair for the first time de livered a very lengthy address in which ike cited a probable boost in the tax ute for imi he also hoped that f ur- itker industry could be brought tc geo and that the park dumr could be moved to a different loca tion the full text of the mayors m- angural address appears in another ir stolen from main st at busy noon hour idently the sight of a 37 bird standing parked unlocked un- and with the engine runn at- the curb in front of mcgib- hbtel last friday at noon prov- much of a temptation to some riders who stole the automobile broad light of day when the at was busy with people going to lunch car belonging to mr kenneth huttonvllle was located at pin the following day undamaged jmlwith the spare tire stolen mr hunan had left his automobile only jpij few minutes to go down to the joi oflloe when he returned it was polng chief w g marshall was no trace has been found of raon or persons guilty of the on motion of lyons and macdonald the standing committees for 144sv wit appointed as follows with the first named belngichalrman finance bradley maodonald orr boads thompson macdonald bradley and fire protection mcollvray thompson 9 hare light ahd police mcgu- bradley armstrong and property armstrong j thompson industrlatod post war orr mac donald lyons a number of town appointments came up for reappointment and they are as follows moved by armstrong and mbgu- vray that harry ooldham be appoint ed a member at the board of healthd for 1944 moved by lyons and thompson that w o mil be appointed weed inspector lor the year 1944 mov by bradley and mcglbrray that h b foulls be reappointed a member of the high school board for the years 19445fi moved by armstrong and lyons that e w cote and mrs w nodweu be appointed members of the ceme tery board lor the years 1944-5- moved try mcgttvray and tbompson that mrs c v williams be appointed member of the public library board for the years 194466 moved by lyons and armstrong that on the recommendatkin of the fire brigade the following be appoint ed fire chief donald latimer at a salary of 7500 per annum deputy ftr chief j f mccartney at a sal- of gfc00 per annum truck driver and caretaker jack tost at a salary of 6000 per annum on motion of lyons and bradley the billiard room licenses of r r mag- lougmen and hughey mcdonald be renewed for the year 1944 at the same fee as tor 1943 mowed by bradley and orr that we make a grant of 15 00 to the salva tion army council decided to hold lhelr regular monthly meetings the flrsi monday of each month the fallowing accounts were passed hydro electric 625 50 lloyd davison sts 7360 smith belting worfis arena 1835 cloke son ltd station- clarence fbjeestone wounded in italy clarence preestone has been while on operations in italy to a cable received by his tar and mrs p c freestone freestone enlisted as a mem- the lome soots reserve at the the war in september only 17 years of age he transferred to the 48tb ejgh- and went overseas with them this was his fifth christmas 1 cf in cornwall england he came j canada at the age of eight and d school here and was an cm- of smith s stone ltd at time clarence is the youn- sonsflveof whom are now the imperial and canadian others serving are frtiw of england with the ith- r james in england with canadian engineers and ed with the rca still in morgetowns first baby of 1944 fern to mr and mrs wm hydt space did not permit us last week to offer congratulations to the proud parents of georgetowns first baby of the new tear mr and mrs wuuam hyde their new son arrived juartwo hours after the close of the first day of the new tear at peel memorial hos pital brampton the stork had a busy day at the brampton hospital with the first baby of 1944 arriving at 12 45 am mr and mrs walter elford terra cotta are the parents of the baby girl the new tears baby born peel memorial was a son to trooper and mrs harold rata of norval trooper rats is on overseas duty mr and mrs hyde s son was born two and a half hours after the arrival of the elford child at oakvule private hospital the 1944 honors go to a sevenpound sixounce boy bora to mr and mrs james al- gar lakeshore rd oakvule at 7 16 am the fifth 1944- infant son was born to mr and mrs george l dodd or- angevule at the lord dufferin hospt tal while at muton the new years baby gill called happy arrived at 11 oclock saturday morning to mr and mrs hugh mcoulfough moffatt at themuton hospital canadian armoured corps hockey league schedule the following is a copy of the cana dian armoured corps hockey league schedule in which georgetown ctti sens will be interested due to the fact that the brampton team are play ing their home games at our arena wednesday jan 5th brampton at tc s in barrle thursday jan 13th wo 3 camp borden at brampton at george town monday jan lth no 2 camp borden at brampton at george town thursday jan 20th brampton at newmarket local post office mailed 50000 letters christmas week j a willousbby honoured by salesmen presentation made of soud silver tray salesmen of mr j a wutoughbys two toronto city offices and represen tatives and agents of the wulougbfjy farm agency throughout central ontario gathered in toronto recently to honor j a wluoughby dean their profession in the area the oc- tbe christmas mall rush at the lo cal post office topped an records this year when 60000 letters and cards- passed through the bauds of the per sonnel during christmas week the volume of parcels mailed was much larger this year than last and the to tal increase in postage paid this year amounted to over 20000 by alrft of extra work the staff augmented by dick orichton bill kelly betty paul and barbara faram during the last week managed to hare christmas mall in the boxes try casion was the annual yearend din- 1 cfaristmas day the task wag madx ner of the group in toronto and mr monday jan 24trbrampton at no vlkiughby was presented with a solid silver tray the presentation was made 1 barrle thursday jan 27th oriula personnel of local and fdistrict municipal k bbss bodies for 19441 n n erj r h thompson w w st k m langdon postage hfllton counlj sis 1 70 10 a 43 60 4 38 tpo john immtrson visits irthplace in england officer john emmerson canadian navy who i on november 14 has i birthplace tn langley park ituated in the northern part according to aord recently his mother here i came out to can- was rune years of age arrived at his home town e years be was wile to where he was bon and coming to this country he i the langley park cemetery sister was burled in 1919 from the plot where i h and set it home to she i dvr clarence hale back from overseas overseas lor four years vr clir ence hale son of mrs and the late hazelton halo or college view arm ed home sundal night after having made the trip out from england on a hospital hip after a shor visit at home he left for christie street hos rplial where he will undergo a couple of operations dvr hale is a mem ber of the royal canadian ordnance corps dvr hale drove the doctors to at tend the late 3gt hubert sheeny tost when he was fatally wounded by bullet in a training accident over esv he also brought first hand news to mrs thomas given whose husband sgt given overseas with the lome scots for forf years had given htm ome recent snapshots to deliver to fyg wffs flgiqjv it ttopoc the baat depot m england and he oer- enlisted in the navy in 1941 and after training at jan nbr three weeks he was- trans- torc halifax where his wife and tor beverly still reside nurttng he was a tool and a i smith stone ltd remember johnnys singing him three prizes on the amateur show and a trip while stationed in hali- soloist in the armynavy a member of the glad tic club toronto in clvi stonwuf has won several cups for han tc running lont emmerson wrote tint ho cfc with all nomination meetings and elecu0mnow over 1944 municipal bodies ht this district have settled down to conduct business in their various localities personnel of the different councils both local and dis trict in which our readers will be mteretsed in bppear below georgetown mayor harold cleave reeve k r maodonald councillors c bradley thos lyons win p thompson gar field mcguvray 8 w orr j arm strong esqoeslng townsihp reeve howard may deputyreeve w murray councillors oeorge cleave george currie wta a wilson aoton i reeve j m mcdonald councillors j o oakes a mason f j david son j h boulton mttton mayor george h dawson reeve r c h hsslop councillors j w hlggms c o ridden stan a pay r h ptolemy stanley buck gordon gowland brampton mayor w a bates reeve harper bull deputyreeve harold lawrence councillors isaac kellam w a rus sell william lyons john wluts c f ready george mush thompson naauraweya township reeve alex near councillors roy crawford w m vanslckle j e el lenton john robertson trafalgar township reeve w n gilbert deputyreeve w h biggar councillors emerson pord win sargent w h devlin eiamosa township reeve d d gray councillors e h benham roy i leslie wrn j plnfceny jos r rutherford rodkwood trustees charles r thatcher john lister george gordon slweuvuie reeve c e cartel councillors william potts j iw tindale w c rch h f godard brampton at gboroetown s monday jan 31st brampton at no 3 in barrle thursday feb 3rd newmarket at brampton at georgetown monday feb 7thbrampton orillla thursday feb 10th t tc s brampton at georgetown wednesday feb iflth brampton at no 2 m barrle monday feb 21 no 1 at brampton at ojeorostoown iplayofrs 1st team vs 4th 2nd vs 3rd 2 games goals to count finals winners a vs winners b 2 games out of three one league game must be played by a player eligible for league playoffs the brampton army team are prac ticing regularly at the local rink and some good games are looked forward mary cummins guest speaker at st georges church boys league the boja had one of their greatest treats a week ago monday night when mary oummtns member of the north america champion laurel ladles re lay team was their guest telling them about her training trip to cleveland civic reception of her team by the city of toronto and fine points of the art of sprinting and running a very earty vote of thanks mov- i by jt president ross sykes se- condryty billy hewitt was given to maijor her kindness in coming to their club this lost monday evening was spent in playing hockey at the arena a fine game was played the team cap- i tained by walter sargent won from the team captained by george louth the referees were owen hughes and brian ferry the game be lng handled by dr reld georgetown man killed in action in italy by d r ourrie of toronto following brief addresses hy te bowman ex- mayor of whitby and the present chief executive fred rowe each of the three had been associated with mr wuloughby for more than twenty years the list of speakers also in cluded peter sanagart and harold mayes the presentation was an unschedu led event on the program and took mrt wufougbtfcr completely y otr prise he expressed his thanks briefly adding that although he nad been in the real estate business for almost quarter century and before thtu for a decade hi georgetown he robs himself entirety at a loss for words id the preaentatkra address the speakers not only commented on mr willoughbys long record of service but also said that the occasion commenv orated the honours which hehad re ceived from his colleagues in the profession he is past president and now a director of the toronto real estate board the only canadian who ever served as chairman of the farm lands and country estates tttvlslon national association of the real tate boards in the united states and canada more difficult by the depletion of the experienced permanent staff of doug las cole who is now exnploved in the office of provincial paper ltd when the mall was at its heaviest mc class pieces were given preference with business mall sorted first as is usual at such a rushed season of the year people did commit some mailing blunders such as posting christmas cards without addresses or putting the outoftown persons nam on with bfcprg ont written to low instead or ttmcnnwet place in this connection col o b s ca postmaster pointed out that it wotdd help everyone considerably in rectify- lng these errors if people would form the habit of writing the return ad dress on the back flap of the envelope there were very few cases of mi parcels this year that popular man of the hour santa dans received only one letter through the local post office but no doubt st nick has other ways of find ing out what little boys and ghis want at christmas thus with the christmas rush over the staff at the post office start in the new tear with catalog mailing from the dornhrkm seed house aboof ton of these are mailed out each day and this wffl continue tin about the end of february text of mayor cleaves inaugural address iatorylocveryfh in tug uuibus e it is with regret that we report the death of pte joseph kenaall george town who was killed in action in italy on december 8th at time of his enlistment here in september 1939 he was employed on the frm at mr and mrs campbell sinclair and having worked there for several years he was weuknown andfi liked in town and the surrounding district he was born in eng and came out to canada when fiffeen the late pte kendall was a menuer of the 48th highlanders and was in his 29th year he had been oversea since de comber 1940 ihsunc 152 he mar rted an ekgllsh giri hr and mrs sinclair recehed the sad news on monday iron pic ken dalls widow in england the weather by h l hutt those favored few or our numbor who were in the habit of imitating the birds and going south for the winter and could not do so this jcar because of war oonditlons have not much to to arrange a meeting wiui complain of this year bo far januan wasiioji s joe eknnieraon who has been treating as erj klndlj only his jervas withthe lome scot once has the mercury gone below zaro has oq land nearly every other day has been sinota 1 on of bright sunshine and the kids ckr- station staff who got skis and toboggans for christ mas have had little opportunity to trj them out we have not yetftad our usual janu ary thaw although there is still plenty of time for that the dally average temperature that isof night and day combined has been 188 following are the local records for the week past date h and l snow- temp fau tues jan 4 40 is j wetl jan 5 x2 17 tfaurs jan s 28 23 pm jat w sat jan 8 in the cawadtan national re has been undergoing recently there are in place of just one mullere as day oper- oeorgc heuhn of wes- jt operator mr heuhn orgetown from wlartoh jones shedman has m j the brampton station trantn and his wtft stul reside arthiutn replacing him here is vyler formerly posted at mr and mrs tyler now fetown on chapel st tn occupied by lfr ibers f th 20 10 tt c january meeting of womens institute the january meeting of the wo mens institute was held at the home of mrs howard kentner on wednes day afternoon january 0th with mrs mcdowell the president in the chair and mrs ed wheeler acting secretary the meeting opened with the sing ing of the institute ode and repeat ing of the institute prayer the minutes of the previous meet ing were read and adopted ir bsence of mrs e r robinson mrs m wheeler read the report ef the convention held at guelph mrs ken tner and mrs f cole reported ten shut ins were remembered at christ inas by a small gift mrs livingstone robinson of thefcj hand co1ntfuwejorted three nice boxes were packed and delivered to three ladles at thf old peoples home at brampton and also a needy family was looked after mrs herbert cleave and mrs m ntir were the program convenors for uie dny and a very interesting pro wier borv in georgetown john wlir 79 dies in wiarton brurc peninsula pioneer john 79 nfcd jan iarv 3rd nenr wiar ton born it liporgetown jie went to wl irtoi ith ills pun its at ihc agt ol to ir mnklrip he trip to owen so nd bj w t m uid to wlnrton b- silling s ij mr weir was a school trustee lor minj joirs and attended mar prfsb trhn church he is sur vhed by hts wid w thne ions wil uim archibald hoiid a daughter mrs williim enmm ill of mar rfport on high school christmas exams shirley in thelchdctmas crams at geo getown high school the following stu dents led their respective forms grade xhi richard crichton lois nielsen grade xii mary mcclure tapp grade xi doris brownrldge jean dickie and dme van yliet equal grade x kenneth harrison and alfred tost equal robert brown orade- dc ingebor hauptm u l following is the text cleave s inaugural address as deliver ed at mondays council meeting mr reeve and members of the s council i wish to congratulate each one of you upon your election to this council for the year 1944 the year we are just entering may jhe the most momentous in the history of the world unless all signs and pre dictions fall it wol be the end of the titanic struggle which has engulfed the world for the last four years an end which will see the forces of free dom and democracy triumphant it will be a critical year for all ca nadian municipalities including our own as it will see transition from war to peace with all its attendant difficul ties r c bit ererymecaber of tbr ctouncu knows nbt realising ms responsibulties m h critic j and anxious to serve the ratepayers the best of his ability and i feel that with this spirit we wul surmount all difficulties and difference and render faithful and efficient service to tis ratepayers i wish to sincerely thank the i grim wns given by all the members of payers tor electing me as mayor andt tin institute the committee having to assure them that it wol be m oisinbited clippings of poems some honest hope and endeavor to serve on the new year and general items them through the coming year to the th t wire read in turn by each mem best of mystbillty and i pledge my- ber which made a wry interesting cf to conduct the town affairs wstta- am inlquc poigmni misses ajva out tear or favor and what in my hon- criis and norah cleave played two est opinion is best for the ratepayers g piano duets and mis cripsand the citizens of georgetown as a delightful solo lieirt oto of thanks was tender ed the hostess the program committee ii d mioses crtpps aitl cleave mid ui meeting closed bj singing god si the king don1ld latimer fire chie for fifth term i- ire damajre during lear 15 0750 on monday evening january 3rd the ceorgetown fire brigade met in the town hall for their annual meet lng and election of officers it was reported that 14 fires had been attended during the past year with damage estimated at 1507540 in the election of officers for 1944 which ensued donald latimer was reelected chief for the nfffl term other officers were deputychief fred mccartney secretary wm hyde tre asurer h savings driver jack tost captains harry htttj and james val entine ueutenanbj fred gumer and vb to hole one of the first and most difficult problems we will have before us wjst kttjtriking the tax rate for time past the town has accumulated j a large surplus but during 1941 1942 this surplus was encroached u moderately but in 1943 owing to 1 purchase qllhe bank of building for 11000 00 and reduction in the tax rate the i was entirely exhausted will not be receive a report j in addition past we which has j taxes alt for i lac