Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 7, 1945, p. 5

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4n5ifflr61ro baujnafad the feturr meeting of the wjls was held at the home of mre j p klitowood wednesday afternoon feb mth the president was to the chair vtie program for ttie worlds day of lawyer nn conducted by the key woman mrs p j bbortflj ttw study txrtk la terr mlweeting owing to toe- war in those parte at the present thine cre r w sbortul had charge of the topic for february a program com- mlttce was appointed to make ar- tangemeuta for the batter tnaafc-olt- ering mr sherlock fvreman of umilsvijie ten apent last week visions with bis parents at the manse mrs oordon attken of oeprtnge and children spent a few days at the manse last week congratulations are extended to mr and mrs stanley sinclair on the ar- ixtval of another son march sth a farm ftomm nat at the boms of mr and mrs frank smith a good program bad been arranged by annie snow and gordon prloe thm forum has created much interest m the neighbourhood during the winter mon ths mr o kenney is moving from the 8th line to steins farm on the tun tine we wish him success m his new hornet miss b hutn is spending a few days visiting friends in georgetown we are gjsd to see tom mccaure able to be home from the guelph oeneral hospital we hope bte health will continue to improve mrs john oole spent the week end visiting in gnelpta serfptore text ife khan have me manner sf law as wen for the stranger a for one of roar own uaeiitrj far i am the lord yowr ood lev 24 xx a message of interest to retailersand critzens generally c w westlake of the national cash register co hamilton will speak on merchandising a post- war problem in the municipal building georgetown wednesday march 14th at 800 pm sponsored by the retail division georgetown board of trade no admission the public is cordially invited ancing every saturday night to the modern aires the rose room of the georgetown arena modern and old time music at all dance admission 50c b b gregory t h e a t r e friday march 9 one body too many jack halcv jean parker cowboy and senorita f ne a a a saturday march 10 matinee at 3 rainbow island technicolor dorothy laroour eddie bntcken march of time post war farms cartoon lucky lulu chapter 3 adventures of smiling jack tuesday and wednesday march 13 and 14 and now tomorrow lorett young alan latou musical bombalero sport champions carry on cartoon let it be me social and pe mr a s knott who baa been tittt- lng her sister mrs john mbpannld left on tuesday evening for her home in edmonton alt auss doris aniafftrbng nurse-in- tmlnlng at brantford oeneral boapl- was ho to the week end with her parents mr and mrs pted arm strong miss norma thompson met with ax unfortunate accident sunday after noon when she sapped jind fell while walking down guelph street and as result suffered a broken ankle bone mrs victor torrence of orangevule apent a few days last week with her parents mr and mrs w g marshall ffo and mrs bruoe kennedy os- hawa were week end visitors at the home of mr and mrs george herring- ton mr penson proprietor of pensons fish ohlp stoe underwent an op eration in ouelph general hospital last week and la progressing as well as can be expected mrs a s mccumber is progressing nicety after her operation last week in toronto general hospital mr sid roomer of brantford was a week end visitor at the home of mr e c thompson mayor harold cleave chief w g i marshall deputy reeve geo cleave i and cr howard may of esqueuig at- tended the good roads convention held in the royal york hotel to ronto last thursday mr and mrs herb arnold spent last week end with mr and mrs ver non cole in guelph mrs leonard j bell regent of the countess of strathmore chapter xo dk entertained the war services convenor and the convenors of the various war services departments to afternoon tea at her home on thurs day afternoon last mrs william cochrane of orulla is visiting in town with rev and mrs charles c cochrane miss sybil bennett was in ottawa last friday and saturday attending the dominion convention of the pro gressiveconservative party mr c v charters managing di rector of the canadian weekly news papers association and mrs charters of brampton were callers at the her ald office last friday afternoon miss margaret watunfl miss elea nor gordon and miss helen engwell of islington were sunday visitors at t h scotts queen st mrs- j kemshead and miss mar- jorie herrtngton were in gait for the week end and attended the gradu ation ceremony at hmcs oonestoga where wren ethel kemshead was among the graduates she has since left for a new posting on the east coast mr and mrs a lewis attended the funeral of the late mrs thomas brlstow in toronto on monday rev a c stewart ma moderator of the presbyterian church in can ada was the guest of mr and mrs j b mackenzie during his visit to georgetown last week end- law jean mackenzie of st thomas spent the week end at her home in town miss betty grant had as her guest for the week end a fellow student at oce miss mary matheson of ches- ley county council traa ftepert c health service la given by steer j m modraald an agreement reaohed far inaogar- a b likely to begin in may oowaty make grant beaks for cranty libraries for ihe february meeting of helton county council was held in milton last tuesday the warden presided all members were present with the kcepuon of reeve hubner of oak- rflle following the reading of the min utes and communications council was addressed briefly by mr i c manitt zone forester of the department of lands and forests mr manitt oom- pumgnted the council on the refores tation already done in the northern end of the county and explained how this might be further increased and improved by the adoption of a 30-year- plan by which any land bought by the county could be placed under the supervision of the government would asfiume all financial responsi bility at the expiration of the 30 salaries for jincil voted hear m 0 h auditor reports the expiration of the 90year term reeve j m mcdonald gave a full report an information secured by him from he government with regard to school health service at the present time it is expected that only the four rural townships will take adv tage of this service but that later it will be lnauguated throughout the county in urban as well as rural cen tres under theflrfahty health ser vice there would be a full time medi cal officer sanitary inspector wlfh a county office this ft was thought would be less expense to the urban centre than their present set up fit- penses of the commatteein connection with the above amounted to 2965 payment of which waslfttwhsed by the council a bylaw was prepared and given three readings to autihoriae execu tion of an a regarding school years county would have the choice 1 county to repay the government half the cost of planning and super i health service between the province and the county it is expected service i will begin in may of this year a grant of 250 was given to set up vl ltv mrt ztl fl ot books tor the county llb- vision for the thirty years and from j raries the books are to be rotated by the different libraries so all towns would have benefit of the books pur chased that tune forward the government and the county to share expenses 2 county to pay back all the cost of the 30year plan to the govern ment the county from then on to be entitled to all returns or 3 government to pay cost of the land to which county would be re quired to relinquish all claim thereto al three options to be free of in terest reports of the standing committees were considered in committee of the whole with mr gilbert in the chair special communications concurred in a request from cobourg that a re quest be sent to the provincial and federal government to increase their grants to childrens aid sodetieii j thus making a more equitable distri- i butlon of the ever increasing costs of administration which are becoming a serious drain upon the finances of the counties county buildings committee was in receipt of several local communi cations all of which were filed accounts passed for payment as mihmitted by the standing committee were as follows finance 86782 education oies 77 printing 4500 county buildings 2v7 74 agrtcniiwiraliteforestation 881 q hoad accounts fld6q07 towards the end of the session a discussion took place and an agree ment was reached whereby the coun ty will cooperate with the provincial gvvernment in a reforestation pro ject lor this purpose tt was moved by ml near seconded by mr cleave that the clerk be instructed to write the minister of lands and forests re questing that the properties owned by the county be placed tinder the coun ty reforestation act carried mr marrttt had previously explain ed to the council tht a decision as to the final dispensation of ref oresutjoa areas does not have to be made notu active service notes engagement mr and mrs george d smith main street georgetown ontario wish to announce lhc engagement of their youngest daughter nursing sls- tei darlene beatrice smith rcn hmcs comwullls to lieut as james harold moclennan rcnvr hmcs cornwajlls only son of mr and mra r j moclennan 78 indian rd toronto ontario the marriage will tako place in ersklne united church toronto march 31st at 3 pjn lac albert h whitney has left fcr overseas according to word re ceived lac whitney has been in the rcaf for two years and most of the time was stationed at rivers man congratulations to bill clark who graduated from the air training school at centralia last friday after noon and won his commission as pilot officer bins brother ffo- leslie clark has beer overseas over three years pjp clark is home on a 30- riny leave charles stbckford son of mr and mrs harry stockford has been pro moted from the rank of fitlieut to that of squadron leader sqdldr stockford is stationed between rcaf headquarters at trenton and ottawa clearing auction sale inrlmhng- horses cattle tracts and and other implements maple syrup equipment household effects by geo s kirkwood lot 1 con 6 west caledon on friday march 16th commencing at 1 oclock terms cash no reserve as the farm has been sola georgetowns 1w6 tax rate wu bo 35 mills it was decided at the monthly council meeting held in the- municipal building on monday evening the new tax rate lowest in many years is a five mill decrease from last year and la caused by the ontario oov new plan of shouldering a large per- centage of educational costs previously borne by the municipality ait introduced by cm mcgll- vray and orr that the tax rate be 34 mills was defeated in a record vote with moglivray orr and liayor cleave the enly members voting in favour of it y salaries voted after some discussion a motion waa presented and passed allowing yearly salaries for municipal officiate the mayor voting against this motion these are set at 125 for the mayor 100 for reeve and 80 for council lors with a 5 penalty for each meet ing missed another salary byfanr increased the fee paid to the medical officer of health to 360 and the po lice chiefs salary to 2000 georgetown hi good shape h a lever town auditor was prea- tnt at the meeting and gave bis an nual report which showed georgetown to be in excellent shape financially he recommended that the cotmcfl take some action in town planciing with an eye to such future improve ments as sewage and better hagb school facilities money raised by taxes last year fell short of taking oarb of all municipal expenditures but ttifj was more than made up by collection of tax arrears so that- a surplus for the year was realized however he pointed out that most arrearages have been cleaned up and the town is al most back on a payasyougo policy moh recommends sewage dr c v williams mojh for i georgetown also presented his annual report which will be published in de tail in a later issue of the wjfrmii once again he pointed out the neoee- sltly for sewage and urged council to take the initial step of having a samf- tory engineer make a survey and get the estimated cost of such service loa remarks on the high school wore neatly summed up in the phrase t condemn without reservation tuehlgb school building dr williams alao suggested some thought be given to playground facilities and to a recreational building the ueual 4mill exemption to am lands with in the munlcrpahty wag passed f mcenery clerk frank peftch auctioneer 33tt is the stork losing hft job stewarttown mrs peden of belwood is spending a jew days with her daughter mrs v lawson the wa devotional and business meeting was held last week at the home of mrs j h smith junior wa meeting was at mrs sallys the snow is disappearing slowly and so far no fear of flooding the snow plows have thrown the snow well back oyer the ditches and it looks as it the road will escape its usual wash out the georgetown herald soldiers comfortg fund pbwarded to soldiers comforts committee u73 os oaah on hand acknow ledged x- n true bme lodge lojoo a friend lu jo total mar tth canadian flying men have moved a lot of strange cargoes both at home and abroad in the last several years but when a quebec airways boeing- took off from quebec city airport the other day bound for chicoutimi it carried one of the strangest loads of all 26 babies not one of them over five months old the infants were being trana- ferred from la creche saint-vin- eentdepaui in quebec to chicou timi a long train ride but only an horn away by air labbe ger main priest in charge of the orphanage contacted officials of quebec airways a canadian paci fic air lines rabsidiary with the remit that the babies flew and all in one planeload ordinarily the aircraft carries tan rceeur marie de la reparation who were also making their first airplane flight the total number of souls aboard was thirtyone even so with each baby weighing an average of ten pounds it was a far lighter load than customary special threeplace cribs made of plywood were built so that each box would fit into wt lui m hemes md seats fen the roughest of air could not have tossed the tiny infants out and as it turned out there wasnt even one bump on the entire trip they didnt give a bit of trouble said stewardess joan harland a veteran hostess of the airline after the takeoff they just went to sleep and thats all there was to it bachelor captain art leaok pilot of the plane didnt ism much to say they were squeal togwhen i went forward before takeoff and they were anawubw after i unded he anooraeef grumpily said first officer gordam aaaab the eerphoda ad tatui to ah

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