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the georgetown herald wednewby evening april 17th 1946 ilty veterans homes to be built in georgetown council heeds delegation plan 50 veterans honra by end of year veterans and industry heads compose 40man delegation at special meeting monday straw vote shows at least 50 needed to supply immediate needs reservoir park may be site or 25 homes georgetown is to have fifty new fcgraes supplied by wartime housing j and promised ready lor oocupan jr tle end of the year tills decls- tatwas the outcome ol a special ooun- otl meeting on monday when a dele gation of 40 veterans and industrial lata with rev c c cochrane as spokesman pressed for a solution to the towns critical bousing shortage brigadier p c wallace managing director of smith stone ltd effec- tkrdy presented that companys side of 1he story by saying that the com pazry could employ 50 more girls at present and a smaller number of men it bousing were available and that the materials produced by smith stone were themselves urgently needed far 4b national building program by ex perience the firm was learning that private enterprise could not build ny quantity at present and he could ee no solution other than wartime he had experience with these i ottawa and assured the gathering that they were good houses and would create no future slum areas as some seemed to f ear mr e j johnston of the dayfoo shoe company was also a speaker and aid that his firm though small nee ded six bouses immediately and pos stbly twenty more in the next few years other speakers included james mur phy legion president g b s cous es rehabilitation council chairman gay crowd at high school formal in the rose room students and exstudents of george town high school numbering some hundred couples enjoyed their first formal dance in some years last pri day evening in the rose room cadet captains norman long and peggy kelly were in charge of arrangements with he refreshment committee com posedqf joan main marlon hepburn and john farmer the rose room was very gay with the evening gowns of georgetown s teen age crowd mingling with the ca det uniforms of the men principal and mrs j l lambert and school board chairman m h moyer and mrs moyer reeched at the door and during the evening don parker took several phonos of groups of dancers music was supplied bj the modern aires with jack armstrong as master of ceremonies and at the intermission do you wanta home this notice is directed to those families in need of hous ing accommodation and when completed should be sent or maded plainly marked housing jo p b harrison tovn clerk georgetown name address what accommodation do you have at present a grand march was held to the iifresh ment table winners of novelty and spo dm cs included aha grieve and joyce bedell ralph peck and margaret sargent john parmer and pegg kelh hfcbekah unknown friend parti on wednesdaj e enli g apr 1 10ji the members of ve d in re bt kal lod a b speight peeiu ol iheboard gc heu ae unlmo mnd of trade and victor diggins and r b poulls representing federal sale and provincial paper mayor cleave then gave a short talk in which he said he had always lioped thai the town would not have to resort to wartime housing but bfce the only solution he would rather see our veterans in j homes with foundations cellars and furnaces but as the situation was so critical wartime housing seemed to be the only answer it would cost mo ney for property streets sidewalks and water mains but we would have to launch out regardless of cost he was gratified to hear that local industries were expanding so rapidly and tnought we were on the eve or the biggest the best and the greatest georgetown mr p g spry wartime housing representative who had recently ad dressed the council then gave a short synopsis of- the plan and answered questions from the floor jor gafbbons said that he felt there i need t dwell further on the 1 for housing and said he would move s resolution that 50 veterans be built in town he still thou gfat the possibility should be fur her investigated of building some of the houses on pr in reservoir park owned by the town he was not satisfied that this could dot be done tor wbde council had been told that the ontario dept of health had ve toed it the department denied this and said it was a matter for the local board of health a round of applause greeted him when he invited the dep- to remain until council had taken some action cm mcotlvray and gkhle and reeve macdonald made vpt speeches along similar lines eds motion seconded by or mac frma hi i t unanimously pud a further motion by ritchie and bason was also passed instructing the clerk to obtain from the provincial dept of health their decision in writing as to the use of the waterworks property tor wartime housing council was thanked by mr cocfa rane for the courteous reception of the delegation and adced if it would be order for those present to show their appreciation by a handclap of gordon martins work in organising the dele- banquet when about 60 sat down to a delicious salad supper convened by the four group leaders sisters ada hall grace lucas evelyn walker and vivian arnold the tables were er prctu d cor 3660161 aied ft 1th spring flowers candles and easter colors of mauve green and yel low and the many mjsterious looking parcels which acted as place cards at the conclusion of the banquet sis ter lillian ritchie the noblt grand asked for a toast to the king which was responded to by the singing of the national anthem sister mabel forgrave proposed the toast to the lodge which was respon ded to by sister edna megibbon sis ter anne collins proposed the toast to the unknown friend this was re sponded to by sister edna cleave then came the long awaited tune of opening the parcels to find who the unknown friend had been and many were the surprises new names were drawn for the next year aftr which all went upsta and why do you ziarlto change give particulars what is the size of your family give age and sex of children what size house do you require what rent can you afford to pay are ou employed name of employer are you a veteran of world war ii length of overseas service in world war 1 sewerage tenders far above the original estimates p conned calk tor further tenders for disposal plant windsor firm makes best offer lor sewers joins robbs drug stafi- we are very ir o report that mr weslej robb well known main strectj druggist has bei forced by ill health to take several months rest and l not able to be about the store at pres sent during his absence he has been fortunate in securing the services of capt nell mclennan a native of st marys who was formerly an appren tlce at the store capt mclennan started in 1932 un der the thenproprietor w r watson who now lives in grimsbj and when mr robb bought the business he con tinned working for him until 1936 he then worked for liggett s in toron to for two years and attended the on tario college of pharmacy receiving his phm b degree m 1939 alter working two years in toronto as a drug store manager capt mc lennan joined the army in 1941 he was commissioned in 1943 with the r camc spent some time on the staff of chorley park military hospital and then went overseas where he was on the staff of no 24 canadian general hospital he later served in holland and belgium in command of no 1 ad vance medical stores while in eng land he obtained his qualifications as a registered pharmaceutical chemist he returned to canada early this year girls pipe band invited to lions international convention acton juniors win w i dick trophy enjoyed an hour or so playing games and thus a most enjoyable evening was brought to a dose georgetown girls pipe band have been invited to attend the lions inter national convention in philadelphia the invitation was extended by dep uty district governor ed capps of brampton at the lions club dinner monday evening in the mccibbon i house when the girls were guests of the club the invitation comes from the 38 clubs in district a who will pay the expenses of the band to start the ball rolling the georgetown club voted a 100 contribution gordon vivian and jim mcoracken wens also wi8 hhe gurti from mrs john f sinclair brampton and the latter entertained with some of bjspopular imperaona tiona the club was honouring these two gentlemen and the pipe band for a sunday evening concert at button yiue park last summer when proceeds of theevenlng were turned over to the halton juniors at home an outstanding success th brant inn burlington on thurs day evening april 11th was the scene of the halton junior partners a home between six and seven hun dred were in attendance among the guests were junior farmer leaders from the counties of brant haldlmand lin com wentworth waterloo welling ton oxford peel and york and also from toronto and hamilton the ev en was an outstanding success and many vfcjtuis were it was decided to insert a question naire m the herald to be filled out by prospective renters and turned in im mediately to the town clerk and the fcperty committee was left with the s of finding land for the new bou oobeen todd celebrated her sixth birthday on tuesday april 8th with a party at the home of her parents rev and mrs r- c todd among the guests were carol and john benham donaia cochrane patsy and betsy wttson douglas wrtggleswortb david anes paojens watsop and judy mc- odjober mrs 8 t pars ma todd in aaamhig the party the death of flora ann monabb beloved wife of john f sinclair oc curred at the family home on sunday april 7th 1946 although in failing health for some time her death came as a shook to her family and many friends bom in erin township sev two years ago she was a daugh ter of the late al mcnbb and isftbell moarthur flfty two years ago she united in marriage witka john f sinclair who lemains to mourn her loss she t also survived by six sons and five daugh ters gilbert of acton fred and stan ley erin township ocat trafal gar township donald and norman at home bessie mrs dan mokech me kate mrs r mcbnery esoues twp elsie mrs james orymble toronto marguerite mis wm de- laney florence mrs boss huxley erin twp also two sisters and a bro ther john a monabb of stratton mrs geo sullivan of fort frances and mrs archie mcdonald of cadil lac quebec and eleven grandchildren her main interests in lifeseere her iamuy and home she was a member of the united church at timm the funeral took place from the home on wednesday afternoon april 10th when her pastor rev a o w foreman conducted a private service followed by a public service at balli riafad united church during the service mr alex modougall sang in the upper garden interment was in greenwood cemetery the pallbearers were and the flower bearers were five grandchildren norma and elva mc- kechnle jack and douglas orymble and murray brnrialr and four nephews bail and archie mckay and flaorence and charlie bsndsfcr a visitor was also present from loth bridge alt m the person of ted fa is who was to town on a business trip the question of forming a teen age club in town came up for discus eton and harold moclure and jack armstrong were appointed a committee to look into this it is the nicest party ie been at in a long long time halton junior far mers tinder the leadership of president geo s atkins may well pud of the result of their efforts and halton county also may well be proud of tite calibre of the young people present in the receiving line as patrons were geo s atkins president of hal ton junior fanners and mrs atkins a h martin assistant director of ag ricultural representatives and mrs martin lloyd crawford chairman of the agricultural committee th finals ii je halt n junior far men debating series brought toge lher acton and paltnnu ci lbs at the milton lliuh school o f- d ij cmpli g a t the subj i dtr debate a rtsoued that the adopjon of a pol ley ol immigraion from europe would be in the best interest of canada as a whole donildn swltzer and gordoi leslie of acton pheld the iffirmatht while marion galbralui and george pellettcrio f palermo pheld the i egatiu messrs geo ellio i l sfcu ce and k y dick were the official judges their decision going to the ac ton club mr k y dick presented the w 1 dick trophy on behalf of his father to the winning team another feature of the evenings pro gramme was the presentation of a skit by the morton players which created a good deal of amusement the mem bers of the cast were as follows mr at d mrs cecil breckon ford rogers ken giles roy speers and carlo toe calino geo s atidns president of the halton junior farmers assn was chairman of the evenings programme which conoli dance to jack bennets orchestra surprise was evident when tenden were opened for georgetown s proposed sewerage system at a special council meeting last thursday evening the meeting was attended by cr hagey consulting engineer dr c v wil liams wob k m langdon 4own solicitor and dr s magwood sanitary inspector as well as a number of rep resentatives of the firms which had submitted tenders i of twelve firms which had indicated interest in taking on the job only three submitted tenders and oj these only one peacock mcquiggle of toronto tendered for a complete sys tem as follows sewers 321338 76 pumphouse s5162 disposal plant s140- 448 making a grand total of 466948- 75 this was fax in excess of mr ha- gey s estimate last fall of s193947 the other two firms tendering were the dick construction co wehand 27532295 and the keystone con struction co windsor 1177992 04 both of these were for sewers only mayor cleave said that the tenders were a shock and that the town was now faced with the problem that sew age was a necessity he pointed out that citizens had voted 7 to 1 for sew age and that he believed people would go a long waj to see that it was in stalled money can be borrowed cheap ly today and the longer we wait the higher the interest rate will be he was lr favour of accepting the- key stone tender provisional to the appro val of the municipal board and to obtaining further satisfactory tenders on a disposal plant the town solici- uhen questioned said that this would be an implied acceptance of the tei der providing the conditions were f ilf lied and that the town would be commitjng itself to some extent when tiie motion was moved by crs ritchie and mackenzle it was defeated an earlier motion had passed providing that the town advertise further for tenders for a disposal plant and pump- house tenders to be in by may 7th cr gibbons expressed what seemed to be the majority opinion of councs when he said that even if the munici pal board approved a higher expendi ture be would not commit mrnflrii to it without a further vote of the rate- mr jack thompson attended the ontario young progressiveconserva live convention at the royal york hotel last saturday he later criticised last years coun cil for not using its own initiative but following too much the advice of mr hagey and dr williams in endorsing the sewage rental system and said ho beli the loc improvement me thod was the best means of paying for the project- he was also critical of the town asking for a mandatory order from the dept of health tp provide fihltbstestajlaon social and personal crawford president of the halton dis trict women s institutes agricultural representative j e whitelock and mrs whitelock music was supplied by jack ryan and his orchestra of hamilton and in the i the opinion of the young people left halton county council and mrs lloyd nothing to be desired youll see these soon mrs arthur bibbs and son of i land ohio were guests last week wmfe 1 mr and mrs harold moohrre mrs james dudgeon of oheshv spent last week m town with her data ghter and sonm law mr and mka stan grabb mrs e a allan of st thomas vm a visitor last week with mr and mm p b coffin mrs g e- btehn and miss bede ba llot of chesley spent a few days bmft week with mr and mrs walter btetm mrs s s atkinson of syracuse ny was a visitor last week with mr and mrs j b miller dr and mrs p r watson have re turned from a holiday at jaokjs bsaoh florida mrs j mcdermid has returned from an extended visit with relatives tat ed monton and wm be soon moving- into her new home in the vaueyview ap artments mr g w mclfaitock who reosnw retired as manager of the local bank of commerce branch has returned from a vacation which he spent at mardtoulm mrs clarence hayes has been eon- ducting women s i district rallies at hamilton weband london and brampton during the past two gjlc recreational fund previously acknowledges miss yvonne adams 1 total april 17th the abora four and ahx room homes concrete foundations they are italy erected for exservicemen by wartime insulated and are const of the t limited am pfovhyvexy po- best materialscvsjjable they an ee- pmar wbh their tenants boot on onomicalxrom the standpoint of both rent and opera cost tbfflisertds of veterans in all parts of canada are now hvhit- m these attraotive modem wedplanrjsd homes moj3 export fob lttt sorry to ssv that atthoojh w had the 1945 report of the i jof health ready for i r to bead k for a