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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday october 3 1945 2 00 per annum 5c a copy tenants and owner vote tuesday sports council will be organized at father and son banquet 1 a preliminary meeting to form an organization in georgetown to sup port organised sport among the young people was held to the town hall last friday night a lively discussion took place concerning all angles ol the sug4 fct it was felt that much could be done 11 the proper organization and the necessary funds were available to promote baseball hockey tennis and other sports and that such a council would fill a definite need in the town it was the opinion of the meeting that a good way to start would be to hold a lather and son banquet latter this month and at the banquet form a permanent organisation quest speakers and some sport stars from the city would be invited a constltu tlon decided upon and everything put in shape for hockey this winter fox the young lads of town a committee beaded by mervyn robb was appointed to arrange for the ganquet other members being rev c c cochrane harold mcclure c 8 staoey sid silver alf sykes walter blehn jim sargent elmer dron gilbert mcrachol a o mc bride and alan prouse a further meeting will be held this friday night when a date for the affair will be set ashgrove the national film board moving pictures sponsored by the federation of agriculture which were shown at aahgrove school friday evening sept 21t were both entertaining and informative mr r s heatherington was in charge of the films which were entitled home to the land the business of farming and northwest by air readings by mrs oromar and piano duets by lorna and glenn busseh were much appreciated mrs h bird led in community singing with mr john bird acting as pianist the conclusion of the program the aahgrove wi served lunch and social hour was enjoyed keep the date of the next showing oct 19th in mind and plan to attend rally sunday was observed at the church service last sunday with large attendance a children a choir provided special music and the sub ject of the ministers address was how i may become a useful fisher man for christ lovely flowers tastefully arranged added their beau ty to the service members of aahgrove girls club are fse be congratulated on their splendid exhibits at milton fair in the girls garden brigade exhibit first prize was by miss viola brigden the prize tng a short course at guelph sec prise was won by miss betty rud and third prize went to mrs john and mrs chas dick of west ohio have been visiting with and mrs c b dick this past miss isabel coyne was a week end of miss betty ruddell mr j r galbralth of toronto la ting with his niece mrs frank uddell mrs fred wrigglesworth spent a days last week with her daughter james carney alloa balunafad the balllnafad farm forum held e september meeting monday night the home of mr uoyd marshall subject for discussion being or ng of other forums which was interesting new officers were ected for the winter meetings com cing october 29th the first meet to be held at mr frank smiths miss b hilts left saturday to spend few days with friends at flesher shorull of weston t the week end at the home of his f j shortlll very successful meeting of the as helpers of the- wm8 was r the home of the associate secretary mrs norman sin wednesday evening mrs hou of tlie cedarvale school george was the guest speaker the key of her talk being come tarry go mrs h hilts and mrs jos had charge of the devotional two splendid papers were by miss b hilts and mrs stan sinclair after which a dainty was served to 37 ladies and a time spent over the tea cups were made to hold the autumn offering of the wmb sun- oct agth when mrs of toronto will be the guest our angus mcdonald crossing from england on the pas teur gnr angus mcdonald got home to georgetown a week ago last sat u day employed with the dale es tte in brampton prior to enlistment he joined the artillery in june 1941 he trained at petawawa debert and sussex before going overseas in mar 1943 and has been in action in italy france belgum and holland angus is married to the former maude thornton who has been living in georgetown since he went overseas the weather by h l hutt we are considering going on strike we have not yet decided what for un less it is to try to be in line with the times any how the weather just now is getting out of hand it never rains but it pours the normal rainfall for september is 2 45 inches but this last month we got 6 83 inches and octo ber has started in with a 1 63 inch rainfall the temperature did improve somewhat last month the dally avr age being 59 7 which was 29 above normal and helped to ripen a few tomatoes before the first killing frost blackened the vines last sunday morn ing but our concord grapes are still hopelessly green following are the local records date h and l rain temp fall tues sept 25 60 62 228 wed sept 26 87 48 thurs sept 27 68 46 fi i sept 28 72 59 12 sat sept 29 47 39 140 sun sept 30 51 29 mon oct 1 63 43 183 many soldiers home shortage of space this week has cur tiled our usual write ups of soldiers returning jjefrne and they will appear next week among those who have arrived or will arrive this week are pie herb robinson csm ken mur ray pte bob andrews pte donald taylor lcpl g h garvin pte m a reld pte j w noble ohm d bowman cp a n carter sgt jack watson sgt f kennard and pte j t everson sewage system discussed at public m la monday considerable interest was shown by ratepayers at a public meeting in the gregory theatre on monday night when trie proposed sewage system was discussed mayor harold cleave dr 0 v wulams mob dr a e berry chief sanitary engineer of the ontario dep t of health and mr c r hagey consulting engineer all made brief addressee pointing out the many advantages which sewerage would brmg to georgetown major cleave expressed himself as favouring the plan and hoped for a favourable vote next tuesday when the question will be presented to the cluaens following the formal speeches a question period was held and for the benefit of voters we have made a re sume of some of the chief questions ard answers q will the system service all parts of town a the lower paper mill district has not been included as the cost is pro hibitive for the few homes there q does the estimated cost include ervce from main line to individual houses a no the town puts the sewer to the street line and the extra expense from there into the house is borne by the homeowner q will the disposal plant be of fensive a no it will not be detrimental to nny adjoining property q would a ratepayer be forced to pay if he dldn t wish to connect wth he syttem a not under the sewer rental tvatem other than the general mol rate the board of health can force any taxpayer to abandon an offensive cesspool or septic tank q what population wul the system handle a georgetown within limits when it is built up q how long would it take to in stal a it cou d be done from spring to fall q does the plan take in basement toilets and laundry tubs a yes except in extreme depths cellars could be drained into the sys tem but not present ctive service notes jack roughley proprietor of jacks wntcn repair received his discharge frcm the rcaf last week sgt noman delkewas renewing ac quaintances in town ofr a few days last week he is stationed at pacific commnd headquarter in vancouver and is spending two weeks furlough mth his mother in toronto joe wilcox is home on furlough from winnipeg where he is stationed with the navy band bdr bill anderson is home from debert n8 where he he been sta tioned with the rca umehouse recent visitors with the johnsons included pte and mrs chas brisley and david and mr and mrs jas wall of toronto mr d m robertson entertained the georgetown girls pipe band and about forty other friends at his cot tage on sunday among those present were mr jas fax and mr jas prise of toronto the girls lookout club met at the home of shirley wrtght last w when arrangements were made for the annual bazaar mr garnet kay visited at brace- bridge recently mr and mrs jas noble and the merediths motored to toronto on monday to meet pte jack noble who arrived with the 48th highlanders miss schlicter of the women s in stitute branch of the department of agriculture oenducted a two day short course in furnishings of the living room last week the lectures dealing with room arrangement choice of colours etc were held at the ome of mrs harvey norton mr and mrs wilfred oreenlees and chidren spent sunday with the ben tons mrs ted morrow of toronto visit ed her mother mrs r lane on sun day township passes by law for norval street lights the regulur meeting of esqueslng township council was held last mon day afternoon with reeve o w murray presiding and deputy reeve george currle and councillors george currie c h may and r n brown present by law no 10 was passed providing for street lights in norval accounts passed for payment included bell telephone 6 63 acton pdc 15 00 georgetown hydro 71 50 road ac couits 13612 47 a deputation attended the meeting and mr j m carton addressed coun ell regarding tho boys who are return lng from overseas reeve murray is calling a meeting to be held in the council chamber monday evening oct 15th at 7j0 when each ward in the township will be represented b law nc 9 assessing the different j school sections and union school sec j tlons was passed council instructed j w c cunningham to put 3000 par tial payment to bauman bros on the october road account it was moved and carried that the custom work charged to mr j standlsh in septem ber be paid by the township as it di rectly benefits the township road the reeve was authorized to issue a warrant for the holding of a tax sale township road liability insurance of 279 60 was ordered pad to the gener al accident assurance co geo c brown agent it was moved that the council petition the unemployment insurance commission to certify the following emplovees as permanent w c cunningham road supt john standlsh grader operator d wd llamson road maintenance s mile ham snowplow operator i m ben nett clerk k c lindsay treasurer the next meeting will be held on monday nov 5 at 2 o clock or at the call of the reeve council favour sewage rental system of payment social and person al canon d russell smith of oalcville was preacher at st georges church last sunday ven woo thomp son took the harvest thanksgiving services at lowvlhe for the day miss mabel chave superintendent of j the local bell telephone office is go ing to ohesley for a month to take temporary charge of that office commander harold say tjb navy with his wife and daughter called last week at the baptist parsonage com mander says grandfather rev james coutts was minister of the local bap tist church over fifty years ago in civilian life commander say is direc tor of travel division of oregon state highway commission a number of gh8 graduates re- turned to their studies at university last week norah cleave barbara faram beatrice brlll michael beer and dick crichton all entered their second year at the university of to ronto and ralph hansen started his third year engineering course shirley tapp is a freshman at the u of t and her brother lieut jack tapp is uto enrolled as a student at guelph oac tom beer began his 3rd year course and bob lawson enrolled as a irishman mayor harold cleave attended the ontario majors convention at kirk land lake last week mrs cleave visited nt the same time with relatives l in north bay missing in action over germany since last fegruary mr and mrs william beaumont have been notified by alrforce heaquarters that their son flight sergeant lawrence beaumont is now offid ally presumed dead church news the united church of canada rev r c todd ba mnlster mlss lynda stewart atom tm music director 10 am sunday school 11 am holy oommun kin and infant bap tism 7 pm evening service servicemen es pedally invited to at tend guest preacher capt the rev a m laverty 4th can field regt rca veteran of the european theotre of war friday oct 5th 8 pm preparatory service reception of new members ten receive adult baptism st georges w g o thompson rector after trinity hot communion 8 am sunday school 10 am matins 11 am evensong 7 am confirmation lec- tue for adults immediately after evensong thursday 730 pm con firmation class st albans church glen williams nineteenth sunday after trinity sunday school 200 pm evensong 3 pxn wednesday 730 pm confirmation class first baptist church minister rev j e ostrom organist misi m oook sunday oct 7th 1 1 am worshp communion 3 pjn bible school 645 dm gospel songs 7 pm service thanksgiving messages and music at these services the young people meet on monday at 8 pm the mid week service on wednesday at 8 pm visitors welcome the most irrportant item of busi ness on council s agenda last night vs sewerage and the vote which takes place next tuesday oct 9tb on the advice of dr berry provincial sanl tary engineer council learned at the public meeting on monday that it was possible for both owners and tenant to have a vote last night the coun cil endorsed the sewage rental system as the payment plan favoured and decided to extend the vote to tenant the 1944 municipal voters list will be used on tuesday and all qualified municipal voters whose names appear on that list are entitled to vote un der the sewage rental system there would be an estimated increase of 79 mills on the general tax rate for 30 years and the rental charged to each user would be roughly equivalent to present water rates as new horn are built and new users added costs to the individual would be reduced and wher the water debentures tare retired in a few years time tax obli gations in georgetown will be consid erably reduced the council 100 behind sewerage decided to insert a page advertisement in the herald and every subscriber ll urged to read the material contained in this new sammsia k m langdon addressed the meet ing concerning two new subdrrfakjos which will shortly be opened the flrat in the ontario street district is owned by himself and construction of seven houses for smith stone ltd has already been started with more to fouow in the spring in order to provide a proper roadway for the new homes mr langdon offered to deed a trip of land 33 ft wide to the town for a puoile roadway to be known sw rrverview crescent which offer was accepted mr langdon also had a ir pro posal from mr harry dayfoot who si subdividing land for sale around ms home his offer of land to form an extension of victoria street to john street was also accepted still short far depvsyreers in answer to a request by or lyons that the voters list be examined to if georgetown was entitled to a de putyreeve the clerk reported that there were 968 voters listed as owners 34 short of the required number h the town growth in 1048 is as antici pated there should be enough pro perty owners next year to give a sec ond seat on the county ooundl cr orr proposed that council in terview the provincial treasurer to try and get a second bank hi town and a delegation will go to toronto for this purpose cr mcguvray brought up the ques tion of putting elm street in suitable condition for pedestrians in view of proposed building of homes in t hat district and an outlet from the main north district to smith council felt it should be left until e times as a permanent road could be pjt through r isaac bennett was present at the meeting to ask for relief from poor drainage which flooded his cel lar and the town will look after this mr walter whitznee addressed coun ell in regard to the street in front of his property council decided to pro perly survey the roadway and to fu in during th winter months arms common liberated the dailt problem of this yotmater it to get his head and legs through the right holes in his offly garment its a coi problem for millions of men women and children in the hberatea countries of europe you can help them by contributing serviceable used clothing to the national clothing collection drive sponsored by the canadian united allied relief fond and scheduled for october 120 under the national chairmanship of w m birka of montreal a commltt la being vet up m every canadian centre and distribution in europe will be under the direction of unhra expert knox presbyterian cbmeh georgetown rev chas c cochrane ba bx minister 10 am sunday school 11 am public worship mr louis deoroot formerly of georgetown and now of knox college will 7 pm preparatory limehoas presbyterian oawsk 2 pjn sunday school 3 pm public worship mr louis de groot wlq nerval and union rev j l self ba union sunday school 10 am public worship ii im norval sunday school 1 pm pubho worship 3 pjn bety crass kc bev pr v j morsnn ittsun and and 44h 8a 1st fed and mh an bert uvmond and doris shepherd wed at st georges church a pretty wedding was solemnised at 8t georges church of england sat urday september 29th when doris eleanor shepherd daughter of cm- and mrs henry shepherd m be came the bride of lcpl bert allan raymond the groom has recently returned from five years service over seas the bride wore a pretty blue en semble with hat to match and carried a bouquet of red roses her atten dant miss lorna hart of weston wore a pink suit with a rose corsage the best man was stoker lloyd ketr after the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides par ents mrs e w wodson and mr rex battle concert pianist and radio star were visitors in town y rev j l and mrs barton and mr and mrs chas oilbert and 181 of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs arthur beefs